estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
Who was Garamond, Anyway? The History Behind 5 Classic Typefaces https://www.fastcompany.com/90322896/who-was-garamond-anyway-the-people-behind-typographys-famous-names
"Tech as an industry tends to associate 'moving fast' with positive progress. Try to de-associate that for decisions that are both high-impact and not easily reversible." https://stevecheney.com/avoiding-trapdoor-decisions/
Anybody else learn to program on a card punch like this noisy beast? Geez, I'm old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnnGbcM-H8c&feature=youtu.be&t=33
How to move a masterpiece
The secret business of shipping priceless artworks https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/21/how-to-move-a-masterpiece-secret-business-shipping-priceless-artworks-art-handling
Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/22/eu_cookie_preticked_box_not_valid_consent/
How To Make A Bookshelf Chair https://www.instructables.com/id/Bookshelf-Chair/
A (long) interview with Rick Steves. I like him better as a person than as a travel guide. (And I like him fairly well as a travel guide; I'm just not his audience.) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/20/magazine/rick-steves-travel-world.html
When 80 famous writers published their first (and last) books. OR: who has had the longest career. https://lithub.com/when-80-famous-writers-published-their-first-and-last-books/
If You Like Animals, You’ll Love Amber the Taxidermist https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/03/22/if-you-like-animals-youll-love-amber-the-taxidermist/
Go Behind the Scenes to Explore the Rosa Parks Papers https://www.loc.gov/collections/rosa-parks-papers/articles-and-essays/collection-video/
8 Dead Web Trends We’re Better Off Without https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2019/03/8-dead-web-trends-were-better-off-without/
The greatest film never made?
In this wild version of Dune, Swiss artist HR Giger was hired to create the visuals, Pink Floyd were to provide most of the film’s music and Salvador Dalí was interested in playing the emperor. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190312-is-jodorowskys-dune-the-greatest-film-never-made
Forgotten Greats of Science Fiction https://www.tor.com/2018/09/04/who-are-the-forgotten-greats-of-science-fiction/
Residents of Mountain View, CA no longer have to worry about overdue library books. BookBot, the library's electric, autonomous assistant makes home calls to retrieve library patrons' books and returns them to the Mountain View branch. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/09/meet-bookbot-mountain-view-librarys-newest-robot-helper/
A ranking of currencies around the world by how magnetic they are. https://finalbossform.com/post/183596342445/they-say-money-doesnt-bring-happiness-but-i-just
"To opt to travel long distance via Amtrak—a method deemed 'on time' just 71.2 percent of the time by its own generous metric—is to say: As long as I get there eventually, I’m satisfied." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/20/magazine/train-across-america-amtrak.html
The quest for the most beautiful Gutenberg Bible of them all—aka the oldest, most expensive book on the planet. #cosobooks https://lithub.com/the-quest-to-acquire-the-oldest-most-expensive-book-on-the-planet/
How long will it take to read a speech or presentation? Enter the word count into this calculator. https://wordstotime.com/
"I'm getting a robocall, too. It's literally a robocall."--AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was interrupted during a live interview on stage by a robocall https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/20/18274519/att-ceo-robocall-randall-stephenson-live-interview-fcc-ajit-pai
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017