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The cure for the common hangover

AUSTIN, TX — I almost didn't sleep last night. At 4 a.m., after posting party reports for you ungrateful bastards my gorgeous, intelligent readers, I considered just powering through until my breakfast meeting with the boss, who was flying back to New York in the morning. Instead, I caught a disco nap. Even so, I arrived at the PureVolume ranch looking more rested than the weary souls shuffling in for free breakfast tacos. If you haven't had an Austin-style breakfast taco — soft tortilla with eggs and bacon or chorizo — then you should reflect on the direction your life is taking and what you can do to amend your ways. More »

1:20 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Owen Thomas
957 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: Owen, Owen, Owen. A disco nap is what you take *before* you go out to party till dawn. more »

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Julia Allison crashes SXSW, explains it all

Professional funnylady and amateur gossip Heather Gold just invited Julia Allison, professional gossip and amateur tech event crasher, onto her panel on — ha, ha — Gossip. "Explain to Shaila [Dewan, New York Times correspondent] what you do again," asks Heather, "since her coverage is of real disasters and not the Internet." Her response? More »

3:17 PM on Sun Mar 9 2008
By Melissa Gira Grant
3,778 views, 13 comments

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Secrets of the worst websites -- revealed!

Andy Baio created Upcoming.org, a plausibly good group-calendar site he sold to Yahoo. Shirt-doffing VC David Hornik of August Capital has funded some plausibly good companies like Six Apart and Splunk. The two served as judges for "Worst Website Ever," a gag panel at SXSW where entrepreneurs gave their all to the worst startup pitches they could come up with. The ideas were funny enough — Sickr, Image Search for the Blind, My Happy Netbox, and the like. (See the photo gallery, after the jump.) But there was something sour about the whole business. More »

8:30 PM on Sat Mar 8 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,816 views, 6 comments

Latest by DaveMcClure500Hats: @DonV: are you serious? you're claiming douchbaggery about a panel that was making fun of itself ALREADY? you are a completely, redundantly, superflously FAIL machine. more »

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SXSW: Battledecks!

Come see Battledecks! More »