It’s 2015, you’re getting old now: The 21st century seems like it just started, but we’re already half way to 2030. Remember 1995? The way we thought of the 60s then is how someone who today is the age you were then thinks of the 80s. The way you thought of the 70s then is exactly how far in the past the 90s are today. How about 1980? It’s closer to FDR, Churchill and Hitler fighting each other than it is to 2015. ...
https://vimeo.com/85070976 I knew the aurora was beautiful, and it was kinda always on the bucket list, but this video makes me want to move it way, way up the list. Majestic.
First Dog on the Moon so brilliantly captures the absurdity of the situation in Gaza: If you couldn’t laugh, you’d cry. Love that the Guardian Australia has this as a permanent fixture.
Where conspiracy theories cross poor interface design: This was the “bad old days” of computers and the only way to reset her station was from my central console. On this day, I highlighted her workstation and hit the F6 key to reset. But my screen went temporarily black and then seemed to be starting again. I realized that I had mistakenly hit F7 and reset all the workstations in the embassy. This realization didn’t bother me much, because no one except the Agriculture section secretary was usually on the computer system this early in the morning. ...
This is some amazing furniture - wood and glass tables that look like natural rivers. Wish it wasn’t over in the US.