Linkwad.

Honeymoon photos coming soon! Promise.

• I don’t know if I buy the “Internet is killing serendipity” argument, but this essay makes the case as well as any I’ve read.
• The history of the reeeeemiiiiiix.
• Just FYI: “Everyone else is just as bad” isn’t really a good defense, Internet commentariat.
• Obviously, the answer to “Why do we need SOPA?” is, “We don’t.”
• Pitchfork’s impact and history. For you lazy-ass TL;DR types: “A Pitchfork review may ignore history, aesthetics, or the basic technical aspects of tonal music, but it will almost never fail to include a detailed taxonomy of the current hype cycle and media environment. This is a small, petty way of thinking about a large art.”

Linkwad.

Now that I’m married, it’s time to get back into it:

• Android fragmentation visualized. The lesson here: buy a nice phone with a clean Android install, like, say, a Nexus One (Except you can’t buy these new anymore. Pick up a Nexus S or wait for the Galaxy Nexus, I guess–or just buy an iPhone).
• Climate skeptic accidentally buttresses climate change data.
• I’m with Doug Farrar–Penn State absolutely deserves the NCAA’s “death penalty” for covering up Jerry Sandusky’s abuse. I’d also just like to point out that, despite plenty of evidence of the Catholic Church protected/still protects sexual predators, I haven’t seen any bishops in handcuffs. Also, his autobiography was named Touched. So…
• I saw Louis CK on Sunday. As usual, he was funny, insightful, and earnest (Won’t spoil anything–the set is going to be his next special). Here’s Alyssa’s writeup.

Linkwad.

• The Situation’s sublimely awful new tuxedo line, “Down to Formal.” Via the Silentist.
• If you haven’t seen the Onion’s Steve Jobs obituary, you should rectify that error immediately.
• A profile of Clipper City founder Hugh Sisson.
• The coolest use of popsicle sticks ever, via Colossal.

Linkwad.

1. Growing pot has a huge carbon footprint.
2. Saw Jeff Mangum on Monday night. Thoughts soon, but here’s the Awl’s report. Also, opener The Music Tapes were really intriguing.
3. All about Kindle’s new $200 Fire tablet.

Here’s “Minister of Longitude.”

Linkwad.

1. Apple’s next iPhone will launch in early October, might or might not have LTE.
2. Slate on the BART mobile-phone shutdown: “the security of the state, as a goal, is as amoral as the machinery behind it.”
3. Even truer now than it was in 2007: young people are being screwed by the boomers.
4. How the world failed Haiti. Related: Slavoj Zizek’s thoughts on charity.