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Gay Talese in The New Yorker: [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/11/gay-talese-the-voyeurs-motel] > Finally, I will be able to satisfy my constant yearning and uncontrollable desire to peer into other people’s lives. My voyeuristic urges will now be placed into effect on a plane higher than
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The Financial Times has a 404 page [http://www.ft.com/foobar?ft_site=falcon&desktop=true] that should be an inspiration to 404 pages everywhere. It turns out they've been playing around with several experimental 404 pages [http://labs.ft.com/2015/08/four-oh-four/], which are
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> Through eavesdropping and small talk, I start to pick up on the cast of characters. The courtroom drama most relevant to this scene is, of course, 12 Angry Men. But trapped here in close quarters with a small group of people, I feel instead like I’m in The
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How to design a metaphor – Michael Erard – Aeon [http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/how-to-design-a-metaphor/] I have never put this level of thought into a metaphor. I have never even imagined such a thing possible. This is why I’m as bad at metaphors as a prawn is at flying, and
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Mission accomplished: 476 pubs in 32 years. [http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mission-accomplished-476-pubs-in-32-years-melbournes-great-pub-crawl-ends-20151009-gk5ete.html] I have the utmost admiration for these people. May I achieve something as great in my lifetime. (This is not irony.)
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I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life [http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-followed-my-stolen-iphone-across-the-world-became-a-celebr] This is a very strange story. So strange, I’m even willing to link to buzzfeed.
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Sad Puppies Review Books: THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK [http://www.alexandraerin.com/2015/05/sprb-the-monster-at-the-end-of-this-book/] I would post a link to anything about The Monster at the End of this Book, but this is topical, too. It’ll probably only make sense to you if you’
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On Nerd Entitlement, by Laurie Penny [http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny/on-nerd-entitlement-rebel-alliance-empire] This discussion on the effects of male and female nerd adolescence is pretty wonderful. I kind of wish I'd been able to read it fifteen years ago before I slowly figured out some of it manually.
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Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/16/of-gamers-gates-and-disco-demolition-the-roots-of-reactionary-rage.html] If historical context was a drug I’d be in big trouble. Here’s an article that brings some to the whole gamergate issue.
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Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 [http://letterboxd.com/tomcharman/film/edge-of-tomorrow/] Fun, decently put-together sci-fi action, that actually vaguely kind of made sense. Particularly benefits from great performances by Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise–the latter is a particularly convincing wanker, and so really sells the character he starts out with.
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iOS 8 [http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/design/] There’s a lot of nice stuff here; much of it feels like finally catching up to Android and Windows Phone, but hey, I’ll take it. What pleases me the most is that the iPad apps are taking inspiration from
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Everything is Broken [https://medium.com/message/81e5f33a24e1] Quinn Norton’s discussion of the world of computers is a little depressing, but given the name, I came out of it strangely optimistic.