At Cool Tools Kevin Kelly presents 7 or 8 cool toy gift ideas. I'm excited to learn that there are a few new Perplexuses: the Rookie, the Twist, and the Epic.
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Dec 19, 2014
Kevin Kelly's gift guide of cool toys
Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang bring Paper Girls in for a perfect landing
Paper Girls is Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's outstanding, Stranger Things-esque all-girl time-travel adventure comic, and after four years, the pair have completed the story, tying up the increasingly complicated braided timelines of their tale in a fantastically satisfying bow.
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Death of a Cyborg
Shorra's 2012 piece Death of a Cyborg remixed William-Adolphe Bouguereau's 1888 painting The First Mourning/Premier Deuil, giving it a 21st century zest that I found so moving that I bought a print immediately. (via Quinnception)
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Annalee Newitz's "Future of Another Timeline": like Handmaid's Tale meets Hitchhiker's Guide
Annalee Newitz (previously) just published her second novel, The Future of Another Timeline, a madcap feminist time-travel novel that pits incel extremists who are trying to snuff out feminism before it can get started against a secret liberation army of feminists inspired by the (alternate history) Senator Harriett Tubman.
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MEGA's cloud service proves that security doesn't have to cost a ton
There’s hardly a business out there that doesn’t use cloud storage, and a growing number of private individuals are taking advantage of it as well. Suffice to say that word gets out pretty quickly about shoddy cloud services. And conversely, you can be sure that when sites like Techradar give the New Zealand-based MEGA high […]
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Become a master programmer with this immersive computer science training bundle
There’s a great deal of opportunity out there in the tech world and an increasing amount of competition. So you know your way around Python? Great. So do a lot of other coders, and they’ve probably got Java, C++, and SQL on their resumes to boot. A career in programming requires up to date knowledge […]
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This Bloody Bath Mat is the best shower scare since "Psycho"
Cue the “Psycho” violins. If you’re a true Halloween completist who’s wondering how to deck out your bathroom for the holiday, we have your accessory: The Bloody Bath Mat™. When it’s dormant, this devious prank is a nondescript, almost paper-thin (.03 inch thick) mat, white with a matte finish. Placed beside your shower, it’s the […]
