In Defense of Dumb Cities — Strong Towns
Investing in a supposedly "smart" future won't overcome the failure to get the "dumb" stuff right. The former mayor of Seattle explains.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/23/in-defense-of-dumb-cities
Paskevich & Associates
https://www.paskevich.com/#/rockyriver/
"Calvin" collection arrives – but where's Watterson? | The Seattle Times
Maybe someday, officials will put up a statue marking this quaint village as the birthplace of "Calvin and Hobbes. " Just don't expect cartoonist...
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/calvin-collection-arrives-but-wheres-watterson/
Calvin and Hobbes Creator Keeps Privacy
http://timhulsizer.com/cwords/cprivacy.html
Any public land leased for private profit needs voter approval: Chagrin Solon Sun Letter to the Editor - cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/chagrinsolonsun/2011/04/any_public_land_leased_for_pri.html
Owner of Bell Street building upset with ballot referendum - cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/chagrinsolonsun/2011/04/owner_of_bell_street_building.html
Survivor: how we made Eye of the Tiger | Music | The Guardian
'Sylvester Stallone said it didn't have balls. So we raised it one decibel – and he loved it'
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/27/how-we-made-eye-of-the-tiger-rocky-iii-survivor-sylvester-stallone
https://mobile.twitter.com/aphyr/status/1133484519942774784
Church to be Demolished for Self-Storage Facility — Strong Towns
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/27/church-to-be-demolished-for-self-storage-facility
Wall-E meets 'Dolly' - Los Angeles Times
How did two tunes from a vintage musical make their way into an out-of-this-world film?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-04-et-wallesongs4-story.html
'Car Accident' Or 'Traffic Violence'? The Way We Talk About Crashes Is Evolving: LAist
https://laist.com/2020/01/03/car_crash_accident_traffic_violence_language.php
Brecksville businessman's years of fraud and obstruction ends with seven-year prison sentence - cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/01/brecksville-businessmans-years-of-fraud-and-obstruction-ends-with-seven-year-prison-sentence.html
Memories of Mississippi Nights: 13 years ago it turned out the lights for good | Post-Dispatch Archives | stltoday.com
When Mississippi Nights closed its doors on Jan. 19, 2007, St. Louis lost the club on which was built its reputation as a player on the national music scene.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/memories-of-mississippi-nights-years-ago-it-turned-out-the/article_27537c71-255f-5791-98fa-ecbc81c7489a.html
Opinion | The Apps on My Phone Are Stalking Me - The New York Times
I discovered that we're building a digital surveillance state much like the one in China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/opinion/phone-data-privacy.html
Can We Afford to Care About Design in a Housing Crisis? — Strong Towns
If you want to see more homes built in your city, good urban design isn't your enemy. And neither are those who insist on it.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/22/can-we-afford-to-care-about-design-in-a-housing-crisis
United States of Surveillance - The Privacy Issue
https://theprivacyissue.com/government-surveillance/united-states-of-surveillance-us-history-spying
Vince Clarke not expected to participate in Rock Hall induction of Depeche Mode
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2020/01/20/vince-clarke-depeche-mode-rock-hall-fame/
Rock Hall 2020: The Year Synthesizers Won - Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rock-hall-2020-synthesizers-depeche-mode-nine-inch-nails-whitney-houston-937787/
Set up Virtual Hosts on macos 10.5 Catalina in Apache
sudo apachectl restart
https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/set-up-virtual-hosts-on-macos-catalina-10-15-in-apache/
Install Apache, MySQL, PHP & phpMyAdmin on macOS Catalina 10.15
https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-apache-mysql-php-on-macos-catalina-10-15/
Setting up a local web server on macOS 10… - Apple Community
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250001766
Where People Leaving New York, California and Illinois Are Going - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-09/where-people-leaving-new-york-california-and-illinois-are-going
Color stuck? Try the color palette finding technique graphic designers love | Dribbble Design Blog
Color stuck? Try the color palette finding technique graphic designers love
https://dribbble.com/stories/2020/01/08/color-palette-exploration
he technology pushed into schools today is a threat to child development (americanaffairsjournal.org)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22066297
Rotten STEM: How Technology Corrupts Education - American Affairs Journal
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/08/rotten-stem-how-technology-corrupts-education/
The History of Amsterdam's Canal Houses - CityLab
https://www.citylab.com/design/2020/01/amsterdam-architecture-history-canal-houses-urban-design/604921/
Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails Inducted Into Rock Hall of Fame 2020 | Pitchfork
Depeche Mode, T. Rex, and the Doobie Brothers also make this year's induction class
https://pitchfork.com/news/whitney-houston-notorious-big-nine-inch-nails-inducted-into-rock-hall-of-fame-2020/
What kind of data is my new car collecting about me? Nearly everything it can, apparently - The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/technology/article-what-kind-of-data-is-my-new-car-collecting-about-me-nearly-everything/
Super Nintendo World will feature real-life gaming - CNN
Gaming fanatics will soon be able to play real-life versions of their favorite Nintendo titles, Universal Studios Japan has promised, as it teased details about its new theme park.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/tech/nintendo-theme-park-japan-scli-intl/index.html
These Patients Are Hard to Treat - The New York Times
A study examined a popular approach that coordinated care for the most expensive patients, and found that the project did not reduce hospital admissions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/health/camden-coalition-chronic-illness.html
The Story Behind David Bowie's Mythical Walk in Warsaw – Video | Culture.pl
https://culture.pl/en/video/the-story-behind-david-bowies-mythical-walk-in-warsaw-video
Astros Fire Jeff Luhnow, A.J. Hinch - MLB Trade Rumors
bungled a self-created controversy
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/astros-fire-jeff-luhnow-a-j-hinch.html
Special sunglasses, license-plate dresses, Juggalo face paint: How to be anonymous in the age of surveillance | The Seattle Times
A fringe movement of privacy advocates are experimenting with clothes, makeup and accessories as a defense against some surveillance technologies. Some wearers desire to opt-out of "surveillance capitalism," while others...
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/special-sunglasses-license-plate-dresses-juggalo-face-paint-how-to-be-anonymous-in-the-age-of-surveillance/
A billion medical images are exposed online, as doctors ignore warnings – TechCrunch
Despite warnings from security researchers, the number of exposed images has risen.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/10/medical-images-exposed-pacs/
HTML attributes to improve your users' two factor authentication experience - Twilio
Learn how to use the HTML autocomplete, inputmode and pattern attributes to improve the user experience of logging in.
https://www.twilio.com/blog/html-attributes-two-factor-authentication-autocomplete
T.S. Eliot letters show love for muse but poet downplays it - The Washington Post
Recently unveiled letters that poet T
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ts-eliot-letters-show-love-for-muse-but-poet-downplays-it/2020/01/04/280f1698-2f63-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html
Rush drummer Neil Peart dead at 67 | CBC News
Neil Peart, the drummer of iconic Canadian band Rush, has died at age 67.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806
https://www.wanttoknow.info/warisaracket
"Can I Print This?" The Basics of T-Shirt Copyright Law | Real Thread
Copyright law for t-shirts & design can be confusing. Let us break it down in a real practical way.
https://www.realthread.com/blog/t-shirt-design-copyright-law
An Illustrated Cross Section of Hong Kong's Infamous Kowloon Walled City | Colossal
Colossal | Art, design, and visual culture
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/an-illustrated-cross-section-of-hong-kongs-infamous-kowloon-walled-city/
Menu — Banter Cleveland
http://www.bantercleveland.com/menu
Jussie Smollett investigation: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of the actor's data as part of special prosecutor probe - Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-special-prosecutor-investigation-20200108-j3j3p2dypvf5vbbo5jpxrvcjsq-story.html
Virginia Kendall Ledges Overlook
http://www.naturalohioadventures.com/virginia-kendall-ledges-overlook.html
New Dark Age – Kirsten Hacker
https://kirstenhacker.wordpress.com/2019/08/24/new-dark-age/
Signs of the Times – Kirsten Hacker
https://kirstenhacker.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/signs-of-the-times-2/
Who Really Killed Jimmy Hoffa? | December 28, 2019 - Air Mail
https://airmail.news/issues/2019-12-28/who-really-killed-jimmy-hoffa
The last tracker was just removed from Basecamp.com - Signal v. Noise
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-last-tracker-was-just-removed-from-basecamp-com/
Why Do Americans View Zero Road Deaths as an Impossible Goal? — Strong Towns
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/6/why-do-americans-view-zero-road-deaths-as-an-impossible-goal
Adactio: Journal—Browser defaults
https://adactio.com/journal/16295
Popcorn on Vimeo
Adactio: Journal—The Rise Of Skywalker
It's 2020 and you're in the future — Wait But Why
https://waitbutwhy.com/2020/01/its-2020-and-youre-in-the-future.html
Adactio: Journal—2019
The Analog January Challenge - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2019/12/31/__trashed/
Adactio: Journal—Words I wrote in 2019
How To Go Deeper In 2020
https://www.raptitude.com/2019/12/how-to-go-deeper-in-2020/
Mapping and Visualization - Scott Reinhard
https://scottreinhard.com/Mapping-and-Visualization
Beyond the Diet: 7 New Year's Resolutions for Your Neighborhood — Strong Towns
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/1/7/beyond-the-diet
How to invest in real estate in your town without taking out a mortgage or swinging a hammer. — Strong Towns
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/10/17/how-to-invest-in-real-estate-in-your-town
Using easing for more than just CSS transitions | Kilian Valkhof
https://kilianvalkhof.com/2020/css-html/using-easing-for-more-than-just-css-transitions/
I'm a Little Too Fat, a Little Too Giving. I Think I Know Why.
I grew up poor and starving, but a generous neighbor gave my mother and me the best she had. I never forgot that life lesson, and I'm passing it on to my own children.
https://humanparts.medium.com/i-am-a-little-too-fat-im-a-little-too-generous-i-think-i-know-why-e97cd25b7eeb
Let the Roaring 2020s Begin
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2019/12/28/let-the-roaring-2020s-begin/
Embroidery of Homer Simpson Disappearing into the Bushes
https://kottke.org/19/12/embroidery-of-homer-simpson-disappearing-into-the-bushes
Gallery | CIRA
https://cira.ca/stock-images/gallery
Portishead: Dummy Album Review | Pitchfork
Portishead's 1994 debut is a masterwork of downbeat and desperation. They invented their own kind of virtuosity, one that encompassed musicianship, technology, and aura.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23079-dummy/
The Day Keith Moon Accidentally Ran Over and Killed His Chauffeur
Keith Moon accidentally killed Neil Boland, his driver and bodyguard, on Jan. 4, 1970 outside the Red Lion pub in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-moon-chauffeur-killed/
College as an incubator of Girardian terror | Dan Wang
Why college is a Girardian nightmare; *Big Little Lies* on HBO; Proust; memes; why America's greatest feature is both tolerance and rejection of mimesis.
https://danwang.co/college-girardian-terror/
The Great New England Vampire Panic | History | Smithsonian Magazine
Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/
Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way
Trusted by millions, Basecamp puts everything you need to get work done in one place. It's the calm, organized way to manage projects, work with clients, and communicate company-wide.
https://basecamp.com/guides/how-we-communicate
Your Comprehensive Guide to 2019 T-Shirt Trends
A data-backed recap of the most popular styles, colors, and trends in custom t-shirts this year.
https://www.realthread.com/guides/2019-in-t-shirts#chp-01
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