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I’ve had a running joke with my wife Dorte for almost as long as we’ve been a couple. I reasoned back in the day that, since she was going to be a doctor — a more reliable source of income than writing about computer games — she should be expected to buy me the Porsche […]
Moving from the only home we'd known in our married life this spring required us to downsize in ways that once would have caused me oceans of anxiety. Certain material goods were so intertwined with my self-identity. As avid, life-long readers, our bookshelves were overflowing, although our reading ...
Just when I thought I was out, a bike I once would have laughed at pulled me back in
I may not look over my shoulder when I walk down the street the way I did back then, but there are definitely places in both this country and out in the world at large where I wonder how safe I would be as a Jew who insisted on being visible as a Jew.
The biological response has been much faster than most of us expected.
Freedom: What a concept. But for Janci Patterson (and her co-writer Brandon Sanderson), it’s a concept with relevance, because in Blightfall, the characters are offered a sort of freedom that comes with potential… but also consequences. JANCI PATTERSON: What would you do if the entire universe was s...
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Today, I’m talking with Tom Conrad, the CEO of Sonos. Tom and I have known each other for a long time — he was the chief technology officer of Pandora, VP of product at Snap, and the chief product officer of Quibi. He was also on the board at Sonos during its disastrous 2024 app […]
I am north from where I would rather be and south of the sun, south of the clouds, and I am south of the moon, which was hidden last night, due to the clouds.Something is coming my way.I don’t know what this means or what it is, but I can feel this in my bones […]
David Bushnell developed the "Turtle" submersible as a student at Yale University. The vessel's attack on a British flagship failed, but the trailblazing boat's legacy endures 250 years later
A review of “Where is My Flying Car?”, by J. Storrs Hall, and some other thoughts on the future of technology.
A fascinating essay by Celine Nguyen on the history of taste; not changing tastes but the very concept of taste throughout history. adactio.com/links/22748