A documentary on the impact of global warming – this is going onto my short list of movies/documentaries to watch. And if you’re interested, here’s an interview with the makers of the documentary.
Hanging [Picture]
A riveting story, not for me though!.
A great resume
Password Unprotected [Article]
You think your digital life is secure because of a secret key that only you have? So did Mat Honan, a savvy techno-journalist, whose digital life was destroyed earlier this year. He has some words of advice.
Rocket Surgery [Link]
In the world filled with jargon, Randall Munroe (of XKCD)’s simple “explainer” of the Saturn V, the world’s heaviest, tallest, most powerful rocket, built by NASA is like a breath of fresh air. Titled US Space Team’s Up Goer Five, this is an infographic worth your time, especially if you’re not a rocket scientist!!
The Last Screw [Video]
Inventor Donald Scruggs’ easy inter-burial container, aka coffin.
Labelling [Picture]
A thorough Thoreau [Article]
My notion of Henry David Thoreau (gleaned from his autobiography, Walden: A life in the Woods) was that he was a loner, who lived an ascetic life, who loved the outdoors, especially his long walks, & who was obsessed with documenting everything he saw. Reading this article, not exactly a hermit, helps alter my notion. “The question is not what you look at,” Thoreau wrote, “but what you see.”. As a bonus, see pictures of Walden Pond then & now.
Wretched Woman [Letters of note]
I often lose myself reading Shaun Usher’s Letters of Note (I’ve mentioned the site before). Read Jarm Logue’s letter to the Wretched Woman (written in 1860). Jarm was a runaway slave turned preacher, & his former owner wrote to him demanding $1000 to cover the cost of his running away with a mare etc.