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The Land Of Unions

Imagine a world without unions. You’re probably imagining Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher 69ing and doing coprophilia. Very close...

Krissy Howard

The Mothman’s Pitch For A New Statue

It’s a beautiful statue, really. But you know what could make a great thing even better? Completely redoing nearly every aspect of it.

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Web Monetization: What is it?

Web monitization is an emergent technology that allows website visitors to stream ‘micropayments’ to a monetized publisher.

The car from Ghostbusters, with Sam and Janet Photoshopped into the window and a Work It decal on the site

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Sam & Janet, Ghost Hunters

When Widget Media forgot to pay Sam and Janet for some freelance work, they visited Widget HQ. Just one problem: it’s h-h-haunted!

Sophie Geffros

I’m The Dybbuk Who Lives In Your Apartment, And We Need To Talk

Hey, Hannah? I’m the dybbuk who lives in your apartment, and we need to talk: get your shit together! You’re no good to me like this.

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Web Monetization, Challenges #1: User Personas

We’ve been thinking about the sort of person who might want to kick a few bucks to Widget and sites like ours every month, and the best we can come up with anecdotally (i.e., by just guessing) is that everyone who might support our site can be lumped into one of two groups.