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There’s a lot to be said about Apple suing HTC in what looks like a proxy war with Google, but it seems criminal that legal documents can look this ugly.

Times and a column of parentheses? Of all companies, I’d think that Apple would require tasteful typography for their playground-bullying lawsuits.

When I first heard about Baltimore Fiber in passing, I assumed it was some sort of healthy-eating initiative. Instead, it’s something I actually care about:

Google is planning to build ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. The plan is to deploy 1 Gbps, fiber optic connections directly to people’s homes. This connection would be 2,000% faster than the fastest connection currently available to Baltimore residents.

My rationale for including Bmore in this project:

1. High population density in the city itself. Houses are small and are literally touching, in many cases.
2. Small physical area. The whole of Baltimore City is less than 100 square miles.
3. Much-needed competition. Comcast offers overpriced, slow service, and Verizon, although cheaper, is similarly slow and doesn’t offer fiber optic service in many areas.

If you’re in or around Baltimore, you should lobby Google and voice your support.

Step 1:

Step 2: shut up about it.

In no particular order, five people my age (+/- a few years) who make me feel embarrassed about my accomplishments thus far:

1. Randall Munroe (25), xkcd creator, former NASA contractor, and giver of talks to Google.
2. Ezra Klein (25), political blogger for the Post and American Prospect.
3. Jared Allen (27), all-star defensive end, hunter, and mullet connoisseur.
4. A-Trak (27), world champion turntablist, Kanye West tour DJ, and record label owner.
5. The xx (20), an incredibly- (and deservedly-) hyped band composed of kids who can’t legally drink at their US shows.

As an aside, when looking up Hot Chip’s frontman Alexis Taylor, I discovered the following:

• For Tony, a Wired article about Internet addiction in China. I’ve read a bit about this phenomenon in Korea, and have wondered if it’s a legitimate concern, or if it’s just the fact that 43% of China’s 1.3 billion citizens are under 29–a cohort which outnumbers the entire United States population.
• For Scott, a blog about clouds. Update: link broken, server problems.
• For just about everyone else, the Voltaggio brothers’ website is definitely drool-worthy. They also have a bunch of Youtube videos.

HT: Andrew Sullivan and Ezra Klein