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"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers

October 19, 2017 Culture

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is a science fiction novel by Becky Chambers. It borrows some tropes of the genre that’ll be familiar to fans of Firefly and The Expanse. However, Angry …

Google Calendar for Web Gets Material Design

October 17, 2017 Technology

Today, Google launched a major refresh to the design of Google Calendar for the web. The update is long overdue, but it’s extremely well-executed and looks stunning. Sometimes you just look at a design and it feels right. This is one of those. After using the new design for a while, I’d imagine it’ll be tough to go back to the old one.

"The North Water" by Ian McGuire

October 16, 2017 Culture

Ian McGuire’s novel The North Water is a story about whaling. That alone invites comparisons to Moby Dick, and, indeed, both are gritty, realistic tales about adventures on nineteenth century whalers. But the stories are very different. The North Water is told in the third person and the present tense (which, combined with the graphic descriptions of violence and gore, has prompted comparisons to Cormac McCarthy).

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"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers

Google Calendar for Web Gets Material Design

"The North Water" by Ian McGuire

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