So it's 2019, and everything is backwards. The government's shut down. Britain's breaking up with Europe. A plain ordinary egg is now the most-liked photo ever posted to Instagram, and that egg just emailed me.The egg photo was posted on Jan. 4, and as of Jan. 15, it has more than 42 million likes. The account, titled world_record_egg, has 6.3 million followers. But so far, no one has been able to crack the identity of the person behind the account.But I can tell you the egg has a name and is egg-ceptionally thankful for all the attention."Eugene the Egg is so appreciative of the amazing support, it has been incredible," the person behind the Instagram account told me in an email. When asked about the account's merchandise offerings -- currently, two shirts that say "I LIKED THE EGG" -- the response was, "We're dropping a new design every day, and giving 10 percent of that to a chosen charity." An Instagram personality who goes by Supreme Patty and has 6.2 million … [Read more...] about Eugene the world record Instagram egg: ‘It’s been incredible’
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Eugene the Egg, Instagram’s most-liked photo: ‘It’s been incredible’
So it's 2019, and everything is backwards. The government's shut down. Britain's breaking up with Europe. A plain ordinary egg is now the most-liked photo ever posted to Instagram, and that egg just emailed me.The egg photo was posted on Jan. 4, and as of Jan. 15, it has more than 42 million likes. The account, titled world_record_egg, has 6.3 million followers. But so far, no one has been able to crack the identity of the person behind the account.But I can tell you the egg has a name and is egg-ceptionally thankful for all the attention."Eugene the Egg is so appreciative of the amazing support, it has been incredible," the person behind the Instagram account told me in an email. When asked about the account's merchandise offerings -- currently, two shirts that say "I LIKED THE EGG" -- the response was, "We're dropping a new design every day, and giving 10 percent of that to a chosen charity." An Instagram user who goes by Supreme Patty and has 6.2 million followers was … [Read more...] about Eugene the Egg, Instagram’s most-liked photo: ‘It’s been incredible’
The Future of Work: The Branch, by Eugene Lim
The library of the future is more or less the same. That is, the branch is an actual and metaphoric Faraday cage. You enter, a node and a target, streamed at and pushed and yanked, penetrated by and extruding information, sloppy with it. And then your implants are cut off. Your watch, your glasses, jacket, underwear, your lenses, tablet, chips, your nanos—all go dry. You’ve come to the library as usual out of desperation, yearning, boredom. There is a heart of uncertainty in your life, and you might wish to ask the library any number of questions: Should you take this job or that one? Won’t you ever get out of debt? Will he ever love you? Does she love you enough? Enough to leave her wife? Why, after all this time, did he show up again? Why can’t I sleep? I think my kid thinks I’m stupid. Why do I sleep so much? Why oh why am I so fucked up? The librarian sits in a wooden chair, dressed in starched, sharply pressed clothing, muted colors. Today it’s … [Read more...] about The Future of Work: The Branch, by Eugene Lim
Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys on Eugene McCabe’s Death And Nightingales
A LONG, dark tunnel is faintly illuminated by slivers of light spilling through cracks in the low, arched stonework overhead; an indistinct scurrying intensifies – a mouse, or, worse, a rat? It is bumpy underfoot and we fumble our way along with the help of someone's mobile phone torch, tip-toeing tentatively along the uneven path towards the light...And, 'Cut' – our little unscripted, two-minute drama in an ancient tunnel linking outhouses to the main house where filming was in full swing for new BBC period drama, Death and Nightingales, comes abruptly to a halt.A TV production girl at the head of our ramshackle line tells us to 'shush'; we are approaching the opening and the cameras are rolling.I am on set at Myra Castle near Strangford, although the actual setting for this tense three-parter starring Jamie Dornan – and based on Irish author Eugene McCabe's haunting 1992 novel of the same name – is Co Fermanagh.To find out more, the small press group is guided … [Read more...] about Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys on Eugene McCabe’s Death And Nightingales
20 Questions: Priests star Fr Eugene O’Hagan on looking after body and soul
1 Up and at it – what is your morning routine? On a weekday I usually anticipate the alarm clock by a good 10 to 15 minutes, so when it goes off at 7am, I am prepared! After the ritual of shave, shower – and getting dressed – I take time to pray. In the morning, I celebrate Mass unless I have an evening celebration. Once I’ve attended to feeding the spirit, I attend to feeding the body which is accompanied, by the radio and a quick scan of edited newspaper headlines using the Flipboard app on my iPad – a great invention. 2 What might you eat in a typical working day for...Breakfast? I eat a light breakfast of cereal or porridge with a cup of coffee, a banana or an apple. Lunch? Full dinner at 'lunch' on weekdays – vice versa at weekends – using fresh, wholesome ingredients. Dinner? I will only ever have one main meal and it could be anything. I will augment it with a small snack such as a slice of bread with peanut butter, a couple of biscuits … [Read more...] about 20 Questions: Priests star Fr Eugene O’Hagan on looking after body and soul