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š„ Recipe Ransacking
: Should copyright cover recipes? Itās a question coming up more and more as cooking becomes big business, and plagiarism becomes a bigger problem. 11/29/2021 #128
šø Bring back Web1
: The reason why Web3 feels a bit hollow to me comes down to the fact that itās clearly being driven by commercial forces, when prior iterations of the internet were not to the same degree. 11/25/2021 #127
š¶ A Chart-Record Feast
: Two of the most important records in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 fell this week, and man, I canāt wait to nerd out about them. 11/23/2021 #126
š The FrankenMac
: Thinking back to a time in my life when an old iBook gave me a window into a broader world ā¦ and why I got rid of it. 11/22/2021 #125
āļø Some Brewed Morning
: The weird feeling of having your strange SEO experiment linked in one of the largest newsletters on the internet. (Howdy, Morning Brew.) 11/18/2021 #124
š¤¦āāļø Oops, I Did That
: Talking myself through a moment in which I accidentally locked myself out of an important Twitter account because I tried to get clever. 11/16/2021 #123
šø Money Breaks Things
: The newsletter ecosystem, like other publishing ecosystems before it, wasnāt allowed to grow naturally ā¦ and that has complicated the path forward for creators relying on it as a career path. 11/15/2021 #122
š§ The Great Linux Tablet Hope
: The JingPad A1, which just started shipping to Indiegogo donors, is looking very promising thus far. Hereās a first lookāa full review is on the way. 11/11/2021 #121
š¤Ø What Makes Something Obscure?
: How can something be obscure if you still use it? Short answer: Itās a question of framing. Hereās the general definition I use for what makes something obscure. 11/09/2021 #120
š¹ A Holiday Film for My Generation
: The upcoming 8-Bit Christmas promises to hit the nostalgic spot for middle-aged people who grew up in the late ā80s obsessed with Nintendo. Even if it sucks, it will be amazing. 11/08/2021 #119
šŖ¶ Obsessed With The Bird
: Personally, I feel bad that Big Birdās vaccination has upset the same group of loud people who dominate every discussion that aims to divide us culturally. 11/04/2021 #118
š The Newsletter Underclass
: The Atlantic is doing good work by bringing in newsletters. But it, like Substackās recent moves, puts the indie roots of email newsletters at risk by potentially starving new voices of attention. 11/02/2021 #117
š« Packed Like Sardines
: Dorms are crammed areas, but a viral story about a dorm designed to emphasize open areasāwith an unusual architectāhas me thinking about my own dorm room days. 11/01/2021 #116
š Old Drama, Replayed
: That feeling when one of my blood-boilingest rants appeared on Hacker News more than three years after I originally wrote itāand long after the conflict was settled. 10/28/2021 #115
āļø An Ode To Picross
: Picross, or the nonogram, is a game that Iāve found to strike the perfect balance between mental challenge and low-stakes calmness. Hereās why you should try it. 10/26/2021 #114
š Donāt Be the Straggler
: Frustratingly, a few key appsāmost notably Dropboxāare falling down on the job of natively supporting Apple Silicon, affecting performance on the new M1 devices. Strategically, this is a bad place to be. 10/25/2021 #113
š„ When Speculation Gets Ugly
: The tragic and complex situation around the accidental shooting on the Rust set requires investigations and in-depth reporting, not armchair critics. Let the process play out. 10/21/2021 #112
š On Grid Removal
: I largely was off the grid for a couple of days this week, and I feel like (as much as I hate it at times) the occasional shift is necessary. 10/19/2021 #111