If, like me, you’ve been wondering how those devastating Youtube videos and cellphone clips keep slipping free of Iran’s supposed internet restrictions, check out Chris Good’s post over at the Atlantic site.
by Christopher SzablaOccupy and the Arab Spring are often glowingly compared to the decentralized, democratic internet. But that very similarity may have doomed these movements from the beginning.[full text]
by Tim FalconerHow can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness.
by Deni Y. BéchardAs a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past.