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June 14, 2013 Favorite Things: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
What do you do when your beloved TV show has made literally a billion dollars? What’s there left to accomplish? If you’re Jerry Seinfeld (and in this scenario, you’d kind of have to be) you go small. Really small. Predicated on the notion that “hey, people might like it if I went out for coffee […]
Tags: Seinfeld
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June 13, 2013 The Healing Power of Gaming
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience — and promises to add 7.5 minutes […]
Tags: game theory, TED Talk
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June 12, 2013 I Feel Ridiculous: Xbox One Edition
You put the bumper sticker on your car, the signs out in your yard, and you wore the T-shirts. You hooted and hollered and argued and bragged and discussed and debated and got all fired up. Then your your guy lost the election, or your team lost the big game. You still think you made the […]
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June 11, 2013 Tuesday 10: Bruce Willis Movies
This is a hard list! Bruce Willis has made a lot of movies I like. This list is inspired by the fact that I got the latest Die Hard movie on Blu-Ray for only $12, and even though it’s the least-good Die Hard, I still liked it. They should rename the series “The Increasingly Outlandish […]
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June 10, 2013 Better Off Ted S02E03 – Battle of the Bulbs
In this week’s episode we find that the source of Veronica’s power is her confidence and Ted’s biggest weakness is his desire for the company to love him. Meanwhile, Linda learns a thing or two about herself and Lem has a pretty rough episode overall, though it ends nicely. I continue to be amazed by […]
Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST