Morning Links for Nov. 12 2013

Morning Links for Nov. 12 2013

If you had to scrape off the sweet reminder of yesterday’s snow from your car windows, you’re not alone. Winter is unofficially here in Wisco, which means our annual four-month Tough Mudder has officially commenced.  The Packers have signed quarterback Matt Flynn to play backup to Scott Tolzien in this week’s game.  Google Glass, that cheeky piece of augmented-reality technology that likely no one in Wisconsin owns, will now come with a music feature.  According to the Los Angeles Times, in Karachi, Pakistan, kidnappings and muggings are commonplace in the country’s “economic engine and financial hub.”  The Atlantic takes up the…

If you had to scrape off the sweet reminder of yesterday’s snow from your car windows, you’re not alone. Winter is unofficially here in Wisco, which means our annual four-month Tough Mudder has officially commenced. 

  • The Packers have signed quarterback Matt Flynn to play backup to Scott Tolzien in this week’s game. 
  • Google Glass, that cheeky piece of augmented-reality technology that likely no one in Wisconsin owns, will now come with a music feature. 
  • According to the Los Angeles Times, in Karachi, Pakistan, kidnappings and muggings are commonplace in the country’s “economic engine and financial hub.” 
  • The Atlantic takes up the issue of women and beer. To wit, “the oldest known record of beer brewing comes from Ancient Egypt, where beer was made and sold almost entirely by women.” 

  • Ponder this: what if the experience of going to the grocery store was like going to the Apple store. Huh?

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.