Teardown of a 50 Year Old Modem https://hackaday.com/2019/03/29/teardown-of-a-50-year-old-modem/

* “All truth is comprised in music and mathematics,” Margaret Fuller wrote as she was spearheading the Transcendentalist movement and laying the groundwork for what would later be called feminism. https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/12/04/margaret-fuller-on-music/

Relevant for tomorrow:

April Fool’s pranks allow researchers to compare what false narratives look like when intended to be pranks versus when they’re intended as disinformation. http://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/all-those-annoying-april-fools-pranks-youll-see-monday-might-help-researchers-better-detect-fake-news

My Amazon review of _They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History_ by Wayne Coffey #cosobookclub #baseball

4 stars Wait, it's 50 years? What a memorable season, even for those of us who don't remember it. https://amzn.to/2HQxcbw

A painting of Jesus attributed to Leonardo da Vinci sold for $450 million. Now, "Salvator Mundi" is shrouded in a new mystery: Where is it? Since a Saudi royal bought the painting in 2017, it has vanished from view. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/arts/design/salvator-mundi-louvre-abu-dhabi.html

When American Women Were Yanked off the Streets and Jailed in Droves for ‘Promiscuity’ https://www.history.com/news/chamberlain-kahn-act-std-venereal-disease-imprisonment-women

Between 1886 and 1942, the USDA's Division of Pomology commissioned thousands of watercolor paintings. These beautiful illustrations helped establish a national register of plants and fruits. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/usda-watercolors

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when it comes to effective conservation, especially in tropical forests, sound just might be worth an entire library — words, pictures and all. https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/01/03/what-scientists-can-learn-from-sound-and-silence/

My Amazon review of _More Secrets of Consulting: The Consultant's Tool Kit_ by Jerry Weinberg #cosobookclub
4 stars
Not as awesome as the first book, but the advice is worth pondering. https://amzn.to/2WBXbqO

"It is never too late to give up your prejudices."--Henry David Thoreau

TFW you open a bag of trail mix only to discover you got one that has peanuts in it. And you don't like peanuts.

'It's Enrico Pallazzo': The inside Story of 'The Naked Gun' Baseball Game http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/naked-gun-baseball-game-scene-national-anthem-angels-mariners-dodgers-stadium-enrico-pallazzo/zztjoa4obui818oo9waqjyf34

Yale News showcases painted Renaissance volumes on view at Yale's Beinecke Library. #bookporn https://news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/painted-renaissance-volumes-view-yales-beinecke-library

Largest Early World Map – Monte's 10 Ft. Planisphere of 1587 (2017) https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2017/11/26/largest-early-world-map-monte-s-10-ft-planisphere-of-1587

Branch Rickey Crowdsourcing Project: It's Outta Here!
Just four months after the Library partnered with the public to transcribe the papers of #baseball icon Branch Rickey, volunteers have transcribed all 1,926 pages of Rickey’s scouting reports, making them available for digital research just in time for Major League Baseball's opening day.

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/03/branch-rickey-crowdsourcing-project-its-outta-here/

"What happens when you put a classroom on wheels and park it in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco?" Hint: Good things. #upliftingnews https://story.californiasunday.com/high-school-diploma

The Eccentric Inventor Who Reimagined the Perfect Cup of Coffee https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/mr-chemex

AT&T 1993 "You Will" Ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2EgfkhC1eo

A painting long thought to be a fake Botticelli turned out to be real. British conservators confirmed the authenticity of “Madonna of the Pomegranate” via X-ray and infrared tests. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47726017