{"id":6595,"date":"2014-12-19T09:26:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2014-12-19T09:26:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:26:51","slug":"missile-toe-linky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=6595","title":{"rendered":"Missile Toe Linky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carol of the old ones (via Tom Crosby)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ftld7Ohojg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/message\/why-james-camerons-aliens-is-the-best-movie-about-technology-4741e666e07a\">Why James Cameron&#8217;s Aliens is the best movie about technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/1wNnbMCrtZg\">Lord of the Rings: Let It Go<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quartz has picked its <a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/312245\/here-it-is-the-quartz-chart-of-the-year\/\">chart of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about your end-of-an-eras &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/12\/jack-davis-mad-mag-retires\/\">cartoonist Jack Davis retires at 90<\/a>. Truly a legend.<\/p>\n<p>Slate has selected their picks for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/ten_years_in_your_ears\/2014\/12\/best_podcast_episodes_ever_the_25_best_from_serial_to_the_ricky_gervais.single.html\">25 best podcast episodes ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/video\/index\/381467\/carrot-a-pitch-perfect-satire-of-tech-disruption\/\">Introducing Carrot<\/a>: a pitch-perfect satire of the tech industry (from the Atlantic)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/holidays\/2014\/12\/rules_of_dreidel_the_hannukah_game_is_way_too_slow_let_s_speed_it_up.html\">Rewriting the rules of Dreidel<\/a> so it&#8217;s actually fun and doesn&#8217;t take 19 hours to play. (If, like me, you didn&#8217;t know the rules of Dreidel, this works as a neat example of how simple rules that *seem* sensible have unexpected consequences, and how simple changes can deliver much much more fun. I spend a lot of time playing Snakes and Ladders right now, and it&#8217;s pretty tedious, but I keep myself entertained thinking of simple hacks like this that would make it awesome.)<\/p>\n<p>The transfer of Buffy to HD\/widescreen has been something of a debacle. Characters have their heads cut off, crew members appear on the screen, etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/toybox.io9.com\/oh-dear-buffys-hd-makeover-is-a-total-mess-1671812347\/+charliejane\">i09 has the goss<\/a> (via beloved leader David R)<\/p>\n<p>And finally, Pulp Fiction&#8217;s most famous scene, a shot-for-shot remake, underwater<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDz30ChxGYY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carol of the old ones (via Tom Crosby) Why James Cameron&#8217;s Aliens is the best movie about technology Lord of the Rings: Let It Go Quartz has picked its chart of the year. Talk about your end-of-an-eras &#8211; cartoonist Jack Davis retires at 90. Truly a legend. 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