The 2021 Oscar Nominations, and What Should Have Made the List →
It seemed obvious that the absence of many big-budget movies this past year would clear the way for smaller films to earn nominations, and that turned out to be true.
I know of so few from this year’s list.
No! How can this be?! I’ve read only fifty-two per cent of this damn book?
No! How can this be?! That’s exactly me, reading.
Stop Defacing Quotes With Brackets! →
If the changes are not obvious, don’t use the quote; if they’re not necessary, don’t use the brackets. The goal is to present the quotation as directly as possible.
Our moral evaluations of the main big actions that influence our world today, and that built our world from past worlds, are still up for grabs.
The New York Times Sells Envy →
[E]nvy and ingratitude sell, so Manjoo gets to misrepresent data, twist facts, and sow resentment in the paper of record.
You’ve been through a lot this year and it looks like you need the perfect place to let your frustrations out. Somewhere big, vast and untouched. (…) Record your scream and we’ll release it in Iceland’s beautiful, wide-open spaces.
What unique idea that!
[T]here isn’t, today, an equivalent of the SGI Indy, or the Sun SPARCstation, or the DEC Alpha, or any of the other professional workstations. The only thing that’s on offer is more of the same user experience, only slightly faster. That’s why computers are so boring these days.
Google Photos Just Made the Case for Breaking Up Big Tech→
Now that Google has lured more than 1 billion users to the service, making it an integral part of their digital lives (not to mention a huge hassle to switch , that original selling point is gone.
It’s that part emphasized that worries me - there’s no easy way to switch away from Google Photos. No APIs. No sync. Nothing.
I don’t care, or understand enough about the US anti-competitive laws. But what I do understand is that staying invested in only Google’s offering is becoming more risky with each passing year.
An updated daily front page of The New York Times as artwork on your wall →
Every morning, I wake up to a fresh edition of the Times on my wall. I find it wonderful to hover for a bit with a cup of coffee, scanning the headlines or reading an article. Mission accomplished and I am one satisfied news junkie.
Such a wonderful project that even I would love to replicate. There’s a lot of potential. Fascinating!
