Year: 2024
171 posts
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Is Amazon endorsing the ‘mad genius’ artist stereotype?The "Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius" category is worded a bit strange—or maybe it's just me.
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Discover the Thorne Miniature Rooms in a browserTransform each new tab into a journey through the Thorne Miniature Rooms with my modified version of the Art Institute of Chicago's Chrome extension.
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Alternate ways of saying LOLDid you know on MacOS if you press and hold down a character key, it gives you the alternate accents? From now on, i’m not using lol, I’m using löl It looks like a surprised person with his/her arms up…
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Resolutions for 2024I’m keeping an ongoing list of my resolutions, goals, and habit changes for 2024.
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Are discarded tress surprising to squirrels?Local squirrel confounded by tree's new 'horizontal living' choice. Neighbors report it's been dabbling in avant-garde landscaping.
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National Squirrel DayNational Squirrel Day is on Sunday, January 21st. Squirrel day in winter‽ It’s to remind us that food is scarce for squirrels in mid-winter. That’s pretty cool. Well, not that food is scarce, but that a squirrel day is set…
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Enamel pins featuring film camerasJust discovered the coolest thing for photography buffs like me 📸 Camera lens enamel pins! They're tiny, detailed, and oh-so-collectible.
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A window to the world: Exploring global landmarks through live webcamsJust discovered a live webcam of the Northern Lights from Finland, which is now part of my nine favorite live webcams
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Winter’s artwork on our windowDo you like the mysterious vibe or the detailed HDR version?
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The enigma of an old laceWhat's up with this "Fragment of a Sampler" from 1669?
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Long exposure of snow, long album about winterEver wondered what the quiet of snowfall sounds like? 🤫 I paired a serene snow scene with the minimalist music of Philip Glass, John Cage, and Arvo Pärt. Read my blog for a journey into winter's whisper. ❄️
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Naming a Chicago Snow PlowWhen Chicago doesn't let you submit twice
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Will Mastodon have more noise with Flipboard?
As Flipboard joins the Fediverse, I partly get excited, because I want platforms to inter-operate. We shouldn’t have to be locked into one platform (like Facebook or Twitter). Publish in one spot, and let people choose their reader. It sounds…
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Portable Typewriter related to James Rosenquist?What do pale tan lithographs have in common with bright pink typewriters?
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Russian textile or Atari 2600 game?It would be cool to see the Pitfall game recreated as a textile by Sosnev Amalgamated Textile Mills.
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How are you? Use a unique response with the day’s weird holidayEver thought of making 'How are you?' more interesting? I'm spending this year answering with National Holidays! 🎉
