Link of the Day — Just click on it and you’ll be satisfied
Are you up early with the crack of dawn? How about starting it out right with some exercise? The NY Times presents the seven minute workout. This is just as good as a full hour in the gym. What a way to get started!
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/
Forget Warby-Parker. Get your alternative prescription glasses from today’s link.
I needed a pair of safety glasses for work, because pretty soon I may be heading to the ship yard. So I bought a pair as you can see in the bonus picture. It’s a wrap around pair which hugs my face a little bit too much. But the glasses they sell are cheap enough that maybe I might try another pair.
I’l also looking for a pair for cycling, and they’ve got several types that may work if I get the transition lenses or just the dark lenses. This site is much better than trying to get prescription Oakleys which go for 3 to 4 times the amount from RX-safety.com.
I know at least I am going to get a pair in yellow. Let’s hope my vision doesn’t go bad anytime soon.
So after accepting Google shutting down Reader, you’ll have to get all your subscriptions and stuff back, right? Well at least Google will help you. Anyhow, go Argo yourself Google. That’s the last vestige of any Google application I am using (maybe except for YouTube), so good riddance.
Go get your RSS and remember to do it by July!
The last bit of Google I use will disappear in July. No not Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh, but Google Reader. I’ve been a user since its introduction. I’ve always used it for reading websites at work — it makes it easier to visit blocked sites and to look like your working and not visiting websites. But now its gone.
Go Argo yourself Google. You can’t put ads in my RSS reader, so now you want to stop the fun. Oh well, I’ve got to find an alternative. Anyone know some type of replacement?
http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html
I could’ve been an animator. I would’ve loved to have been an animator. From the Loony Tunes and Merry Melodies of my youth to today’s CG spectacles, I dig animated movies. I would’ve loved to have been involved in the industry. Maybe I can make the pixels on your computer screen dance one day.
Anyway, enjoy this new Mickey Mouse short. It’s somewhat enjoyable — especially the French. It’s something new from an old franchise.
http://video.disney.com/watch/croissant-de-triomphe-4d7b3aae690a98650d776d97
This kind of scares me: ruthless striving for efficiency causes complexity. Here's anecdotal evidence from the banking industry. The pursuit of efficiency doesn't make things simple at all. I wonder if this is a type of paradox that has yet to be named. I wonder if my bank works the same way. Most likely, it does, and I am kind of scared.
Long live pinball!
I’m not sure that Jersey Jack will save pinball, but I’m sure that he’ll have gun trying. That game looks spectacular, and I bet the storyline works wonders. I can imagine unlocking the Lion’s heart or the Scarecrow’s brain then falling into a multi-ball frenzy. It’s gotta to be fun. I so want to play this.
Will it still be a quarter?
I’m glad to hear that JRR Tolkien was striving to make The Silmarillion his masterpiece. Unfortunately, his death derailed that dream, but his son, Christopher, fulfilled it. But now Tolkien is remembered as the dude who wrote the stories for Peter Jackson’s films. At least his son knows what the real deal is.
J.R.R. Tolkien was a genius. Not for creating the history of Middle Earth. But for creating the languages of the people of Middle Earth.
Today’s link brings you to a thorough study of all the languages Tolkien devised. All of them. Once you see what he did, you’ll understand why he created Middle Earth. He needed to hear his languages. He had to create a place for their use. Elves and men, dwarves and orcs, hobbits and ents all had their own tongue. Tolkien created one for each of them. All of them different, and yet some of them the same.
Genius.
Saveur’s latest issue goes to Bavaria for the winter market. I heard about that from the guys that went to Germany with me this past year. It sounds fun and Christmas-y. Anywho, there’s pretzels in the latest issue. Pretzels!
