What I’ve been reading this past week.

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This is what I’ve been reading this past week.

• Admissions Scandal Shows Elite Schools’ Self-Importance - The Atlantic
  A think piece from a Yale professor refocusing on what the point of universities are, although the bit at the end about not being ashamed of admitting wealthy donors kids for their money is never going to fly.
• hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorse
  I’m honestly heartened when I see goofy, pointless stuff like this on the web again.
• List: Revolutionary Quotes From Centrist History - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
  McSweeny’s swoops in once more for the win.
• List: If Conservatives Talked About Other Issues the Way They Talk About Climate Change - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
  Nailed it.
• ‘Centurians of Rome’: How a Bank Robber Made the Most Expensive Gay Porno Flick of All Time
  Engrossing long form about a gay, Cuban-American overachiever, and one time anti-gay crusader’s life of crime.

There it is, and here we are. Go forth.

My (short) reading picks this past week. Very technical selections this week, so n00bs beware.

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This is what I’ve been reading this past week.

• Using CSS Grid the right way | hey it’s violet
  Some good tips.
• Alyssa Rosenzweig – The Federation Fallacy
  Convincing take on the democratization of a centralized internet, versus a decentralized one.

There it is, and here we are. Go forth.

What I’ve been reading this past week.

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This is what I’ve been reading this past week.

• Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry
  A thinky, verbose literary analysis of what ingredients writers bring to their work, and how those best interact. Focused pointedly on poetry, but I think it has value for anyone working creatively with the written word.
• Jessie Frazelle’s Blog: Government. Medicine. Capitalism?
  What the software industry can learn from government and medicine, and generally good thoughts on management.
• Remembering The Grateful Dead’s ‘Wall of Sound’: An Absurd Feat of Technological Engineering
  Another story about The Dead I didn’t think I’d enjoy, but here we are.
• Write code that is easy to delete
  Great article on software design, but I think the broad principles are applicative to many creative fields, as well.

There it is, and here we are. Go forth.

My reading picks for the past few weeks.

These are some choice picks from what I’ve been reading for the past few weeks.

I hope to publish these link round-ups weekly, but for this first one I have a backlog of saved links, so this one has more links then will be usual.

• Ong’s Hat: The Early Internet Conspiracy Game That Got Too Real
  If you’re into reading about weirdo conspiracy theories, inter dimensional travel, and/or New Jersey, this is a must.
• Privacy vs “I have nothing to hide” - Kev Quirk
  Puts the importance of privacy in plain, effecting language.
• CERN 2019 WorldWideWeb Rebuild
  Very cool recreation of the first web browser, written for NeXT.
• Prof. Dr. Style
  A fun look at the very early web design, and how bullet-proof it is still.
• Was the Godfather of Soul murdered?
  Completely gripping, totally chilling. I was captivated.
• The Transitive Nightfall of Fatty Egg Rolls
  I’m strangely enthralled by this tale of bygone Deadhead egg rolls, from a bygone website.
• A brief history of wi-fi privacy vulnerabilities | Robert Heaton
  A fascinating look at one of the underpinnings of modern life.

There it is, and here we are. Go forth.

Started reading: Eloquent Javascript by Marijn Haverbeke.

Read the short story The Lighthouse Keeper by Daisy Johnson.

Read the short story Navigators by Mike Meginnis.

Read the short story Different Kinds of Darkness by David Langford.

Read the short story As Good as New by Charlie Jane Anders. 📚

Just finished reading Catcher in the Rye for the first time - it was good. 📚