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Above Avalon: Apple Watch Momentum Is Building
After years of deep skepticism and cynicism, consensus reaction towards Apple Watch has
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covid-19
The “k” in COVID-19
Ok, this Atlantic article is worth reading in full, but here are some highlights that give you a good summary.
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Movie Theaters are in Deep Trouble
Hollywood fears movie theaters 'may not survive' pandemic - Los Angeles Times
Groups representing movie studios, theater owners
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Suggesting You Own Stadia Games is Quite a Stretch
Stadia has what Luna & Xbox Game Pass don't — ownership - 9to5Google
Last week, amidst a slew of
Apple
Why Many Great iOS Apps Simply Don't Work for Me
The average Apple customer has an iPhone and a Windows computer. It’s important to remember this sometimes, especially for
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Not the Podcast Recommendation You Might Expect
I don’t know much at all about fashion, but I decided to try out In Vogue: The 1990s, and
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Birch Bark Issue 34
In case you didn't know, I have a weekly newsletter where I share the most interesting art, music,
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Concept: Proper Widget Support on the iPad
Fun fact, did you know that depending on your iPad size, mode, and orientation, your icons will be either 38, 46, 58, 62, 64, 68, 76, 88, 96, 102, 118, or 137 points apart in the UI? It's true!
covid-19
The Lingering Effects
‘It’s Not in My Head’: They Survived the Coronavirus, but They Never Got Well - The New York Times
Politics
What Did We Just Watch?
Can someone explain to me how this week’s presidential debate was anything more than an embarrassment? Can someone tell
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The DuckDuckGo Conundrum in a Nutshell
Here’s a bit from a Hacker News comment that stuck with me:
If I know the site where I
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Who Hated the Google Pixel 4? Google, Apparently
Google unveiled the Pixel 5 today (9to5Google has a good roundup), and nothing makes the Pixel 4 looks worse than
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The Foxconn Con
Still a whole lotta nothing, huh?
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We Fight Those Misrepresentations Because They are False
Feminists know that women with ambition are called “monstrous” or that women who are not heterosexual are pathologised. We fight those misrepresentations because they are false and because they reflect more about the misogyny of those who make demeaning caricatures than they do about the complex soc
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VS Code is a Behemoth
The Era of Visual Studio Code | Roben Kleene
VS Code is the most popular text editor today. It’s so
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The Forthcoming Xbox App Update is Just a Taste of What's Possible
Upcoming Xbox App Update Will Let Xbox Users Stream Games to iPhone and iPad - MacRumors
Xbox's streaming
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My Apple Watch Series 6 Review
I've been using the Apple Watch Series 6 for a week and wanted to share my thoughts on
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I'm Not Putting Any More Amazon Smart Devices in My Home
LifeHacker has a good breakdown (with the excellent title, How to Preorder Everything New and Creepy From Amazon's