- For $250, ColorWare will prettify your iPhone 4, and might fix that “death grip” problem (which, in turn, might not be such a problem after all. Even if it is, it also might be (but probably not) getting fixed on the DL).
- The “Son of Sam” killer’s image gets burnished while he’s in jail. I’ve always loved the phrasing of the “Hello from the gutters of New York” Breslin letter, regardless of authenticity.
- Who do you write like? Based on this post, I write like Stephen King. My mom is apparently a H.P. Lovecraft fan.
- The FCC’s “indecency rules” are bullshit, says the Court of Appeals. Crappy-drawers whiners including the Parents Television Council and Concerned Women for America are appealing.
- Fuck what you heard, gang nicknames are awesome. I would love it if people called me “Bloody Batman.” (Via @Maryvale)
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Linkwad.
Linkwad.
- The iPhone 4 loses reception if you touch two of the antennas at once. It was apparently a known issue; Giz speculates that the reception problem is the reason for Apple’s “bumper” cases.
- Sergey Brin has a genetic mutation that is linked to Parkinson’s, so he’s minimizing his risk factors.
- Tragedy of the commons, exhibit c: Bluefin tuna is being fished to extinction.
- Baltimore provides another example of how statistics can be misused.
- YouTube wins the Viacom lawsuit. More on the ruling’s privacy implications here. If you recall, Viacom had been surreptitiously posting videos to YouTube through front accounts while publicly demanding that the content be removed.
- Because the last go-around went so well, Xe, née Blackwater, just got a $100 million contract from the CIA.
A concerted effort.
I’ll have a post about The National’s show soon. In the meantime, tickets for the Smashing Pumpkins and The Arcade Fire and Spoon go on sale tomorrow and Friday, respectively. Don’t sleep.
This cost $500,000?
This may well be the worst municipal slogan ever, and I grew up in the “city of five seasons,” home of the giant metal toilet brush.
Knock on wood.
I’m glad I helped contribute to this statistic, and equally happy that I wasn’t involved in this one.