The Internet Age, so much information. It’s a struggle to keep the time we spend each day consuming it within reasonable limits. To that end, we offer this curated list of daily links of interest…
Covered this week; Merry Christmas, one and all… Trump has brought the United States to an historic break with Europe… Thoughts on the iPhone X… The secret to not breaking your New Year’s resolutions… What’s on deck for pot in 2018… The death of a porn star… Feel good news on crime in NYC to ring in the New Year, have a great one and we’ll see you in 2018!
December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas, one and all…
December 26, 2017
“The Trump administration’s newly unveiled national security strategy lists reinforcing America’s alliances as a major objective. Yet in the first year of his embattled presidency, Donald Trump has so undermined our ties to Europe that we could be on the verge of a break in the seven-decade trans-Atlantic alliance.”
December 27, 2017
John Gruber’s food for thought on the iPhone X… if you’re thinking of upgrading, give this a read… some prescient observations from an Apple diehard.
December 28, 2017
This is one of those feel good, throwaway pieces… as most articles on keeping New Year’s resolutions will tend to be… but as someone who has been blessed enough to have kept their New Year’s resolutions two years running now, there’s some truth in these words… namely, the key to success is not thinking about the resolution itself, but rather the big picture that the resolution services… one way or another, if you’re someone that’s making a resolution, all the best.
December 29, 2017
“Almost no one believes there will be a federal crackdown on the entire cannabis industry. State-legal pot markets seem poised to match or exceed the value of black market pot by 2020. Sessions has admitted that marijuana is not as dangerous as heroin, and his tension with Trump is common knowledge. With the biggest state in the country about to begin recreational sales, and more and more politicians enviously eyeing the tax revenue coming out of places like Colorado and Oregon, legal pot is clearly here to stay. So what kinds of developments can we expect in the weed world for 2018?”
December 30, 2017
“When August Ames killed herself following controversy on Twitter, it revealed a schism between the gay and straight communities in the porn industry.”
December 31, 2017
It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990 when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of today, there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable records have been kept.
