Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The world has waited nearly a decade to show their disdain on Facebook with a single click. Now, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is finally building a button. “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on…
The OnHub is Google’s latest weird experiment. It’s a $200 router stuffed with fourteen antennae that’s being marketed as a cure-all for people who have a zillion wireless devices with different network needs. But what does that actually mean? I tore down my OnHub with the hardware hackers at iFixit to find out. For those…
You may love your job. You may love your boss. But if your boss has a problem with you getting the money you deserve, then the friendly boss is not your friend. At the University of Washington, a group of professors is seeking to unionize the faculty. Their aim, the Seattle Times reports, is not…
Lynchburg, VA—Amos 5:24- But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like a never-failing stream. Atop the football stadium at Liberty University runs a big sign that reads “HOME OF THE FLAMES.” The same slogan as Hell. And the same beguiling tableau. Heaven and hell: two sides of the same coin, indistinguishable twins….
For three weeks, an online criminal gang used popular sites such as eBay, the Drudge Report and Answers.com to try to infect millions of internet users in one of the longest malvertising campaigns ever seen, according to a security firm. Using booby-trapped ads, commonly known as “malvertising,” is quickly becoming the most common way for…
Now that summer’s over, it’s official: Jurassic World wasn’t just the biggest movie of the season; it’s the biggest summer movie of all time. But Jurassic World’s box office success belies a different trend: Hollywood is actually losing revenue in the US. And Jurassic World, which was criticized for its portrayal of women, may not be the best model for the film…
For years, everyone involved with investing has wanted to know: When will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates? But there’s another important consideration that isn’t asked nearly enough: Can the Fed raise interest rates? That query is more than academic. With the US economy looking increasingly strong, some still think the Federal Reserve could act…
This week, China’s ruling Communist Party invited more than 80 political figures and academics from around the world to Beijing to attend a meeting called The Party and World Dialogue 2015. Addressing the theme of “disciplining the party,” Chinese officials consulted foreign experts on combatting corruption—an uphill battle for President Xi Jinping since he took…
Garden State has long served as a watered-down gateway to alternative culture for young, emotional fuckboys to be. The soundtrack introduced countless suburbanites to synthesizers and vocal fry, and undoubtedly inspired teen bands across the Northeast to write songs about that one Quirky Girl in their class who no one seemed to appreciate but them….
Yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of the release of John Lennon’s goody-goody solo album Imagine, on which he softly bleats for world peace and borderless harmony. Described by Rolling Stone as Lennon’s “greatest musical gift to the world,” the song of the same name fantasizes about a mankind without qualities of evil and suffering,…