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This is a bit of an eclectic issue, ranging from a childish prank to one lawyer’s very serious response to a spam invoice. Here’s a bit more information to get you excited:

• AI vs AI – This experiment from some Cornell University students looked at what would happen if two chatbots struck up a conversation. The results are hilarious. The response from viewers reminds us of just how much robots still amaze and frighten us (and how proud we are that they can’t mimic us just yet).

• Spam Revenge – What happens when you send a law office a fake invoice and a lawyer there gets a hold of it? If he’s this blogger he digs up copious amounts of information on you via public records… then shows the rest of us how to do it. Good luck with that same scam in the future.

• Streetview Vandalism – We’ve seen many responses to the Streetview car: performance art, scavenger hunts, even anger. This is the first bit of vandalism we’ve come across (at least the first that has been memorialized in Streetview by accident).

• Yelper Backlash – Yes, Yelp can be an amazingly helpful site. But as with any crowdsourced effort, there’s a lot of random other crap in there. Now there are multiple ways to respond to self centered, racist or clueless comments.

Download issue 92 of Reflecteur here.

It was with a heavy heart that I joined team iPhone this summer. As a self-appointed Apple h8r, I spent the previous 3 years of my mobile phone life with Android devices. As with any relationship, there were good and bad times but at the end I realized that we needed to test the waters with others. I was not the least bit enthusiastic about this decision but it felt necessary at the time. Now that I’ve had a few months to adjust, I can say it was the right decision if not for one main factor…Instagram.

Page one of this issue looks at more serious items in digital culture. The first, a tribute to the Twin Towers on the anniversary of 9/11, is an great example of the way digital culture is influenced by offline events and culture but expresses this influence in its own, digital culture-y way. The second article is about a video that reminds us why we tend to hold fire fighters in such high regard.

Page two is far less timely, but still quite fun. The top article features a video that is a great example of a twist on our classic theme of the universality of photos. Video too has the ability to cross geographic and language barriers with ease within the digital space. Finally, we look at a photographic technique that is certainly not new, but has experienced an influx of popularity recently. The digital space loves examples of how to do something. But it loves to celebrate individuals who spend insane amounts of time on something cool even more.

Download Issue 91 of Reflecteur here.

In this issue you can enjoy the following:

• Street Fighter Stop Motion: This YouTube video features a stop motion fight between two Street Fighter action figures. It’s a great example of the way the idea of universality of photos also works for videos.

• Sad Etsy Dogs: This photo blog finds images of dogs on etsy modeling their owners creations. Let’s just say they look very pathetic. It shouldn’t be funny, but it is.

• Hey Marty!: Sometimes quick, little one hits online are the funniest. This image and comment are matched perfectly. Just check it out.

• Everyone Killed by Jason: This infographic is a bit morbid and pretty awesome. It represents everyone killed by Jason in all 12 films. You don’t have to have seen them all to appreciate both the excellence of data visualization represented as well just how blood thirsty Jason really was.

Download Issue 90 of Reflecteur here.

It’s summer, the time of the year when we book our trips, tweet our vacation plans, and set up our auto-replies. In two weeks, I will be traveling to Russia, starting in St. Petersburg and cruising down the Volga River until I reach Moscow. Before I give off the wrong message, I’m not one of those epic explorers you see on TV shows, or busy consultants who travel intensely with suits and briefcases. I’m just a regular vacationer. As a kid, my parents would take me somewhere new every few months, and now it’s become a custom to travel.

Recently, I realized that aside from my favorite destinations, some of the places I’ve been to have begun to blur together. I needed a better way to keep track of travel memories.