I sent a pissy email to the gmail team recently that said nearly the same thing as this article, just less eloquently and with more vitriol.
Problems with gmail
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Author Archives: karl
Shabazz Palaces – Belhaven Meridian
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The film/video for Belhaven Meridian by Shabazz Palaces is worth three and a half minutes to watch. Turn up your volume and full screen the video for full impact.
There’s a hole in my bucket…
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Paul Krugman has a good piece in the NYT today where he makes the point that the Euro is a type of Maginot Line designed to prevent a replay of the 1970s which is completely useless in preventing a replay of the 1930s, which is what we’re on the cusp of.
I can’t help but wonder if it might not be an academic question after already living a replay of the 1920s.
Is this surprising news?
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Ars Technica has an article on research stating that television and other “passive media” are at least not beneficial, and is actually potentially harmful to child.
Is anyone still surprised by this news?
Confirmed: Steve Jobs has died.
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Humble Frozenbyte Bundle
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The folks over at The Humble Bundle have another of their famous “pay what you want” sales. Proceeds split between developers and charity, and you get to decide how much each party gets. It’s a great idea — go check it out.
Postmodern postmortem.
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Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) has a thoughtful piece on postmodernism over at The Guardian that’s worth reading.
Twitter added.
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It has been quite a while since I did any real online or writing work. Things have progressed over the past few years, and while this shouldn’t be a surprise to me, well, here we are. Must be a sign I’m getting old…
Richmond Fair 2011
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We went to the Richmond Fair for a little while this afternoon — as long as I could anyway. It was good to get out. The fair felt better organized this year, though in all fairness we usually go Friday nights for the demolition derby, and that probably shouldn’t be relied on to give me a representative overview of the fair…
Common misogyny.
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Geordie Tait has written a great article on misogyny in gaming culture through the lens of the Bereznak/Gizmodo — Finkel incident. There’s more discussion to be had on this topic, but some of what he says really rings true.