Dan Fletcher

I'm a Web nerd and a reporter for TIME.com and TIME Magazine. You can reach me at dan_fletcher@timemagazine.com or on Twitter @danielroger.

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Storms Create Thunder, Lightning… Antimatter?

One of the universe’s least-understood phenomena is produced in a common lightning strike.

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TIME Q&A: Pat Sajak Moonlights as a Twitter Comedian

We’ll admit it: when we first encountered the Twitter feed of @PatSajak, we found it to be a bit of a headscratcher.

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The Top 10 Viral Images of 2010

None of them have the poignancy or compositional skill of TIME’s top 10 pictures of 2010, but these images may have turned more heads. On the viral Web at least.

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Things That Exist: Muppets with People Eyes

Well, NewsFeed is getting no sleep tonight. Our latest Tumblr find is straightforward enough: Muppets with People Eyes. But the horror of it can’t be contained in the name alone. Somehow the cuddliness of a childhood character like Elmo is completely ruined when he’s gazing on you with a pair of blue human eyes. Just… [...]

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The End of Kodachrome’s Long and Colorful Road

Kodak’s iconic color film has finally reached the end of its life. Though the film company nixed any new production of the film last year, customers could still get it processed through the end of 2010. But, as the New York Times reports, the last machine capable of developing Kodachrome is being sold for scrap [...]

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Made for Slow Sipping: Barrel-Aged Cocktails?

Home brewing? Lame. Home distilling? Has a certain illegal chic, but totally passe. What’s cool now? Aging your own cocktails in a barrel your closet.

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‘We Can Do It!’: Geraldine Doyle, WWII Poster Inspiration, Dies

She was the fresh-faced 17-year-old who helped inspire the American home-front during World War II. Geraldine Hoff Doyle died Sunday at 84.

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Retro Blast from the Past: Space Jam‘s Website Rediscovered

The folks over at Reddit are marveling at the time capsule that is the Space Jam website, that 1996 cartoon/live-action collaboration between Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes.

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Wide Receiver Brandon Lloyd’s Profane Pro Bowl Payback

Brandon Lloyd was an NFL-journeyman until his breakout season with the Denver Broncos this year, a performance that earned him a slot on this year’s AFC Pro Bowl team. And now that he’s made it, some folks are going to hear about it.

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The Proud Glutton: Donna Simpson’s Massive Christmas Feast

Feel guilty about how much you ate over the holidays? Donna Simpson doesn’t. And trust us — she put you to shame.