estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
For months, mustard has been tough to find on grocery store shelves in Europe. It's a combination of geopolitical instability and wild temperatures. https://modernfarmer.com/2022/11/where-has-all-the-mustard-gone/
Klaus Voorman, Earl Slick and MOJO’s writers on how John Lennon changed the world… with what he sang, played, said, and did.
Oh my, what a good retrospective.
https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/the-mojo-list/20-ways-john-lennon-changed-the-world/
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STUDENTS REBEL AGAINST HEAT-SENSING CROTCH MONITOR SURVEILLANCE DEVICES
A story in which the title is something on its own, but somehow, the article just gets more and more absurd.
To build a delightful library for kids, start with these 99 books https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/06/kids-books-recommendations-list-culture-war/
I'm trying to convince my Design team to use #2 in a blog post.
Star Wars Intro Creator
I'm going to feed my blog posts into this.
https://starwarsintrocreator.kassellabs.io/
It used to be much cheaper to hire engineers who didn’t live in pricey tech hubs. Now, not so much.
https://www.protocol.com/workplace/remote-work-pay-compression
The best manual espresso makers in 2022: a comparative review from @[email protected] #coffee #espresso https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-manual-espresso-makers
New research contests the myth that it was Christianity's opposition to nudity that led to the decline in large-scale bathing in the late Roman Empire.
(You had me at "by Sarah Bond.") https://hyperallergic.com/785529/why-did-roman-baths-disappear/
Watch Rich Walter, MIM’s curator for United States / Canada, share the story behind the 1886 Wonder Solo model cornet made for famous American bandleader Patrick Gilmore. #music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEaOBM5UXWE
A list of top holiday toys from the last 100+ years https://stacker.com/retrospective/top-holiday-toys-year-you-were-born
Before John Hughes, before Dazed and Confused, and before Twilight, there were the Beach Party films – one of the first times Hollywood produced films that were specifically designed for and marketed to teenagers.
https://vimeo.com/282316889
"If you're in the mood to spiral into existential despair, look no further. Introducing: Asteroid Launcher, an extremely fun, totally chill website that allows you to simulate how, exactly, an asteroid might crush, vaporize, set fire to, and otherwise destroy any given locale." https://futurism.com/the-byte/website-simulate-asteroid-impact
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If you run for office as a member of a political party, then switch parties AFTER you're elected and in office, you should have to pay back every single campaign donation you got under penalty of Bait And Switch Fraud laws.
Literature clock is an amazing project that matches the exact time with a quote from a book. https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com
"Emmanuel Macron said young people would be able to collect them from pharmacies, and described the move as a 'small revolution in prevention.'" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63915467
Atari is reviving Akka Arrh, a 1982 arcade game canceled because test audiences found it too difficult. https://www.engadget.com/akka-arrh-remake-jeff-minter-atari-200603455.html
The Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival: "Airships can stay aloft for long periods of time, in case ground conditions aren’t ideal, have a long range, and carry significant payloads." https://spectrum.ieee.org/airship
I dare say that the number of my friends who care about a top-end manual #coffee grinder are few, but if you're shopping, I REALLY liked this one from TIMEMORE. https://amzn.to/3FFh0Xt
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017