Dragons did well in the pandemic. Dungeons & Dragons, the table-top fantasy game, soared in popularity last year as quarantining gamers learned its ins and outs online. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/13/dungeons-dragons-had-its-biggest-year-despite-the-coronavirus.html

New job is going well.
By which I mean: My boss and I have introduced our cats to one another on Zoom.

Patterns in the use of emojis could predict the dropout of remote workers https://techxplore.com/news/2021-03-patterns-emojis-dropout-remote-workers.html

The American Rescue Plan includes $135 million in new funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to help arts organizations hard hit by the pandemic. Of the funding, 60% will be administered directly by the National Endowment for the Arts, with 40% channeled through state and regional funding programs.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/85811-american-rescue-plan-gives-135-million-to-arts-organizations.html

The records in this collection were originally translated and indexed by LitvakSIG, and represent almost the entire corpus of LitvakSIG's work over more than twenty years. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210309005506/en/MyHeritage-Adds-Lithuanian-Jewish-Historical-Records-in-Coordination-with-LitvakSIG%C2%A0

Take a look at the neuroscience behind some of literature’s most powerful inventions, from the Empathy Generator to the Plot Twist. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/eight-literatures-most-powerful-inventions-and-neuroscience-behind-how-they-work-180977168/

As I've said, I never say No to a work-related conversation. Practice matters. And it turns out, the numbers back that up.
"Technical interview performance from interview to interview is fairly inconsistent, even among strong candidates. Notably, as above, consistency appears to have nothing to do with seniority, pedigree, or anything else. In fact, only about 20% of interviewees perform consistently from interview to interview."
https://blog.interviewing.io/the-technical-interview-practice-gap-and-how-it-keeps-underrepresented-groups-out-of-software-engineering/

An Alaskan archipelago dubbed the "Rat Islands" have become a shining example of how quickly nature can bounce back. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210308111904.htm

This will brighten your morning: "Listen to Wikipedia" is a musical site that plays a note for every single Wikipedia edit as they happen, varying based on size and type. http://listen.hatnote.com/

Make your own Bayeux tapestry https://htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/

I'm still going to try to use this as a press badge.

When one cat was in need of some attention, it extinguished the flame on Dickens's desk candle.
Don't give Dylan more ideas.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49302/11-writers-who-really-loved-cats

In some cases, I'm surprised that people were surprised. https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelleno/american-things-that-might-sound-fake-but-are-true

Using a powerful microscope, conservators discovered the head and a hind leg of a grasshopper entombed in the paint of the foreground, just to the right of the centre. It is hardly visible to the naked eye. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/a-grasshopper-gets-stuck-in-van-gogh-s-paint-on-a-summer-s-day-in-provence

My Amazon review of _Embroidered purses: designs and techniques_

4 stars. More "oh pretty" than "I'm gonna make that!"

https://amzn.to/2OLDhuF

For your woodworking porn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atAiGQ3_To8

The history of record clubs (2015) https://blurtonline.com/feature/i-want-my-penny-back-columbia-houses-bankruptcy-and-the-death-of-record-clubs/

Want to know how to make an iconic song? Annie Lennox may just be able to provide you with the answer. Watch as she tells us about her creative process and the ideas behind 'Sweet Dreams.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot0eJr1Vpyc

In the beginning, routers were simply generic computers, with Network Interface Cards (NICs) attached to a bus.
https://blog.apnic.net/2021/03/12/a-brief-history-of-router-architecture/