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In Praise of Microblogging, or, a Trip, a Pizza, and a Revelation

My family took a short trip to New York City over the holidays, where I was determined to try some of that town's famous coal-oven pizza. (Yes, pizza cooked in really hot ovens fueled by coal.) Fortunately for me, someone had created a google map of every coal-oven pizza parlor in New York City. That's when I realized: The secret power of the internet lies in its ability to tap into the narrow (but deep) knowledge of the true fanatic.