Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I’m trying to find out who gets credit for the headline. Update: It’s Graeme Bruce, “but I kneaded a little help from the newsroom,” he tweets. (h/t Grant Hamilton) * Bread truck rolls over, hundreds of loaves toast (brandonsun.com) * Earlier: Big rig carrying fruit crashes, creates jam (jimromenesko.com) < ?php if( class_exists(‘Add_to_Any_Subscribe_Widget’) ) {…
No. Really. In a decision that can’t possibly have any negative repercussions for the city’s helpless residents, Springfield, Illinois mayor J. Michael Houston has given the key to the city to noted terrorist leader and snake enthusiast Cobra Commander. Ostensibly this was done as a promotion for the upcoming JoeCon, the G.I. Joe collector’s convention…
INFOLINKS_ON Baseball manga creator Shinji Mizushima‘s (Dokaben, Song of Baseball Enthusiasts, Abusan) works are so beloved in his hometown of Niigata, that back in 2002, the city honored him with Shinji Mizushima Manga Street, which has several statues of Mizushima manga characters. Among them is a statue of Taro Yamada, the portly hero of Dokaben….
Let’s face it: Being too privileged is a heavy burden. You have so much and others, so very little. If only there was a way to help the have-nots have some (for a price!). Welcome to WellDeserved: “a marketplace for privilege.” “Privilege goes unused every single day—why would we waste any of it?” says WellDeserved…
From the time the first commercials aired during the American pro football championship game last month, CSI: Cyber has been one of the more talked-about and least-anticipated shows in recent memory. At least in tech circles. For normal viewers, it’s one of those shows that you wake up in the middle of at 10:27 after…
Wes Anderson’s ‘Uncanny X-Men’ Sets New Wes Anderson Aping Standard The “What if Wes Anderson directed…” genre is by no means a new one, but it’s one that remains tough to actually do well. A string of symmetrically-shot references to Anderson’s prior films does not an effective parody make. So kudos to Patrick Willems–who previously…
There are a bunch of restaurants in the world, including some in New York City. But in a city of over 24,000 restaurants, how do you find the best? You begin your search in places that are already popular: New York’s hottest tourist destinations. In the new feature The Best Restaurant in New York Is,…
Photo The dress, seen in a photo from Caitlin McNeill’s Tumblr site and quickly posted on social media sites. The mother of the bride wore white and gold. Or was it blue and black? From a photograph of the dress the bride posted online, there was broad disagreement. A few days after the wedding last…
WP 3.5 Gallery Redesign end .slider-actions end .slider-social Images like this one of Scarlett Johansson as Skrillex went everywhere online in the fall of 2013 after someone posted a photo on Reddit of the actress falling. Images like this one of Scarlett Johansson as Skrillex went everywhere online in the fall of 2013 after someone…