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Scrubbed
(Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine; Patrick McMullan (Upham)) On November 29, 2010, federal agents in San Francisco arrested a 33-year-old New Yorker named Samuel Phineas Upham, setting in motion the chain of news reports that are responsible for Google’s autocompleting his name in the following ways: PHINEAS UPHAM TAX PHINEAS UPHAM ARREST PHINEAS UPHAM INDICTMENT The case against Upham, who…
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Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to…
The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View for the most important meeting of his life. Weiner — he pronounces it "WINE-er," and yes, junior high was a rough…
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Quickly Master Any Skill the Tim Ferriss Way by…
Tim Ferriss, Mr. 4-Hour-Everything, recently gave this TED talk clarifying how anyone can master a new skill in just four steps. The "secret sauce" to his method is sequencing, or timing the order in…
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The Graduate
After a few months, I was promoted to the next stage of girldom at Newsweek: I became a clipper. Being a clipper entailed clipping newspapers from around the country. We all sat at something called the clip desk, armed…
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The Basics of Music Production: The Complete Guide
Over the last month we've learned all about the basics of music production, posting new lessons on a weekly basics. With the lessons finished, now you can get the complete guide and find out how you…
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How Caffeine Short-Circuits Creativity
Honoré de Balzac is said to have consumed the equivalent of fifty cups of coffee a day at his peak. He did not drink coffee, though—he pulverized coffee beans into a fine dust and…
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How to Get (Nearly) Stock Android on Any Phone,…
Recently, Google fans finally got what they've wanted since the HTC Hero first came out: stock Android versions of the most popular, non-Nexus handsets. However, if you aren't able to pick up one of…
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Cheating Ourselves of Sleep
Think you do just fine on five or six hours of shut-eye? Chances are, you are among the many millions who unwittingly shortchange themselves on sleep.Research shows that most people require seven or…
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Baking Soda and Peroxide Get the Grime Off of…
Combine some baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and you've got a "miracle mixture" that can turn old pots and pans, cookie sheets, and cooking utensils from grimy to shiny. If you soak it for a few…
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I Know What You Think of Me
Recently I received an e-mail that wasn’t meant for me, but was about me. I’d been cc’d by accident. This is one of the darker hazards of electronic communication, Reason No. 697 Why the Internet Is…
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Effective Technical Leadership
Most successful projects have a single engineer responsible for driving the project forward and while along the way ensure that strong technical decisions are made with confidence. Typically, that…
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Blog
Several points are repeatedly brought up against my iOS 7 posts, I'll try and address them here. First of all, Apple is my favorite company in the whole wide world (apart from Squarespace). I love…
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パワポでアメージングなプレゼンをするためのTips
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Gawker Russell Brand Destroys MSNBC Talk Show…
popular stories trending Lauren Bertolini 6/18/13 11:48am 22 minutes ago g 48Edit Lauren Bertolini PFollowOUnfollow 6/18/13 11:48am 22 minutes ago g 48EditGawker Russell Brand Destroys MSNBC Talk Show Host for Treating Him Like…
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Missing vowels since before it was cool.
Just about the most asinine, presumptuous, hubris-filled thing a designer can say is that someone else’s design is “wrong”. That word is reserved for judgments of absolute truth…
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The other mile-high club
WHEN Elisha Otis stood on a platform at the 1854 World Fair in New York and ordered an axeman to cut the rope used to hoist him aloft, he changed cityscapes for ever. To the amazement of the crowd…
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Как я искал работу или Как не надо проводить…
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3 Former NSA Employees Praise Edward Snowden,…
USA Today has published an extraordinary interview with three former NSA employees who praise Edward Snowden's leaks, corroborate some of his claims, and warn about unlawful government acts. Thomas…
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Deadspin Serena Williams On Steubenville: "I'm…
popular stories trending Lauren Bertolini 6/18/13 5:31pm 26 minutes ago g 10L 0Edit Lauren Bertolini PFollowOUnfollow 6/18/13 5:31pm 26 minutes ago g 10L 0EditDeadspin Serena Williams On Steubenville: "I'm Not Blaming…
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Starchitect Trio: The Men Behind Germany's…
Christoph Ingenhoven, Meinhard von Gerkan and Pierre de Meuron are among the best-known architectsin the world. So how is it possible that these grand masters are responsible for construction sites…
