I got a fidget spinner yesterday. Of course I’m going to write a column about it.
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about fidget spinners
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Tagged banination, calming behavior, coping mechanism, dolphins, fasa, fidget spinner, focus gum, gyroscope, koosh ball, scientific evidence, spinner, standardized tests, Starcom, testing, Toys, weighted blanket, ye olde dayes
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SIX OF THE BEST… numbers on Dark Matter
I like the SyFy TV show Dark Matter. Each of the main characters — at least, the core ones — are numbered. There are six of them. You know what that means.
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Tagged android, dark matter, firefly, lost girl, white guy
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SIX OF THE BEST… memories I have of watching GLOW
Of course I watched GLOW on Netflix. Like there’s any doubt in your mind that I would have done.
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Tagged chavo guerrero jr, fiji, glow, netflix, sheila the she-wolf, tammy, underdog story, Wrestling
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SIX OF THE WORST… ways to get me to come back to your website
Do you want me to never come back to your website? Because this is how you get me to never come back to your website.
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Tagged ads, autoplay, christ article a video, cpm, internet, lightbox, mobile mode, newsletter, preroll, programmatic, remnant, slideshows, the onion, two-factor authentication
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about getting a new phone
Two weeks ago, I dropped my phone in the toilet. This is my story.
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Tagged bloat, bloatware, bokeh, htc tilt, moon+ reader pro, new phone who dis, planned obsolescence, s7 edge, s8 plus, smug, swiftkey, toilet phone
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SIX OF THE BEST… things I found while packing for my upcoming move
Y’know those boxes you always think you’ll get around to unpacking, but never do? It’s amazing the things you find in them.
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Tagged 3.5-inch disk, aircheck, art, audio tape, cable, disk, drawings, minidisc, moving, old stories, packing, pile, scanning, star trek, starships, tape, writing
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SIX OF THE BEST… Heinlein books that deserve to be turned into Netflix serieses
If I had control of the Heinlein estate, I’d get with Netflix (or some other VOD provider) and tell them about some books that I think would make excellent serieses. And who I’d cast.
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Tagged connected universe, dunkirk, friday, Heinlein, libertarianism, robert a. heinlein, shared universe, starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, the cat who walks through walls, the moon is a harsh mistress, time enough for love, we didn’t start the fire
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