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gjmueller: Pepper Grinder Shuts off Tech to Reclaim Family Dinner Time Dolmio, the Australian pasta sauce brand, has developed a high-tech pepper grinder that blocks Wifi and shuts down electronic devices including tablets and TVs. The Australian brand aims to make dinnertime more about the ritual of families eating and connecting and less about faces…
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hyperallergic: Wim Wenders has a unique ability to use documentary as a window onto other artistic mediums, whether they be music (Buena Vista Social Club), dance (Pina), or, in his latest film, photography. Wenders co-directed The Salt of the Earth, a portrait of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, with Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro. The film is…
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There are tumblr bloggers who obfuscate their communication by hiding entire posts in tags. My colleague, Molly Templeton introduced me to what she calls “delete culture”—the act of removing social media posts from the Internet that are no longer relevant to the exact moment you are in. She’s shown me Instagram users who limit their…
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On the Hugo Award hijacking
mostlysignssomeportents: A group of right-wing Internet users calling themselves “Sad Pupping” have hijacked the Hugo Award ballot this year, buying voter-only memberships to the World Science Fiction Convention in order to fill the ballot with stories aligned with their political agenda, including one published by “Patriarchy Press,” calling on Gamergate supporters to join in with…
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard climateadaptation: Abstract Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning. Prior studies have primarily focused on students’ capacity for multitasking and distraction when using laptops. The present research…