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The student who created a PR nightmare via Wikipedia.

Posted 45 weeks 2 days ago by Paul Michael

Virgil Griffith is someone I am proud to look up to. In a moment of inspiration, he created a program called Wikipedia Scanner that lets you know who has been editing articles on Wikipedia and what they've been removing. Not surprisingly, the revelations have left many giant corporations and even the Whitehouse staff in a tailspin. For those of you that know me and my "power to the people" philosophy, this is defintely 1-0 to the little guys.

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The end of the Energizer bunny: SIX products that don't need batteries.

Posted 49 weeks ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Shopping, Lifestyle, Consumer Affairs

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Since I became a father, my household's battery consumption has quadrupled. It seems like we're always running out of batteries, or batteries go "missing" from my tools, flashlights and other household items to make their way inside one of a dozen Fisher Price toys. I swear, Duracell and Energizer have some kind of secret deal going with the big toy companies.

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