Staff Picks: Best of GettingIt
January 20, 2000
The Great Rubber Band Ball War
Bouncing toward Bethlehem
by Daniel Terdiman

August 23, 1999
What Makes A Day Trader Crack?
Market volatility takes on a whole new meaning
by Mark Dery

September 14, 1999
Escape From East Timor (Part One)
An American in the firing line
by Anonymous

October 25, 1999
Having A Blast
Relive the Cold War through 'atomic tourism'
by Barney Greinke

December 21, 1999
Cartoon Nonconformist
John K. gives us what we want
by Evan O'Sullivan

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Dead Souls On Tape
Strange recordings hold the secret of the afterlife
by Erik Davis, published August 30, 1999
From the first moments that human beings began communicating with electrical and electromagnetic signals, the ether has been a spooky place. Four years after Samuel Morse strung up his initial telegraph wire in 1844, two young girls in upstate New York kick-started Spiritualism, a massively popular occult religion that attempted to fuse science and séance.
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Dirt
Miss America Addicts
Pageant fanatics dish nonstop online
by Gentleman Jim
September 17, 1999
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Atari Safari
The cult of the 2600 is still alive and well
by Nick Montfort
August 20, 1999
Whoa!
I Scream, You Scream
Healing the wounds of the Atlanta massacre with Phish Food
by Rob Poynter
September 2, 1999
Crave
Choosing A Condom
Fourteen rated rubbers
by Hank Hyena
October 21, 1999
Dirt
Industrial Strength
Meg Lee Chin holds her own
by Holly Day
November 22, 1999
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Tempest In A Tea Spot
In Assam, too many factions boil with wrath
by Hank Hyena
January 18, 2000
Whoa!
Eyes Forced Shut
Who killed Stanley Kubrick?
by Robert Sterling
October 4, 1999
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Length Isn't Everything
The decline of the quality quickie
by Lydia Lunch
July 29, 1999
Dirt
Underachievers Of The '90s
Films that could have been hits
by Peter Braunstein
December 8, 1999
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Start Up, Shut Down, Drop Out
GettingIt.com launched with no plan, no ads, no marketing, no nothing. It failed. But one of its founders had a pretty good time.
by Mat Honan
May 15, 2000
Whoa!
Web Of Evil
Internet resurrects Halloween horrors
by David Cassel
October 29, 1999
Crave
Whips And Chains In Silicon Valley
The geek sex underground
by Marcy Sheiner
August 31, 1999
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