Friday, August 23, 2019

Friday Links!

This is so clever: Review: The Cheesecake Factory is the restaurant America wants, deserves.

From Justin Schultz, and it's a sad, sad story: Joe Murphy, Red Wings' No. 1 pick, is homeless again — and refusing help.

From Ken Piper, and this is fascinating: Sirens of Greek Myth Were Bird-Women, Not Mermaids.

From C. Lee, and it's interesting: The science of creating a dream team. This is fantastic: From ball pits to water slides: the designer who changed children’s playgrounds for ever. This is both outstanding and a very hard read: Teen Idol Frankie Lymon’s Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America. Fascinating: It’s All Greek to You and Me, So What Is It to the Greeks? I would use these if they were still around: After Automats Died in New York, They Flourished in the Netherlands.

From Wally, and this is cool: This Remote Corner Of Nevada Is One Of The Darkest Places In The World. This is excellent: ‘NCAA Football’ Is Still Alive, Because One Online Community Won’t Let the Game Die. This is genuinely incredible: Transforming stadium from concert to football field in 67H. Rabbit Hole: The Ritman Library: Hermetically Open Project. Here's a real blast from the past: Remembering the best shareware-era DOS games that time forgot. This is a wonderful story: One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins.

From D. F. Prosser, and way to go, smart aleck: Geeky license plate earns hacker $12,000 in parking tickets.

From Steven Davis, and this is a terrific read: Challenges Faced by Women in Art Academies.

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