More Things, July 2, 2019

It wouldn’t be a personal blog without a link list of stuff I liked around the web.

This one’s a little longer because I changed the way I save things to Pocket. I’ve been tinkering with Airtable, IFTTT and Pocket, and the results have led me to start enjoying the web a lot more. The side effect was that my script for More Things was saving everything I put into Pocket, so this entry took a long time to cull. I’m changing my Pocket script for next time to just save the faves, so future More Things entries will look a little different. Enjoy!

• The fate of an archive

• Is It Better to Use an App, or Do It the Old-Fashioned Way?

• The Slow Web

• How Do Nonalcoholic Bars Actually Work?

• For Men Who Hate Talking On The Phone, Games Keep Friendships Alive

• Bill Murray Explains Why He Created a Secret 1-800 Number to Be Reached About Roles

• What if All I Want is A Mediocre Life?

• I Wrote This on a 30-Year-Old Computer

• The Millennial Sex Recession Is Bullsh*t

• Topher Grace should only play villains

• Why wear a watch when I have the time on my phone?

• Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals

• A Norwegian City Wants to Abolish Time

• “News unfolds like a saga”: The French news site Les Jours wants to marry narrative, depth, and investigative reporting

• Why Do I Love Soccer Players So Much?

• Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

• Can You Really Be Yourself at Work?

• Neon Genesis Evangelion is the perfect story for this moment in history

• ‘My Friendships Make Me Sad’

• How the Lonely Island Mastered the Fine Art of Being Dumb on Purpose

• Simplicity or style: what makes a sentence a masterpiece?

• A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop

• Why Converse Is Still The Ultimate Summer Shoe

• The Essence of Apple’s Decision

• Life Got You Down? Load Up The Sims 4 And Open A Semen Café

• One Trick To Getting Better At Mario Kart: Relax

• The Lingering of Loss

• What I Learned After Watching Eyes Wide Shut 100 Times

• So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend

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