John Wilcock's Wonderful Underground Masterpiece: "OTHER SCENES"
Shown at top of fold: Cover to OTHER SCENES, Volume 1, Number 6, September 1968 — Additional items on the history of OTHER SCENES will be included in the comments section over the week.
From John Wilcock, New York Years, by Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall.
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Florida county commissioners against renewal of library's New York Times subscription because it's "fake news"
The Board of County Commissioners in Citrus County, Florida opposed the renewal of the regional public library’s digital subscription to the New York Times. Why? “Fake news,” said the board’s second vice chairman Scott Carnahan. ““I agree with President Trump. I will not be voting for this. I don’t want The New York Times in […]
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Chrome is patching a bug that lets sites detect and block private browsing mode, declares war on incognito-blocking
The next version of Chrome will patch a bug that lets websites detect users who are in incognito mode by by probing the Filesystem API; they've also pledged to seek out and block any other vulnerabilities that will let servers detect users in incognito mode.
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Starbucks to stop selling newspapers
UPDATE: A Starbucks spokesperson tells Boing Boing, “We are always looking at what we offer our customers in our stores and making adjustments to our portfolio based on changing customer behavior. As part of our continuous efforts to enhance the overall experience in our stores for both partners and customers, we are removing select fixtures […]
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Weblium helps you build professional websites with a click and a drop
Website building apps are all about one thing — helping you craft a great-looking, fast-running website without having to mess with all that back-end code. However, nobody wants their site to look just like a template, so customization is all but a must. So how easy is it to make those changes and still not […]
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The AVYA steam inhaler combines old-school remedies with new school technology
In our modern world, our usual first approach to combating an oncoming cold is to medicate it into oblivion. Sometimes, that carpet bombing pharmaceutical attack plan can knock out the congestion and discomfort of an illness before it settles in. But there’s always something to be said for trying to put down the effects of […]
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Building a movement? NationBuilder has all the right tools for you
Whether you’re managing a political campaign or building a client base, there comes a time when you stop seeing people and start seeing numbers. This doesn’t happen suddenly. You shake hands, make calls, and build relationships. And then those relationships disappear into a database of donors or customers as your organization grows. People get brought […]
