estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
The Strange Workings of the Used Camera Market
https://petapixel.com/2022/03/28/why-digital-cameras-have-shorter-lifespans-than-film-cameras/
Well THAT's an irresistible listicle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9G6mVo_AbQ
Former basketball player and coach Bridget Pettis found a new purpose after co-founding Project Roots, a Phoenix-based nonprofit that nourishes the local community with gardening and education.
https://modernfarmer.com/2022/04/bridget-pettis-wnba-project-roots-phoenix/
Reading fiction apparently makes you more socially adept. The idea is that fiction reveals truths about human interactions and interiority, which readers internalize and apply to their lives. https://lithub.com/its-official-according-to-science-reading-fiction-makes-you-nicer/
A small collection of potentially useful contract templates for code auditors, IT security specialists, and penetration-testers - or people wanting to contract with the aforementioned and look for inspiration how to set up necessary paperwork.
https://github.com/cure53/Contracts
I, for one, welcome our new robotic pizza-making overlords
https://news.mit.edu/2022/robotic-deformable-object-0331
The USGS Astrogeology Science Center has released locations of more than a thousand cave-entrance candidates on Mars.
https://www.usgs.gov/news/caves-mars
Amazing interview.
"I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone’s teeth get cleaner?" – Frank Zappa, in response to Tipper Gore’s allegations that music incites people towards deviant behavior, or influences their behavior in general.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dee-snider-on-pmrc-hearing-i-was-a-public-enemy-71205/
As games age and as companies continue to remove the means to properly purchase and download them, people are looking at other, less than legitimate options to continue to play the games they enjoy. It’s created tension between players and companies. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22988902/nintendo-wiiu-3ds-eshop-closure-dmca-section-1201
It wasn’t until the 19th century that the peacock would take centre stage as the unofficial mascot of Art Nouveau. https://www.messynessychic.com/2022/02/04/art-nouveaus-obsession-with-the-peacock/
Reanalysis of a wooden object found during Soviet-era digs at Dzhetyasar has identified it as a 4th-century lyre of a type known from across medieval north-west Europe, but never before found this far east.
https://the-past.com/news/sutton-hoo-lyre-has-central-asian-connection/
From the screen to the stage to the arena, these up-and-coming Native American stars are full of talent and passion.
https://www.cowboysindians.com/2022/03/next-native-american-stars/
Researchers have reported successful preclinical tests for a nasal spray developed to prevent degeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment was effective at reversing the signs of Alzheimer’s in mice, with human tests two years away.
https://newatlas.com/science/alzheimers-dementia-nasal-spray-t14-animal-study/
A 2022 quality-of-life scorecard that’s designed for Californians who are considering a new home state. (written by one of my oldest friends. free reg required)
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/04/06/leaving-california-a-2022-guide-to-what-state-is-best-to-move-to/
The Museum of Endangered Sounds http://savethesounds.info/
A new laboratory method uses a high-accuracy ball delivery device and speed measurement system to provide better clues on exactly how high and far some of those baseballs will fly.
Industrialist Isaac D. Fletcher seemed to have this competitive mindset. When he commissioned his new mansion at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 79th Street in 1897, he supposedly wanted the house to rival William K. and Alva Vanderbilt’s 1882 “petit chateau” on Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street.
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/this-1899-gilded-age-fairy-tale-mansion-on-fifth-avenue-has-had-only-4-owners/
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017