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Previously, On Arrested Development⇢

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I’ve seen every episode of Season 1–3 numerous times, and even I hadn’t caught everything NPR has listed on this guide to the running gags from the show.

My wife and I are halfway through Season 4, and while it’s not as good as the show was at its height, it’s still very good. My hand’s hat’s off to Ron Howard.

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Apple I Sold for $671,400⇢

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Steve Lohr for The New York Times:

An Apple–1 computer, made in 1976, sold for a record $671,400 on Saturday at an auction in Germany, including all fees and taxes, said Uwe Breker, the German auctioneer.

That surpassed the $640,000 record for an Apple–1, set last November at a sale at the same auction house in Cologne, Germany, Auction Team Breker. The fall 2012 sale was a sharp rise from the previous record price for an Apple–1 of $374,500, set in June 2012 at Sotheby’s in New York.

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On the Grizzlies and Their City⇢

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My pal Kevin Lipe, in the best thing he’s ever published for SBNation:

The fight of the Grizzlies has rekindled the fight of Memphis. Yeah, yeah, people were proud of Memphis before 2011. But it’s spreading. It’s building. It’s a strong uniting force, and it’s something I don’t think could happen in any other NBA city.

Our city needed this Grizzlies team. Just like they needed us.

The Grizzlies probably aren’t going to be able to rally and come back against the Spurs, but at this point, I’m not even sure it matters to many Memphians. This city is electric, and that’s a good thing.

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The Three-Day Weekend⇢

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Bob Sullivan:

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all it evokes: vacations, slower workweeks, casual dress codes, getting the pool ready and pulling out the outdoor furniture.

It would seem an ideal time to take a break, but our ability to unplug and relax is under assault. A three-day weekend? We can barely get through three waking hours without working, new research shows. The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six minutes. Meanwhile, government data from 2011 says 35 percent of us work on weekends, and those who do average five hours of labor, often without compensation – or even a thank you. The other 65 percent were probably too busy to answer surveyors’ questions.

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The 23-Ton Lego X-Wing⇢

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Angela Watercutter at Wired:

The newest addition to the grand list of Coolest Things Ever is being unveiled in New York today: the Lego X-Wing, the largest Lego model ever built.

The model of the classic Star Wars fighter being unveiled in Times Square has a wingspan of 44 feet and comes complete with R2-D2 and a full range of sound effects. It’s a super-duper-sized version of Star Wars Lego starfighter set #9493 and was made with 5,335,200 Lego bricks. That, according to Lego, makes it the largest model ever built, eclipsing the Lego robot at the Mall of America by some 2 million bricks.

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Evernote Adds Reminders⇢

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Andrew Sinkov at Evernote:

For the millions and millions of people around the world that use Evernote everyday to achieve their goals, we’re excited to announce a new part of Evernote that will keep you on track every step of the way. Reminders are here. Our three most requested features rolled into one small package:

  • In-app and email Alarms
  • Quick note based to-do lists
  • Pinning notes to the top of your note list

While this system isn’t nearly as powerful as something like OmniFocus, I think a lot of Evernote users are pretty happy this morning.

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