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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Stick To Fiction?

by Dish Staff Paul Seaton pans novelist Marilynne Robinson’s political commentary, claiming that her “high intelligence and humane sensibility seem to flee her when she looks to her right”: In literary terms, Marilynne Robinson is a national treasure. In political terms, not so much. “When she was good, she was very, very good, but when […]

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The Long, Strange History of the Kung Fu Fighting Melody

The Long, Strange History of the Kung Fu Fighting Melody


Welcome to Reading List , Gizmodo's weekend roundup of the best writing from around the web. Today we've got great pieces from NPR, IEEE Spectrum, Chicago Magazine, Nautilus, and more.


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“I Feel, Therefore I Am”

by Dish Staff Alan Lightman shares the “tentative conclusions” he’s drawn from thinking about how to live with the belief that law, culture, and social codes “have no intrinsic value outside of our minds”: [U]ntil the day when we can upload our minds to computers, we are confined to our physical body and brain. And, […]

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Kickstarter Round 2!

If you’re still following this blog and not the new one, I wanted to point you to our Kickstarter! It’s going to be an uphill battle. We don’t have a famous game developer on the project that would make the … Continue reading

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Decryptolocker Saves You From the Popular Cryptolocker Ransomware

Decryptolocker Saves You From the Popular Cryptolocker Ransomware


Cryptolocker is a nasty piece of malware that encrypts the files on your computer and holds them ransom. If you don't pay for a code to unlock the files, you don't get them back. FireEye and Fox-IT recently launched a tool to help users get their files back.


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Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet - Technology - The Atlantic

Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet - Technology - The Atlantic:
Email is actually a tremendous, decentralized, open platform on which new, innovative things can and have been built. In that way, email represents a different model from the closed ecosystems we see proliferating across our computers and devices.

I remain a big fan of email and still believe it is a protocol ripe for new thinking and innovation.

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Send a “Pain Letter” to Get Noticed by a Hiring Manager

Send a “Pain Letter” to Get Noticed by a Hiring Manager


If you've ever applied for a corporate job and had to go through an online application process, you know it's rather impersonal. You'll lose the ability to stand out among applicants. Try sending a letter directly to the hiring manager telling them you understand their challenges.


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Scientists Empirically Discover the Best Cheese for Pizza

Scientists Empirically Discover the Best Cheese for Pizza


Advancements in pizza science is very serious business. Even the military has been experimenting with strange methods on how to extend the life of the average pizza . Now, science aims to answer a question that's puzzled mankind ever since the dish was created: What cheese is the best?


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Samsung has a soundbar that matches your curved TV

Let's say you bought a pricey curved TV, only to remember that your existing soundbar is (gasp!) flat. Will you have to live with that geometry mismatch for the life of your set? Not if Samsung has its way. It just unveiled the Curved Soundbar, which...

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So Ryan Adams' New Punk Rock EP Is Actually Pretty Good

So Ryan Adams' New Punk Rock EP Is Actually Pretty Good


Alt-country crooner Ryan Adams typically makes music fit for a rom-com's opening credits, but he has a lesser-known punk side, and 1984 showcases the best of it.


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He Worshipped His Way

by Dish Staff Frank Sinatra discussed his approach to faith in a 1963 interview with Playboy: Playboy: All right, let’s start with the most basic question there is: Are you a religious man? Do you believe in God? Sinatra: Well, that’ll do for openers. I think I can sum up my religious feelings in a […]

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Frank Sinatra’s 1963 Playboy interview

I like Frank Sinatra's music. I didn't know he was so articulate and well-read, though. Go get 'em, Blue Eyes! Read the rest



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The Other Half of the Sky: praise-winning space opera with strong women heroes

Laura Mixon (AKA Morgan Locke) writes, "Check out The Other Half of the Sky, a 2013 anthology of original short stories edited by PhD biologist and author Athena Andreadis, co-edited by Kay Holt of Crossed Genres. It has come out of left field to take science fiction by storm. My own take: I loved this book. Readers hungry for women heroes will gobble up these exciting, original space opera tales with a spoon." Read the rest



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Review: Cappucino flavor Lays

IMG_2127-0.JPG They smell like a tomb, and taste like stale crackers dusted with International Delight-brand instant coffee.

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