Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I tried explaining Soylent, the protein shake meal replacement popular in Silicon Valley, to my mom and she tilted her head: “Oh, you mean SlimFast?” she said. I balked. No, Soylent is definitely tech, I explained, and it’s on my beat. It has a minimalist label and comes in iterative versions like software (we’re at…
This comic has saved my life more than twice now and I hope it helps others as much as it did me. by goughy1210 · 3 days ago Source: This comic has saved my life more than twice now and I hope it helps others as much as it did me. – Album on Imgur
MinionsOops.Google has abruptly killed off one of its April Fools’ Day “jokes” after it caused outrage online, with multiple people claiming that it lost them their jobs. The premise of the joke was simple. In Gmail, next to the standard “Reply” button, Google added a “Mic drop” button. Using it would reply to the email,…
Here I go. I’m really so sick of the reality that talking about race should be restricted to audiences of color or spaces which cater to the socially conscious. If there’s one thing I’ve learned by working in online media these past few years, it’s that a disheartening majority of media consumers are unwilling…
I’ve fallen victim to it, and if you’ve had a conversation with someone’s jilted ex, you probably have too. The entirety of 2014 made me all too aware of the phenomenon and how deeply damaging it can be. Admittedly, my case is extreme, but that just means it requires a less powerful microscope. For a…
In 1994 artist Alex Ross and writer Kurt Busiek created a prestige comic book series that had an enormous impact on how everyone who followed would look at the world of comic book characters. That series was Marvels, and it told the early history of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of a regular man,…
Every generation has a Superman. I consider myself lucky to have been alive at a time when I could, as a four year old, go see Superman: The Movie in theaters. “You’ll believe a man can fly,” was the tagline, and that sums up the sense of awe and wonder imparted by that film. The…
SUICIDE SQUAD Reshoots Bode Well For The DC Movieverse It’s getting funnier. By Devin Faraci Mar. 31, 2016 A couple of weeks ago I spoke with an excellent source who told me something surprising: the trailer for Suicide Squad, the one with the Queen song, did not represent the film as it then existed. “Every joke…
This August we’ll finally be able to enjoy a fun DC movie — and it’s all thanks to the most recent Suicide Squad trailer. The latest trailer for Suicide Squad depicts a bunch of fun scenes which make the new villain-centric DC movie starring The Joker, Harley Quinn, and an assortment of other villains a…