estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
Thanks to Michael Gillespie, an obscure programmer at a Nerds on Call repair store, hundreds of thousands of ransomware victims have recovered their files for free. #cososec
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-ransomware-superhero-of-normal-illinois
Musician asks public for help after leaving C18th violin on train
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/28/musician-asks-public-for-help-after-leaving-c18th-violin-on-train
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed a desire to become a "great writer."
When asked to define "great," he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation, and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft writing error messages. #jokes
Michael Silber runs Deli Grossery, a digital archive of New York’s unique small businesses. To date, he has photographed and mapped over 1,750 bodegas throughout the boroughs. https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/23/20925428/nyc-bodega-corner-store-design
Why Denmark Put a 120-Year-Old Lighthouse on Rollerblades
(You need a reason?)
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-denmark-put-a-120-year-old-lighthouse-on-rollerblades
How to Make Soup - The Victorian Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IwwOS_K-GA
The 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair left behind garbage and other materials that can be traced by archaeologists. https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/woodstock-archaeology
Ever since Starman in 1984, Jeff Bridges has taken photos on the set of every film he’s acted in https://kottke.org/19/09/jeff-bridges-takes-photographs
There is no Brooklyn accent. “There really is no linguistic evidence,” so forget about it. https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/fuhgeddaboutit-sorry-there-no-brooklyn-accent
Before the 1960s, the term “soul food” wasn’t used in reference to food. https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2019/03/24/soul-food-restaurants/
New study shows coral reef fish do not mind 3D-printed corals
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/october/3D-printed-coral-study-damselfish-Danielle-Dixson/
Dame Judi Dench is backing the Bronte Parsonage Museum's bid to buy a rare early book written by one of the famed literary sisters. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-50165066
How steak became manly and salads became feminine https://theconversation.com/how-steak-became-manly-and-salads-became-feminine-124147
As an airplane is about to crash, a female passenger jumps up frantically and announces, "If I'm going to die, I want to die feeling like a woman."
She removes all her clothing and asks, "Is there someone on this plane who is man enough to make me feel like a woman?"
A man stands up, removes his shirt and says, "Here, iron this!" #jokes
A veteran of the London Review of Books demonstrated "how magazine pages were created before computers." http://www.openculture.com/2019/10/how-magazine-pages-were-created-before-computers.html
Whiskey has inspired much creativity among musicians over the years, and now Big D Guitars is cementing that relationship with a Telecaster-shaped instrument built from barrels once home to Jim Beam and Wild Turkey. https://newatlas.com/music/whiskey-barrel-top-guitar/
What your poo says about your income https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191018-what-human-waste-can-tell-us-about-income-diet-and-health
How did Washington, D.C. fans experience the World Series in 1924, 1925 & 1933? Check out these photos.
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2019/10/world-series-excitement-in-the-nations-capital/?loclr=twloc
>> Tomorrow, Facebook will unveil its News tab [Update: Here’s the announcement and our coverage]. About 200 publishers are already aboard including the Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed News, and some will be paid. None seem to have learned the lesson of platform risk.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/24/facebooks-news-not-yours/
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017