If it's professionally-related (e.g. giving books to people who wrote for me) without question it is Eats Shoots & Leaves, as some years ago I gave copies to all my freelancers. https://amzn.to/2POdCis

What book have you given as a gift most often?

More people are using ad blockers, cutting cords to cable and network TV, and otherwise going off-grid. So advertisers need to a new way to capture your eyeballs. And they have their eyes — and joysticks — on a new media type: esports and gaming. https://pgsignal.com/high-scoring-takeaways-in-gaming-and-e-sports/

There is perhaps no more concentrated a dose of pure Nevadan oddity than the stretch of US-95 that winds northwest from Vegas and Tonopah. https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/nevada-road-trip-roadside-attractions

A way to listen to the radio through space and time https://radio.garden

Printable city maps about climate based on free data from Openstreetmap http://www.mappedplanet.com/tuebersicht_en.php?thema=Climate

I'm in mourning. https://www.thedailybeast.com/with-warren-the-dream-of-a-female-president-dies-again?ref=author

"Libraries are handcuffed by two-year ebook licenses that cost way more than you and I pay to own an ebook outright forever."
https://gizmodo.com/libraries-could-preserve-ebooks-forever-but-greedy-pub-1841922375

Four companies that reinvented themselves the right way… and won
Facing existential disruption from overwhelming market forces, these four companies recognized the need to change, and made the right calls to thrive in a post-digital world.
https://pgsignal.com/four-companies-that-reinvented-themselves-the-right-way-and-won/

Zen Koans You, a Woman In Tech, May Encounter In a Job Interview https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/zen-koans-you-a-woman-in-tech-may-encounter-in-a-job-interview

New Zealand birds can make predictions. Researchers found that keas are capable of “true statistical inference.” https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/new-zealand-birds-show-humanlike-ability-make-predictions

Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/10/mist-showers-sustainable-decadence.html

One of the world’s oldest artworks has been discovered inside a working Indonesian mine. It survived this long – does it have a future? https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-fight-to-preserve-a-44000yearold-painting

Because of Coronavirus, vendors are offering special videoconferencing deals. Here's a roundup of what's available, put together by @sjvn https://www.zdnet.com/article/video-conferencing-deals-coronavirus-spurs-offers-from-webex-google-and-others/

Even if you don’t know Jorma Kaukonen by name, you’re probably familiar with his work. This 2018 article profiles him after his then-new book was published. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-sheds-rock-star-mask/

Farmers hoping to cash in on the hullabaloo around hemp are butting heads with federal regulators over acceptable level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. https://cen.acs.org/food/agriculture/Hemp-growing-pains/98/i8

An emulator for every old video game ever https://www.playemulator.com

In space, no one can hear you kernel panic
When you’re millions of miles from home, it’s hard to install an operating system update—but not impossible. From the dawn of the Space Age through the present, NASA has relied on resilient software running on redundant hardware to make up for physical defects, wear and tear, sudden failures, or even the effects of cosmic rays on equipment.
https://increment.com/software-architecture/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-kernel-panic/