We went. We sweated. We didn't get a free SK3.

Hi there, I'm Pheras Hilal, a journalist/writer from Venture and JO magazines. Both magazines are Jordanian publications in English, Venture Magazine is a Business Intelligence Monthly, while JO is a social monthly. I'm in charge of developing two tech support sections in both magazines. I develop a section called…

Of course, no matter how hard they try, they'll never be as cool as John Hodge-man. (Which is why the original Apple ads ultimately fail: Hodge-man is more desirable than the Mac twerp. John's a hug from a tweed library.)

A site like Gizmodo lives and breathes reader story tips—not just because we are too dumb to find our own stories, but because we love to post up things you'd like to discuss.

Sorry, brothers and only friends, but no Low End Theory this week. My girlfriend and I eloped to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil on Monday; as you read these words, us newlyweds are hopefully practicing drunken capoeira with spider monkeys. I'll be back next week, though, with a complete scouting report on Brazilian low-end…

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