Tales from the Olden Days of Landline Phones.
You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule. Even if you never use one, the reasons behind it are interesting. (via Nag on the Lake)
Discover Michelangelo’s First Painting, Created When He Was Only 12 or 13 Years Old. An informative video accompanies the article. (via Boing Boing)
The ancient baths of Pompeii were outrageously filthy, study finds. (via Strange Company)
How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.
Valheim player keeps building Dollar Generals despite friend begging them to stop: 'I do not want to play Valheim with Greg anymore'. (via Metafilter)
Barbara Thompson: Prisoner of the Aboriginal.
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls. On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay. (via Nag on the Lake)
4 comments:
Had a party line when I was a kid, and the neighbor lady used to listen in on calls. :(
Kitchen Slide Rule: Very slick ... too bad my slide rule gave up the ghost like 50+ years ago. Sounds like a job for the kitchen spreadsheet.
At age 12 or 13 I was drawing cars, hot rods mainly, but I would spend a good 3 or 4 hours every evening doing so.
Then I went on to drawing girls in bikinis but only for a few months until I started secondary school (what you call high school ?) and it was co-educational.
I still draw cars, mainly as doodles.
And there is the story of my life.
On the slapstick in the kitchen...:
the text says to open the pic in a new tab to enlarge to show what number the slider is on.
Using my mac I expanded the pic directly.
The number under the line is 4, not 2 as the text says.
Other than that, if I can find my old lipsticks, it's nice to KNOW I've got a use for them AND an example to show what to use them for .
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