Puddles Pity Party is a pinball wizard. (via Marginal Revolution)
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10:15 am Fri
Apr 7, 2017
Just a clown singing Pinball Wizard to the tune of Folsom Prison Blues
Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later
Ten years ago, Apple released the Ipad. I was in a hotel room in Seattle, jetlagged and awake at 4AM while my wife and daughter slept.
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Brexit means the UK will shelve the EU Copyright Directive (for now)
Last year, the EU adopted the incredibly controversial Copyright Directive (it passed by only five votes, and afterwards 10 MEPs said they'd got confused and pushed the wrong buttons!): now, EU member states have to create rules that require online platforms to filter all user-generated content and block it if it matches a secret, unaccountable […]
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Three years after the W3C approved a DRM standard, it's no longer possible to make a functional indie browser
Back in 2017, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) approved the most controversial standard in its long history: Encrypted Media Extensions, or EME, which enabled Netflix and other big media companies to use DRM despite changes to browsers extensions that eliminated the kinds of deep hooks that DRM requires.
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No gas, no liquid, all heat: these plasma lighters are like having a lightsaber in your pocket
With so many advancements in modern society, you’d think we’d have moved beyond the butane lighter by now. A pressurized, flammable gas, butane fumes can irritate your eyes and skin, can elevate your heart rate, and even lead to cardiac arrest. And we did mention that whole highly pressurized and flammable part, right? While certainly […]
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Enter to win a $1,000 gift card to the airline of your choice plus save on top cheap flight finder apps
Is it just us, or does it feel like winter hasn’t been as horrendous as usual this year? Well, stats show it’s actually been one of the warmer winters on record so far this year for many eastern U.S. cities in January and February. But, almost on cue, weather experts warn signs of a serious […]
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Kick your cell plan to the curb with this six-month deal for less than $9 a month
While mobile devices are all but essential and the center of so many individual universes these days, find one person who loves their wireless plan with that type of passion. Check around. We’ll wait… Didn’t find anybody, did you? That’s because most wireless plans are designed for the convenience of the provider and will nickel-and-dime […]
