Saturday, February 17, 2018

To understand the limitation of things...

Listen to the new album from Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet: Landfall.

Read how streaming services fail both artists and listeners and what we can do to reverse that.

The last McDonald's burger sold in Iceland 8 years ago can be watched on webcam.

Jack Whitten, April's Shark, 1974. Whitten passed away recently and, sadly, I'm only now discovering his work.
Discover Fort Worth's Near Southside.

How to win a prize for science photography. Step 1: photograph a single atom. Step 2: win prize.
Upon turning 45 this lady listed 12 rules of life. #6 Save 25% of your income.

Here's a list of 25 principles of adult behavior from a Silicon Valley guy. #10 Never forget that you might be wrong.

The SEDAC population estimator lets you draw a circle or polygon on a map and get an estimate of how many people live in that region.
Programmers, let's bash. Take the command line challenge.

A peak inside Ellsworth Kelly's Austin, on the UT campus.
The periodic table, with which I am fascinated, came to Mendeleev in a dream.

Eyvind Earle, Yosemite, 1994. Earle is one of my favorite Disney artists. This image comes from a brief bio that includes more of his work.
A thought-provoking look at why health insurance (note: not healthcare) costs so much.

Jose Parla, Amistad America, 2018. My Longhorn friends have easy access to this 4,000 square foot mural in the atrium of the new business school building.
How often should you wash bath towels? The answer may surprise you, but not as much as the fact that the article indicates that some bath towels are shared between family members. Eeewww.

I leave you with Moodica, videos for de-stressing.

...desire them. ~Lao Tzu