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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20110524

Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold

via Ars Technica

When we say a game has “gone gold,” it means that the work on the game has finished, … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110522

"The Influencing Machine": How the media works

via Salon

A frisky comic-book primer from the co-host of “On the Media” tackles objectivity, bias and the lizard brain Read More >>

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Posted on 20110522

Hypertext Remix [Scripts]

via CreativeApplications.Net

Hypertext Remix is a browser-sequencer created by Lara Warman and Kellyn Loehr. The system generates systems sounds when the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110522

Vinyl Poised to Make Further Gains; Time To Ask, “What Does it All Mean”?

via Create Digital Music

Kids today, with their new-fangled desire to listen to music cut into grooves on big circular platters… Photo (CC-BY) … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110521

Fans Crack Twitter Code for Sneak Peek at New Batman Film

via Mashable!

Hardcore fans of Warner Bros.’s Batman trilogy undertook code cracking of epic proportions Friday after the site for … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110521

Raising a kid without disclosing its sex

via Boing Boing

Kathy Witterick and David Stocker are raising a kid in Toronto without disclosing its sex to anyone except its older siblings … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110521

Lab-Grown Meat: It’s What’s For Dinner [Food]

via Gizmodo

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Posted on 20110521

Critics demand halt to "fishing expedition" laptop searches

via Ars Technica

A group of ex-miltiary personnel, academics, and politicians have asked the Department … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110521

Senator to Apple, Google: why are DUI checkpoint apps still available?

via Ars Technica

Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) took his allotted five minutes during Thursday’s US Senate … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110521

Gossip changes the way we see the world

via Ars Technica

Everyone loves a bit of juicy gossip, but have you ever stopped to think about how … Read More >>

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