Skip Navigation
Alexis Madrigal

Alexis Madrigal - Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
More

The New York Observer calls him, "for all intents and purposes, the perfect modern reporter." Madrigal co-founded Longshot magazine, a high-speed media experiment that garnered attention from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC. While at Wired.com, he built Wired Science into one of the most popular blogs in the world. The site was nominated for best magazine blog by the MPA and best science Web site in the 2009 Webby Awards. He also co-founded Haiti ReWired, a groundbreaking community dedicated to the discussion of technology, infrastructure, and the future of Haiti.

He's spoken at Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley, SXSW, E3, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and his writing was anthologized in Best Technology Writing 2010 (Yale University Press).

Madrigal is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley's Office for the History of Science and Technology. Born in Mexico City, he grew up in the exurbs north of Portland, Oregon, and now lives in Oakland.
« Previous Madrigal | Next Madrigal » Email Email Print Print

McSweeney's Guide to 'Screen-Layering'

By Alexis Madrigal

Aug 6 2010, 1:51 PM ET Comment

You ruin a joke by explaining it, so I will just point you to McSweeney's most excellent "Guide to Screen-Layering in the New Screen-Profuse Environment." Funny guy, that Beau Golwitzer.

Step 5. For maximum content enjoyment, arrange the smaller laptop in front of the larger laptop and then arrange yourself on a seat in front of these two computers and with your cell phone and e-reader hanging from the bill of your cap. You are receiving mucho content, friend. Also, don't forget about your watch. Right now there is a particularly funny video playing on it. The video is of a chubby kid screaming. It is hilarious.

Read the full story at McSweeney's.

Presented by

More at The Atlantic

Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment? Why Asian-Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Joblessness
The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers The Dragon Space Capsule, by the Numbers
Get Ready: Milky Way to Collide With Neighboring Galaxy in 4 Billion Years Get Ready: Milky Way to Collide With Neighboring Galaxy in 4 Billion Years
Plastic Clamshell Packaging Is the Worst Plastic Clamshell Packaging Is the Worst
Don Pettit Is About to Become Your New Favorite Astronaut Don Pettit Is Your New Favorite Astronaut

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Afghanistan: May 2012

Jun 1, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)