TECH BUZZ: Jake Bronstein - Road Rules contestant, former editor-at-large for FHM Magazine, and overall provocateur - is now a start-up personality, having founded a “blagazine” meant to encourage people to have fun. Boasting an impressive resume, Jake might be one of the few from The Real World and Road Rules contestant pool to have opted for loftier goals than, say, whatever this is.

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The Best Links:

1. Have Fun!
2. Who Is Jake Bronstein?
3. What Does Jake Bronstein’s Penis Look Like?
4. Jake Bronstein’s Site
5. LL Cool J: Ladies Love Cool Jake
6. Even Gawker Can’t Help But Call Jake’s Stunts “Amusing”
7. Jake Outsourced Blogging to a “Virtual Personal Assistant Service” in India

POLITICS BUZZ: Kevin Powell, former cast member ofThe Real World’s first season, is running for Congress in NY’s 10th district, aka Brooklyn. Powell’s credentials (Real World alum, Vibe Magazine scribe, Hurricane Katrina cleaner-upper, and BA in Political Science) don’t exactly give Ed Towns, the 13-term incumbent, a run for his money. Powell believes “civic engagement should be a part of our values as much as MTV and Xbox”, and has posted a mix-tape online that mashes excerpts from his speeches against tunes by Tupac, Kanye West and 50 Cent. Not sure if I will vote for Powell, but all the power to him for trying to get young people involved in public service and politics.

The Best Links:

1. KevinPowellForCongress.org
2. Kevin Powell From “Real World” to Congress
3. Powell’s MTV.com Bio Based on Behavior During “The Real World”
4. Kevin Power “The Real World Congress”
5. When People Stop Beating Their Wives and Start Being Politicians
6. Hardly the Cookie Cutter Candidate
7. “This is the True Story” Episode 1 Season 1

TV BUZZ: MTV’s original reality TV show comes to the outer boroughs. New Yorkers wonder: Will it land in Williamsburg? Some people seem bothered, but then most of the hipsters in Williamsburg already star in a reality show in their heads, so things wouldn’t really change that much.

The Best Links:

1. Inevitable and Perhaps Overdue: The Real World Comes to Brooklyn
2. “The Real World to Ruin Brooklyn this Summer”
3. “This is REALLY disturbing to me.”
4. “I would be very surprised if they didn’t pick Williamsburg.”
5. This Hot Mess Will Air Next Year
6. Sorry, Dudes. It’s Gonna Suck
7. Ugh