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Privacy as I Say, Not as I Do
Daring Fireball: The New York Times's Hypocrisy on Ad Tracking and Privacy
Here’s the thing. The NYT’
Matt Birchler
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On Weekly Release Schedules
Weekly episodes are better than binging · Maximilian Litteral
I truly believe Baby Yoda wouldn’t be as big of a
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Iovine on the Music Business Going Into 2020
Jimmy Iovine Knows Music and Tech. Here’s Why He’s Worried. - The New York Times
And the streaming
Critics, They’re Just Like You and Me
There has been something gnawing at me since the launch of Apple TV+, and that’s the general frustration some
meta
How I’m Using Notion to Track my Life in 2020
I know articles and video on Notion are a dime a dozen, but after years of being totally befuddled by
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Limewire
An Oral History of LimeWire: The Little App That Changed the Music Industry Forever
Movies were more of a hassle.
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Documenting DLC’s 2020 Gaming Predictions
I did this last year too, and I hope that this is useful for Jeff and Christian as they put
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Recession…Revitalization
2019 was the first year ever that BirchTree saw fewer visitors than the year before.
Needless to say, after 8
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21 Books in 2019
I set out to read 20 books in 2019 and today, on the final day of the year, I have
Project Olympus
My friends Chirstopher Lowley and Jeff Perry put this together and I think it's a pretty cool way
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The Pixel 4’s Face Unlock is Hampered by Android
I hate my pixel 4 for one reason and one reason only : reddit
BANKING APPS FACIAL RECOGNITION DOESN'T
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The Morning Show
The Morning Show is not great television in my view, but it at least became good television by the end.
My Favorite Game of 2019 was Link's Awakening
https://youtu.be/DkmGNozTo3c
The complete video version of this review is above, but if you’d prefer to read,
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Why Some Games are Lost to Time
Best Of 2019: Why You'll Never Get To Play Your Favourite Retro Game On Switch - Nintendo Life
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Another Take on Episode 9
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review · Maximilian Litteral
People who like the film will say I’m nitpicking but
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Apple News Drops Support for RSS
Apple News No Longer Supports RSS - Michael Tsai
Apple News on iOS and macOS no longer supports adding RSS
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Seven, Eight, and Nine
This article includes spoilers for all 3 films in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Also maybe Episodes 1-6, so just read this if you have seen all 9 mainline Star Wars movies. Cool? Cool.
Apple Arcade for the Holidays
I thought this was a really good ad for Apple’s still-new service going into the holidays.
It’s been