I confess that I didn't know Deep Purple's Ian Gillan was in Jesus Christ Superstar. This analysis is wonderful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7aAypGqITI

What Would a Kamala Harris Presidency Mean for Tech Policy?
Good, balanced, unemotional reporting.

https://www.publicfirst.co.uk/what-does-a-kamala-harris-presidency-mean-for-tech-policy.html

Happy anniversary to this perfect tweet

"The design turned out to be an image of Intel's Pentium chip, the start of the long-lived Pentium family.1 The weaver, Marilou Schultz, created the artwork in 1994 using traditional materials and techniques." https://www.righto.com/2024/08/pentium-navajo-fairchild-shiprock.html

The Linux commands you should NEVER use
by @sjvn in 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20180220202812/https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-linux-commands-you-should-never-use-1712.html

"So some thoughts on JD Vance, misogyny, and closeted homosexuality." https://joshphilipross.com/hillbilly-lgbt/

Oh my. You’ll laugh. It’s worth it. (gift link) https://wapo.st/4gaEILh

As we all know, the world can be divided into two types of people: those who know how to load a dishwasher properly and those who, I swear to God, are just itching for a divorce. https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/july/how-to-load-a-dishwasher/

Using a clever mix of 3D printing and a few well-placed shadows, this sundial designed by Mojoptix projects the actual time as if displayed on a digital clock. The plastic component that casts the shadow—called a gnomon— is printed with extremely tiny holes that create pinpoint dots of light in the form of digits as the sun shines through during the day. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/02/a-3d-printed-sundial-displays-time-like-a-digital-clock/

The amount of lightning happening globally at any given time is impressive. https://www.lightningmaps.org/#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;

"In this series, we travel the world's greatest museums through the eyes of leading tastemakers, asking one question: if you only had an hour, what would you see?"

I love the premise of this series. But I've been to the Met several times, and none of these would be on my own list.
https://cabanamagazine.com/blogs/travel/one-hour-at-the-met

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Holy Moses, let us live in peace
Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
There's a man over there, what's his color? I don't care
He's my brother, let us live in peace, oh
He's my brother, let us live in peace, oh
He's my brother, let us, let us live in peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm7b-32Mpbs

A man tells the doctor, "I think I'm shrinking." The doctor replies, "Be a little patient."

Thought for today

Not sure what to cook tonight? Artificial intelligence wants to tell you what to cook, but are the recipes it creates any good? We put it to the test. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240823-artificial-intelligence-wants-to-tell-you-what-to-cook-but-are-the-results-edible

So much for the advantages of working in an office, where people interact with one another.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/investigation-underway-after-body-of-wells-fargo-employee-found-dead-at-work-tempe/75-1329570f-3b63-4869-b4bd-7d45801a80f2

Trump got confused and thought he could vote in Florida to add a few more weeks to Florida’s six-week abortion ban. The campaign is trying to walk it back. Think it'll work? https://floridapolitics.com/archives/693484-campaign-walks-back-donald-trump-support-for-amendment-to-overturn-6-week-abortion-ban/

COOL THING OF THE DAY!
A History of Early Bookcases, Cupboards, and Carousels
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/07/28/early-bookcases-cupboards-and-carousels/