Overheard: "My cat has more common sense, and as I type this she's currently licking her butt."

Apropos of nothing; I just thought it was a funny response.

Sheet music sales are up 25% in the UK, as people turn to practicing the piano in lockdown. https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/sheet-music-sales-uk-learn-instrument-piano-covid-lockdown-699626

Many of the misconceptions about the city swirling around in the US imagination are not really misconceptions at all – it’s just they are 100 years out of date. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201007-why-film-and-tv-get-paris-so-wrong

Research suggests more than 90 per cent of spreadsheets have errors, and half of spreadsheet models used in large businesses have “material defects”. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/spreadsheet-excel-errors

Someone is proposing a new map created by volunteers during lockdown to show the best walking routes between all of Britain's main towns. All that is needed now is 10,000 keen walkers to test out the routes on his "slow map". https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54562137

Wanna try out what a mechanical keyboard might look like but don’t want to fork over the cash? https://keyboardsimulator.xyz

Dubbed “koe knuffelen” in Dutch (literally “cow hugging”), the practice is centred on the inherent healing properties of a good human-to-animal snuggle. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201008-is-cow-hugging-the-worlds-new-wellness-trend

This was lunch today. Super easy and yummy. Not oh-wow-incredible, but heck it took no effort at all.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020765-sheet-pan-salmon-and-broccoli-with-sesame-and-ginger

A first printing of The Federalist Papers -- and some other important work -- can be explored through Arizona State University’s Civic Classics Collection. https://asunow.asu.edu/20201012-discoveries-asu-collection-rare-historically-significant-books-made-accessible-public

Take a look at these flying retro cars! https://themindcircle.com/flying-cars/

When I said I missed travel, I wasn't thinking of airline food.

"Airline food is like your period. It's not that you want it, exactly, but you're upset if you don't get it." (Stolen from a TV show when I was channel surfing, years ago.)

https://apnews.com/article/finnair-airplane-meal-supermarket-travel-316ac82791219a7250cc96d2b5c86bc1

Libraries generally have very little marketing dollars. This guy really showed up in a Harris County commercial for them. #cosobookclub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e34S4szXmMU

Well here's something we can all argue about #cosobookclub https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/

Just how long has filtering, photoshopping and catfishing been warping our perceptions of each other? https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/10/06/centuries-ago-they-were-facetuning-filtering-and-catfishing-too/

The Library of Congress’ Newspaper Navigator dataset extracts “visual content” from more than 16 million pages of newspapers from 1789 to 1963, drawn from the library’s Chronicling America project (DIP 2017.08.16). https://news-navigator.labs.loc.gov

A designer created a “self-picking” guitar. Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien is a fan. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-radiohead-circle-guitar-idUKKBN26Y1BJ

Discovered: the user manual for the oldest surviving computer in the world. http://www.openculture.com/2020/09/discovered-the-user-manual-for-the-oldest-surviving-computer-in-the-world.html

Evaluating risk in an application

100% test coverage is rarely feasible. To prioritize software testing, you need to identify and evaluate the risks. Chelsea Troy helps you find the right combination of practicality and thoroughness. https://www.functionize.com/blog/evaluating-risk-in-an-application/