The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable? 14 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2SC92r6 It was just before midnight on New Years Eve, 2011, when Stephen Henson broke the internet. The 43-year old British software developer had accepted a small change to the code for OpenSSL, an open source encryption protocol that secures…
Here’s an Interactive Map That Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Your Town in 60 Years 13 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2DxHwAK Climate change is projected to warm Earth anywhere from 3°C to 5°C by 2100, but it can be difficult for people to picture what exactly that means for their local communities. That’s why scientists developed an interactive map that…
The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn on the Green New Deal 13 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2DBtm1s “I really don’t like their policies of taking away your car, taking away your airplane flights, of ‘let’s hop a train to California,’ or ‘you’re not allowed to own cows anymore!’” So bellowed President Donald Trump in El Paso,…
‘It never ends’: Trauma of Australia’s ‘stolen’ children 13 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2SKk5Oh Melbourne, Australia – As a toddler in a children’s jail in Melbourne, Brian Morley cried relentlessly. Having been taken from his mother by the police in 1960, when he was only two, he became part of what is…
New Horizons took this shot of MU69 as it sped away from its encounter 12 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2tldw6m On December 31st, 2018, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by being the first spacecraft to rendezvous with the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) named Ultima Thule (2014 MU69). This came roughly two and a half years after New Horizons…
How Do I Know If I’m Ranked in Google? 12 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2SMF1Ee A common question I get when having conversations with new bloggers or website owners is, how do I know if I’m ranked in Google? Many would-be entrepreneurs are starting a website because it’s cheap and easy. The low barrier to…
Everyday Essentials Organiser! EDC 11 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2IiFfzd In this instructable I will explain how to build this organiser for all your everyday carry stuff. This is also an entry for the organization contest, feel free to vote if you like the project! This organiser has room…
Hot Stuff! – Building a Wood Fired Oven at Home 11 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2SBsljC (30) Firebrick 8-5/8″ x 4-1/8″ x 2-1/2″ – Used for the floor of the oven. We got ours from Camosse Masonry supply in Worcester, MA and they cost about $2.15 each (20) Red Bricks – Used for the arched…
The Democrats’ dilemma 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2I3ZCzL This is the editor’s letter in the current issue of The Week magazine. A year from now, the 2020 primaries will be underway, with perhaps two dozen Democrats jockeying to take on President Trump. Democrats will face a critical…
How the U.S. Weaponized the Border Wall 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2thmamx Migrants die and disappear in staggeringly high numbers along the U.S.-Mexico border, as Washington over the years has shut down relatively safe, traditional urban entry points, forcing border crossers into hostile desert terrain. Migrants also sustain severe life-threatening or…
Why Russians Are Lining Up for Soviet-Style Canteens 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2I2Gl1y On a recent afternoon in Moscow, a line of hungry people stretched across the third floor of GUM, a stately 19th-century shopping arcade turned modern luxury mall overlooking Red Square. As the crowd waited to get into Stolovaya 57,…
Daily grace 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2G0CDnt Everyday rituals are ephemeral prayers, a hint to the gods for protection, encircling life like a fragrant garland By Jay Griffiths Read at Aeon via bit.ly/2S19gI8 aeon.co
Words as feelings 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2DaboDc A special class of vivid, textural words defy linguistic theory: could ‘ideophones’ unlock the secrets of humans’ first utterances? By David Robson Read at Aeon via bit.ly/2DVBOtU aeon.co
Car Design Curiosities: This Oddball 1970s Porsche Station Wagon Looks Like Your Kid Drew It 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2UNTBsz Every classic car brand has their undesirable models, and for Porsche it’s got to be the unloved 924 (or arguably, the similar 944). Intended as an entry-level Porsche–the gateway drug to get you into the brand–the 924 debuted in…
Unusual Vintage Auto Design: The 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla Microvan 10 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2SoS5QK Something I love: Cars that look as if the designer has never seen a car before. That’s praise, not an insult. If your brain wasn’t clogged with 10,000 Instagram images of what a car is supposed to look like,…
Pleated House Resides in a Forest on the Shores of Lake Michigan 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2TG2Jzn Designed by Johnsen Schmaling Architects, the Pleated House resides within a lush forest of trees on the eastern shore of Wisconsin’s Door County, a peninsula on Lake Michigan. The house sits in a clearing, almost disappearing into the wooded…
Byrne’s Euclid Poster – a colorful detailed… 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2TFwK2f Byrne’s Euclid Poster – a colorful detailed poster of every geometric illustration from Oliver Byrne’s colorful 1847 edition of Euclid’s Elements. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com) via bit.ly/2BocqLw www.notcot.org/
Dawid Planeta’s imaginary animals are… 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2TCMfaZ Dawid Planeta’s imaginary animals are beautifully eerie. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com) via bit.ly/2GcmTxN www.notcot.org/
Tesla Pod Modular Autonomous Electric Platform for Private, Public, or Commercial Cabin 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2GxrjPb Tesla Pod is Fábio Miguel Martins Design Master’s Thesis that consists of a Modular Autonomous Electric Platform for urban transport of people and goods. This futuristic transportation platform allows you to transform from private car, public vehicle, to…
Before & After: A Kitchen Designed to Make Style and Savings Work Together 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2GjoTV1 It’s been a full year since my husband, Austin, and I bought our fixer-upper home in Des Moines, IA. We’ve been working room-by-room to transform it into a more livable, beautiful space. When we moved in, we were charmed…
DASTISH FANTASTISH Fall/Winter 2019 9 February 2019 0 bit.ly/2Sk4mpM Project Dastish Fantastish presents its Fall/Winter 2019 collection during the Ukrainian Fashion Week. Dastish Fantastish was founded in 2009 by Volodymyr Demchynskyi as a music project that created electronic music. In 2012 Volodymyr started to design street fashion clothing…