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Recommended.

The Forever War.
Joe Haldeman.

I’m not really a military sci-fi reader, but this is good. An under appreciated classic apparently.

Haldeman, a Vietnam vet, writes about a war that due to the physics of space travel lasts thousands of years. A good mix of technical and conceptual sci-fi.

parislemon:

nevver:

The history of the scroll bar

It gets better.

This reminds me of a great article by Frank Chimero about the origin and concept of scrolling on ‘Thinking for a Living’. The site itself is an interesting exercise in this concept.

Isn’t it nice when you see your friends really actually doing things for real?

Night Genes in London.

The 14% tax rate Romney paid is less than the 20% paid by the average American. How did he pay such a low rate? He claimed 47% of Americans as dependents.

— Seth Meyers

barackobama:

When people are like, “But what would Obama do?” Send ‘em here.

Obama’s brand skills are but one reason I’m down.

Bouncer.