2016-10-25
Oxford Press will now publish Shakespeare’s three Henry VI plays as co-authored by Christopher Marlowe.
2016-10-24
In case you missed it, SNL’s “Black Jeopardy” lives up to the hype with some brilliant cultural commentary.
2016-10-23
How cool-kid design trends made the web unreadable. (Related note: this site’s contrast ratio is 10.4.)
Tough Gig
“Sometimes I talk to CEOs, they come in and they start telling me about leadership, and here’s how we do things. And I say, well, if all I was doing was making a widget or producing an app, and I didn’t have to worry about whether poor people could afford the widget, or I didn’t have to worry about whether the app had some unintended consequences … then I think those suggestions are terrific.”
– Barack Obama
2016-10-20
Amazing analysis of McMansions and what makes them so terrible.
2016-10-14
Is practice (and the 10,000 hour ‘rule’) everything it’s cracked up to be?
2016-10-13
The dirt on your floor is the least of your concerns: stop worrying about the five second rule.
2016-10-12
Why are movie scores so forgettable these days? A unified theory of modern film music.
2016-10-10
Missed the debate last night? Here’s a painfully funny, painfully accurate condensation.
2016-10-09
Applying economic theories to dining as a couple.