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Puzzle from Re-Marks: Scandinavia 750 Piece. Re-Marks puzzles are available from lots of different resellers, including Amazon – check out their pop culture series including lots of “collage” puzzles made up of smaller images. (I think I got mine from Serious Puzzles). This is a random cut puzzle not ribbon cut with lots of interesting … Read more
Another Pomegranate Artpiece Puzzle, Diego Rivera: Detroit Industry 1000 pieces. Check out the full image from the Detroit Institute for the Arts: Detroit Industry North Wall. Looks like the color is a bit richer in the original – though the photo here is maybe a bit washed out – the puzzle itself looks great.
When I shifted from academia to industry, I used to be very annoyed when people used “impacted”: as in “were you impacted?” I had always thought of “impacted” as being a way to describe wisdom teeth: “pressed firmly together” in a medical sense. I gave up on that one, and now find myself talking about … Read more
Illustration by Susan Brabeau, puzzle by SunsOut: Soda Fountain 1000 piece sunsout puzzle. Lots of great detail here – just enough to make putting it together challenging but enjoyable.
Reblog via Fred McCann The Verge: All 500-plus Whole Foods stores will soon let you pay with a palm scan
Reblog via Charles Я. Davis
“The study found that, compared to meat-heavy diets, vegan diets resulted in 75 percent less land use, 54 percent less water use, and 66 percent less biodiversity loss.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/climate/diet-vegan-meat-emissions.html
We picked up a copy in a store on a trip to Maine, but you can find it here: Dahlias Puzzle by Workman Publishing. The solid color background is challenging but the puzzle as a whole was lots of fun to do. Frances Palmer is also a potter and I assume these are her vases … Read more
Another Eurographics puzzle, this time a dozen portraits of dogs by Lucia Heffernan: Funny Dogs. Not sure where I actually bought my copy. 1000 pieces, finished size 19.25″ by 26.625″ (19 and 1/4 x 26 and 5/8ths inches). Bright vibrant colors, and enough variations in textures to make it interesting – lots of great detail … Read more
Reblog via Warner Crocker
Always remember to never forget that everything changes, dies or fades away. Especially if it holds your data.
#evernote #tech
https://warnercrocker.com/2023/07/10/evernote-like-everything-was-never-forever/
Reblog via Ben Werdmuller
I love Amber Case's framing of "truthy" tech: hype-driven technologies that promise too much too soon, are driven by FOMO, and are intriguing because of their depictions in popular culture. There are plenty of examples to choose from right now, and this is a great guide to spotting them. #Technology https://caseorganic.medium.com/how-to-identify-truthy-tech-trends-70f553c5a445?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon