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Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017
"After kale briefly overtook spinach as America’s favorite cooked green in mid-2014, Google’s measure of interest in kale has steadily declined." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/why-kale/599041/
Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour
You KNOW you want to watch the video.
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/secretive-seattle-startup-picnic-unveils-pizza-making-robot-heres-delivers-300-pies-hour/
Like many estate-owners of his time, Charles Dickens maintained a hearty liquor cellar. But unlike most other men of his class, he kept an inventory of every bottle himself in a notebook. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/did-charles-dickens-like-drink
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Docker is in deep trouble https://zd.net/2oK0gcC by
@sjvn Almost six-years and $272.9 million in, Docker's technology is well known but the company needs still more money to keep afloat
The new Vonnegut Museum could only have ever been in Indianapolis. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kurt-vonnegut-indianapolis-museum
It’s important to know how to find the IP address of your computer and network. When you want to set up a network or troubleshoot a connectivity problem, finding the IP address of your computer is a common first step.
Here's the basics, suitable for sharing with your less knowledgeable relatives.
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Here’s what it would take to shut down the entire internet 🔌
The good news? It would be really hard.
https://gizmodo.com/what-would-it-take-to-shut-down-the-entire-internet-1837984019
“Video game archaeologists” are unearthing long-forgotten pieces of software and pulling them apart. They are finding clues to how the early days of video gaming came about, and secrets to help modern programmers. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190919-the-maze-puzzle-hidden-within-an-early-video-game
My Amazon review of _City of Secrets_ (a Counterfeit Lady Novel) by Victoria Thompson
5 stars #cosobookclub
Do you like historical mysteries? This is an entertaining romp.
Make your 5“25 floppy double-sided by punching a hole https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue10/036_1_FLIPPING_YOUR_DISK.php
“What a great thing—to tell the history of Hollywood through letter-writing.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fascinating-gossip-hollywood-legends-letters-1243681
I have never known a cat who'd sit still for this, much less be this happy about it
(you will smile)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=9lbhSyMLR-M
Lego launches new feature to make building sets accessible to blind children https://mashable.com/article/lego-instructions-for-the-blind/
One plug to rule them all https://www.fastcompany.com/3060705/an-oral-history-of-the-usb
Why the right’s usual smears don’t work on Greta Thunberg
Infusing workout clothes with CBD oil. I guess it was inevitable. https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/do-these-cbd-infused-leggings-work.html
In the Jungle: Inside the Long, Hidden Genealogy of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' (2000)
I'm not fond of the way the article author wrote about Pete Seeger, but the song's history is interesting.
estherschindler
Writer. Editor. Baseball. Cats. Chocolate. Not necessarily in that order.
Joined Dec 2017