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Internet Addiction in Asia

There’s some debate over whether “internet addiction” is even properly classifiable as a behavioral disorder, but if it is, there’s certainly a not-insignificant percentage of folks in the U.S. that would qualify. For whatever reason, it seems that the most shocking statistics I hear about internet addiction come from Asia. South Korea boasts of being [...]

Web Addresses Now Available with Non-Latin Characters

Since the early days of Internet history, web addresses have only been available in languages that used the Latin alphabet, such as English and French. But on Friday, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) — an organization that provides international oversight for the Internet — agreed to allow web addresses with non-Latin [...]

10 Awesome Homemade Halloween Costumes

If you have the time and tools to make your own Halloween costume, all you need is a little inspiration to make it awesome, like these ten. Note: these are presented in no particular order. They all rank #1 in my book! 1. Big Daddy Graphic designer Harrison Krix made a costume of the character Big Daddy [...]

Surprising Findings in North and South Korea

“QUANTUM SHOT” #590Link – Article by Ian Scott and Avi Abrams No Whistling, Abandoned Hotels Fetish – and Some Very Well-Behaved Ladies In many ways, I guess everything about Korea was inevitably going to surprise me, because I knew so little about the country before I came here. It’s on the other side of the world from [...]