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Because I hate shopping, both online and in the flesh. Hunting through clothing racks, trying on different styles, putting guilty pleasure purchases on the credit card — none of that appeals to me. I can take about 30 minutes of retail environments before I get grumpy, petulant, frustrated, and generally unpleasant to be around. I consider emerging from a dress shop without anything to show for my time spent inside a personal victory over capitalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/stitchfix1.jpg\" alt=\"\">The problem is, I still need clothes. Not shopping means wearing things past the point of professionalism, still looking like an art student four years after graduating. I need help, and Stitch Fix was offering it to me in the most appealing way. With minimal effort on my part, someone would do all the dirty work of finding clothes long enough for my 6’1″ frame and effectively tell me what to wear and how to wear it. It’s personal shopper meets \u003ca href=\"https://www.taskrabbit.com/\">Task Rabbit\u003c/a>, without any pesky face-to-face interaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when my first “Fix” arrived (a questionable reference to shopaholicism?), optimism prevailed over my natural inclination towards cynicism. “I hope you enjoy your first fix!” read the card from my new stylist (XO, Heather). Nestled inside the package were three tops, one skirt, and an infinity scarf — each more preposterously unflattering and ill-suited for me than the last. I was offended — didn’t Heather \u003ci>know\u003c/i> me? Couldn’t she see that I would never, ever, wear a front-twist top with a faux leather detail across the shoulders?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duh, Sarah. She \u003ci>can’t\u003c/i> see you! I turned to self-blame. Somewhere in that 50 part online questionnaire I must have misrepresented myself. Did I get my personal style wrong? Stitch Fix operates within seven categories: Bohemian Chic, Casual Chic, Classic, Edgy, Glamorous, Preppy, and Romantic. Maybe I didn’t really know what I wanted to “flaunt” or “keep covered.” Maybe my price points were too low to get anything but stretchy, synthetic, strange clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/stitchfix2.jpg\" alt=\"\">Where had I gone wrong? In my disappointment I realized just how much I had been hoping for Stitch Fix to be some sort of miracle find. As I packaged up the clothing meant for someone else, I turned to an old friend with years of professional styling experience for her take on the service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will admit that I think it cheapens the process of styling,” she wrote to me by email. “But I’m biased, obviously.” Without spending time with a person, seeing how they choose their own clothes and arrange them on their body, she explained, the stylist has very little to go on. If styling creates a narrative through selection and combination, the Stitch Fix process would lead to piecemeal, generalized items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as for my role in the entire twist top debacle? “Most women (and people) don’t know how to talk about their bodies,” she explained. “There is an entirely different language that regular folk use when they are describing their bodies than the people who dress them do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was it! When I chose “less is more, keep it covered” in regards to my midriff, I thought I was ruling out crop tops, a style I am decidedly unwilling to experiment within. Heather (or the robots behind Stitch Fix) potentially read this as waistline insecurity, leading to three flowy, blousy tops that could easily blend in with the maternity wear at Target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/stitchfix3.jpg\" alt=\"\">My friend’s final point got to the heart of my disappointment. When I opened the Stitch Fix box, I wanted to be taken out of my comfort zone in a good way. “It’s being too faithful to your words, or the portrait of yourself (verbal or otherwise) that you provided them,” she wrote. “I don’t want to make it seem like real life stylists \u003ci>aren’t\u003c/i> listening, but they know when to stop listening to you, look you up and down, and pick something unexpected. Nine times out of ten, that is the thing you’ll want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So instead of writing Stitch Fix off as a $20 experiment (the styling fee for each shipment, absorbed into the cost of the items you decide to keep), I revamped my profile. I now prefer to avoid faux leather, “love to flaunt” my midsection, and when it comes to “adventurous” Fixes, I told Heather to bring it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My advice for those equally intrigued by this service is to provide the stylists and algorithms behind Stitch Fix with as much information as possible. They will look to your Linkedin, Twitter, and Pinterest accounts for inspiration if you choose to share those profiles. And instead of going it alone — have a friend sit down with you to answer questions like “how would you characterize your proportions.” Because if there’s one thing I learned from Stitch Fix, it’s that no woman is an island. We may have eliminated the dressing room, but you still need a second pair of eyes to reflect what a mirror (or a digital interaction) cannot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that my relationship to the service has morphed from curious excitement to writing assignment to semi-sociological study, I’ve actually started looking at clothes — and the dreaded specter of shopping — in a different way. Finding attire that makes you feel professional, confident, well dressed and in control is an empowering experience. And while I’ll never have the patience or the budget to shop till I drop, it’s time to admit clothes are a facet of identity. The better I know myself and what I want to project via my wardrobe, the less tortuous the prospect of making these decisions will become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To try \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitchfix.com/\">Stitch Fix\u003c/a> out for yourself, or purchase a gift card for a lady in your life, visit stitchfix.com.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oh, sure. Reminisce all you want about the best dressed, the most influential, the most important events in 2013, but will that \u003ci>really\u003c/i> tell you about what happened this year? WILL IT? What about all those moments that hit the middle note, the ones we shrugged away, the ones \u003ci>others\u003c/i> shrugged away? You know, those moments that made you say, “Meh.” Don’t these moments provide a more eloquent vision of 2013? I think so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\n\u003cdiv class=\"article-pic-right\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/bestof2013\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/12/09/Bestof2013arts3.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' best of lists for 2013\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/orange-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>10. \u003ci>Orange Is the New Black\u003c/i>, the Real Story\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you were under a rock, Piper, a Smith grad and middle class white woman, goes to prison for a drug offense committed in her youth. Compared to the high drama and picturesque depiction of \u003ca href=\"http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/70242311?fcld=true&movieid=70242311\">the Netflix series\u003c/a>, the real story pales by comparison. The biggest disappointment? In the real story Piper does not do time with her ex, the drug-dealing convict who turned her in. (Though there was \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/orange-is-the-new-blacks-piper-kerman-on-seeing-her-ex-2013-8\">a brief encounter\u003c/a> when the two were called to testify in a drug conspiracy trial.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/putin-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>9. That Time When Nothing Happened at the G20 Summit\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foremost issue at the G20 Summit was the civil war in Syria — and we all know how that turned out. Nothing really came out of this meeting of the minds, except President Obama did \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/09/g20-ends-abruptly-as-obama-calls-putin-a-jackass.html\">call\u003c/a> Mr. Putin a ‘jackass.’ “I should be afraid of this skinny man?” retorted Mr. Putin. “I wrestle bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/meatballs-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>8. IKEA: the Waning Love Story\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it’s just because my futon fell apart, but for any of you that were on the fence about IKEA, this year \u003ca href=\"http://www.brandindex.com/article/global-issues-impact-ikea-us\">provided a deal-breaker\u003c/a>: the ever-popular Meatballs sold at the IKEA food court were found to have traces of horse meat. Why, Ikea, why?\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/facebook-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>7. Facebook Fatigue\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two studies and all my friends seem to point to an impending mass exodus from the social media giant. While 61% of users regularly \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Coming-and-going-on-facebook/Key-Findings.aspx\">take self-imposed Facebook vacations\u003c/a>, teens have started to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2013/PIP_TeensSocialMediaandPrivacy.pdf\">lose interest\u003c/a> — mainly because there are too many adults creeping the site. All those with Facebook fatigue remember to share about it on Facebook! Hashtag: conflicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/bezos-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>6. Man Who Helped Steamroll Print Media Buys \u003ci>Washington Post\u003c/i>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a man who never seemed to \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-accused-of-raising-prices-2013-7\">care about the state of print\u003c/a>, Jeff Bezos’ buy-out doesn’t make sense. Here are \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-08/why-jeff-bezos-bought-the-em-washington-post-em\">three totally-legit reasons\u003c/a> why Bezos is the right guy to head the Post (according to \u003ci>Business Week\u003c/i>): Instead of using Powerpoint in meetings, Bezos urges people to pass print-outs of summaries (this guy obviously loves the printed page!). His annual letters to shareholders are widely read (he’s obviously an accomplished writer!). Finally, when his editorial business failed he came to the conclusion that computers, not people, were better at recommending products that customers wanted to buy (he won’t replace writers with robots, no, really!). Is this the attack of a total nihilist on the world of print? Only time will tell. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/rowling-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>5. JK Rowling Writes a Serious Adult Book Under Pseudonym and It Bombs\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With only 1500 sales before the big reveal, \u003ci>The Cuckoo’s Calling\u003c/i> was just a crime novel \u003ca href=\"http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-20684-6\">liked by some\u003c/a> and disliked by others. It had some praise, then it was over. That’s when the \u003ci>Sunday Times\u003c/i> of London \u003ca href=\"http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/article3816183.ece\">received an anonymous tip\u003c/a> that the real author was not Robert Gallbraith (wasn’t this a Harry Potter character?) but JK Rowling. Sales skyrocketed.\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2013/07/18/202732292/the-only-surprise-in-rowlings-cuckoos-calling-is-the-author\">Read the best review\u003c/a> around by NPR’s Maureen Carrigan, aptly titled, “The Only Surprise In Rowling’s ‘Cuckoo’s Calling’ Is The Author.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/vogue-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>4. \u003ci>Vogue\u003c/i> Allotted 12 Pages to Models Wearing Google Glass and Still No One Wants to Wear Them\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an apparent effort to put some vamp in the awkward device, \u003ci>Vogue\u003c/i> did a twelve-page spread of taffeta-clad models in all kinds of futuristic scenarios wearing Google Glass (\u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/the-final-frontier-google-glass-and-futuristic-fashion/#/magazine-gallery/the-final-frontier/2\">they moodily regarded Mars-like landscapes!\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/the-final-frontier-google-glass-and-futuristic-fashion/#/magazine-gallery/the-final-frontier/4\">investigated spatial murder!\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/the-final-frontier-google-glass-and-futuristic-fashion/#/magazine-gallery/the-final-frontier/6\">got in cat fights for men — in space!\u003c/a>) but \u003ca href=\"http://www.biteinteractive.com/blog/google-glass-adoption-forecast\">one study found\u003c/a> that 38% of smartphone users would not buy Google Glass even if it was priced in their budget, 44% do not find the device appealing, and nearly 45% think it’s socially awkward. Nice try, \u003ci>Vogue\u003c/i>. Nice try.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/missusa-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>3. Miss USA Wears a Transformers Get-up and Nobody Likes It\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the closest to conceptual art that the Miss Universe pageant will ever get. Too bad it got Miss USA nowhere. As many of her Instagram followers \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/p/gRC49-g_4t/\">pointed out\u003c/a>, Transformers are actually a Japanese import.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/asteroid-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>2. Russians Fail to React to a METEOR\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russian drivers captured dramatic video of the meteor cutting across the horizon via their car dashboard-cameras, while many were surprisingly underwhelmed by the spectacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/bU37Od9XJRI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/center>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/jimmycliff-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>1. Economy, Shmonomy: Republicans and the Debt Ceiling\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fiscal Cliff. Sequestration. The House Republicans. A sign of how unpopular Congress was this year? A \u003ca href=\"http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/01/congress-less-popular-than-cockroaches-traffic-jams.html\">poll of American voters revealed\u003c/a> that the following were held in higher esteem than the 113th U.S. Congress: root canals, Nickelback, cockroaches, colonoscopies, traffic jams, and lice. Congress edged out Lindsay Lohan by a slight 4%, and won decisively against the Kardashians! Go Congress!\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oh, sure. Reminisce all you want about the best dressed, the most influential, the most important events in 2013, but will that \u003ci>really\u003c/i> tell you about what happened this year? WILL IT? What about all those moments that hit the middle note, the ones we shrugged away, the ones \u003ci>others\u003c/i> shrugged away? You know, those moments that made you say, “Meh.” Don’t these moments provide a more eloquent vision of 2013? I think so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\n\u003cdiv class=\"article-pic-right\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/bestof2013\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2013/12/09/Bestof2013arts3.png\" alt=\"Get all our critics' best of lists for 2013\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/orange-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>10. \u003ci>Orange Is the New Black\u003c/i>, the Real Story\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you were under a rock, Piper, a Smith grad and middle class white woman, goes to prison for a drug offense committed in her youth. Compared to the high drama and picturesque depiction of \u003ca href=\"http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/70242311?fcld=true&movieid=70242311\">the Netflix series\u003c/a>, the real story pales by comparison. The biggest disappointment? In the real story Piper does not do time with her ex, the drug-dealing convict who turned her in. (Though there was \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/orange-is-the-new-blacks-piper-kerman-on-seeing-her-ex-2013-8\">a brief encounter\u003c/a> when the two were called to testify in a drug conspiracy trial.)\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/putin-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>9. That Time When Nothing Happened at the G20 Summit\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foremost issue at the G20 Summit was the civil war in Syria — and we all know how that turned out. Nothing really came out of this meeting of the minds, except President Obama did \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/09/g20-ends-abruptly-as-obama-calls-putin-a-jackass.html\">call\u003c/a> Mr. Putin a ‘jackass.’ “I should be afraid of this skinny man?” retorted Mr. Putin. “I wrestle bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/meatballs-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>8. IKEA: the Waning Love Story\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it’s just because my futon fell apart, but for any of you that were on the fence about IKEA, this year \u003ca href=\"http://www.brandindex.com/article/global-issues-impact-ikea-us\">provided a deal-breaker\u003c/a>: the ever-popular Meatballs sold at the IKEA food court were found to have traces of horse meat. Why, Ikea, why?\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- /features-list -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix10\">\u003c!-- -->\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\">\u003c!-- features-list -->\u003c!-- image -->\t \n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list-pic-left\">\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left -->\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/facebook-400.jpg\" width=\"98\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"> \u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- features-list-pic-left --> \u003c!-- title -->\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>7. Facebook Fatigue\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- short description -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two studies and all my friends seem to point to an impending mass exodus from the social media giant. While 61% of users regularly \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Coming-and-going-on-facebook/Key-Findings.aspx\">take self-imposed Facebook vacations\u003c/a>, teens have started to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2013/PIP_TeensSocialMediaandPrivacy.pdf\">lose interest\u003c/a> — mainly because there are too many adults creeping the site. All those with Facebook fatigue remember to share about it on Facebook! 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Here are \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-08/why-jeff-bezos-bought-the-em-washington-post-em\">three totally-legit reasons\u003c/a> why Bezos is the right guy to head the Post (according to \u003ci>Business Week\u003c/i>): Instead of using Powerpoint in meetings, Bezos urges people to pass print-outs of summaries (this guy obviously loves the printed page!). His annual letters to shareholders are widely read (he’s obviously an accomplished writer!). Finally, when his editorial business failed he came to the conclusion that computers, not people, were better at recommending products that customers wanted to buy (he won’t replace writers with robots, no, really!). Is this the attack of a total nihilist on the world of print? 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"content": "\u003cp>If you think you can beat the holiday shopping rush by turning to the Internet, think again. What Internet shopping lacks in sensory overload it gains in infinite scroll. Inundated with incessant feeds of information, sifting through even your favorite websites can prove overwhelming. This holiday season navigate the seemingly endless supply by curating your shopping experience with \u003ca href=\"http://www.svpply.com\">Svpply.com\u003c/a>, which “helps you find the products you love, from the people and stores you find interesting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warning: while this website may save you the trouble of deciding what to buy, it will also give you the tools of an Internet tastemaker, which is altogether too satisfying, and ultimately, extremely time consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you ever cut up catalogues and pasted together wish lists as a kid or if you’re the kind of Internet user who looks at Tumblr and Pinterest and thinks, “Yeah, this is cool and everything, but where can I buy this stuff?” then Svpply is for you. Members bookmark their favorite items from all over the Internet; creating a profile that displays the products they want, which they can organize into “collections,” (i.e. “Holiday Wish List” or “Gift Ideas”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Svpply, each of the over 3 million products in their “shop” has been hand selected by one of their members, and brought to their site using Svpply’s “bookmarklet.” This “Buy Later” browser button is easy to install in your bookmarks bar. Clicking it while browsing various websites allows you to add items to your own profile and ultimately the Svpply registry at large. Sadly, there are more pictures of products on the Internet than there are actual products and Svpply does not account for the stock of the items featured on its website. So don’t forget to click the “buy” button so you can visit the original website and snag the product before some other shopper does, lest you forget the desperate \u003ca href=\"http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1947621_1947626_1947641,00.html\">Tickle Me Elmo\u003c/a> rush of 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Svpply users harness the power of crowd sourcing by following the feeds of other Svpply shoppers. If you’re not into rolling up your sleeves and scouring the nooks and crannies of the Internet yourself, then let someone else harvest the cream of the crop for you. 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