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there is a hidden cost with the practice of selling your old phone each time, and that is the risk you take in not having a backup phone. Keeping your old phone as backup is essentially free insurance against the accidental destruction of your new phone. with no backup phone, you would have to buy a new one entirely,… Read more

aren’t “soothing images” and “relaxing scenes” the same thing Read more

so its basically a remake of rocky V. which im OK with because i liked rocky V even though everyone hated it. Read more

Nadal winning the epic 5 hour 2008 Wimbledon final over Federer. Read more

leslie you forgot Tony Hawk, aka The Birdman Read more

Just noting that Van Damme's accent was sorrrrt of built in to the plot. During a flashback, we see Frank's parents meeting with his soon-to-be Shidoshi Tanaka, and his dad has a thick French accent as well. He works at a vineyard (?) and connects with Tanaka over both being immigrants who came to America for… Read more

you should read The Information, by James Gleick. His chapter covering the same material focuses more on Charles Babbage, but I'd be interested to see how you read Lovelace's involvement as portrayed by Gleick. Read more

it's not THAT rare. i've seen it a bunch of times, if the ball is clearly in or out, the player will wave off either the opponent's challenge, or the in the case of clay court tennis, the umpire's closer look. Read more

i would find this useful if it copied the dropbox link to your clipboard at the same time. Read more

im so glad this dude's legs aren't in the frame because it probably looks sooo awkward Read more

i kind of agree with this post, but to me the conclusion is a couple of years too late. the fed / nadal rivalry has been one-sided for quite a while, pretty much since the australian open final of 2009, when federer's teary post-match speech looked like him saying to himself "what the fuck, why cant i fucking beat… Read more

no surprise that fed lost on a most egregious error. the story of his decline over the past couple of years is that of crazzzy stretches of wild unforced errors during matches that he just couldn't get under control. Read more

Some people, like me, really adore and enjoy the process of making coffee 'manually.' The sensory experience is intoxicating, and the process can be calming once you have been doing it long enough. It is also super rewarding, after doing your best to control all these variables, to end up with something soooo… Read more

Yes, the beans must ACTUALLY be freshly roasted, but there are plenty of specialty coffee shops that brew fresh coffee but don't roast it themselves. Stumptown, Gimme Coffee, Ritual, George Howell, Four Barrel, there are only a few companies who distribute FRESH beans to coffee shops around the country. Read more

As a coffee enthusiast, my opinion is that you can definitely have it both ways! If you have the pleasure of tasting a properly roasted, ground, and brewed cup of single-origin coffee, you will definitely be wowed by the experience and want to re-live it as often as possible, but I don't think it will ruin the simple… Read more

Subjectivity is assumed, but that does not shield him from due criticism based on a broad consensus of what artists should strive for. My contention is that the Art World has successfully marketed Chuck Close in a similar way that the music industry markets pop stars who may not have very much talent. Read more

There is some merit to this quote, but please please don't take it from Chuck Close, who's personal manifestation of that philosophy has yielded more bad art than anyone deserves to see in their lifetime. Close is a perfect example of an artist who did something great long long ago, and has been buoyed ever since by… Read more