Fear of a Beeping Watch
Thursday evening, I had an odd experience on my ride home on the subway. I was sitting on a crowded E train, next to a middle-aged white woman who was sound asleep. It’s always amazed me when someone...
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“Better Ways of Living and Experiencing Music”
A few weeks ago, I attended a concert by Savages, a British post-punk revival band in the tradition of Joy Division and early Siouxsie & The Banshees. Along the entryway into the venue, and even in...
View ArticlePopping The Geeky Masculinity Bubble
At the recent TechCrunch Disrupt conference, two teams of hackers introduced and presented sexist—to say the least—app ideas. TechCrunch was quick to deliver the typical non-apology apology that has...
View ArticleOne Size Fits Some
Though Flappy Bird has passed from App Stores and into legend, debate still rages over what it means gaming as a while. In one corner is MG Siegler, speaking for legions of older gamers who see Flappy...
View ArticleCouch Potatoes of the 21st Century?
Over at The Guardian, John Naughton bemoans the rise of the new, Internet enabled Couch Potato What we failed to appreciate was the passivity of most of humanity and its inexhaustible appetite for...
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The Urbanist
I was born in the city. I was raised in the city. God willing, I’ll die in the city, though maybe not the same city I was born in. It’s the only way of life I’ve known. I was born and raised in...
View ArticleI’m That Guy Who Doesn’t Have a TV
I don’t own a television, but I try not to be one of those jerks who’s self-righteous about how he doesn’t own a television. Considering the amount of time I spend passively consuming streams, both...
View ArticleHealthy Living isn’t One Size Fits All
I’m fat. Not so fat that I would need two seats on an airplane, unless we’re talking RyanAir, but I weigh about 200 pounds and I’m 5’8″. In other words, I’m built like a hobbit. My BMI has hovered...
View ArticleProblematic Media and How to Live With It
A while back, my Twitter feed was blowing up about an episode of the podcast Top Four, wherein Marco and Tiffany Arment discuss their picks for the worst four Weezer singles. I didn’t listen, largely...
View ArticlePop Culture Granfalloons
Pop culture, especially for us socially isolated dorks, is an easy granfalloon to call our own. You have a ready-made conversation topic, a sense of purpose, and a way to identify the out-group. As a...
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