The unlikely resurgence of Dungeons & Dragons makes its way to the Inland Northwest - Chey Scott/Inlander https://www.inlander.com/spokane/nearly-45-years-after-its-creation-a-fantasy-game-played-with-paper-pencil-and-dice-is-having-its-biggest-year-yet-in-the-inland-northwest-a

The LaTeX fetish (Or: Don’t write in LaTeX! It’s just for typesetting) – Daniel Allington (2016) http://www.danielallington.net/2016/09/the-latex-fetish/

Not a good look for Zuck: Zuckerberg San Francisco General’s aggressive tactics leave patients with big bills - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er-bills-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospital

The melting pot of JavaScript – Dan Abramov/Increment https://increment.com/development/the-melting-pot-of-javascript/

Where to download all the books that just entered the public domain - Motherboard - Caroline Haskins/Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvq99b/how-to-download-the-books-that-just-entered-the-public-domain

Embracing Apple's boring future - Ian Bogost/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/apples-earnings-stumble-could-improve-iphone/579445/

NBA players love coffee (and need it) - Baxter Holmes/ESPN http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25667397/the-game-day-caffeine-routine-keeps-portland-trail-blazers-nba-most-well-traveled-team-running

Considering app vs. website? It’s 2019: Build a website. - Julie Enthoven/Atrium https://www.atrium.co/blog/founders-should-build-website-not-mobile-app/

Blockchain in the art world: the pros and cons - James Pickford/Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/1c5062d8-900b-11e8-bb8f-a6a2f7bca546

Building Blocks for Theoretical Computer Science - Margaret M. Fleck http://mfleck.cs.illinois.edu/building-blocks/

Free algorithms book by University of Illinois Professor Jeff Erickson http://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/

I used to write for Sports Illustrated. Now I deliver packages for Amazon. - Austin Murphy/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/what-its-like-to-deliver-packages-for-amazon/578986/

CoolBeans: An IDE for Java, PHP and more http://coolbeans.xyz/

Apollo 8's Earthrise: The shot seen round the world - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/science/earthrise-moon-apollo-nasa.html

El Niño shows more signs of developing in the Pacific Ocean - Andrew Freedman/Axios https://www.axios.com/el-nino-is-developing-in-pacific-ocean-winter-2019-9d878cf0-a7a5-45e5-8459-b041f209e199.html

Majority of mass shooters finance their weapon stockpiles with credit - Zachary Basu/Axios https://www.axios.com/mass-shooters-finance-guns-credit-cards-847a08de-7070-4ff6-96ec-c99598294dc4.html

More jazz guitar straight talk from Bruce Forman and Scotty Henderson on the GuitarWank podcast (not nearly as much profanity as Jimmy Bruno) https://www.guitarwank.com/

My new guilty pleasure is the stream-of-consciousness videos by jazz guitar great Jimmy Bruno. It's straight talk with plenty of profanity. https://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyBrunoJazz/videos?shelf_id=2&sort=dd&view=0

We should replace Facebook with personal websites - Jason Koebler/Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbanny/we-should-replace-facebook-with-personal-websites

Bakers upset with missing tips on Hershey's Kisses candy - Associated Press https://apnews.com/69faedee136f49de9886bca8fe7d0ea1

Is it obvious that you need to follow @davewiner?

The Fresno Bee and the war on local news - Zach Baron/GQ https://www.gq.com/story/fresno-bee-and-war-on-local-news

Prime and Punishment: Dirty dealing in the billion Amazon Marketplace - Josh Dzieza/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18140799/amazon-marketplace-scams-seller-court-appeal-reinstatement

The 2-year-old Instagram influencers who make more than you - Katharine Schwab/Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90278778/the-2-year-old-instagram-influencers-who-make-more-than-you-do

Rising Instagram stars are posting fake sponsored content - Taylor Lorenz/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/influencers-are-faking-brand-deals/578401/

The Pixel 3 is proof that Google doesn't care about hardware - Sam Rutherford/Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/the-pixel-3-is-proof-that-google-doesnt-care-about-hard-1831096115

It's 2018, and the iPhone is still super annoying - Sam Rutherford/Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/its-2018-and-the-iphone-is-still-super-annoying-1831096584