I am quite impressed with the way eBook pricing works. In this case, I’m using Amazon’s pricing as an example, but it’s not much different on Barnes and Noble’s site. In this case, I’m interested in the book Artemis, by Andy Weir – author of The Martian. When I went to purchase the Kindle edition…
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This is a fascinating article on The Atlantic. Who knew something as ‘simple’ as a scallop could have such a fascinatingly complex eye. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/scallops-have-eyes-and-each-one-builds-a-beautiful-living-mirror/547115/
This page gives a simple, but very slick, visual representation of wind patterns and speed. It’s pretty interesting, and is really neat when looking around during hurricane season. Be sure to click / drag, and zoom in and out. Also, when you click somewhere it shows the wind speed and direction. It works well on…
Absolutely hilarious interviews. Enjoy!
Just a ton of links about it in the answers.
In short, the author feels that there’s a bubble in freight sites trying to automate all freight. The idea that all human contact can be removed from the freight side of logistics is one that is going to meet a lot of resistance for a lot of reasons. Load boards and other services have been…
I was flipping through some photos that I took a few days ago, and finally stumbled across a great example of HDR vs. non-HDR pictures. The first one is non-HDR. You can see that our model, Havana, is generally lighter colored, and better lit. In the HDR photo, Havana is darker, but now pay…
One of many links I kept in Evernote, putting up on my blog for easy reference. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/retirement/050416/8-countries-where-200k-retirement-savings-will-last-30-years.asp
Here’s an interesting article that I was forwarded. It has some examples of how “correctly” visualizing data can save lives in scenarios ranging from a cholera outbreak to the Challenger explosion. A good read!
Just a quick note – I was struggling with Airplay “suddenly” not working from my desktop iMac 5k to my 4th generation Apple TV. When I would try to extend my desktop to the Apple TV, the TV would blank out and sound would start coming from the TV. No video would show at all…