More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- China's exports since 2001.

- Steven Pressfield on David Baldacci's "all is lost" moment.

- Why teens are suddenly obsessed with chess. There's hope for the next generation! (HT Newmark's Door)

- How the writers strike could affect everything you watch. The Writers Guild went on strike at midnight but since I only watch sports - I'm not affected.

The King Still Has One More Move

Farnam Street Knowledge

- Habits vs. Goals: A Look at the Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Life

- How to Write Creative Fiction: Umberto Eco's Four Rules

- Seizing the Middle: Chess Strategy in Business

A Brief History of Chess

The Queen

 

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Compounding Wisdom. (HT  The Happy Curmudgeon)

- How to build good habits

- Amazing! Burn up to 6,000 calories a day playing chess? Yes - interesting look at the physical toll that effects the bodies of top level Grandmasters.

- Solar panels are starting to die. What will we do with the megatons of toxic trash?

- Squirrels doing super hero landings

- Jacksonville Jaguars' Tyler Eifert to honor David Dorn on his helmet

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting - Trump's war on the regulatory state

- Good for her! I hope someone at the State Department is making sure she's protected.

- Just love aurora photos. This one is from Norway. Stunning!

- Space related industry to triple in size by 2040

- Volvo just acquired a flying car company. And equally surprising (to me) Volvo is now owned by a Chinese company?!?!

- Heh heh

- Every year I say I'm going to spend a week during the summer at Acadia National Forrest. This is the summer I make that happen!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Pornhub had the best April's Fools joke.

- UNC has some very special fans 2,000 miles from Phoenix

- This is why I don't skateboard

- 5 things you should know about Congress' ISP vote

- I seriously want this

- Heh heh

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

A sitcom about a relationship between All-State's Mayhem mascot guy and Progressive's crazy girlfriend Flo would actually be pretty fun to watch... Heh heh... Women complain that men don't understand "that time of the month" or remember six months out when their cycle will fall but in defense of men - most guys still don't understand why when we were kids the doctor grabbed our balls and told us to cough... Congratulations to Robinson Cano... Would Jack from the movie Titanic have survived if he knew the Wim Hof breathing method?... Lascivious Banabos would be a good name for a band... Good for them... Flooring store sign that says "We will come to your house and measure your kitchen" always seemed like a Mafia-style threat to me... There was a reason they called him Larry Legend...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Today is Pearl harbor Day. On this day I'm always reminded that in 1941 Bob Feller became the first big leaguer to volunteer for military service shortly after the day that will live in infamy. More than anything he did on a baseball diamond - it was this act that Ted Williams always associated with Feller (and maybe the thing he was most jealous of)... Heh heh - Protestant chess... Knock knock. Who's there? Control freak. Now's the part where you say, "control freak who?"... Yesterday Steven Wright turned 59... I still say that Two and a Half Men should not have added Aston Kutcher. They should have added Ellen DeGeneres to take over Charlie Sheen's role and not said a word. Like when they switched Darren's on Bewitched... Heh heh... Just curious - was Ben Roethlisberger asked to be in those NFL "No More" commercials?... Wow - now I want to know more about James Oliver Curwood...