First linkdump of 2015
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yendi1. Buzzfeed has a good piece on the Rise of the Black British Actor in America. David Oyelowo is the main focus given the release of Selma.
2. How language affects the way we think. A short piece from the TED folks, and a not-so-new one, but I hadn't come across it before.
3. Much to my surprise, the Southwest airplane-boarding model actually makes the most sense of any in use (per Vox). That said, as the article makes clear, there are still better models, but they're not being used. Because airlines care about money, not happiness.
4. Newsweek on the genius of David Foster Wallace. I've had trouble embracing his stuff in the past, not least because he's now in that category of so incredibly hyped writers that I'm not sure how I could read him without being influenced by my expectations (I overcame this with Pynchon, but in the '80s, that was a little easier). Still, might have to give him another try. I did like the essay "Consider the Lobster."
5. And finally, ReaderCon, a con I dearly love, is holding a fundraiser for some much-needed sound equipment. You can find some amazing perks, including critiques from the likes of John Clute, Mary Rickert, and my own amazing spouse,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadesong. For non-writers, there's great books (including some out-of-print rarities), robot mittens (knitted by emilytheslayer), and even a monster owned by Barry Longyear (which he claims as his "firstborn male child")! Haven't you always wanted a monkey monster?
2. How language affects the way we think. A short piece from the TED folks, and a not-so-new one, but I hadn't come across it before.
3. Much to my surprise, the Southwest airplane-boarding model actually makes the most sense of any in use (per Vox). That said, as the article makes clear, there are still better models, but they're not being used. Because airlines care about money, not happiness.
4. Newsweek on the genius of David Foster Wallace. I've had trouble embracing his stuff in the past, not least because he's now in that category of so incredibly hyped writers that I'm not sure how I could read him without being influenced by my expectations (I overcame this with Pynchon, but in the '80s, that was a little easier). Still, might have to give him another try. I did like the essay "Consider the Lobster."
5. And finally, ReaderCon, a con I dearly love, is holding a fundraiser for some much-needed sound equipment. You can find some amazing perks, including critiques from the likes of John Clute, Mary Rickert, and my own amazing spouse,
shadesong. For non-writers, there's great books (including some out-of-print rarities), robot mittens (knitted by emilytheslayer), and even a monster owned by Barry Longyear (which he claims as his "firstborn male child")! Haven't you always wanted a ![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2015-01-12 10:26 pm (UTC)(btw, if you haven't read Arika Okrent's book, I highly recommend it, for the Sapir-Whorf stuff and just about everything else.)