Yoda is Watching

I remember watching these on TV. Notice most of them are putting cross-handed, something that was just starting to show up on the PGA tour. hattip laughing squid

Computers must think we’re crazy

Watch this and turn on the automatic captions.

NYTimes: Ladybugs Pack Wings and Engineering Secrets in Tidy Origami Packages

Ladybugs Pack Wings and Engineering Secrets in Tidy Origami Packages https://nyti.ms/2rwxtUR

WordPress.com in the 313

It’s really cool to see our first set of WordPress.com ad spots set in Detroit, with Detroit businesses.

MP3 is free, not dead

As lucidly put by Marco: If you read the news, you may think the MP3 file format was recently officially “killed” somehow, and any remaining MP3 holdouts should all move to AAC now. These are all simple rewrites of Fraunhofer IIS’ announcement that they’re terminating the MP3 patent-licensing program.Very few people got it right. Every […]

That 80’s HBO Intro

from When TV Logos Were Physical Objects — Colossal

NYC

via A Dizzying Timelapse That Captures the Bustling Beauty of New York City — Laughing Squid

Dune memes

pic.twitter.com/BZ9gdbri53 — Dank Dune Memes (@DankDuneMemes) May 11, 2017 dress for the job you want pic.twitter.com/aHAuYVjNos — Dank Dune Memes (@DankDuneMemes) May 11, 2017

The Second Blackest Paint

A recent thread on the Book-Arts Listserv introduced me to Vantablack the blackest paint ever made, absorbing 99.96% of light. Unfortunately, the artist Anish Kapoor has licenced exclusive rights to use it for artwork. Fortunately, Stuart Semple at Culture Hustle is making a similar product, though it is not quite as black. So everyone else in the […]

Spongey

A recent study found that 4-year-olds who watched nine minutes of SpongeBob Squarepants cartoons showed less self control, a reduced ability to delay gratification, and poorer working memory skills than their peers who had engaged in “calmer” activities. Needless to say, the findings caused quite a stir. from The Atlantic

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