Welcome to Fall: HodgePodge for Sept. 27

​If there’s one thing I learned this week, it’s that the writer/director of Clue also directed My Cousin Vinny. If there’s five things I learned this week, they’re all listed below.

‘The only true test of a movie is time.’

Apparently there are some people who don’t feel that Clue is one of the greatest movies ever made. Those people probably wouldn’t be interested in this long look at the making of a flop that became a classic.

There’s a voice for that app

The Verge takes an indepth look at the elaborate process for making computers talk.

Fighting chance

New York Times’ latest online project takes a look at the world of cage fighting. And, if reading’s not your thing, this article is also available in audio form, narrated by Bobby Carnivale.

Happy 35th birthday

The Trapper Keeper has been a school supply force to be reckoned with for decades, but how did they come to be? And why? And why were they so good at keeping all your trappers?

Check Twitter. Then read. Then check Twitter again.

Louis C.K. thinks we rely too much on technology to distract us from our thoughts and feelings. Here’s four ways to get over you distraction addiction from Fast Company.

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