Author Archive for Emily D Stine

Emily D Stine

Emily Stine (@emilydstine) is a grab-bag full of fun. Travel poet blogger chic, Sci-Fi Twitter pilot (@LunaCalypsus) and Facebook anthropologist to boot. She spent two years as an undergrad studying the mores of Facebook culture. Onetime PhD student, tech writer, and nowadays a full time researcher and a part-time Master’s student; she's just your token millennial blogger. What else is new? Oh yea, she kind of likes to write about stuff. http://emmyappleseed.tumblr.com

Op Em: Do Vampires Really Represent Everything that is Wrong with America?

Op Em: Do Vampires Really Represent Everything that is Wrong with America?

The topic came up with a friend as of late as I gushed platelets over the True Blood premiere. His response: Vampires represent everything that is wrong with America. Ouch. Really? Sookie? Edward? Surely not Edward.

BOOBQUAKE!!!

BOOBQUAKE!!!

Forget Icelandic volcanoes, the newest sensation to hit the digital nation is BOOBQUAKE!! Born from the breast of sardonic Jen McCreight, a 20-something liberal college student blogger of sorts, her quip on blog Blag Hag has been making its rounds ‘round the blogosphere as well as the mainstream media.
And what is boobquake you ask? [...]

I'm Actually Quite Flattered the Library of Congress is Collecting My Tweets

I’m Actually Quite Flattered the Library of Congress is Collecting My Tweets

Well, I’m rather important aren’t I? Me and my musings of men as pistachios, Lindsay Lohan and her feud with (insert appropriate punch line here), the guy who tweets for @jesus, we’re all gonna be stored in some server alongside the Federalist Papers, and it’s gonna mean something.

Keeping Your Bedroom SNS Free

Keeping Your Bedroom SNS Free

I used to think that social networking sites (SNS) were only for the “socially active.” But nowadays, they’re everywhere. You used to only be able to get SNS on your laptop or PC, but now SNS has spread to Androids, iPhones, iPads and the like. With this degree of spread, it seems as if [...]

Internet to Miley Cyrus: Oh yea, well you’re “kinda lame” too.

Internet to Miley Cyrus: Oh yea, well you’re “kinda lame” too.

For those of you who don’t follow the teen queen’s every footstep, Miley Cyrus gave an interview to Movieline.com the other day saying she’s really glad she deleted her Twitter account and that the Internet is “kinda lame.” She also tells “kids” to stay away from the Internet because it’s dangerous. Really Ms. Miley? Really?
My [...]

Achoo! Bless Pew! Gee, Thanks a Millennial!

Achoo! Bless Pew! Gee, Thanks a Millennial!

So being the semi-avid academic that I am, I don’t b.s. about bookmarking websites that provide a generous wealth of pop culture pulp for my pontificating pleasure. That being said, I can’t quite convey how much Pew Research Center tickles my pickle.
It’s a site where the statistics are relevant and the digest is edible. [...]

Things I Miss About the Facebook of Ole

Things I Miss About the Facebook of Ole

February marks six years of poking, picture posting, stalking and miscellaneous relationship awkwardness on TheFacebook.com (as it was known then). Happy Birthday! Now I don’t know if you know this, but Facebook only used to be for kids in college. And the earliest adopters were either ivy leaguers or students at large big 12-ish universities.

Guy Cries During Super Bowl Ad, Woman Rolls Eyes

Guy Cries During Super Bowl Ad, Woman Rolls Eyes

Sunday February 7, 2010
Bill Braun of Denver, Colorado admits to tearing up on Sunday during one of the Super Bowl commercials. His girlfriend, Cassie Snow responds by calling him a whiny little bitch.
“He always does this,” she says, ripping at a buffalo wing. “Every little thing and he’s grabbing a tissue. All I wanna do is [...]

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who has the Fairest Profile Pic of All?

Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who has the Fairest Profile Pic of All?

Welcome friends, to the age of digital narcissism. You can do just about anything on the Net these days and the face with which you do it becomes crucial to avatar maintenance (no not the blockbuster, the digital representation of one’s self). So what if you’re looking for love, as many of us are? And [...]