Link List – February 23, 2018

I’m trying to use less social media, but as a voracious reader-and-sharer — the early 21st century equivalent to the hunter-and-gatherer — I now don’t have an easy outlet for sharing interesting things I discover. So, I’m going to start a regular thing here on my site where I collect some recent bookmarks and share them. No commentary, just the headline and a link.

America First | VICE News Tonight’s Special Report On Trump’s First Year In Office (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHZVhxQPH8

Black Panther’s Director Is Very Into Stardew Valley Right Now
https://kotaku.com/black-panthers-director-is-very-into-stardew-valley-rig-1823243607

Design’s Lost Generation
https://medium.com/@monteiro/designs-lost-generation-ac7289549017

Homeopathy Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HslUzw35mc

The Things You Should Always Carry With You in Japan
https://lifehacker.com/what-you-should-always-carry-in-japan-1822670049

The File (Dis)connect
http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=509

What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser?
https://www.gq.com/story/what-ever-happened-to-brendan-fraser

The Case Against The Jedi
http://popculturedetective.agency/2018/the-case-against-the-jedi

Xbox chief calls for more inclusivity and an end to toxic gamers
https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/21/17037172/xbox-phil-spencer-toxic-gamers-dice-2018-keynote

I’m building my dad a computer. Here is what we put together
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QPdRsZ

Here are two things about maps on the Internet
https://kottke.org/18/02/mapping-apps-and-how-advertising-subtly-warps-user-experience
https://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/

VLC 3.0 is out!
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/3.0.0.html

Ride Review – Kawasaki Z900RS
http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2018/02/ride-review-kawasaki-z900rs.html

Here are three games I’ve been playing recently
http://www.celestegame.com
https://xenobladechronicles2.nintendo.com
https://www.guerrilla-games.com/play/horizon

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Early 2018 Programming Note

I’m not feeling well. Stressful things have been getting to me as of late. Some are small, some are large. The short-and-long of it is that I think I need to do something different to improve my health. So, a new year is as good as an excuse as any (and the timing just works). So I’m trying a few things. Friends, bear with me.

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