Drunk shopping is a $48B industry
https://thehustle.co/drunk-shopping-survey

Scholarship opportunity to attend PyCon 2019 #python
If you are a member of an underestimated group in tech and would not be able to attend otherwise, PLEASE APPLY
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVLqLYY8iwXAORroo1KTb0oWa9KKw-ZCzGeoXr8E1cWIJLig/viewform

To unlock creativity, you need to step away
Unlocking your creative potential requires an "incubation period." Here's how it works.
https://www.futurity.org/creativity-incubation-period-2017292-2

Overheard: “Normal" is a setting on the dryer.

EU lawmakers voted to scrap daylight saving time starting in 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/26/european-parliament-votes-to-scrap-daylight-saving-time-from-2021

It's always so endearing when the cats have a hissing-and-spitting fight during a client conference call.

"Anne Brokenbrow said she had never done anything wrong in her life but wanted to find out what it was like." 104 year-old gets arrested (but just for the fun of it). https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-bristol-47642150/anne-104-arrested-for-being-an-upstanding-citizen

A writer cooks his way through Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook, starting with the French onion soup, of course. https://thetakeout.com/anthony-bourdain-les-halles-cookbook-french-onion-soup-1833361381

Create your own Version of Microsoft BASIC for 6502 https://www.pagetable.com/?p=46

Swept away: the art and artefacts destroyed by the world’s greatest museums https://www.theguardian.com/culture/shortcuts/2019/mar/26/swept-away-the-art-and-artefacts-destroyed-by-the-worlds-greatest-museums

How I Wrote a Technical Book in Under 200 Hours

(Snark response: Lots of pictures.)

https://www.producthunt.com/stories/how-i-wrote-a-technical-book-in-under-200-hours

Adidas Sold 1 Million Eco-Friendly Shoes Made from Ocean Plastic, Plans 11 Million More https://www.theepochtimes.com/adidas-sold-1-million-eco-friendly-shoes-made-from-ocean-plastic-plans-11-million-more_2830249.html

A man in the Australian town of Woodenbong wants to build a giant wooden bong. He’s petitioning residents to support his proposed new landmark. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mbzn5y/giant-wooden-bong-for-town-named-woodenbong-locals-angry-paul-pearson-vgtrn

Dozens of libraries, universities, and book art centers across the United States are providing a space for voracious readers to show off their literary knowledge, culinary skills, and pun-making chops. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edible-book-festival

DNA databases intended to help trace family ancestry have become powerful tools for solving long-stalled criminal investigations. But will forensic genealogy hold up in a courtroom? https://www.topic.com/the-cold-case-factory

This campaign has us say, "Oh cool." The only question is where to put it. (It's probably time to get rid of the deep freeze that we haven't been using....)

Talk me into it. Or out of it.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ogarden-smart-indoor-garden-of-90-fruits-veggies#/

You’ve been asked to moderate a panel... what now? Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Intelligence Engineer at Google, shares her Public speaking masterclass: Everything in moderation. https://hackernoon.com/public-speaking-masterclass-everything-in-moderation-ea286e0188d8

My Amazon review of _A Dangerous Collaboration_ by Deanna Raybourn

5 stars

Looking for escapist fiction, smartass characters, and romance? You just found it. #cosobookclub https://amzn.to/2JFQRNc