the continuing demise of physical media: HMV succumbs

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/30/hmv-is-a-bedrock-of-the-british-music-industry-its-loss-would-affect-us-all

neo-Nazi ties to military

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/inside-a-neo-nazi-group-with-members-tied-to-the-u-s-military/

The real, unreal, unreal real, and real unreal on the Net

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html

Art Ensemble of Chicago box set

The release of this 21-CD retrospective brought to mind one of my favorite nights when AEC played first and were followed by swing dancing to Room Full of Blues live! I bet this was also a peak night for Nick Lawrence, who was there also.

Art Ensemble of Chicago and Related Ensembles

NYT Best Comedy of 2018

Nanette is essential watching - both comedy and social commentary! 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/arts/best-comedy-of-2018.html

One line Linux Dropbox client

http://lpan.io/one-liner-dropbox-client/

Donald Knuth profile

"If you had an optimization function that was in some way a combination of warmth and depth, Don would be it."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/science/donald-knuth-computers-algorithms-programming.html