Afflictor: Thinking Prince William pleased the Queen this week by sending her a picture of his little guy.
I also sent her a picture of my little guy.
- Old Print Articles: Indian medicine woman is murdered (1903) + “Buffalo” Jones goes lasso-hunting in Africa (1909).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: A proofreader might also be helpful + “Connoiseur” is probably the kindest way to put it + I’m even creepier than your husband + Can I have some pasta and a bag of mosquitoes, please?
- Featured Videos: Devo performs for Merv Griffin (1980) + Orson Welles wanted to make an improvisational film five decades ago (1963) + Caesars Palace paid Welles to make a video about gaming (1978) + Masdar City nearly had driverless pod cars + DARPA releases brain-controlled prosthetics.
- Secretariat didn’t need PEDs, but the rest of us might.
- Noam Sheiber did an AMA about the precarious position of Big Law.
- Some good ideas seemingly take forever to catch on.
- McDonald’s food is garbage, but its design sense is amazing.
- Violent crime has declined worldwide, and there must be a reason for that.
- Retailers now using face-recognition software to identify customers.
- Wallace Shawn recalls the making of My Dinner with Andre.
- Martin Scorsese wisely reminds that modern literacy needs to be redefined.
- Film producer Lynda Obst anazlyzes the odd nature of Hollywood’s new normal.
- Do we want the transition to the future to be seamless or jarring?
- Robert Reich looks at the fall of Detroit and the rise of income disparity.
- Stem-cell research will include the commingling of species.
- A revisionist look at the Elephant Man and other Victorian freaks.
- Almost all cars already have tracking devices.
- A look at the next wave of robot learning.
- A brief note from 1895 about dog food.
- A brief note from 1897 about a funny ending.
- A brief note from 1897 about true friends.
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