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Linked: “Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers”
June 30, 2016
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via Wired: The maps were part of one of the most ambitious cartographic enterprises ever undertaken. During the…
Technology: Google Calendar is Down
June 30, 2016
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I just opened Calendar on my Mac, l guess there’s an advantage to not putting everything you rely…
Linked: “My flawed Apple Watch has become a necessity”
June 29, 2016
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via DeSouzaDigest: Yet, despite all these complaints, the benefits far outweigh the faults. It is a device that…
How I feel w/ this blog lately…
June 28, 2016
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Update: That’s better.
Motorrad:Yankee Beemers Pemi River Rally – 2016
June 28, 2016
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As a BMW MOA member, I was looking for events in my area and saw a BMW club…
Linked: “The Spectre 13 is HP’s attempt to out-design Apple”
June 28, 2016
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via TheVerge: Its newest laptop is called the Spectre 13 (or sometimes, simply, the HP Spectre), and —…
Linked: “How to Make Taco Bell’s Entire Classic Menu”
June 27, 2016
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via LaughingSquid: Josh and Mike Greenfield of the Brothers Green cooking and music show created a new series…
Linked: “Investigating the Potential for Miscommunication Using Emoji”
June 24, 2016
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via GroupLens: To your smartphone, an emoji is just like any other character (e.g., lower-case ‘a’, upper-case ‘B’)…
Linked: “Goodnight, and good luck”
June 23, 2016
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via Al Jazeera America: For Al Jazeera America online, no human tragedy could be reduced to a statistic…
Linked: “30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1986”
June 22, 2016
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via TheAtlantic: Three decades ago, the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger was one of the biggest stories…
Linked: “This Millennium’s Best Picture Oscar Winners Are Not On Netflix”
June 21, 2016
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via TorrentFreak: The Oscar-winner limitations don’t seem to be tied to the Best Picture category either. Of the…
Linked: “Did the March Apple event deliver for Apple Watch owners?”
June 20, 2016
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via WatchAware: I do still very much love my Apple Watch, and remain hopeful that Apple has some…
Linked: “Remembering the early, glorious Mac web”
June 17, 2016
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via The Verge: The announcement of the iPod in late 2001 was in the same Town Hall auditorium…
Linked: “The Next 40”
June 16, 2016
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via Asymco: In Apple’s first 40 years it shipped 1,591,092,250 computers. This shipment total is higher than any…
Linked: “Facebook Deleted a Transfeminine Rapper’s Post About The Orlando Shooting”
June 16, 2016
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via Gizmodo: Facebook is getting slammed for twice removing transfeminine rapper Michete’s post expressing solidarity with the Orlando…
Linked: Vanilla
June 15, 2016
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via 500ish words: A couple people recently shared old articles I had written a few years back. This…
★ Beer Haul, Spring 2016
June 15, 2016
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I haven’t done one of these in a while: As you all can see, I’m doing a lot…
Linked: Blendle, pay for what you read
June 14, 2016
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via Blendle: Today, Blendle starts its beta in the United States. And I’m really glad you’re part of…
Linked: The SAT Has Been Hacked
June 13, 2016
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via Gawker: The College Board’s reaction to this development has been befuddling. In 2013, Reuters reported, the company…