Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
I think we might have had this poster when i was a kid. I’ve at least seen it. Also, it’s worth following the link to the site where they picked up the image, because there’s a short animation based on it.
How Futurism gave us the word “robot,” the movie Metropolis, and this map of the body as a factory.
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OTA update to Android 5.1 failed & wouldn't boot. It stayed on the spinning circles for hours. I tried clearing the cache, pulling the battery, removing the SD card, even a factory reset. If it had been a carrier phone or an actual Nexus device, I could have flashed a new system, but it's a Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition, so nobody wants responsibility for it. I finally bit the bullet and installed CyanogenMod. The phone works fine again, but the UI feels like going back in time a couple of years.
Furry Friend, A Relaxing Cat Purr Generator For Those Lonely Times When a Real Cat Isn’t Around
A companion for the Emergency Kitten site.
You can actually answer the question in the Disney song! (The route to Wonderland does in fact go under land, though the Blue Line may go over hills as well.)
Don’t Delay Exploring the Science of Your Child’s Procrastination
Research is showing that procrastination isn’t a defect in ability or personality but rather a disconnect between the demands of a task and what motivates the procrastinator.
Interesting (and useful) perspective: “Procrastinators are intrinsically and not extrinsically motivated, meaning that neither tempting them with rewards nor warning them the sky will fall is likely to up their motivation to the threshold of action. Instead, the procrastinator has to want to do something.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvbw9a/even-the-inventor-of-pgp-doesnt-use-pgp
This is kind of sad. “He can’t run it on his MacBook since Symantec bought PGP in 2010, and 'no version of PGP ever ran on an iOS device.'”
https://patch.com/california/redondobeach/airplane-lavatory-truck-catches-fire-lax
Well, I'm glad I didn't walk to lunch today.
https://slate.com/technology/2015/08/sprite-red-lightning-seen-from-space.html
A Spritely Thunderstorm From Space
Don’t Miss the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight!
I wasn't expecting to see much, but then I did once see a meteor walking out the door to do laundry, so I figured it was worth a look.
I *think* I saw one meteor out of the corner of my eye, but it was crossing a busy flight path, so I can't be sure.
https://slate.com/technology/2015/07/rainbow-arc-a-shaft-of-sunlight-and-a-segment-of-a-rainbow.html
Always look up. You never know when you're going to see something cool in the sky.
https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-the-windows-start-button-2015-7
“One study subject took twenty minutes of staring at a Windows 3.1 desktop before being able to open a text editing program…. “He was literally a rocket scientist,” Oran says. “And even he couldn't figure out Windows.”” (via Slashdot)
Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church
Wow, they’re almost caught up with the 21st century!
I wonder how many decades it’ll be before they stop kicking out agnostic and atheist scouts and leaders?
The war on female voices is just another way of telling women to shut up
Next time you hear someone complain about how a woman speaks, think about the context for a moment. “We also know that the relentless attacks on women’s voices—particularly vocal fry—are sexist for one very simple reason: Men are rewarded for using the same vocal tools. ”
This morning I went to wake up J and found him already awake, huddled under his sheet, reading picture books with a flashlight. I feel like we're doing something right.
I just saw someone link to a Snopes article in the comments on Snopes' own post of the same article.
