Saturday, May 17, 2014

Preakness Stakes Weekend Reads

Here are some stories you can check out as you wait for California Chrome's attempt to win the second leg of the Triple Crown:

The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits - Grantland.  And excerpt from the book Console Wars, by Blake Harris.

Twilight of an Enforcer - A hockey player fights to stay in the game he loves - SB Nation

Thomas Edison and the Cult of Sleep Deprivation - The Atlantic.  Sleep deprivation last weekend while planting kicked my ass all this week.

The Rough Guide to Frackistan - Texas Monthly.  A review of  Russell Gold’s The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World.

In North Dakota, There Will Be Blood - David Cay Johnston

America's Only Ballpark Synagogue - The New Yorker. In South Bend, IN, of course.

Vacation At 'The Door To Hell,' Enjoy View To Burning Gas Crater - OilPrice

Want To Know If Your Food Is Genetically-Modified - The Atlantic. On the lack of basis in science of the opposition to GMOs.  See also, Why Red M&Ms Disappeared for a Decade - Priceonomics

The Thirsty West: 10 percent of California's Water Goes to Almond Farming - Eric Holthaus. 10% sounds on the high side, but no matter what, almonds take a hell of a lot of water, and growers have been planting them like crazy until just recently.



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