Month: April 2012

VB note: hey, great news – I now write for CNET! They seem okay with the fact I may give all their editors gray hair and that any conservative readership aneurysms. My first article has certainly kicked a hornet’s nest: Say ‘hello’ to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA. EA is under fire for…

  Monday’s Gizmodo story on Pheromone Parties caught me totally by surprise. Apparently advances in pseudoscience have made a whole new level of scam possible. Imagine! One of these parties was held on April 5th in Los Angeles, and there are more to come. Pheromones are a perennial item that snake-oil salesmen try to sell,…

Bawdy Storytelling’s Geeksexual: Tonight in San Francisco

Many of you know Bawdy Storytelling from their prior events covered on Tiny Nibbles. Dixie De La Tour‘s always nerd-friendly performance series is getting even more nerd-friendly tonight, with Bawdy Storytelling: Geeksexual at the Verdi Club in San Francisco (buy advance tickets here). Held regularly for 5 years now in Oakland, San Francisco and points…

Image: Sheri by Nicolas Guerin for KHUBE Magazine, homage to Araki (gallery) On February 26, a 14-year old boy in Oakland County, Michigan broke down into hysterics. He told his brother that he had spent the week making sexually explicit videos with his computer’s webcam, and that he had done so to appease a blackmailer…

The New York State Attorney General announced a sweeping purge of registered sex offenders from online gaming worlds Thursday. In what’s being called Operation: Game Over, his office is cooperating with entertainment giants Microsoft, Disney, Apple, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. and Sony. New York State Attorney General Announces Purge of Sex Offenders From Online…