Have you ever been watching television when a political advertisement pops up on the screen and you're not really sure who paid for it? Happens quite a bit, right? Well, the fine folks over at the Sunlight Foundation, who work day in, day out on opening up the vast intricacies of this government of ours, noticed the same absurd thing. more ›

Here at DCist, we pride ourselves on providing D.C. area residents with one of the best ways to slack off while at work -- reading and commenting on our web site! But today's best procrastination method has to be this Google Search 2001 tool that Google released as part of its ongoing 10th birthday celebration. The search page lets you easily find out whether you are you cool/lame enough to be found on the Internet in 2001. When searching my name in 2001, the first page returns a listing for my having been attending Vancouver Film School (true!) and a non-working link to a play review I wrote for the University of Arizona's Daily Wildcat in 1998. Not exactly a big web presence, but a presence nonetheless. How do you rate? more ›