Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Three-and-a half years ago a few of us came up with a novel idea; bring together random people, in an unconventional location, and give an up-and-coming chef a chance. The idea was meant to be pretty simple – give a newcomer, an underdog, someone that no one else believed in yet, a platform to showcase…
Like most newly-published authors, Andrew Groen has spent a lot of time lately doing talks and trying to get the word out about his new project. He’s travelled to popular destinations, and done his best to convince people to buy his history book. The difference is that Groen isn’t traveling the real world; instead, he’s…
The biggest disaster on Kickstarter keeps getting getting bigger. Coolest, the company that pulled in $13 million in funding to build a cooler, and then repeatedly delayed shipping the product to its backers while simultaneously putting it up for sale on Amazon, has fucked up once again. According to an update sent to its Kickstarter backers that…
Ever since Hearthstone‘s Blackrock Mountain adventure add-on released earlier this year, there’s a single deck that has completely dominated the game: the Grim Patron warrior. Today, Blizzard announced a major change that should significantly diminish patron warriors, if not knocking them out of the game altogether. What’s the problem? Here’s how it works: Grim Patron is a…
This story has been updated throughout with further information from the sentencing. On Wednesday, the former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys was sentenced to two years in prison for computer hacking. Keys, who once worked for Tribune Company-owned Sacramento television station Fox 40, left that job in 2010 and went on to copy and paste…
cache hit 320:single/related:72484550164ca1b60a0bf11636f964fd empty Matthew Keys Matthew Keys, a journalist, was found guilty on Wednesday of three counts of criminal hacking. He faces up to 25 years in prison, but officials are expected to seek less than five years. When asked via a Twitter direct message if he would appeal, he told Ars: “Yes,” adding,…
View this image › Matthew Keys (L) leaves the federal courthouse after being arraigned in April 2013. Max Whittaker / Getty Images ID: 8435065 Matthew Keys, a journalist who was convicted last year of computer hacking was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by another two years of supervised release today in a federal…
Rejoice and be glad, for it is time for an update on The Slot’s favorite political commentator. Craig Mazin, Ted Cruz’s completely delightful college roommate, is back. Fuckin’ Craig. Love that guy. Ted Cruz, as we all learned together this morning, fought passionately against the legalization of dildos during his time as the Solicitor General…
Buzzfeed’s video division put a video into the world on Tuesday titled “Questions Black People Have for Black People” More than half a day later, Twitter is still ablaze with people tearing it apart. First, watch it: Or, if you’d rather not, here’s a taste of the kind of stereotypes it dabbled in. Tried that…
—David Corn on Wed. April 13, 2016 6:00 AM PDT /imgur In one chapter of his campaign book, A Time for Truth, Sen. Ted Cruz proudly chronicles his days as a Texas solicitor general, a post he held from 2003 to 2008. Bolstering his conservative cred, the Republican presidential candidate notes that during his stint…