Yep, pretty nerdy. But funny. (h/t Laughing Squid)
Quote: “But what if you could just hold onto electricity for a bit and save it for later?” More and bigger batteries, that’s what I’m talking about. (h/t Wired)
Quote: “A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later.”–CBS News (h/t 1440, Kottke, and every other newsletter I subscribe to) He lived, so I guess there is no point in putting him up for a Darwin Award.
A quarterly journal, each issue featuring “intellectual time machines, carefully curated collections of historical voices in conversation with the present.” Scroll through, find a topic you’re interested in (Food? Swindle & Fraud? Scandal?) and buy a copy. You won’t be bored, and you might learn something. I always do. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
Quote: “The world’s first T-Rex leather made using the extinct creature’s DNA.” Thorstein Veblen, where are you when we need you? (h/t 1440)
Quote for the day: “Each victory is only the prelude to another.”–Carl Sagan
Outro…
Take your pick.
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