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As If You Needed Another Reason to Dislike Facebook 2016-06-27 3:58 PM

From the Mother Jones article, “Facebook’s Ban on Gun Sales Is Being Enforced by a Few Dedicated Users” comes a new reason to dislike ... read more

Stop Using Google Trends 2016-06-27 12:53 PM

“[Google Trends] reports search numbers relatively within the date-range and in context of other trends… [a]ll it does is give us a nice ... read more

At Least She’s Never Asked Me to Play 2016-06-27 12:42 PM

When you pack and move someone else’s stuff, sometimes you learn new things about them.

2016-06-25 11:39 AM

“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” – Warren Buffett

Matthew McConaughey and Nic Pizzolatto Will Bring Back True Detective If We Are Lucky 2016-06-23 7:59 PM

Matthew McConaughey: “I miss Rust Cohle, man. I miss watching him on Sunday nights. I miss watching True Detective on Sunday nights … I was ... read more

The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2016 2016-06-23 3:25 PM

John Gruber hosts Apple executives Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi for a rather remarkable podcast. Federighi (Apple’s Senior Vice ... read more

David Sedaris’s EDC 2016-06-23 2:30 PM

Liability Taxi Service 2016-06-22 5:59 PM

Uber takes safety “very seriously,” by making sure to avoid any legal responsibility or pecuniary fallout when it is violated. Tom Krisher ... read more

Powered by Enthusiasms 2016-06-20 2:15 PM

Brent Simmons: “We – and I mean me and many thousands of people like me – worked hard to make the decentralized web, the web of blogs and ... read more

Embrace, Extend, and Ignite 2016-06-20 2:08 PM

Jason Snell on the upgrade coming to Messages in iOS 10: “It turns out that when you unleash smartphone technology on billions of people of ... read more