Culture
Studio Ghibli releases a gorgeous free image archive
Take the edge off anytime you need to with some gorgeous images from a new free access archive of Studio Ghibli stills.
Culture
Read, watch, and gather
Media
Asking people to read the bloody article is working, says Twitter
Twitter has been testing out encouraging users to read articles before they retweet them, and it's working so well it's going to go global.
Culture
Los Angeles Comic Con will go ahead in December and dear God do you really want to do this?
LA Comic Con thinks it's got the right plan in place to protect attendees so they can still enjoy a real life event in 2020. Really???
Culture
The end of FarmVille
As Facebook gets set to shut down its support for Flash Player, the original addictive Zynga game has announced it's time to say goodbye.
Culture
BlizzCon will be BlizzConline in February 2021
BlizzCon won't be happening in 2020, but we've now got official word that a special BlizzConline will take place early in the new year.
Media
Performing arts high school trash TV is the perfect medicine
If you're on the hunt for your next comfortable TV blanket, Alice has some performing arts high school material to cure what ails you.
Media
Reality show to send winner to the ISS in 2023
Ready to become a Space Hero? A reality show is planning on turning its winner into an astronaut with a visit to the ISS.
Big Ideas
Cat photos matter
Musings on the loss of a beloved cat, and the wish to find that one perfect image that shows us who she was. But is that even possible?
Cat photos matter
The greatest cliche of the internet is too many cat photos. It partly made me want to be careful about overloading my own social media with cats. Until our beloved Sylvie suddenly died.
Culture
Harry Potter Legacy and the Awkward Balancing Act
I loved Harry Potter deeply, but I can't be excited about the wizarding world anymore. If you must, support a charity and make a difference.
Technology
Vinyl records beat CDs for the first time since the '80s
Vinyl beats CD sales for the first time since the 1980s. Not just by a slim margin either, but an evisceration of the digital disc format.
Culture
Hugo Weaving 'befuddled' by alt-right readings of The Matrix
"These films are profoundly thought through, but it’s too easy to look cool, have a cool haircut, and have a gun, and you think that’s all you need to do in life."