Articles by David Halpert

opinion

Firefox Eases Porn Surfing

If you work with digital media on a daily basis it is easy to overlook certain aspects of your website in the face of approaching deadlines and quick turnarounds.

David Halpert ·
trends

A Comeback for Incest Porn?

From its mainstream roots in the '80s up until its influence on some of the most popular pornographic films today, incest pornography has remained a touchy subject even among the most experienced adult film connoisseurs.

David Halpert ·
opinion

How Xtube Ruined Me for Playboy

My first modem was a US Robotics V.90 56K. I was thirteen-years-old. The year was 1998. Connecting to the Internet required listening to a minute-long sequence of noises jarring enough to make the cavities in your teeth quiver; but from there on in you had access to the Internet. Between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., access to the web was mine and mine alone, and for the precocious ninth-grader with nothing but time on his hands (sans the usual daily homework) there was only one viable solution on how to spend that time: surfing the web for Internet pornography.

David Halpert ·

Commentary: How Xtube Ruined Me for Playboy

My first modem was a US Robotics V.90 56K. I was thirteen-years-old. The year was 1998. Connecting to the Internet required listening to a minute-long sequence of noises jarring enough to make the cavities in your teeth quiver; but from there on in you had access to the Internet.