Having caught up with Kashmir Hill’s Gizmodo piece ‘People You May Know:’ A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History, I’m both supremely glad that I’m not on Facebook [note]I was briefly a member a few years ago for as long as it took me to conclude that I didn’t need any of the services they were… Continue reading PYMK
Alien(s)
I knew that there was a long-standing strain of fandom built around the core concepts of Alien vs. Predator, but I had no idea it was set in stone like this: The centuries old Paisley Abbey had a rather modern new gargoyle added during a refurbishment in the 1990s… pic.twitter.com/SUjVXIUHNi — Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) June… Continue reading Alien(s)
Best iPad Ad Ever?
A few months ago I bookmarked Serenity Caldwell’s iPad video and somehow never got round to posting about it here. It’s a very nice piece of work, but somehow I’m not persuaded that I need to rush out and upgrade to an iPad capable of working with an Apple Pen. In principle I understand that… Continue reading Best iPad Ad Ever?
Yikes
This can’t possibly end well. Good morning, Twitter. Please enjoy this cat fracas on the writing desk just now. pic.twitter.com/FnLg9nHBoS — John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 27, 2018
Frenemies Forever
Novelist John Lanchester ponders whether economists and humanists can ever be friends? [Hanson and Simler’s…] emphasis on signalling and unconscious motives suggests that the most important part of our actions is the motives themselves, rather than the things we achieve, such as writing symphonies, curing diseases, building cathedrals, searching into the deepest mysteries of time… Continue reading Frenemies Forever
Adorkable
Please Close the Gate: Simply adorable. [Via swissmiss]
LinkedIn: The Game
Beating LinkedIn: The Game is tricky, but not impossible. If you can believe this guy: The general goal of LinkedIn (the game) is to find and connect with as many people on LinkedIn (the website) as possible, in order to secure vaguely defined social capital and potentially further one’s career, which allows the player to… Continue reading LinkedIn: The Game
Atari 520 STM
Having just read The Jackintosh: A Real GEM – Remembering the Atari ST, I feel a massive nostalgia rush coming on: After Commodore Founder Jack Tramiel was forced out by his board, he decided, after a brief hiatus, to get revenge. Tramiel knew that a 16-bit computer was next on the horizon for Commodore, and… Continue reading Atari 520 STM
Replacing Instapaper
As time passes and EU-based users find themselves waiting in vain on word from Instapaper’s owners, our thoughts inevitably turn towards replacing Instapaper: I chose Pinboard, not because it is the most slick service – it is very minimalist – but because it works, and for everything I read, it will likely be there for… Continue reading Replacing Instapaper
The Outlook Hotel
The major fault I see when I watch The Overlook Hotel is that it spends way too much time dropping unsubtle hints that much of Jack Torrance’s post-film tenure as janitor of the Overlook involved his being under the influence of Pennywise. Way too many red balloons floating around in the background of scenes for… Continue reading The Outlook Hotel