Born in 1995, making him younger than things like Toy Story, Goldeneye and my first experience with the Internet, Ben Walton already has a paid sideline filming weddings and action sports.
Now, even the smallest cause for celebration is being touted on the Internet as xi da pu ben.
Among the many new Internet idioms now trending, xi da pu ben is a favorite, conveying exaggerated enthusiasm and excitement, with a dose of political irony.
Cable television companies may also be authorized to provide high-speed Internet service in the coming weeks, Mr. Ben-Eliezer said today.
Cohen, R., Erez, K., ben Avraham, D. & Havlin, S. Breakdown of the Internet under Intentional Attack.
QUESTION FROM BEN FISCHER: Your colleague Elizabeth Kolbert wrote last week about the Internet's tendency to encourage group polarization, leading to the unfortunate birther conspiracy and the like.
Ben claims to be working all day on some internet start-up to offer financial planning since he was fired from his bank during the Great Recession.
Cohen, R., Erez, K., ben-Avraham, D. & Havlin, S. Breakdown of the internet under intentional attack.
Update: this has ben confirmed as fake by the Daily Beast but, to paraphrase a much maligned early internet hero, "it's real to me dammit".
BEN MCGRATH: Chance, mostly.
