I felt a certain unease reading this interview with one of my internet heroes Jason Kottke. I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Luckily, emerging internet hero Colin Walker nails it.
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The Friday Night Fish Fry. It’s hard to get much more Minnesotan than this.
Mr. Summerhayes is back to blogging.
Three books read so far this year. I’ll start number four tonight (The Stranger by Albert Camus) with the goal of completing it before month’s end. ?
Nicholas Bate. Good thoughts on Mondays. Always great thoughts daily.
CJ Chilvers shares some ideas about what to do with the unexpected moments of whitespace in your day.
Shhhh… Everyone, be quiet. Science says silence literally rewires your brain to be more intelligent. (H/T to The Sovereign Professional for this.)
Those ancient marble sculptures you thought were always white? Those hieroglyphs you though were only carved? They were likely vividly painted. Colors that time erased.
The best mechanical pencil ever invented (IMHO) is only $3.07 on Amazon right now. I’ve mentioned it before elsewhere. I already have a few, otherwise, I’d click that Buy It Now with nary a split second pause.
New bucket list entry: A restaurant in Spain that hasn’t closed its doors since 1725, the cellar is from 1590, and the fire in the oven has been going for 293 years!