How the mainframe went from niche superpower to the backbone of a new concept: the data center. https://www.redhat.com/architect/history-connected-mainframes

Ever wonder how wild macaques would respond if you plunked a piano in the middle of their home turf and started playing? There’s only one way to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryqu2EVQ1a8

Museum of Bad Album Covers http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/index.htm

This isn't my favorite Christmas film, but this collection of Easter Eggs (ha ha get it?) is surprisingly fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD2Q9GrEHjU

"The FCC has spent the past decade trying to paint a rosy picture of America’s broadband instead of figuring out where it actually exists." https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc

"All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us then go on to greater things." -- Bobby Knight, basketball coach

The story of the world’s first Christmas tree with electric lights https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2020/12/the-story-of-the-worlds-first-christmas-tree-with-electric-lights.html

The 28th Annual National Gingerbread House Competition was virtual this year -- still awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hncg8wM7Jqk&feature=youtu.be

Squeeee! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UocEGvQ10OE&feature=youtu.be

Inspired by a Mandalorian discussion, I had reason to look up this 2017 article by Carol GirlWonder Pinchefsky and... yeah, it's still awesome. As she writes, "The Empire we love to hate has exhaust-port-size holes in the way it conducts its secret affairs." https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/5-lessons-it-can-learn-from-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-1702.html

Empathy is a skill that can be learned and enhanced. But it has its limits, and can even promote conflict. Here’s what some experts say about how it works. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2020/5-things-worth-knowing-about-empathy

You need this. TRUST ME.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba62uuv-5Dc&feature=youtu.be

Being white has become associated with chivalry and valor, with defending the defenseless. Being Black has become associated with criminality and a lack of honor. But there is no good reason that white Americans should have a monopoly on valor and honor. And one response is for Black people to create an alternative Black chivalry.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/29/knighthood-white-supremacy-433569

Monopoly now accounts for nearly one-third of all global board game sales, largely thanks to Hasbro’s own expansion strategy. https://thehustle.co/how-a-real-life-monopoly-made-monopoly-the-worlds-biggest-board-game/

Tolkien and Lewis also designed and established the curriculum for Oxford’s developing English School, and through it educated a second generation of important children’s fantasy authors in their own intellectual image. https://aeon.co/essays/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-oxford-school-of-fantasy-literature

Looking for a #Paleo cookbook for simple one-pot suppers? I like this one a lot. #cooking #cosobookclub

https://amzn.to/2LLb2L0

Oh my. https://mymodernmet.com/melodie-dreardon-fallingwater-gingerbread-house/

But even the president of the United States must sometimes stand naked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNWkCsmqAY&feature=emb_logo