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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Finally, Here’s the First Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Finally, Here’s the First Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

It's not much—in fact, it might feel like the shortest 88 seconds of your life—but the first trailer for director J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally here, and they weren't kidding when they called it a "teaser."


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A History Of Emoji

Adam Sternbergh explains where those ubiquitous cartoons come from: Emoji were born in a true eureka moment, from the mind of a single man: Shigetaka Kurita, an employee at the Japanese telecom company NTT Docomo. Back in the late 1990s, the company was looking for a way to distinguish its pager service from its competitors […]

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Shoppers gotta shop. And beat the crap out of each other over flat-screen TVs.

Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to purchase retail items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley

Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to purchase retail items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley, north London, November 28, 2014. Read the rest



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I Hate Boats

Boat voyages in epic fantasy


When you spend years and years immersed in any genre, I think it’s inevitable that you will come to develop prejudices. Patterns will begin to emerge before your eyes that change the way you experience the fiction you consume. Some of these biases will be reasonable, some will be arbitrary, and some will be, well, practically inexplicable. I know people who love fantasy but hate swords. This baffles me, because clearly swords are very great, but I won’t judge that preference. I certainly have my own prejudices, and today I’m going to explain one of them.


I absolutely loathe boats.


[Nautical readers may wish to avert their eyes.]


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Watch Mark Hamill describe The Force Awakens outline ... in 1983

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Why Young Engineers Are Missing Out

Why Young Engineers Are Missing Out

In the early 2000s, when the dot-com boom was going bust, there was a corny joke doing the rounds: The new definitions of B2B and B2C were “Back to Banking” and “Back to Consulting.” Thousands of young professionals who had fled the safe confines of Wall Street and the Big 6 in pursuit of Silicon […]


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Open a Bottle with a Seat Belt Buckle


A cold drink doesn't do you much good if you can't open it. If you need a bottle opener and can't find one, a seat belt works in a pinch.


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The Decline and Fall of the RadioShack Retail Empire

The Decline and Fall of the RadioShack Retail Empire


Welcome to Reading List, highlighting all the news stories you missed when you were arguing with your parents about Net Neutrality and/or slipping into a food coma. We've got great write ups from SB Nation, Nature, Businessweek, and Motherboard covering topics like religion, a failing retail empire, and gaming's unflinching feminist voice.


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An interesting read via Gizmodo


The Best Cyber Monday Deals

The Best Cyber Monday Deals


Cyber Monday incoming. Bookmark this page and get ready. We'll be adding deals as we get them and hyperlinking as they go live. Follow us on Twitter to make sure you never miss a deal and follow our deal coverage year round on Kinja Deals.


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Face Of The Day

For his series “Chattel”, photographer Kevin Horan took studio-style portraits portraits of farm animals such as Sydney, above. David Rosenberg explains: Because of obvious logistics involving livestock and studio photography, Horan brings his equipment to the animals. Not only because it’s easier to transport equipment than goats and sheep, but also because he relies on […]

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Pastafarian services advertised at German town limits





A reader writes, "In Germany, churches promote the times of their masses on signs at the town entrances. Now, for the first time, the 'Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster' in Templin/Germany was allowed to put sign there as well: 'Fridays, 10am: Noodle mass'." (more…)



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