estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
"Across cultures, people believe that behaviors such as averted gaze, fidgeting and stuttering betray deceivers. In fact, researchers have found little evidence to support this belief despite decades of searching." https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2021/the-truth-about-lying
On August 26, 1939, “Red” Barber called the Brooklyn Dodgers-Cincinnati Reds double-header at Ebbets Field, where a pair of “electric eyes” transported grainy black and white images of players about one-inch tall to a Kindle-sized screen. #baseball https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/08/major-leaguers-recall-memories-of-the-first-televised-baseball-games/
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”― E.B. White
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. Then she remembered the florist was closed. And the party was cancelled. Finally, some time to rest and reflect on her marital choices." https://lithub.com/the-first-lines-of-10-classic-novels-rewritten-for-social-distancing/
This tool helps you to work out which cocktails you can make with whatever's in your cabinet. https://www.epicurious.com/recipes-menus/cocktail-recipe-finder-article
These include technical drawings for the bombe, a decryption device used during WWII; a string of ticker tape with Turing’s birthday rendered in binary (23 June 1912); a green and gold security foil resembling a microchip; and more. https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/25/22349884/alan-turing-50-pound-note-design-uk-revealed
In December 1870, Paris was under siege and French astronomer Jules Janssen needed to get to a solar eclipse in Algeria. So he did what others had done: He fled by night in a hot air balloon. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-high-flying-death-defying-discovery-of-helium
Wedge the Ever Given anywhere you want in the world.
https://evergiven-everywhere.glitch.me/
11 U.K. writers' houses that are now holiday homes.
Oh my, add to Dream Vacation List.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/feb/28/literary-breaks-11-uk-writers-houses-now-holiday-homes
11 U.K. writers' houses that are now holiday homes.
Oh my, add to Dream Vacation List.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/feb/28/literary-breaks-11-uk-writers-houses-now-holiday-homes
My (admittedly exhaustive) review of _Roger Daniels's Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life_, 5 stars
Because I wanted to know how we all got here, literally and figuratively. This is splendid. #cosobookclub https://amzn.to/2PyyOfp
I suspect J will get a kick out of this.
Online hacker simulator
https://hacker-simulator.com/
Made via an elaborate, 16-step process with a rare cotton that only grew along the banks of the holy Meghna river, the cloth was considered one of the great treasures of the age. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make
>>I don’t like to be negative here on the blog, but I figure taking sublime umbrage in a Jane Austen movie adaptation ranks pretty low on the totem poll of putting negativity out into the world. Still, if you come here for all things positive, best to skip this post.
https://gailcarriger.com/2020/04/03/my-biggest-gripes-with-austen-movies-miss-gail-recommends/
In addition to limited capacity in the early going, the ballpark will be cashless and paperless. Tickets will be digital. The concessions will take card or mobile payment, masks (no gators) will be required. Social distancing will be enforced. https://arizonasports.com/story/2593812/a-look-at-whats-new-at-chase-field-ahead-of-d-backs-2021-home-opener/
Leawood couple Annie Kampfe, a retired interior designer and needlepointer, and Cliff Donnelly began building their mid-century modern style "mini modern house" in 2018 but added the lower level and completed it during the pandemic. https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article249991449.html
>>It was a pretty good video, but I was extremely surprised when it made it all the way to the Vice President of the United States. Part of the reason is because Joe Biden famously loves ice cream. When he saw our video, he called us to tell us he wanted to come to our shop one day. He also said, “I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, but I eat a lot of ice cream!”
https://stories.zagat.com/posts/the-ice-cream-shop-view-on-government-aid
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017