August 4, 2023
The Louvre Is Thrilled to Announce It Is Rebranding to “UVR”
It’s ok. Punks have feelings too.
Playing with video games
YouTuber Any Austin has a quirky approach to his presenting, and to his subject matter. My favorite I've seen is Snow! (this is about video games) [16m30s]. He also explores "unexpected and odd places" in several games, including Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005) [14m], Skyrim [14m], even Mario Kart 8 [13m]. Here's the first part of a series on breath holding for different characters [13m]. One of his unemployment surveys of video game towns [Castle Town, Twilight Princess, 18m]. His YouTube page lists many more.
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Welcome to the B16 TEN
The Big Ten Conference started as a Midwestern group of colleges. It grew beyond its original number in the 1990s by adding Penn State, then in the 2010s by poaching Nebraska from the Big 12, then Maryland from the ACC and Rutgers from the Big East, then USC and UCLA from the Pac-12. And now it's made its biggest expansion yet in both rainfall and geography, stretching the B1G footprint all the way to the Pacific Northwest with the addition of Oregon and Washington. [more inside]
Women's World Cup of Soccer 2023
Maybe it started with this viral French telecom ad (you don't need the subtitles), but we're halfway through the World Cup going on in Australia and New Zealand. The group stage is over, and the round of 16 begins this weekend... [more inside]
A cookbook for accessible cooking
Crip Up the Kitchen is a cookbook that makes home cooking more accessible and culturally relevant for cooks and would-be cooks with disabilities. The book organizes recipes by the level of effort required to make them and recommends tools that help prevent pain and reserve energy, using methods similar to Spoon Theory. [more inside]
The Variety of Designs is Unbelievable
Welcome the world largest Online Toaster Exhibition...
The revelation that somebody collects toasters often leads to the same reaction: awkward pause, nervous laugh, then: "...Toasters?" The problem is not, to collect toasters. The problem is, to have hundreds of them. The result: They simply call you crazy. Well, and sometimes I think they are right! [Toast, previously]
Edward and Jo in Gloucester
A new exhibition in the Cape Ann museum in Gloucester explores the love that the two had for the area. It also looks at their relationship, with Jo directing the "Hopper brand." (WaPo gift link) [more inside]
Oldest Martian Meteorite on Earth Traced to Its Origin on the Red Planet
Oldest Martian Meteorite on Earth Traced to Its Origin on the Red Planet. Researchers used machine learning algorithms to determine which crater on Mars the space rock came from.
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