Shooting a Video with a World War 1 Lens https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=NL2aGz8Jv48

Also relevant re spacesuits. And both funny and HOW ABOUT THAT https://twitter.com/maryrobinette/status/1152277166996017152

"On the one hand, there's this order to get to the Moon by 2024, and on the other, we haven't developed new spacesuits since 1977." http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/To_return_to_the_Moon_astronauts_need_new_spacesuits_999.html

“There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer, who announced, with great glee, that I was going to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now dead himself, and I am very much alive.” https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/744633713/justice-ginsburg-i-am-very-much-alive

How to cook a 2000-year-old honey cake from Pompeii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQLbomrNBM

A typo changed the meaning of Ireland’s commemorative moon landing stamps. The post office accidentally celebrated landing on gaelach (the Irish) instead of gealach (the moon). https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49085026

I'm thinking that the #MuellerHearings won't change anyone's mind.

Low Barr: Don't give me that crap about security, just put the backdoors in the encryption, roars US Attorney General #cososec https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/23/us_encryption_backdoor/

There’s only one good way to stroke a cat. Scientists confirm that as with humans, it’s important to respect boundaries.
https://qz.com/1672668/how-to-stroke-a-cat-according-to-science

These tree-planting drones are firing ‘seed missiles’ into the ground. Less than a year later, they’re already 20 inches tall.

The trees, that is. Not the drones. https://www.good.is/articles/drones-planting-trees

“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" - Will Rogers

The gaming statistics technology innovators should know

(By me)

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-gaming-statistics-technology-innovators-should-know-1907.html

Rebuilding Jane Austen's library: what can we learn when imagining the reading habits of beloved writers? https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/rebuilding-jane-austens-library

GDPR year one: How did we make out?
#GDPR was implemented a year ago, which means it is time for an assessment. So far, fines have been minimal, but companies are still worried about complying with the privacy law. #cososec
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/gdpr-year-one-how-did-we-make-out-1907.html

Some of the world’s best, most surprising graphic design can be found on one of the most mundane things: pieces of fruit. Nestled among pyramids of plums and bagged bunches of bananas, fruit stickers are tiny works of art that capture the variety of produce found all over the world. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/surprising-artistry-of-fruit-stickers

"What's that Smell?!" Merriam-Webster tests your knowledge of "words for odors and such." https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/whats-that-smell

A former NASA intern sold recordings of the moon landing for $1.8 million. He discovered the rare videotapes by chance at a government auction. https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/22/original-apollo-11-landing-videotapes-sell-for-1-8m/

Officer: “I’m arresting you for downloading all of Wikipedia.”

Person accused: “No wait! I can explain everything!”

Hear Ray Bradbury’s Beloved Sci-Fi Stories as Classic Radio Dramas http://www.openculture.com/2015/09/hear-ray-bradburys-beloved-sci-fi-stories-as-classic-radio-dramas.html

How Scorned Women and a Casanova Cop Caught L.A.'s Dine-and-Dash Dater.

I'll take "reasons to be glad I'm happily married" for $500.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-scorned-women-and-a-casanova-cop-caught-las-dine-and-dash-dater