Author: Arch Copy
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Draftback: The Most Brilliant Chrome Extension Ever
I love Google. I love Chrome. On Monday morning, my laptop wouldn’t boot up and the only thing keeping me sane was the knowledge that whatever replacement I was given would instantly feel like home because of Chrome. All my bookmarks, my page ruler, my social shares tally app, my passwords…my life. Then on Tuesday, Andrew…
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Slow Writing: Statistics
75% of statistics are made up, did you know? Chase them; you’ll soon spiral down a rabbit hole of high claims and overheard rumours. It’s hard to know what’s really real any more. Numbers numbers numbers, one or two digits shaping how we view our world this day. 50.6%: the majority believes. Delete mind, curiosity, SELF – you…
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I Am Not a Scienceman
I’m reading a book about science. Cor, s’bit bloody hard. It’s A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, so it’s as layman as thermodynamics and half-lives and relativity can be. But my brain just doesn’t bend that way. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Bill Bryson is a genius with…
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Slow Writing: The Unfortunate Alchemist
And then, at the very moment that Charles had thought he’d cracked it, the crockpot began to smoke quite disconcertingly. Who would have thought alchemic enlightenment could be so evasive? For poor Charles, the process was yet a veritable maze of dead ends, trapdoors and coal cellars. To think that he’d held the secret in…
