Analog Nation

8:25 AM: My iPhone is sad today. I’m not really sure what the problem is. Usually on Saturdays we get up early and I make us breakfast, but this morning it doesn’t seem interested. I made dinosaur-shaped pancakes — its favorite — and steamed 1% milk for its chai latte. No “thank you,” no “nice [...]

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Folks like you helped me earn a living for years. Many of you made valiant attempts to stop me. A few of you managed even to slow me down a little. Only a handful were able to actually thwart me outright, and that select few lived in paranoid lockdown, afraid of the outside world. Their [...]

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We need to talk about the undead for a second, because they’re getting to be kind of a problem. It would be one thing if they were openly invading, because then at least we could bust out some chainsaws and makeshift flamethrowers. Shit could, as they say, get real. Sadly, there is no such invasion. [...]

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[10:12] Andy1976: Morning. [10:12] Status_Busy: hey. [10:13] Andy1976: How are things? [10:13] Status_Busy: my nose keeps running [10:13] Status_Busy: and my arm’s pretty sore today, i need one of those carpal tunnel braces [10:15] Andy1976: That sucks. Sorry to hear it. My brother had carpal tunnel problems. [10:15] Andy1976: Logging on a bit late, aren’t [...]

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ATTENTION RESIDENTS: PLEASE READ You MUST put all recyclables into the appropriately marked bins. The GREEN BINS are for paper and cardboard. The BLUE BINS are for glass and metals. The RED BINS are for plastic, not including plastic bags, which go in the YELLOW BINS. The ORANGE BINS are for anything corrugated, regardless of [...]

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Let us talk for a moment about scandals and stagecraft. The DNA of the modern scandal is pretty well mapped out by this point, with the sequence of events playing out in predictable fashion. The first tip will surface and immediately spread through the news websites and 24-hour networks. Then the portals and other aggregators [...]

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