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November 15, 2013
Blog: Culture Desk
EFF -> YOU
Perhaps even today’s astronauts, the most seasoned of seasoned travellers, strapped to their rockets, feel the need to reach for their Droids, to express the childlike thrill that they are feeling, poised for launch. EARTH -> SPACE, OMG!
November 12, 2013
Blog: Culture Desk
The Story Behind “What Would I Say?”
Am fond of Seinfeld, and I disparage the value of baseball arguments. That was the first phrase generated just for me this afternoon by What Would I Say?, a new app that runs users’...
November 7, 2013
Blog: Culture Desk
Lifetime Achievements
Taylor Swift, a bona fide, cross-genre global megastar, is also nominally, and perhaps at this point rather tentatively, a country star…
November 7, 2013
Blog: Comment
Will Bill de Blasio Kill the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry?
New Yorkers haven’t always been so open-minded about the teams their politicians root for.
October 31, 2013
Blog: The Sporting Scene
Fact-Checking the Red Sox World Series Win
We turn a skeptical eye to some of the insta-myths from this Series that Red Sox fans will be telling for years to come.
October 29, 2013
Blog: Culture Desk
The Majesty of the “Star Wars” Blooper Reel
Gag-reel footage from the first “Star Wars,” first shown this summer at Comic-Con in San Diego, is now available online.
October 24, 2013
Blog: Page-Turner
The Word For…
The practice of coining new words goes back to the beginning of language itself…
October 24, 2013
Blog: The Sporting Scene
The Value of Arguing and the Gift of an Overturned Call
In Game One of the World Series, something very odd happened: Red Sox manager John Farrell argued a call with the umpires, and he won.
October 22, 2013
Blog: Currency
Why A.T. & T. is Talking About Texting and Driving
There is a jolting takeaway in a public-service announcement funded by companies that sell texting services and data plans…
October 21, 2013
Blog: Culture Desk
Freemium Access
Never in the history of the modern world has there been a better time to be a cheapskate…
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