Oh please let this happen

Aaron Sorkin Considering ‘West Wing’ Reboot After White House Visit: ‘I Just Got a Couple of Ideas For Episodes’
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/aaron-sorkin-west-wing-reboot-white-house-visit-1236152241/

Oh please let this happen
Aaron Sorkin Considering ‘West Wing’ Reboot After White House Visit: ‘I Just Got a Couple of Ideas For Episodes’ (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/aaron-sorkin-west-wing-reboot-white-house-visit-1236152241/

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What Trump's tariffs would mean to the wine industry (Hint: It isn't good.) Gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/dining/drinks/trump-tariffs-wine-cost.html

Scientists have converted a children's "drinking bird" toy into a tool that generates usable amounts of electricity. The generator could one day be utilized to power a wide variety of small electronic devices, both indoors and outside. https://newatlas.com/energy/drinking-bird-toy-generator/

"In Playbrary, a latest prototype innovation by National Library Board (NLB) and creative agency LePub Singapore, books are transformed into games in an interactive reading experience through ChatGPT. Playbrary lets players explore classic books, adds twists to its narrative, and blends storytelling with digital gameplay. For instance, players can assume the role of Sherlock Holmes and make choices together with the help of Dr John Watson to solve a mystery case." https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/about-us/press-room-and-publications/media-releases/2024/Playbrary

TIL about the Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information website: An employee of the US Bureau of Land Management created this in 2003 and continues to maintain it after retirement. https://sha.org/bottle/

We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. ...The public yearning for Order will invite many stubborn uncompromising persons to impose it. The sadness of the zoo will fall upon society.--Leonard Cohen
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/07/18/leonard-cohen-anger-resistance

In memorium: the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

The Quilt Index is an open access, digital repository of thousands of images, stories and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world. https://quiltindex.org/

It's time to make the cranberry chutney!

The rise and fall of 3M’s floppy disk https://spectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppy

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The World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Phoenix, Arizona, is the place to see hoop dancers at the top of their game.
I've seen hoop dancing several times. It's wonderful.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241112-the-spectacular-dance-contest-that-brings-nations-together

Museum of Stone Tools: 3D models of stone artefacts
https://stonetoolsmuseum.com/

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This is interesting and offers a good historical context. https://imperfectunion.substack.com/p/a-history-of-cabinet-appointments

Why YES, I DID invest 8 bucks in an adaptor so I could use the keyboard I last used with Windows NT. You got a problem with that, buddy?

Monoprice PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse to USB Converter Adapter
https://amzn.to/3Z5UYa1

Trondheim, Norway's Nidaros Cathedral is full of secrets, messages from the past written in stone. One researcher is now decoding these missives, half hidden in a very special spot in and around the most sacred place in the church. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/249223

I laughed