Originally performed by Supertramp, The Graystones–comprised of pre-teens–knock it out of the park.
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Breakfast in America covered by The Graystones
Originally performed by Supertramp, The Graystones–comprised of pre-teens–knock it out of the park.
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Standardize the grocery store
Hank Green harnesses righteous nerd fury and proposes standardizing grocery stores.
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AI and creativity
Two complementary articles about AI’s ability to create art that arrive at the same conclusion: it won’t be able to create new things from unexpected connections.
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5 conversation types
A handy guide breaks down five conversation types, their purpose, their approaches, how to interact.
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Uncovering new Merlin
Using a combination of new imaging techniques, a new chapter in Merlin’s story has been uncovered. The manuscript had survived the centuries after being recycled and repurposed in the 1500s as the cover for a property record from Huntingfield Manor in Suffolk, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham. It meant the remarkable discovery was…
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Octogenarians in the club
A Brussels program to fight loneliness among senior citizens. Among the revelers in crop tops, short skirts and high heels, one group stood out: gray-haired retirement-home residents, many in their 80s or 90s. The men wore suits with pocket handkerchiefs, and the women, in mascara and red lipstick, wore chunky necklaces and tops with sequins.…
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The use of Fortunate Son
Like Born on the Fourth of July, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Fortunate Son is up there with most misunderstood songs of all time. Why or how Fortunate Son, about a draft dodger, ended up on Trump’s parade playlist is a new height for irony.
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The Great Egg Heist
It’s got the makings of a screwball caper, how a freight truck with 280,000 eggs were stolen. …shipment headed from Maryland to Florida: 280,000 brown eggs, sizes large and extra large. They belonged to Cal-Maine Foods, which boasts being “number one in the pecking order” of egg supply. About 1 of every 5 eggs sold…
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Halt and Catch Fire syllabus
Halt and Catch Fire was four seasons of TV perfection, telling a slightly alternate history of late 80s and 90s tech industry. Ashley Blewer created a supplemental website with readings, episode summaries, and discussion questions.