Baby elephant love — there are lap dogs and there are lap elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqMwak7HSGQ

I just bought more quilting fabric. GO ON AND ACT SURPRISED.

We’ve barely started to tap the vast potential of silk
From high-tech shoes to space exploration, the material could have a glorious future.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-future-of-silk/

My Amazon review of _Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today_

4 stars

Historians summarize the accusations against each president and the ways in which they responded to allegations. It's good context for current events. #cosobookclub https://amzn.to/2VDDzD4

Now you can make bean-to-bar chocolate from scratch!
A new product called CocoTerra will let you start with cocoa nibs and end up with home-made chocolate bars. The machine incorporates grinding, refining, conching, tempering and molding in a single Cuisinart-style machine, and comes with flavoring and recipes for making all kinds of chocolate stuff.

As Mike Elgan wrote, this is the equivalent of a crack machine for addicts.
https://www.cocoterra.com/

"Any concerns about what the internet is doing to our collective mental health must be set against the poetry that it has simultaneously unleashed." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/11/how-to-speak-internet-online-writing-richard-godwin

"They ceased to exist for a variety of reasons, but many of the individual designs kept in the collection reveal a direct path of inspiration for well-known designers today."

Time for FASHION PORN!

https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/10/11/sleeping-in-the-archives-the-mets-forgotten-fashion-brands

"The Virtual Card Read-Punch is meant to convey the joys of punch card processing to a modern audience." https://www.masswerk.at/card-readpunch/

Programmers who defined the technology industry: Where are they now?
by me, 2010
https://www.itworld.com/article/2826737/programmers-who-defined-the-technology-industry--where-are-they-now-.html

Lost transcription of Tale of Genji chapter found in Japanese storeroom https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/10/lost-chapter-the-tale-of-genji-murasaki-shikibu-found-japan

Ready for baseball?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLCvi17-RQ&feature=youtu.be

Painting zebra stripes on cattle discourages biting flies, new study says
https://www.cnet.com/news/painting-zebra-stripes-on-cattle-confuses-biting-flies-new-study-says/

The Van Gogh museum has a wonderful online print collection. https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/explore-the-collection

Dr. Goodenough just won a Nobel Prize at age 97 (for contributions to what became lithium-ion batteries). I remember this profile of him from three few years ago in the NYTimes: “To Be A Genius, Think Like A 94-Year-Old.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/sunday/to-be-a-genius-think-like-a-94-year-old.html
>>"[I]n the United States, the average inventor sends in his or her application to the patent office at age 47, and that the highest-value patents often come from the oldest inventors — those over the age of 55."

Walter Chandoha, pioneer of the cat meme https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/look-closer/walter-chandoha-pioneer-of-the-cat-meme

Researchers prove a Da Vinci bridge design works, over 500 years later https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29426711/da-vinci-bridge/

Dismissed EPA science advisers gather in ‘unprecedented’ challenge to Trump administration https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/dismissed-epa-science-advisers-gather-unprecedented-challenge-trump-administration

9 Drinks That Only People Who Grew Up In The ’70s Will Understand
https://vinepair.com/articles/9-drinks-that-only-people-that-grew-up-in-the-70s-will-understand/

My Amazon review of _Joie Warner's Take a Tin of Tuna_

4 stars
#cosobookclub #cooking

You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry. https://amzn.to/33kdiMU