Posts
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NY Times: “Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?”
A look at the college value proposition.
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Philippines & Japan 2023, Part One: DC to Coron
A long-awaited journey.
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Mandy Brown: “Energy makes time”
An argument for putting your art first.
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Sexy camera moves.
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Vice: “Goodbye to Netflix DVDs, The Last Good Tech Company”
Aaron Gordon looks back at Netflix before metrics and the algorithm ate everything.
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Netflix to Shut Down DVD Service
Goodbye, red envelopes.
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NY Times: “What Killed Penmanship?”
A fading skill.
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Syncing Letterboxd Data to Markdown Files
Owning my Letterboxd data.
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Amazon To Shut Down DPReview.com
Something something Faustian bargain.
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Don’t fear the tool, worry about who is swinging it.
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Slate: “My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along”
Physical media! It’s good!
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Re-watching, and listening.
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Time traveling.
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Vulture: “TV Has Always Disappeared. This Feels Different.”
Kathryn VanArendonk on Warner Bros. Discovery’s slash-and-burn show reductions at HBO Max.
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Encoding Video With Forced Subtitles Using
transcode-videoFinally using the
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A spring swap.
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New keyboard.
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Virginia Sole-Smith: “Perfectionism and the Performance of Organizing”
How much organizing is too much?
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A Working Library: “Official Myths”
Mandy Brown on remote/IRL cultures, supporting junior staff, and the flexibility needed to deal with climate/pandemic effects.