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“Produce more, consume less”
What if you had to earn your internet access by producing something? That’s the idea behind Blockr software, which allows you to set creative goals–like writing a certain number of words—and blocks you from going online until you’ve accomplished them.
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The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things
The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things has sold out! For those of you who have a ticket, we’re excited to see you this evening. For the rest of you, we hope you can make it to…
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The Art of the Book Blurb
How many methods are there to be uniquely flattering? Over at The Kenyon Review, poet and Rumpus contributor Jake Adam York takes a stab at naming the different ways to sing one’s literary praises. (Via The New Yorker)
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Another Reason to Know Your Grammar
Only a week ago, we blogged about the fluidity of the English language. However, for those of you currently seeking a job, take note: grammar is important. While some of you may scoff or shrug your shoulders, Kyle Wiens, writing…
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#REALTALK RETURNS
Ann Friedman, former executive editor of GOOD magazine and current staffer at Tomorrow, has relocated her much beloved blog #realtalk from your editor to the Columbia Journalism Review. It’s there that you can find sage advice about media new and…
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“Future Pups From the Past” and Other Genetic Facsimiles
Cryogenically freezing your dogs DNA has its merits. South Korean cloning technologies can see the dead resurrected and reproducing. Case in point: Sir Lancelot, star of the series “I Cloned my Pet,” and the documentary film One Nation Under Dog: Stories…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today in awful news: I hope you’re ready for food to get crazy expensive. People say that 3D is horrible, but how many times has a NON 3D movie fixed someones sight? These iron oxide drawings are very pretty. Science…
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BOB ROSS MOMENT OF THE DAY
PBS is teaming up with Symphony of Science to remix old PBS classics. Devoted fans of the television network will recognize the distinctive head of hair on the star of their latest song – it’s a tribute to the late…
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Top Secret Ted Wilson
Ted Wilson, our reviewer of all things in the world, has just reviewed something he thinks may be too controversial for public consumption. While he does not believe in censorship, he does believe in not having people think he is…
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“soft hues to violent stains”
“To what extent is color a physical thing in the physical world, and to what extent is it created in our minds?” Radiolab investigates the intangible chromatic universe in this fascinating segment.
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She Smelled of New Book
In our digitalized age, where there is constant postulation on the death of print, it is reassuring to know that should the medium be lost, the scent of a new book never will be — not now that you can…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The bottom of the sea continues to be filled with the craziest things. Update from a recent post: we still have no idea what happened to Amelia Earhart. Mapping life expectancy along the London Tube line. Zoetropes and other 19th…