Losing Friends
This hit a nerve. It’s something I’d like to elaborate on elsewhere sometime, but I can’t right now, so this saves the link.
Random
What’s In A Barcode
Boarding pass barcode, specifically. You might be surprised. It doesn’t affect me, since I never fly, but wow.
Well, Duh
Polynesians made it to the Americas long before Europeans. How could they have covered that much ocean without also hitting the Americas? Unpossible!
Photo and Video History
There exists a photo of someone who crossed the Delaware with Washington, the earliest born person ever photographed. There also exists video of someone born in the 1700s. Amazing! Have a look.
More Linkies
Because life has been kicking my butt the last couple of days.
I probably link Cracked too much but here’s 5 Things I Didn’t Know About Health Care (Until I Got Sick).
The Timeline of the Far Future
In 250,000,000 the continents once again fuse; in a mere 100,000, the titanium in your MacBook starts to corrode. There are a plethora of mind-bending goodies at the link.
(Via American Digest)
124 States
That’s even more than Obama’s 57 states! This is an amusing and intriguing hypothetical map experiement showing what the US could look like had all secession movements succeeded. Clearly there is more to it than that, to make Cuba a state, for instance. And we gained some from the present Mexico, but Canada not so much.
Log Cabin Bargain
I’d make some changes, even if I weren’t going to stay in it long-term, but this log cabin project is a pretty cool demonstration of what can be done on a tight budget and with a sprinkling of found materials. Not sure how I feel about the waste oil furnace as a lone heating source, but it’s compact. There’d be a lot to be done to bring this up to the standards of a typical tiny house, but those are made with a presumption of water source, and with enough of a budget to allow for electricity.