estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
Each of these five acclaimed audiobook narrators has received AudioFile's Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award. https://bookmarks.reviews/audiofiles-golden-voice-lifetime-achievement-awards/
"An expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru"
This is an essay written by Hugh Gallagher when applying to New York University. He graduated from NYU in May 1994. And the essay was passed around online EVERYwhere. #VintageViral
A durian shipment forced a German post office to evacuate. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/europe/durian-germany-evacuation-scli-intl-grm/index.html
Overheard (thankfully not in seriousness): "Please turn to page 27 face-psalms for a reading...."
Women are less likely to swipe right on a guy with a cat. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/world/cat-men-dating-study-scli-intl-scn-wellness/index.html
The Boston Public Library needs help transcribing anti-slavery letters https://vitals.lifehacker.com/transcribe-anti-slavery-letters-to-help-historians-1844070062
This was probably the most over-hyped product I ever encountered. https://www.fastcompany.com/90517971/exclusive-segway-the-most-hyped-invention-since-the-macintosh-to-end-production
12 LGBTQ+ Memorials Around The World
These are cooler than I expected 'em to be.
https://www.gojourny.com/stories/lgbtq-memorials-around-the-world/
HIVE MIND: In your experience, what's the difference between a great QA director and a good one?
We have discussed-to-death what makes someone a 10x software developer, or a great programming team lead. But what makes someone a better-than-average QA director? What would you look for in an ideal boss?
NASA now lets you label images snapped by its Curiosity rover to help it and future Mars missions navigate the Red Planet’s surface. https://bgr.com/2020/06/21/curiosity-rover-ai4mars-online-tool/
A blog entirely dedicated to cross-sectional photos of chocolate bars. https://scandybars.com
A project to map the world’s ocean beds is going swimmingly. Nearly a fifth of the entire ocean floor has been documented. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oceans-seabed-map/map-of-worlds-uncharted-ocean-beds-takes-shape-despite-crisis-idUSKBN23R0WV
Andrew Yang is announcing a new initiative called the Data Dividend Project. The former presidential candidate believes your data is your property, and if you choose to share it, you should also share in the value. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21298919/andrew-yang-big-tech-data-dividend-project-facebook-google-ubi
Want to escape to Victorian London for a while?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3DsoCUUjaQ
In the 1920s, the KKK grew from a few thousand to five million members. How did they do it? Like any modern organization: they launched a marketing campaign. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/06/the-campaign-that-sold-the-klan/
“Our very existence has been outlawed, criminalized, medicalized.” James Polchin gives us a queer true crime reading list.
True crime isn't my favored genre, but this may interest you.
Top 10 books about witch-hunts
Yeah, like you could resist a listicle like that.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/17/top-10-books-about-witch-hunts-the-wheelwright-s-daughter-eleanor-porter
Want to see some wildlife in New England? Moose are your best bet.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2414375/where-see-moose-new-england
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017