Dying malls want a second chance at life: As Americans increasingly shop online and stay at home, can malls find new community appeal? https://www.curbed.com/2020/2/18/21137819/malls-real-estate-entertainment

Despite the fact that Diana Gabaldon “hadn’t even set foot in Scotland” when she began writing the series, Outlander-specific tourism is booming there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-outlander-effect-the-popular-book-and-tv-series-is-increasing-travel-to-these-scottish-sites/2020/02/13/900a2dfc-4c26-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html

A list of museums and archives that have released high resolution images into the public domain. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/open-access-image-libraries-a-handy-list/

This website is dedicated to America's technology store... RadioShack. With an archive of its old catalogs. http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/

Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees? https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200212-could-micro-credentials-compete-with-traditional-degrees

"With the help of the high-resolution camera of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has recreated the Apollo 13 crew’s trip around the Moon, only this time it’s in glorious 4k." https://bgr.com/2020/02/24/space-news-apollo-13-moon-footage-4k/

Mark the calendar: Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest, March 21st and March 22nd in Seattle http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-pacific-northwest/

In defense of reading slowly. https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/is-there-anything-wrong-with-being-a-slow-reader

You had me at "stained glass." https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/old-world-stained-glass

Election issues aside -- this post isn't about choosing a candidate -- I am SO GLAD that this election cycle is bringing us true role models.

https://coloradosun.com/2020/02/22/pete-buttigieg-zachary-ro-coming-out/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

The Surprising 18th-Century Origins of Fan Fiction: Fan Fiction Was Just as Sexual in the 1700s as It Is Today https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/02/surprising-18th-century-origins-fan-fiction/606532/

My Amazon review of _Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives_ by @vzackheim #cosobookclub

A few dozen mystery writers -- such as @Rhysbowen @HallieEphron @talexander -- let you into their lives.

https://amzn.to/37XvLAE

"That afternoon, Benchley, Parker and Sherwood went public with their precise weekly salaries — on signs they wore around their necks as they went about their work and strolled through the office. All three of them were out within months."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/19/magazine/salary-sharing.html

Back To The Future Writer Says A Reboot Is Not Happening. Ever https://nerdbot.com/2020/02/23/back-to-the-future-writer-says-a-reboot-is-not-happening-ever/

The role of testers in an #Agile organization

When development is iterative and Agile, testers need to be embedded with the developers and work closely with them, says Martin Heller.
https://www.functionize.com/blog/the-role-of-testers-in-an-agile-organization/

Tim Berners-Lee has been quietly working on something like a redesign of the way the internet works. And the company he built to do it, called Inrupt, is ready to be a little less quiet. https://inrupt.com/small-step-web-part2

My Amazon review of _Whole food cooking every day_. It's old-school vegetarian health food cooking. Might be just what you want, but it wasn't a fit for me. #cooking https://amzn.to/3c3RFpj

Homeland Security Banned Forensic Architecture’s Director From Entry to US https://hyperallergic.com/543006/eyal-weizman-visa-revoked/