In an interesting editorial this morning, FOXNews poster boy, Bill O’Reilly conflates the OJ Simpson confession, abortion and The New York Times. Far be it from us to question the mind that would make those connections…the point is: O’Reilly wants you to boycott FOX’s advertisers. All of them. For life.
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Remix Of Worst Banking Video Resume Ever
By 10.12.06
Loop this on your video iPod during your morning power runs, or power lifting, or power whoopy-making. Cool points added for not using “Eye Of The Tiger.”
Gawker Launches Idolator Blog
By 9.14.06
There is a new blog among the Gawker brethren. It is called Idolator. It has a site design and logo that cost several more dollars than ours, but don’t hold that against them. After all, who doesn’t love jewels on poki-stick pink? Sibling rivalry aside, Idolator will definitely be about music in the same fashion that Defamer is about cinematography. That’s not a diss. HQ says, “Idolator is focused on the digital music space and the bands who rise and fall in it — the universes of iTunes, MySpace, and Hype Machine — rather than, say, the world of tourdates.”
Save 20% At Gawker Shop
By 8.4.06
Now that the heat wave has broken, celebrate your return to wearing clothes with a new shirt from Gawker shop, now $4 off.
Buy A Gawker Shirt Or We’ll Shoot This Euphemism
By 7.28.06
Ever the guardians of commerce, we had to bring your attentions to the latest addition to the Gawker t-shirt stable.
Hack Your Life Roundup
By 7.20.06
• How should I handle poor customer service? “This past weekend I had to deal with 3 large companies that just bullied me around.”
Gawker Clips Launched
By 6.21.06
Reading is hard and studies show it leads to hair growing on your palms. To combat this, Gawker launched Gawker Clips.
Vonage Bleeds, Consumerist Feeds
By 6.1.06
The buzz this morning is that Vonage could be a sweet “acquisition target” i.e. dismembered whale lumbering through shark waters i.e. their recent stock drop could have takeover kids licking their mandibles. Maybe their new daddy is someone willing to give their call centers a hot beef injection? (We mean that in the best way possible…)
Does The Consumerist Douche?
By 5.19.06
No stranger to irony and hypocrisy–we’re not sure whether the combo serves as our grist or our mill, a potentially ironic paradox in and of itself–one reader pointed out that in our recent post, “Why Marketers are Douchebags,” we forgot to bag one douche in particular: ourselves.
Kotaku, Eater of Worlds, E3 Coverage
By 5.11.06
It’s day 2 of the mega E3 gaming expo, and Kotaku has grown stronger and faster, previewing all the games and devices you’ll be begging for/awarding yourself this Christmas.
Hot Hot Kotaku on E3 Man Machine Love Association
By 5.9.06
If you lovvvvvvvvve video games, go to Kotaku. They’re covering the E3 game conference with reckless abandon, fanboy intensity and of course, Gawker Media Network’s trademark wit and panache.
Honda Rips Off VW Ad; Why?
By 4.6.06
At right is the iconic character created for the VW “Make Friends With Your Fast” campaign.
Travel Alert: Bahamas Kill!
By 3.16.06
TRAVELERS, BEWARE! There is a travel advisory in effect for all the Bahaman islands. Unconfirmed reports detail sectarian violence against tourists. The State Department advises rescheduling plans to visit. Any and all Americans on the islands should report to their nearest ivory helicopter, immediately. Don’t be fooled by the guys on the beach offering to get you “high,” the effect is merely psychological and will not assist your departure, although it may blunt how your perception of your impending doom. Here is the document upon which the State Department based its advisory:
Reading Consumerist Makes You Blind, More Fundable
By 3.7.06
We know our template sucks. It looks as if it was withdrawn from the chthonic bung hole of the smelliest goth web designer who ever laced skull barrettes through his or her armpit hair. In our defense, we’ve been saying it sucks ever since it was foisted upon us by the capricious whim of our Gawker overlords. Only now are they willing to admit it’s terrible. But in some ways, the site design has paid off for us: judging from the volume of the outraged response from our occularly-challenged readers in response to this piece, we have a lot more blind readers than the other Gawker sites, which is a target demographic Gawker has before now had problems reaching. But still, we know it’s ugly, and we know that it has had dire impact on the aesthetic self-respect of our sighted readers.
Gawker’s Customer Service Under Fire
For a brief period in August, every Gawker commenter was naked, their email address flapping in the wind.