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Friend Cohabitation, Grief Tech, and Gene Therapies
On people in India ditching the (regional) typical life path and living arrangement to instead cohabitate with friends. Grief tech and ghostbots are…
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Colin Wright
Necktie Knots, Abstract Art, and Manic Psychosis
The man who invented 1,500 necktie knots. Some interesting edge-cases encountered when attempting to code music-related projects. How can dark, frozen…
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Colin Wright
Designing Fictional Brands and A Very Expensive Lesson
Some notes & quotes from recent reads: Designing a Great Fictional Brand for TV and Film Quotes: Over the decades, Duff remained a staple feature of the…
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Colin Wright
November 2023
Hipster Donuts and Bionic Hands
Some notes & quotes from recent reads: We Have the Salvation Army to Thank for the Hipster Doughnut Quotes: Dough fried in oil is a delicacy found…
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Colin Wright
Moquette, Citizen Surveillance, and Video Game Artwork
People aren’t coming back to work, post-height-of-the-pandemic, and that’s leaving many industries short on employees, but also lacking the…
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Colin Wright
Tap Water, the Torment Nexus, and Sitzpinklers
You can drink the tap water in these countries (there are only about 50 of them, and even within those countries, quality and safety varies): How to use…
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Colin Wright
Having Children and Tunnel Boring Machines
Some notes & quotes from recent reads: On Having Children Quotes: When future historians look back on the last half-century, I suspect they will pass…
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Solitary Confinement, Research Publishing, and Homeschooling
SUVs are horrible for pedestrian safety, but certain types of streets are bad for human beings, no matter which cars are on them. On the history of…
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Colin Wright
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Age-Coded Clothing, Airships, and Roundabouts
I hadn’t heard the term “age-coded clothing” before reading this piece on fast fashion and its impact on our capacity to project things about ourselves…
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Colin Wright
Antique Conservation, the Voyager 2, and Medieval Monsters
How the British Museum conserves a Burmese offering vessel. (Which is cool, but: thefts and, uh, other thefts) You’re not alone in feeling lonely…
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Innovation and 80% Jobs
Some notes & quotes from recent reads: Ours Is the Least Artistically Innovative Century in 500 Years (paywall-free link) Quotes: To find something new…
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Music, Handheld Games, and the Filing Cabinet
An increasingly vital question, for some: What happens when an artist’s technology becomes obsolete? (more: digital obsolescence) Some thoughts about…
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Colin Wright
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