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Black Friday 2023
mjtsai,
My apps (DropDMG, EagleFiler, SpamSieve) are on sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and here are some other good deals that I found: Apps: Adobe Affinity Akismet AllTrails Apparent Software Appfigures Astro CYME Corel Curio Dada Mail Deckset (INDIE-APP-SALES) DisplayBuddy (INDIEAPPSALES) DEVONtechnologies DevUtils Drafts Ducklet DxO Ergonis Flexibits Gaia GPS Gentlemen Coders Gitonium GlanceCam […]
Don't worry too much about the clay, says Wallace And Gromit studio
AV Club,
In an age of excess, the news that the makers of Wallace And Gromit had essentially run out of clay to make more Wallace And Gromit rocked the world. (Or at least a niche community of animation enjoyers.) The unique clay is apparently a finite resource, and The Telegraph reported that the production company, Aardman… Read more...
George R.R. Martin Has No (New) Pages
Gizmodo,
Well, maybe he does—after all, part of writing a novel as long-in-the-works and expansive as The Winds of Winter, the latest novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series that gave us Game of Thrones, is going back and revising things. But if you were hoping author George R.R. Martin’s latest update on the book he hoped to … Read more...
The Worst Airlines for Customer Satisfaction, Ranked
You’re not imagining things: air travel has gotten a lot worse. No checked bags, less and less legroom, charging for wifi when it costs the airline the same amount whether or not you use it — it’s all part of a strategy that experts call “calculated misery,” where companies make your experience more unpleasant on… Read more...
Pro-Palestinian staffers ask progressive Chicago mayor to back a cease-fire
Politico Picks,
The move follows other staffers calling on the White House and members of Congress to back a cease-fire as well.
Top Gear is paused indefinitely
Top Gear, the BBC’s beloved automotive show, has been put on an indefinite hiatus following the on-set injury of host Freddie Flintoff. Flintoff was hospitalized after a crash at the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey in December 2022. Per Variety, Flintoff was involved in two other crashes after… Read more...
Doctor Who Teases Tragedy Behind a Classic Companion's Return
Wes Ball teases Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. La Brea is coming to an end with an abbreviated season. Invincible sets the stage for Mark to come face to face with Omni-Man again. Plus, what’s coming on SurrealEstate. Spoilers, away! Read more...
If My Intrusive Thoughts Wrote Children’s Books
The New Yorker,
“As Mr. Wonka was talking, the elevator started to shake and made a scary beeping noise.”