The man with the golden blood | Mosaic – This is amazing, and it’s a timely reminder that I should book in for a donation at the Red Cross. (No, my blood isn’t that rare. But it’s also slightly rarer in Australia than it was in the US.)
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Groovy TV stand.
Vintage retro sideboard – 1950’s/mid century | Other Furniture | Gumtree Australia Eastern Suburbs – Paddington | 1059972565 – I like it. I’ve got no room for it, but it’s cool.
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Reading on Flipboard
- The Disappointment of Michael Sam Getting Cut From the Cowboys
- Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
- Someone made a 14-minute Breaking Bad tribute starring American Girl dolls
- Peter Quill’s Awesome Mix Vol. 1 soon to be an actual mixtape
- What Happens When Chemists Don’t Wash Their Hands
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Cockeyed
Downton Abbey Costume – “Please ignore that I look suspiciously similar to the robot that turns into a building in Tom Hanks’ Big.” HA! I love Rob’s costume posts each year.
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Go Purdue, I guess?
Which Job Is Most Unique to Your State? | Mental Floss – Boilermakers. My Mom and step-dad Joe will be proud.
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I feel a project coming on.
A complete list of every president’s favorite drink | New York Post – I think we need to work our way through this complete list, Mr. Snook. Preferably while playing True American.
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Woz
Steve Wozniak accepts adjunct professorship at UTS | UTS News Room – Hey, that’s cool! I wonder if our team’s UTS intern Bec can help me meet him. 🙂
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Fitbit, I am disappoint.
This is the Fitbit Surge, a $250 ‘superwatch’ with built-in GPS | The Verge – Yesterday I spoke with two other disenchanted Fitbit customers, upset that they are refusing to integrate with HealthKit. It’s really disappointing. I was onboard the Fitbit evangelism love train last year, but I also really, really hate walled gardens. I think they’re going to lose more customers than they gain over this.
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Still a little bitter.
Florida State’s Jameis Winston Performs Admirably Under Scrutiny, at Least on the Field – NYTimes.com – I found it enormously telling that when Winston and his coach met on the field immediately after the game, the microphones picked up the coach’s repeated admonishments: “Be humble. Be HUMBLE.” You don’t normally have to remind non-jackasses to be humble.