30aug2015

thoughts -- higher plane
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/08/in-praise-of-slowness/
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2015/08/will-durant-the-three-lessons-of-biological-history/

28aug2015

ever heard of nautilus?
http://news.discovery.com/animals/rare-nautilus-makes-first-appearance-in-30-years-photos-150827.htm

seen sunfish?
http://news.discovery.com/animals/giant-fish-sunbathes-to-warm-up-for-deep-dives-150209.htm

butterfly[s] in space?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0827/Butterflies-in-space-Hubble-beams-back-specular-image-of-iridescent-wings

crisis
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0826/Seeking-Refuge-Five-lessons-from-Europe-s-migration-crisis

self-healing material -- possible new armour?
http://fortune.com/2015/08/27/self-healing-material/

cause for concern?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/pakistan-outpacing-india-in-building-nuclear-bombs-could-soon-overtake-united-kingdom-china-and-france-1053535.html

12jun2015

i'll admit i haven't read line by line, word for word. merely skimming the article, many many minutes passed!
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/

16may2015

history of netscape navigator browser
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/tomorrows-advance-man

sangam era recipes
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/a-divine-treat

15may2015

sobering read
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-15/farmers-eat-rats-trade-tails-for-rice-as-el-nino-drought-begins

26mar2015

2day's read[s]

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0326/What-is-dark-matter-made-of-Galaxy-cluster-collisions-offer-clues
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/565315/Scientists-at-Large-Hadron-Collider-hope-to-make-contact-with-PARALLEL-UNIVERSE-in-days

02feb2015

insightful, sobering read.
http://slopeofhope.com/2015/01/rage-against-the-machines.html
my take: human quest for efficiency, automation, rendering humans obsolete.

candor, amusing yet.
http://ibankcoin.com/flyblog/

03jan2015

Marsha Mehran -- R.I.P.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-mystery-of-marsha-mehran--the-bestselling-young-novelist-who-died-a-recluse-in-a-rubbishstrewn-cottage-on-irelands-windswept-west-coast-9953073.html