Much of the news this week has been concerned with the ephemeral marriage of Kim Kardashian, whose relationship with her ex-husband is now being picked apart for signs of rot. There are multiple articles devoted to analyzing footage from the beginning of the marriage, and if those articles are puerile, then the comments are the stuff of dying brains.

There’s nothing quite like having your midterm-induced panic interrupted by the news that a man who made the personal computer shiny is dead. Plenty of things have been said about Steve Jobs’ death, and plenty of things remain to be said; all else aside, it’s hard to get an idea of what a person’s impact really was until you’ve seen what happens in their absence.