More dancey, less happy: a deep dive on the evolution of music since the 1950s. https://www.statsignificant.com/p/how-has-music-changed-since-the-1950s

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have been testing a system which uses Wi-Fi signals to determine the position and pose of humans in a room. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wi-fi-routers-used-to-detect-human-locations-poses-within-a-room

I do not remember this TV show at all. Do you? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/steven-spielberg-tv-episode-la-2017-paley

"A costume doesn’t make sense for a mystery man. He only needs a bit of cloth to hide his face, something he can keep in a pocket." https://medium.com/comics-against-racism/from-mystery-men-to-superheroes-how-siegel-and-shuster-subverted-the-be15421bb43e

Turbocharge Cloud Spanner with Redis Enterprise Active-Active for Global Real-Time Applications
Redis Enterprise’s Active-Active Geo-Distribution and Google Cloud Spanner’s replication work together to provide a unified real-time data layer for geo-distributed applications. Here’s how they connect and the benefits the tech provides. #redis #google
https://redis.com/blog/google-cloud-spanner-for-global-real-time-applications/

Cantankerous for sure. He and I butted heads a few times -- even when we agreed with each other.

The world's biggest collection of obsolete sounds and disappearing sounds - remixed and reimagined by artists all over the world.
https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds

"Many consumers are now feeling irritated by automatic tip requests at coffee shops and other counter service eateries where tipping has not typically been expected, workers make at least the minimum wage and service is usually limited." https://apnews.com/article/tipping-fatigue-business-c4ae9d440610dae5e8ff4d4df0f88c35

Wait what? https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-changes-xbox-console-climate-change-republicans-ted-cruz-1776054

"Allow me, an historian, to offer evidence about the modern origins of this myth, instead of theories about the supposed evolutionary advantage of bro jokes. (How much in the way of actual evidence do we have that prehistoric males were funny?)" https://psyche.co/ideas/just-when-in-history-did-men-decide-that-women-are-not-funny

I found my playlist for the day:

This week on the Folk Alley Radio Show, join Elena See honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. Hear songs from Nina Simone, Richie Havens, Ruthie Foster, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Odetta, Resistance Revival Chorus, Rhiannon Giddens, Patty Griffin, and more.
https://folkalley.com/folk-alley-radio-show-230112/

There's a group chat of 300 prisoners from multiple states who teach themselves computer science based on Harvard online courses ... using contraband phones. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/01/19/cell-phones-in-prisons-tiktok-education

Pitchers and catchers report in 20 days!
#baseball

I'm just here for the headline:
Newly discovered crocodile mummies of variable quality from an undisturbed tomb at Qubbat al-Hawā (Aswan, Egypt) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

I'm having the travel itch again so I am noticing stories like this.

Overnight trains between Stuttgart and Vienna and Bordeaux and Freiburg are among several new services that have launched in recent days
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/dec/13/the-best-new-european-train-journeys-for-2023

40 Years of PCMag: An Illustrated Guide
...Honestly this is just an article about my professional life. (And most of my friends are represented.)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/40-years-of-pcmag-an-illustrated-guide