Casual Friday: Things I Found While Surfing Around
It’s been a while since I’ve done a good old-fashioned link post, so here we go. I have a huge backlog of stuff I’ve found while looking around the Internet, and I always think knowing this stuff will make me more interesting at parties. It doesn’t, but I think your luck will be better.
Joe Posnanski with an iPad review from a very uncommon angle. Opening sentence: I left my iPad on a plane the other day. The crazy thing about it – as if there needs to be an extra layer of crazy about leaving a hugely expensive and personal and professionally vital device on an airplane – was that I thought about it five minutes before I did it. Not after. BEFORE.
Here’s a Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur. I think this is doing the word ‘botched’ a disservice. Slaughtered may be more apt. Side note: am I the only one who finds the ‘restored’ image both disturbing and funny? Yeah? Nevermind then.
Going public with depression. Fascinating read about an affliction that affects more people than we know.
A great song and video about sharks. Yes, sharks.
Energy efficient light bulbs may have a dark side when it comes to health. This is in addition to making everything dim and grungy and blowing out your eyesight.
What are teenagers using most to listen to music? Hint: it’s not CDs, iTunes, Spotify or Rdio. It’s YouTube.
I know I said this is a link post, but I’m going to drop a quote on you because I’ve bookmarked this like three times so it must be important. “There is no parent more vulnerable to the excesses of overparenting than an unhappy parent. One of the most important things we do for our children is to present them with a version of adult life that is appealing and worth striving for.” – Raising Successful Children, by Madeline Levine. Oh wait. There’s a link in there. We’re safe, everyone.
The busy trap. Yeah, I know, you’re probably too busy to read this, but do it anyway.
And to send you off into your long weekend, here’s the best video you’ve seen all week. Just trust me. Coca-Cola Security Cameras.
Have a great weekend and Labor Day holiday, everyone.
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