I'm looking for suggestions for sites that do a better (explained inside) job at "tips and tricks for streamlining your life with computers" than Lifehacker. [more inside]
posted by turbodog on Aug 13, 2008 - 9 answers

Two Totally Unrelated Questions About THIS VIDEO. Not the content of the video, but the usage. 1) What flash player/UI is that? Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I feel like I've been seeing it not just on Gawker sites, but on many others. Is that a standard player UI that is built into Flash for output to .flv files? 2) Obviously this is totally unauthorized usage. Would this be considered "fair use"? Can anyone recommend any articles on the current state of fair use and online video? Are companies like Gawker and Huffington Post (example) on firm legal ground with this kind of excerpting, which they then host in their own systems/servers, or are they just gambling that the web is so anarchic, that Mr. Big Media Company won't come a suin'?
posted by MaxVonCretin on Nov 19, 2007 - 5 answers

Anyone know what happened to Gawker? As of this morning I'm seeing a netsol placeholder page. The whois info is ...odd.
posted by PinkStainlessTail on Oct 12, 2004 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some cool Seattle blogs which chronicle goings-on about town. Anyone know of any? I've searched through the Seattle blogs list and haven't found any, but that list is pretty massive. I'm looking for a Gawker-type site.
posted by cell divide on Sep 13, 2004 - 2 answers