It's time to play YUPPIE DRONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2iKxbeucQ
Robots make exceptional rescuers. They’re particularly adept at working as teams in hazardous environments. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2023/deep-underground-robotic-teamwork-saves-day
A judge evicted Minnesota-based MyPillow from a facility in Shakopee after the landlord filed a lawsuit claiming that the company, owned by Mike Lindell, was at least $200,000 behind on rent payments. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/lawsuit-mypillow-eviction-mike-lindell-minnesota/
"More than 50 storage boxes hold thousands of VHS tapes that contain films and television programs Scorsese recorded directly from broadcast television. The renowned director and film preservationist, it turns out, was also, for decades, a prolific guerrilla archivist." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/martin-scorsese-vhs-video-collection-archive
Analysis of Beethoven’s DNA revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for musical ability. https://newatlas.com/science/beethoven-genetic-musicality
🌲 CascadiaJS is offering scholarships to attend their conference. Apply by April 28th. #JavaScript
https://cascadiajs.com/2024/scholarships
We Need to Bring Back Webrings
https://arne.me/articles/we-need-to-bring-back-webrings
BASEBALL IS BACK, BABY! So it's time to reprise this article I wrote last fall.
Everything I Know About the Tech Industry I Learned From Baseball
A wildlife rescue that took in what was thought was a baby hedgehog found it was actually caring for a bobble from a hat. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-68656787
Where does my computer get the time from? From NTP, but where does NTP get the time from?
https://dotat.at/@/2023-05-26-whence-time.html
Vasectomies spike during March Madness
https://www.futurity.org/vasectomies-basketball-march-madness-3194742/
Inkjet technology has found a host of applications beyond putting dots on paper. It can now be used to make DNA microarrays for genomics, create electrical traces for printed circuit boards, and build 3D-printed structures. https://spectrum.ieee.org/inkjet-printer
50 things you can do with a Software Defined Radio https://blinry.org/50-things-with-sdr/
Marginalia, or 5 Ways to Write in Your Books https://jillianhess.substack.com/p/renoted-marginalia-5-ways-to-write
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