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Horse_ebooks: T.F. Charlton:If you only knew what her full wingspan is. All things sports:
LENGTH: 2 minutes (512 words)

Bizarre 'Attribution' Troll Bullies Twitter Users Into Compliance With Baseless Legal Threats

My apologies ahead of time for the length of this piece, but anything shorter wouldn't do the subject justice. I will, however, provide plenty of pictures and blockquotes. This post deals with a…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3497 words)
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Baseball ProGUESTus

February 26, 2013 by Eric Knott Most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort…
AUTHOR:Eric Knott
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6009 words)

PlayStation 4: A Videogame Console

Today, the most novel feature of new technology is ordinariness.Alexis MadrigalThe logo for the Dutch videogame studio Guerilla Games is an object lesson in mixed metaphor: an orange "G" contorted…
AUTHOR:Ian Bogost
PUBLISHED: Feb. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2343 words)

Inside the GIF-Industrial Complex

One weekend afternoon in September, Mike Konczal sat down at his computer to research a blog post. Another miserable jobs report had restarted the debate about what, if anything, the Federal Reserve…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 19, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2539 words)

A real world series: Inside the world championship of blind baseball

Pitchers and catchers. It used to be a magical phrase. It buried the past. It meant that this might be the year for Royals and the Pirates. It erased the last memories of a World Series that, most of…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4057 words)

Capote Classic 'In Cold Blood' Tainted by Long-Lost Files

Truman Capote, center, with Harper Lee and Alvin Dewey in 1966 GARDEN CITY, Kan.—Truman Capote's masterwork of murder, "In Cold Blood," cemented two reputations when first published almost…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 8, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2767 words)
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Beat By Dre: The Exclusive Inside Story of How Monster Lost the World

There's never been anything like Beats By Dre. The bulky rainbow headphones are a gaudy staple of malls, planes, clubs, and sidewalks everywhere: as mammoth, beloved, and expensive as their namesake.…
AUTHOR:Sam Biddle
PUBLISHED: Feb. 7, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2818 words)

How Paul Larsen Reinvented the SailBoat

When Paul Larsen decided to sail faster than physics would allow, he had only one choice: Reinvent the boat.Photo: Jonathan Torgovnik; Reportage: Getty ImagesSeen from across Walvis Bay, the…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 17, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6650 words)
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