"In recent decades, it has become increasingly common for people to leave their pets a chunk — or, in some cases, the entirety — of their estate. Some particularly lucky dogs, cats, and hens have even inherited fortunes in the millions." https://thehustle.co/pet-trust-funds

9 tips for moving code to microservices

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/9-tips-for-moving-code-to-microservices-1904.html

Vaseline glass gets its oddly urinous color from radioactive uranium, which causes it to glow under a black light. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/these-people-love-to-collect-radioactive-glass/

Salvador Dalí’s side project: illustrating books, from Don Quixote to the Bible. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-salvador-dalis-side-project-illustrating-books-including-bible

Trump administration cancels deal allowing Major League Baseball to sign Cuban players
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/04/08/trump-administration-cancels-deal-allowing-major-league-baseball-to-sign-cuban-players/

Art Collections Coming to a Screen Near You

http://www.infotoday.com/OnlineSearcher/Articles/Features/Art-Collections-Coming-to-a-Screen-Near-You-130290.shtml

Warning, that site has the worst UI I’ve seen in a while. There’s a tiny little “next” at the bottom that lets you know this is just page 1 of 4.

How to get developers to do things your way

I wrote this. With a little #CoSoSec help. :-)

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/how-to-get-developers-1904.html

"The average income for a romance writer has tripled in the digital age—an especially impressive feat in the age that finds writers of other genres struggling." https://daily.jstor.org/the-business-of-the-romance-novel/

"Our environment, personalities and the emotions of the people we meet all contribute to the likelihood that we hit it off. So what is going on when we make a good romantic first impression? And how might apps have changed modern dating?" http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190401-is-there-such-a-thing-as-love-at-first-sight

The average price of a pint of beer across the globe https://howmuch.net/articles/prices-of-a-pint-of-beer-around-the-world

“Most geniuses—especially those who lead others—prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.”— Andy Benoit https://fs.blog/2018/01/complexity-bias/

Puzzle Drawers
https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/puzzle-drawers.html

The Evil Overlord List (1997) http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

Netherlands makes trains free on national book day for those who show a book instead of ticket https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/netherlands-free-train-national-book-day-tickets-travel-tickets-ns-a8849606.html

Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. This go-to question teaches children to conflate profession with identity, and sets them up for disappointment if they’re unable to find—or fulfill—one true calling. Instead, Sarah Todd writes, ask them this: “What problems do you want to solve?” That gets kids to reflect on their values and the myriad ways they can effect change in the world, whether through working, volunteering, making art, and beyond. https://qz.com/work/1586511/what-to-ask-kids-instead-of-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up/

How Dickens, Brontë and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/05/how-dickens-bronte-and-eliot-influenced-vincent-van-gogh

A how-to guide to stop robocall spammers and telemarketers — and exact revenge https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/04/die-robocalls-die-how-to-guide-stop-spammers-exact-revenge/

The sword of a Hispano-Muslim warlord is digitized in 3D https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/177077?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/177077

Five damaging myths about video games – let’s shoot 'em up https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/apr/06/five-damaging-myths-about-video-games-lets-shoot-em-up

"Social media executives could be held personally liable for harmful content distributed on their platforms, leaked plans for a long-awaited government crackdown obtained by the Guardian reveal." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/04/social-media-bosses-could-be-liable-for-harmful-content-leaked-uk-plan-reveals