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The Big iPad
Matt Gemmell provides a thorough and deep dive into his tech choices as an author. This time, it’s the new iPad Pro.
I want one, but I don’t think my writing workflow is conducive for iPad writing. I do far too much copy and pasting and that just doesn’t work on an iPad. I need a mouse.
Still, I love writing on the iPad.
Ten Reasons Why Bryce Harper Isn’t Worth the Money
Bernie Miklasz, writing for The Athletic, provides ten excellent reasons why the St. Louis Cardinals should avoid the Bryce Harper bonanza. I think all his points are valid.
I have no idea what’s going to happen, but the Cardinals had better make some franchise changing moves.
Stop Watching the News
When you completely stop watching the news for a substantial period of time, the world becomes a much better place.
First Impressions of the New 12.9 iPad Pro
Over at The Sweet Setup, Shawn Blanc writes his first impressions about the new 12.9″ iPad Pro as it relates to his personal workflows for writing and photo editing.
I was mostly interested in his writing workflows. I’m really interested in the focus-ness of using an iPad for my computing. Still, I do far too much copy and pasting to make the switch full time.
From what Blanc writes, I think I’m going to have to go out and test it.
Subtract
Nicholas Bate asks what can we subtract to relive the pressure? I love the question, no idea about the answer.
Monster Mash
You’ve never heard the Monster Mash. You’ve only heard a song about the Monster Mash.
Caroll Spinney Retires
Do you know who Caroll Spinney is? I bet you know the characters he’s inhabited for decades.
The friendly, bearded face of Caroll Spinney may not be one you recognize immediately. But if you have watched TV at any point in the past 50 years or so, you are almost certainly familiar with his work. Since 1969, he has played the parts of the gentle, inquisitive Big Bird and the lovably disgruntled Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, the long-running children’s program.
This Thursday, as he so often has, Spinney, 84, plans to travel to the studios in Astoria, Queens, where “Sesame Street” is produced, and record some voices for his colorful alter egos.
Then he will retire from the program: His roles will be passed on to new performers and his remarkable half-century run, in which he has embodied two of the most beloved characters on television, will come to an end.
What an amazing run.
The Best Songs in the (Fictional) Universe
The Ringer has compiled a list of the best songs from fictional characters in movies. The debate between the writers is marvelous.
I totally got Shea Serrano’s back regarding “We All Die Young.”
All 131 Van Halen Songs Ranked
Chuck Klosterman is a writer I admire. I think his books are fantastic. Here he is doing a massive list post for Vulture and really knocking it out of the park. You may disagree with the ranking, but sometimes that’s the fun and the point of the whole thing.
Ten Years Later, “The Dark Knight” and Its Vision of Guilt Still Resonate
The Village Voice does a deep dive into The Dark Knight on its ten year anniversary.
I haven’t watched it in a good long while, so I wonder what I’d take from it today?
Mike Matheny Finally Fired
Chris Thompson at Deadspin pretty much sums up my feelings on this half-season St. Louis Cardinals baseball. It finally culminated in a firing I honestly thought wasn’t going to happen until October at the earliest―the firing of Mike Matheny.
Sloppy and boring may actually go away now. Obviously, TPTB think the Cardinals can still make the playoffs. I hope so.
Ranking the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Bill Wyman (not that Bill Wyman) has ranked all 214 artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for Vulture. He’s wrong, of course.
First off, there are far too many artists that aren’t even rock and roll musicians. Eliminating the country, blues, and hip-hop artists would greatly lessen the load. For example, James Brown is listed as the fifth best inductee. I would say, James Brown never played a lick of rock and roll in his entire career and is flat out a funk artist. However, Prince (#6) is most definitely a funk artist too. He just played a lot of rock too.
I could go on, but it isn’t worth it. These kinds of lists are designed to illicit debate and arguments.
Go Speed Racer
Justin Westbrook over at Jalopnik outlines why the Speed Racer movie was way ahead of its time. I couldn’t agree more.