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Recent Links » April 2008

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus → During the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, “The transformation from rural to urban life was so sudden, and so wrenching, that the only thing society could do to manage was to drink itself into a stupor for a generation.” We’ve been doing the same with television for the past 60 years, but the situation is improving—at an accelerating pace. #
Barefoot’s Better → For the longest time I wondered why people stomp around while walking barefoot through the house, and now I understand that they’re just doing it wrong. #
Envelope Security Patterns → Exactly what it sounds like. Another reason to love the internet. #
Melts in your mouth, not in sub-zero temperatures → New research as to why the flu has a season. #