The Inimitable Tiff

The online adventures of Tiff Fehr (@tiffehr), a UX engineerette at The New York Times. Feel free to peruse my somewhat popular geek-themed Tumblr, too, if that's your thing.

More personally than the above or below, I document notable adventures (much later than when they actually happen): Oktoberfest '04, Guatemala '08, Europe '10, Wisconsin '10, Middle East '11*. (* in progress)

Jul 29

homage to the weekly world news (1979-2007)

Fabio

The world of journalism was rocked when America Media, Inc. announced that it was suspending publication of the Weekly World News. Citing the general decline of print newspapers, AMI will run two more original issues and then a few more reprints before it shuts down in late August.

I’m sad. You gotta love any paper claiming to be “America’s Only Reliable Newspaper” and gives you a classic “I’m having bigfoot’s baby” story. Here are some good ones, let’s have a last laugh for old time’s sake:

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