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A person in a beat-up Spider-Man costume thumbs for a ride on the sidewalk in a city.

nightcap

Austin Powers saying “Yeah, baby!”

Plus: Don't forget to check Disney+ for your homework

Let's drink Pocari Sweat

food & drink

Let's drink Pocari Sweat

Recording podcasts and drinking a Japanese sports drink at 11 pm on a Tuesday evening

Caption: "iMod Diaries" with photo of iPod running Rockbox operating system

Day Soda

iMod Diaries #3: Rocking with Rockbox

A deep dive into an alternative software stack

Screenshot from Tricky Madness showing a big air trick in a forest

games

Tricky Madness channels the spirit of SSX

Developer Nathan Dearth wants to bring “simple, arcade-y fun” back to the snowboarding genre

An iPod without a face plate and the caption "iMod Diaries."

Day Soda

iMod Diaries #2: A classic rebuild

Featuring a classic mistake

The Clementoni Talking Motorbike on a purple background.

mailbag

What is this motorbike singing to me?

And more reasonable questions about a talking motorcycle

film & tv

Join Night Water in Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League

Taking our Oscar Ballot to the next level

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A photoshopped image of an iPod inside of a diary, with the caption "iMod Diaries".

iMod Diaries #1: A classic shopping list

Building a new iPod, brick by brick

A well-planned ancient city in Memoriapolis, with multiple large cultural buildings surrounded by housing.

Two Early Access city-builders with a twist

Memoriapolis and The Wandering Village take city-builders into parts unknown

It’s time to bring back the iPod

It’s time to bring back the iPod

1000 songs in your pocket

The Myth of "Consensual" Smoking meme

Hot Water Takes: Smoking in pub gardens

It's open season on cigarette smokers in Britain

A copy of Colm Tóibín's "Long Island" on a desk along with an Air Mail letter.

A depressing surprise in your mailbox

Plus: the Brooklyn to Long Island pipeline

Screenshot from Bloom's "chill" mode, parodying "Lofi girl" on YouTube.

RNG Party Games is in bloom

Checking in with the Playdate game developers two years later

Tune in to Antioch Broadcasting Network

Old-time radio from Illinois

Close-up of the author wearing a SoundDec DualTone clip-on radio.

Day Soda #18: The naked truth about the SoundDec DualTone radio

Plus: Raw Dog

Greggs’ new vegan bake is a sopping mess

Greggs’ new vegan bake is a sopping mess

“Why am I wet?” Gyal, that's Mexican Chicken-free rain

One weird trick for improving broadcast sports

One weird trick for improving broadcast sports

Sports streaming platforms hate him!

A large group of tents and people, with a lovely red sunset in the background.

Late Night Vibes: Wimbledon Queue Edition

“Waiting for Jannik”

3 London bagels I ate this month, ranked

The search for the perfect New York-style bagel in London

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