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Sunday, January 07, 2007

from the sydney morning herald:

the internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern addictions and maladies, the british weekly new scientist says in its christmas issue published this saturday.

they include these:

- ego-surfing: when you frequently check your name and reputation on the internet.

- blog streaking: "revealing secrets or personal information online which for everybody's sake would be best kept private."

- crackberry: "the curse of the modern executive: not being able to stop checking your blackberry, even at your grandmother's funeral." (a blackberry is a popular handheld device that can be used for phoning, emailing and web-browsing).

- google-stalking: defined as "snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates."

- cyberchondria: "a headache and a particular rash at the same time? extensive online research tells you it must be cancer."

- photolurking: flicking through a photo album of someone you've never met.

- wikipediholism: excess devotion to contributing to the online collaborative encyclopaedia, wikipedia. (wikipedia even has a page where you can test whether you're an addict: click here).

- cheesepodding: downloading of a song "so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter." cheesepodders are especially vulnerable to soft-rock favourites from the 1970s.



calvin [ 8:40 AM ]