Latest Stories from Nicholas Carlson
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Most children's books these days are total garb - here are three that are great
Here's the premise: A monkey mom wants to put her kids to sleep. But instead of sleeping, they jump…
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This Gawker.com style guide from 2007 proves Nick Denton's blog invented Web writing
A long list, sure, but it is topped by "interesting" and "funny" and "of interest." If it's funny o…
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Something else is going on with Taylor Swift - and it's ugly
I watch her beautiful face do its talented acting and go - my my, what a large beautiful mouth. I d…
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This Cheetah is running 63 mph - but it cannot escape one very dangerous animal
That's quicker than a Ferarri. And look how still it's keeping its head as it runs. The animal look…
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Chipotle may be making people sick again
Eric Van Lustbader, a novelist, wrote that his editor spent seven hours in the emergency room. Van …
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There's a proven way to get tons more 'likes' on Instagram and Facebook, and all it takes is 9 months
On July 1, and after, my Instagram likes average skyrocketed to 38.4. My lowest total was 17. Sudde…
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The biggest mistake I made with my newborn
The first night, I sent my wife out to eat at a restaurant while I sat next to the baby's crib as h…
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8 things I'm glad I did as a new dad, and one thing I wish I didn't
We didn't want to. It was hard. But he was absolutely refusing to go to sleep until 10:30 every nig…
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25 everyday things made obsolete this century
That means we've also said goodbye to some items that were once staples in many people's lives.Let'…
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3 brilliant pieces of career advice for anyone who is graduating from college
Figure it out, he did! Hoffman is now the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn. During those 15 years…
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I took a long walk through Hong Kong that I'll never forget
During my walk, I saw a bright green Lamborghini, stood on an escalator that took me across the cit…
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The truth about what it's like to be a new dad: It's terrifying. And boring. (With some good stuff too)
We had a million questions for the pediatrician. They were: Are pacifiers OK for night sleep? What …
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Leave your boring pedal boat on shore and try one of these badass watercraft instead
It's when you're on vacation, and there's a lake, and someone asks if you want to get into one of t…
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Why did eating a cashew almost kill my 9 month-old baby boy?
An EpiPen is a drug-delivering needle. It looks like an extra-fat permanent marker. It's full of ep…
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11 new inventions that will restore your faith in human ingenuity
Here's 11 inventions to remind you how ingenious we can be.Every backyard should have one of these.
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A coloring mistake on this resort map just caused a full-fledged military operation
The military's mission: find the highest point on the island and stick the country's flag in the gr…
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This melted cheese restaurant is so popular on Facebook it's basically impossible to get a table
"He's had to hire at least three more people. There have been lines out the door. That line has eve…
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I finally bought a selfie stick, and I don't care how much my loved ones hate it - this thing is great!
When my wife went into a shop to buy some cheap sunglasses, I spent 5 euros on my very first ever s…
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One photo convinced me that Daenerys might actually be evil
On the left, you have Jon Snow, watching the 6 guys who stabbed him to death hang. He doesn't look …
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I flew Iberia to Spain and it was the worst airline experience I've ever had
The problems started when we landed at Madrid on Friday morning. By the time we got off the plane, …
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11 companies that tried to buy Facebook back when it was a startup
As early as 4 months after Facebook's inception, people with money and people representing companie…
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Jonah Peretti on how BuzzFeed is like an early movie studio and why he encourages 'crushes'
Jonah Peretti: So we're always testing new ideas. One of the things we realized about three years a…
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Facebook's Carolyn Everson on the importance of 'hard conversations'
Everson: But I will ... I will definitely make sure to share that feedback with him. So, Mark is li…
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BLOWS IT, YODA DOES: Here's what I learned when I watched the original 'Star Wars' movies for the first time in 10 years
The first movie is about Han choosing against the Dark Side. I thought the original "Star Wars" was…
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Billionaire investor Yuri Milner says he is going to spend $100 million renting massive telescopes to search for life on other planets
These tools are now reaping a harvest of discoveries. In the last few years, astronomers and the Ke…