If you’re doing it right, the performance review process should be unnecessary. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713300/developers-dont-need-performance-reviews.html

Phoenix folks: Use the Maker Space in MACH1 to create pieces for your cosplay. A variety of hobbyists and experts will be on hand at the library to give build guidance. Saturday, April 20 from 1 to 4 p.m.https://calendar.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/event/12103705

How to make self-hosted maps that work everywhere and cost next to nothing
I REALLY need to spend time learning this sort of stuff.
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2024/feb/13/release-notes-how-to-make-self-hosted-maps-that-work-everywhere-cost-next-to-nothing-and-might-even-work-in-airplane-mode/

1. Go to Google.
2. Search for 'cat'.
3. Click the paw icon on the right.
4. Click anywhere else.

Ah! That happy feeling when you write to a new client, "Here's the first draft!" and click on Send.

Scattered throughout Europe, planted in city streets and sidewalks, commemorative brass plaques eternalize the lives that were lost in the Holocaust. Called the Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”), the plaques commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-artist-nearing-100000-cobblestones-mark-victims-nazis-2023-05-05/

The genealogy company Ancestry has discovered that Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed. https://lithub.com/breaking-news-taylor-swift-is-related-to-emily-dickinson/

Floppy disk music arguably peaked in the 2010s, but in the 2020s, it’s still going strong; Discogs.com shows a healthy 500-plus floppy releases in the 2020 category https://www.theverge.com/24034551/floppy-disk-music-scene-underground-diy

“We can try to address inequities by being conscientious about who we feature in our coverage over a period of time.”
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/09/kqed-started-tracking-sources-heres-exactly-how-they-did-it/

Caltrans offers CCTV data in CSV, JSON, TXT, and XML formats for free integration into applications. https://cwwp2.dot.ca.gov/documentation/cctv/cctv.htm

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In a recent letter to the FTC and SEC, Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) details new information on data broker Near, which sold the location data of people seeking reproductive healthcare to anti-abortion groups. Near enabled these groups to send targeted ads promoting anti-abortion content to people who had visited Planned Parenthood and similar clinics.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/sen-wyden-exposes-data-brokers-selling-location-data-anti-abortion-groups-target

'Researchers have found that “expiration” dates — which rarely correspond to food actually expiring or spoiling — are mostly well-intentioned, but haphazard and confusing. Put another way, they’re not expiration dates at all.'

From a while back, but I had reason to look it up again.
https://www.vox.com/22559293/food-waste-expiration-label-best-before

Florence Pannell was 108 years old when she shared her memories of Victorian England in a TV interview (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FZkXvAY94&feature=emb_logo

Pyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, 1922 https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/kp0n53g

Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint. https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-international-space-station-f8d61b5b432f2b6bb7a3084e47c84d7a

Here’s a question for the mind readers out there.

At the bar there was a sign saying, "Ask for the WiFi password."

I asked the barman what the WiFi password was and he said, "You have to buy a drink first."

I ordered a drink and asked again and he said, "You have to buy a drink first, no capitals or spaces."

Swiss Maps Are Full of Hidden Secrets
Possibly the oldest topographical Easter egg, and the current record holder for the longest-lasting one, is the Naked Lady of Künten.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/swiss-map-secrets

Overheard: When my dad asked me what day it is, I told him March 1st, but then he just stomped around the room and asked again.