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Aaron Bragg

“Calculatedly Stupid”

Ian Leslie says we really can be too clever for our own good: “If a rat is faced with a + more

72 Years of Pop Culture

Radio Time Machine is a nifty little tool that plays Billboard chart-toppers from every year back to 1940. Well…30-second samples, + more

Physics Is Phun!

Are we really on the verge of of one of the biggest imaging revolutions since 1826? Lytro’s new light-field camera + more

Pedantic Post of the Week

I’ve been hearing “which begs the question” an awful lot these days. And it usually sounds something like this: “Whoa—she’s + more

Thursday Miscellany

It has been decided that tomorrow is Passive Voice Day. Great fun will no doubt be had by all. Florence + more

The Lives of the Idle Rich

If nothing else, this book promises to be an interesting read. The scandalous Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter—”Nica”—was arguably as much + more

0 to 12 in 2:45

Speaking as a parent, this is pretty much how it feels.

Friday Miscellany

Three days, three figures from my childhood…gone. RIP Dick Clark, Levon Helm, and Jonathan Frid. Time’s wingèd chariot, indeed. A + more

Wow

The first World Palindrome Champion was crowned last month. (For those of you less inclined toward word geekery, a palindrome + more

Happy Birthday!

Someone turns 35 today.

A Glimpse at Genius

For my money, the finest biographer alive is Robert Caro. Esquire‘s Chris Jones takes a look at the guy who’s + more

Can’t read Arabic? No problem.

Bet you still know exactly who this is. Designer Daily has seven more examples of how well-known companies adapted when + more

This Is What Europeans Call “Art”

http://vimeo.com/37796909 Can’t…stop…watching…

Grammar Time!

All 54 of William Safire’s “Fumblerules of Grammar”—humorous, self-contradictory rules for writing—are over at Lists of Note. While you’re there, + more

Let the Mockery Begin

Here’s a little time-waster that’ll make you feel superior: the Bad Opinion Generator. My favorite so far comes from William + more

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