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From Serious Puzzles, this is a 1000 piece puzzle: Portland Lighthouse It’s Portland Breakwater Light aka Bug Light – didn’t see a photographer credit. Fun to do with multiple stright lights (horizon, fencing) and textured areas (stones, water, sunrise). Google image search shows lots of items with this image – maybe released into public domain?
Sharing this American Mastodon (from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, during the WordCamp US after party) to celebrate this site being syndicated into the fediverse. That’s right, if you’re using Mastodon or a similar federated service, you should be able to follow @jeckman@johneckman.com – or use the follow link in the sidebar to the … Read more
Thanks to Third and Grove for hosting last night’s Managing an Agency Business (MAB) event about AI & Emerging Tech for agencies. Panelists included: Moderated by Ross Beyeler of Trellis. Boston has such an embarrassment of riches in terms of smart agencies doing interesting work – it was a good panel with a balance of … Read more
From Cobble Hill, a 1000 piece puzzle featuring illustrations by Maurice Pillard Verneuil: Botanicals by Verneuil. Includes a reference poster and is well made.
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