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 the desktop, but I’ve had issues on an iPad.  YMMV.

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 around for over a decade, yet the personal touch, whether from sales, operations or driver services remain very important.

https://www-freightwaves-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.freightwaves.com/news/digital-brokerage-bubble-will-pop-soon?format=amp

It will be very interesting to see how this plays out, that’s for sure!

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.

Havana non-HDR

Havana HDR

In the HDR photo, Havana is darker, but now pay attention to the house across the street seen through the window.  In the HDR picture it is recognizable and details can be seen.  In the non-HDR picture, it’s just a blown out white blob.

In this case, while the HDR picture provides more clarity in the background, using the non-HDR one is more appropriate as our subject looks better.

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 – and I couldn’t move the mouse to what was supposed to be the extended display. I confirmed using a Macbook that the problem was with the iMac, not the Apple TV.

I searched quite a bit for a solution, and eventually found a mention that having other screen sharing tools installed might cause the problem.  I had recently installed Duet and tested it (it worked!), so I figured that might be the culprit.  After an uninstall and reboot, Airplay the Apple TV now works again.  Hooray!

Duet looks to be pretty neat, and it does work (although the value of it on something smaller than a 12.9″ iPad Pro is questionable), but sending stuff to the big screen is far more important to me.