我们都知道这种感觉。你在悲伤的夜晚失眠，或者在朦胧的周末清晨蹒跚而行，需要一些阅读的东西，而那一堆未读的书并不能阻止你。为什么不从Twitter和RSS的消防水龙带中休息一下，看看我们每周从网络上收集的关于技术、文化、媒体和未来的重要文章？当然，坐在Instapaper队列中你会感到内疚的还有一件事，但总比再次在Twitter列表上徒劳地拉好。

在twitter上

本月早些时候，在杜兰大学（Tulane University）的一次演讲中，作家乔纳森•弗兰岑（jonathanfranzen）将Twitter称为“终极不负责任的媒体”，以此戳破了Twitter的蜂窝，我们看到了无数的回应。萨沙·弗雷尔·琼斯的作品是最好的作品之一，同时也是对任何想深入挖掘的人的一个很好的介绍。

《纽约客》：萨沙·弗雷尔·琼斯——推特的优点

How does a common squirrel like to spend its afternoon? Now you know. What does dubstep sound like? Let Twitter tell you. Every word in the English language, being tweeted one by one? Yes. A reporter’s dog? A faithful user. If that sounds like ephemera and you are drifting towards Franzenian irritation, look to the literary canon that has been ported onto Twitter by fans. All of Shakespeare, line by line; sentences from Donald Westlake alter ego Richard Stark; or quotes from Philip Larkin. The critic asks: Why not read them in the original? The supporter offers: all of these sentences, stripped of context, reveal strengths that are washed over when taken up in the river of narrative.

边缘少年

弗里曼·戴森评论了玛格丽特·韦特海姆的新书《科学边缘的物理学》，书中说“真理和幻想还没有解开”

纽约书评：弗里曼·戴森——科学的狂暴

Unlike most of the philosophical dreamers, Carter is a capable engineer and does real experiments to test his ideas. He runs a successful business that gives him leisure to pursue his dreams. He is a man of many talents, with one fatal flaw. Carter’s flaw is his unshakable belief in a theory of the universe based on endless hierarchies of circl***

在谷歌上

随着谷歌不断对其服务进行标准化和统一，无论用户愿不愿意，都在一路为Google+添加深度整合，是不是忽视了使其成为如此革命性公司的价值观和技术？

Gizmodo:Mat Honan-谷歌案

Imagine you woke up tomorrow and Google was gone. You would still be able to search the Web. You could still send email. You could still use maps, make phone calls, watch videos, network with friends, write blog posts. There would be a period of adjustment, and it would be incredibly inconvenient but you would get by. There are other opti***.

在罗马

Jason Fagone讲述了Reddit用户Prufrock451关于美国海军陆战队攻占整个罗马帝国的评论是如何在病毒传播中获得巨大成功并被好莱坞选中的。

连线：杰森·法戈——一个对Reddit查询的回应如何成为一部大预算电影

The world beyond Reddit began to take notice. Someone from the website Boing Boing contacted him, offering to repost the story. Wired writer Clive Thompson tweeted about the thread. It had been only a few hours since Erwin microwaved his Hot Pocket. He resisted the urge to stand up in his office in Des Moines and shout that he was famous on the Internet.

论阅读

虽然德怀特·加纳可能更喜欢“用老式的、不环保的方式，在喉咙被割断的树木的果肉上消费句子”，但他重新考虑了**、平板电脑和iPad上的电子书。

****：德怀特加纳-我们现在的阅读方式

It’s time to start thinking, however, about the best literary uses for these devices. Are some reading materials better suited to one platform than another? Does Philip Larkin feel at home on an iPad, and Lorrie Moore on a Kindle? Can I make a Kay Ryan poem my ringtone? Will any gizmo make "The Fountainhead" palatable?

从本周开始，我们将开始回顾过去的伟大作品。首先，威廉·吉布森在1999年的《连线》中讲述了他对eBay的痴迷：

连线：威廉·吉布森-我的痴迷

I am deep into eBay, half-awake, staring at a scan of this huge-ass Zenith diver's watch. And I am, mind you, a practicing ectomorph. I have wrists like pipestems. I am not going to get too much wear out of a watch that's actually wider than my wrist.

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