A Phony's History of the iPad [Three Best Things 1/25/10 - /1/31/10]
J. D. SalingerIn 1965, author J. D. Salinger retired with the world heavyweight book-writin’ title belt. By the early ’80s, his Catcher in the Rye was simultaneously the most-banned and...
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What Happens If You Pay Zero Rupees to Register as a South Carolinan...
Via 5th PillarIndian government workers demand bribes from people all the time. Solution: hand those crooks some worthless currency made especially for bribing. They say it’s working; corrupt...
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Wow That Was One Nerdy Week [Three Best Things 2/8/10 - 2/14/10]
Maybe now that football’s over, the internet’s jock/nerd balance has swung the unsportsy way. For whatever reason, this week’s 3BT is by far the nerdiest yet. If I knew any Star Trek quotes, I’d drop...
View ArticleThree Best Things: Ivory Tower Edition [2/15/10 - 2/21/10]
It was a knockout week for articles about people who are smarter than normal people.There are over 300 million people in the US— only 32 of them are annually selected to be Rhodes scholars. There are...
View ArticlePlease Rob Johnny Cash's Letterhead [Five Best Things 2/22/10 - 2/28/10]
In our weekly link rundowns, I usually try to present three great links you may have missed. But this week was strong internet.Five.For your next love letter or grocery list or PUTDOWNMYSANDWICH note,...
View Article3BT: All-Video Edition [Three Best Things 3/22/10 - 3/28/10]
Logorama by François AlauxThe 2009 Best Animated Short Acadamy Award-winner, and probably the strangest 16 minutes of your week, unless you’ve already been gunned down by Ronald McDonald this...
View ArticlePoint-Counterpoint Edition [Three Best Things 3/29/10 - 4/4/10]
DisputePointCounterpointA Word, If I May1. iPads: How Many Should You Have Bought by Now?Gina Trapani says you should return the one you already bought and wait for the next generation. Cory Doctorow...
View ArticleThree Best Things 4/26/10 - 5/2/10
Thing:The Revenge of the Brands: How corporate America turned Naomi Klein’s anti-branding manifesto on its head from Reason. Intended as an anti-marketing call-to-arms, Naomi Klein’s No Logo has...
View ArticleQUICK QUICK BUSY BUSY Edition: Three Best Things 5/3/10 - 5/10/10
THING:Color Survey by XKCD. Men and women see color differently. Everyone accepts this. But according to science!, some things about the effects of gender on color perception aren’t quite what you’d...
View ArticleGround Control to Major Kelly [Three Best Things 5/17/10 - 5/23/10]
THING 1:Help me help my friend in DC from MetaFilter. An internet forum takes on the Russian mob… no, that’s literally what happened. The dad in Taken could’ve saved a whole lot of trouble if he’d...
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