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Let's make a list of this decade's ten most important web sites: Got to have Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Youtube on there. Add in Wikipedia, Amazon, Hulu, the Drudge Report, NYTimes.com. Oh, and definitely Gawker. Yep, that seems about right . Published by Original source : http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/Vir61ypg...

Snow is coming! Snow is coming! In New York City, this is either the best or the worst thing that can happen. Let's reminisce on what the city looks like when it's buried in ice crystals. Public works uniforms were so much classier in 1896. [ Image via NY Public Library Digital Gallery ] We weren't sure if this Harper's Weekly print from 1899 was showing cops engaged in random acts of torture or some forgotten form of public service. Google says both: rubbing snow on your frozen ears is a horrible way to prevent frostbite. [ Image via NY Public Library Digital Gallery ] The sign offers free straw hats for sweltering weather. We're sure no one in 1905 took advantage of those on this day, when the snow was piled up on Broadway. [ Image via NY Public Library Digital Gallery ] Female workers at the 1939 World's Fair have some fun playing in the white stuff. [ Image via NY Public Library Digital Gallery ] A man takes a very New York approach to shelter wh...

People liked Mad Men , so of course there will be an MTV reality show about getting hired at a Brooklyn digital ad agency . That show will then be featured on the meta-reality show, "America's Most Boring Career-Based Reality Shows." [ Adfreak ] Published by Original source : http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/Nd5m_scp...

First we thought, "when did we get a job writing headlines for venerable old Roll Call ? " but then we were like "oh, there is a sorta sleazy congressman named Dicks. Norman Dicks." Anyways him and Murtha are (mostly) ethical! Published by Original source : http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/KAEK1e05...

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