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Travis M. Andrews is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who has written for Salon, The Washingtonian, OffBeat Magazine and reported for several newspapers throughout his native Louisiana. Though he's pretended otherwise since before time, his favorite food is the French Fry. It's time the truth came out. For more about Travis M. Andrews, go to www.travismandrews.com.

You can also follow the Metairie native on Twitter @MetairiesFinest. 

Google buys Meebo then shuts most of it down

Travis Andrews
Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 9:49am
 
In more Google news, Google recently purchased social media site Meebo and has announced a shutdown of most of Meebo's products, leading to a fairly sad set of new banners on Meebo's site. The first states "Google has recently acquired Meebo!" The second: "Meebo.com will be shutting down July 11, 2102."

And now DARPA's making robots to sew its clothing

Travis Andrews
Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 2:27pm
 
Continuing with its trend of creating completely mind-blowing things, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has spent $1.25 million full automate the sewing process of the $4 billion worth of clothing they produce annually. It's almost as wild as a bed that makes itself.

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