Series: Today’s Tidbits
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Some History, Some Politics, Some Fun, and a Few Other Things
I (semi-unexpectedly) spent a lot of time over the weekend catching up on TV shows and playing video games. There was also some reading involved. Yeah, I’d had other plans, but was far too wiped out from the week to actually follow through on any of them. So, a couch weekend it was. During that…
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More Than a Little Art, A Call to Action for Net Neutrality, Some New Entertainment, and Awesome Science
I often say that I’m not a music person–mainly because I’m not… at least not like a lot of other people I know how eat, breath, sleep, and generally live music. I enjoy music, but I don’t particularly seek it out or obsess over it. What I do like, though, is a solid performance. Of anything.…
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Cancellations, Supreme Court Gaffe, Interesting Food, Net Neutrality, and Rain
So, Fox has apparently neglected to renew one of my favorite shows from the past season, the scifi cop show Almost Human. As I’ve said a lot in comments today, I think that’s a horrible idea on their part. The show had a lot of potential–a rich world that they were just beginning to explore, characters…
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Some Good News, Some Bad News, and Some Outright Crazy Stuff (You know, as usual)
Kicked off my day this morning with an off-site meeting and then capped it off with two other meetings that popped up out of nowhere. Which, of course, lead to a mad dash to get stuff done… and a list of things that will get in the way of a nice, leisurely Friday in the…
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History Most Don’t Know, Instances of Future History in the Making, Talented Kids, and other Interesting News
Today’s been another mixed-bag, newsfeed-wise. There’s a lot going on in the world right now and it seems most people don’t even come close to grasping just how much things will change, depending on which way some of it goes. The big one, of course, is the ongoing Net Neutrality fight. But that’s running parallel…