FlyLo’s feature dropped at Sundance and it looks very Tim & Ericky. Tim is in it, as are George Clinton and Hannibal Buress.
•The health hazards of vaping are overblown
Downtown Toronto home appreciates 62% in two years
Obama 2009 on the left, Trump 2017 on the right. (thanks y)
•A Few Thoughts on Entering the Trump Era
Caution: This album may contain Inspectah Deck
•Knitters across the country are making cat-ear “pussyhats” for the Women’s March
Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bidet controls
Anonymous hackers to Trump: This isn’t the 80’s, info doesn’t vanish—your daddy can’t protect you
Just testing image posting. The caption goes here, eh?
•Top 10 Raspberry Pi Projects for Beginners
Maybe you picked up a Raspberry Pi for the holidays, or you’ve been sitting on one of the super versatile, palm-sized computers for a while now. If you’ve been wondering how to get started with yours, or what you could build that’s worthwhile, here are ten great ideas.
How I Got My Attention Back
Certainly the present day online environment is not conducive to sustained attention, but it’s a hard trick at the best of times (see: concept of monkey mind). Going offline helps! But the attention muscle must also be exercised.
Northern Ireland Unity Government Crumbles, Faces March Vote
meanwhile, in non-Trump news
Donald Trump inauguration: Scottish newspaper previews ceremony as Twilight Zone episode
The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible.
How Jokes Won the Election
Great Emily Nussbaum thinkpiece (thanks, y). That Triumph election special where he called Trump a shock comic was prescient.
The ‘Impossible’ Veggie Burger: A Tech Industry Answer to the Big Mac
“The cow is never going to get better at making meat,” Mr. Brown said. “It was not optimized for beef. It did not evolve to be eaten. Our burger was. We’re always getting better.”
Nintendo Switch launches worldwide March 3, $299 in US
with the new Zelda alongside it.
Trump ‘compromising’ claims: How and why did we get here?
Later, I used an intermediary to pass some questions to active duty CIA officers dealing with the case file – they would not speak to me directly. I got a message back that there was “more than one tape”, “audio and video”, on “more than one date”, in “more than one place” – in the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow and also in St Petersburg – and that the material was “of a sexual nature”.
Apple reportedly wants hit TV dramas of its own
Starting a Netflix-style service that would be bundled with Apple Music.
Why I’m an (Almost) Everyday Apple Watch Wearer
Good albeit too-detailed rundown of how the Apple Watch comes in handy through its complications and watch faces. I have a bunch of drafts about the watch sitting around that I will get around to posting soon.
Why open offices are bad for us
spoiler: they are loud, distracting, and don’t improve collaboration
App Extensions Are Not a Replacement for User Automation
by Sal Soghoian, legendary AppleScript master who is no longer at Apple.
Why Do Canadians Say ‘Eh’?
Even in the use of “eh” as a criticism or a command, the word seeks to find common ground. If I say “you’re an idiot, eh?”, what I’m saying is, you’re an idiot, but you should also think you’re an idiot, and our understanding of you as an idiot finds us on common ground.