Did you know the trackpad on the top of the new Apple TV remote is partially made of glass? It is. And that’s why I didn’t chuck it across the room at that moment.
– Jason Snell, reviews the new Apple TV
The Economics Behind Grandma’s Tuna Casseroles →
Explaining the food of yesteryear doesn’t require exotic theories about culture and politics. It mostly requires understanding the economics of food production and distribution, and the path dependence of culinary choices. The past is indeed another country, and like every country, it had its own cuisine that made the most of local resources.
– Megan McArdle
41 Thoughts We Had While Watching This Weird Chinese Propaganda Video →
Wow.
Gateway Plaza Would Link Downtown Milwaukee to Lakefront →
Looks nice, but where are the food trucks?
Ben Carson “leading” in Iowa is a sure sign that over-polling has already set-in and that the only Iowans still answering their phones to take surveys are lunatics swinging from one crazy candidate to another.
Two Pop Culture Wars: First Over Comics, Then Over Music →
Interesting video from the New York Times linking censorship movements like the Comics Code Authority in the ‘50s and explicit warning labels on music in the ‘80s to requests for trigger warnings on college syllabi today.
Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx to Tour, Years After Death, as Holograms →
“You can now be in multiple places at once, and literally come back from the dead,” Ms. Chang wrote in response to email questions. “This idea can be uncomfortable for some, but for others, it’s groundbreaking.”
Yeah… this isn’t going to end well.
Not so shocking that people unashamed to bargain in the shadow of a government shutdown would also threaten their own party’s coalition.
Making Pesto? Hold the Pine Nuts →
Tragedy of the Pesto.
There’s No Bleak Like New York Bleak →
From an article on dying alone in New York City:
Bleak as the place was, they had seen worse. An apartment so swollen with belongings that the tenant, a woman, died standing up, unable to collapse to the floor.