Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…
Just when you think Microsoft could do no worse in Japan, the console proves that, yes, it can do even worse. Much worse. After a dismal Japan launch and then horrible sales, the latest weekly Xbox One sales for Japan are, simply put, awful. During the week of June 8 to June 14, Microsoft sold…
Later this week, some of the now-fully grown adults from KIDS will reunite at BAM in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the controversial ’90s film. On hand will be Larry Clark, Harmony Korine, Chloë Sevigny, Leo Fitzpatrick, and Rosario Dawson, who were all young, and very new to the industry at the time. This…
Don Lemon can’t help but attract controversy. The CNN Tonight host waded into the debate about President Obama‘s recent use of the n-word on Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast by holding up a sign with the racial epithet written in large capital letters and then asking the audience whether the word offended them. Lemon also tried…
On Saturday, the New York Times published an article about Charleston shooter Dylan Roof’s newly discovered manifesto and cache of selfies. It would have been a pretty straightforward news story had the Times not been fooled by a teen into reporting that Roof was a diehard fan of My Little Pony and was obsessed with…
If you read this New York Times article about Dylann Roof on Saturday afternoon, you may have learned the following about the suspected Charleston shooter’s online manifesto: Benjamin Wareing, a blogger in Britain, said the writings are nearly identical to blog posts that Mr. Roof posted several months ago on a separate Tumblr page. Mr….
Jurassic World is now on track to beat the box office records of both Avengers films, and it has a shot at beating Avatar. This is terrible, awful news for anybody who loves movies. Not because Jurassic World is a horrible movie—it’s actually pretty fun. But because this means a lot more pandering sequels. I’m…
Description:Serial is hiring a digital producer to join our award-winning show. This person will work with the show’s production team – the host, producers, developer, production manager and coordinator— to develop the show’s digital content, including enterprise projects, interactive features, graphics, posts, updates, and the serialpodcast.org site in general.We’re looking for candidates who can think…
No one questions the legality of the permits, but some officials worry about public safety. Cedar County (Iowa) Sheriff Warren Wethington has been teaching his daughter, Bethany, to use firearms. A brain tumor left Bethany, 18, partially blind, but he believes that once she becomes of legal age to purchase firearms, she should not be…
Just days after a leaked email revealed that Sony would never make Spider-Man anyone other than white, straight Peter Parker unless Marvel Comics did it first, Marvel has done it first. Over the weekend, comics fans learned that Miles Morales would officially replace Peter Parker as Spider-Man in the main timeline of the Marvel universe, which will be rebooted this…