Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Miss Cellania's Links

For the Love of Monsters.

When Howard Hughes Bought a TV Station Because He Had Insomnia.

The psychology of the psychic. Here’s how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.

Populous and Oualalou + Choi Reveal World's Largest Football Stadium in Morocco.  (via Moss and Fog)

Cool vintage lighters. (via Everlasting Blort)

Bilinguals perceive shades of color differently based on which language they are using. (via Damn Interesting)

The Pentium as a Navajo weaving. The confluence of traditional art and modern electronics leads to a fascinating history of the industry in New Mexico. (via Metafilter)

Hot Wheels Released A Crapbox Car So Even Your Toys Can Sit On Blocks.

An Abundance of Beasts is a medieval bestiary generator. (via Nag on the Lake)

2 comments:

Der Mellow said...

Didn't see anything considerable as a life goal;
could you please give me a hint, Miss Cellania? 😅

Anonymous said...

Der Mellow, maybe the life goal was to have enough hands to do everything she's obliged to do? LoL

That stadium has a capacity of 115,000.
In addition to the Kings box...
the main seating is 29,500 at each end = 59,000
Five levels on each side provide for 12,000 VVIP, VIP, and Hospitality guests
59,000 + 12,000 = 71,000.
59,000 + 36,000 = 95,000 if it’s 12,000 each of VV, V, and H guests.
59,000 + 60,000 = 119,000 if it’s 12,000 for each of the 5 levels.
59,000 + 112,000 = 179,000 for 12,000 in each of the 10 side levels.
I can’t figure out how they came up with 115,000.

The second lighter, the flamethrower, I had one of them.

Sorting how language affects color perception is interesting but they still don’t know what a person is seeing, only that they see the same thing each time and call it what they were taught.

The rugs I’ve seen are fantastic weaving, and that chip weave is over the top.
Actually the whole chip history was pretty cool.
xoxoxoBruce