I couldn’t help but chuckle when I read the title of Nick Denton’s “Eleven Ways the Internet Can Kill You” this morning; filed under “Webtards”, his choices used to make the point did live up to the hype. Included were the following items: YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, pornography, SPAM, blogging, eBay, drugs, webcams, chat rooms and his number one item, which I will leave for you to discover.

Among the gems, item #6…Blogging.

At risk: Those already at risk of dying
Case 1: There’s a trick to making listicles like this: Put the weakest item in the middle. Unfortunately the New York Times spent an entire trend piece on the bogus idea of “death by blogging.” But Gizmodo editor Brian Lam tells me, “Only bogus to lazy bloggers. I did 75 hours this week and anyone over fifty would die doing that.”

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G-A’s Nihon Car has been given the #4 slot on Ray Wert’s top car sites list, which was published today in the New York Times. 

According to Ray, “From kei-cars to Hello Kitty, Nihon Car is the one-stop site for Japan-related automotive and motorbike news. Written by two Japan-based expatriates, it regularly beats the big auto magazines on articles. Like most auto-enthusiast sites, it also has a forum.” 

You can see the full list here.

If you haven’t already looked at Nihon Car’s reviews or watched some of their high definition videos, this is a fun place to start:

A Toyota Safety Day With a Taste of the Lexus LS460

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