Another Monday that isn't a Bank Holiday? Shameful! I suggest taking back your time to read this lot in protest 
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- In Search of Michelle Vanek - ”She was the only hiker ever to die while seeking the summit of central Colorado’s most famous 14er. A member of the successful search team investigates who she was, how her death—and her recovery 19 years later—impacted her family, and what we all need to consider before heading into the alpine.” A few weeks ago, I happened to come across another account of Michelle Vanek's disappearance and the eventual discovery of her remains: She Vanished on a Colorado Mountain. 19 Years Later, a Mysterious Dream Helped Rescuers Find Her.
- Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age, study finds - ”Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years… Mammals independently evolved specialized adaptations for exclusively feeding on ants and termites at least 12 times since the Cenozoic era began, roughly 66 million years ago.” It could be your turn next!
- Global Penguin Society - Not the chocolate-covered snacks: ”The Global Penguin Society is an internationally recognized leader organization dedicated to the conservation of the world´s penguin species, the coasts and the oceans they inhabit.” Scroll down and there's an interactive map allowing you to see where the numerous penguins they've fitted with tracking devices have been!
- Life Under The Ice - And while you're exploring southern climes: ”Life Under the Ice is an exploratory tour through the microscopic world of Antarctica, created by Ariel Waldman. Each microbe tells a story of the weird and whimsical life in Antarctica that is otherwise invisible to the naked eye.”
- Me and Bobbie McKee - Elon Green finds the woman who inspired a Kris Kristofferson song: ”As he listened to the voice of Joplin, Kristofferson was bothered by the hard-living Texan’s version of the song—the version that he knew, even then, would obliterate the rest… In Joplin’s cover, Bobby McGee was now a man. The woman who’d been the catalyst for the song—whom Kristofferson barely knew—was erased.”
- Einstein didn’t say that: How viral misquotes evolve and replicate - ”Famous figures like Albert Einstein often become ‘quotation magnets,’ attracting misattributions due to their historical significance… Big Think spoke to Garson O’Toole of Quote Investigator to learn more about the origins of misattributed quotes and how they can mutate over time.” As Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War, “Is it lunchtime yet?”
- So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter - Well? Do you? If so, here’s some helpful advice: ”Seven or eight years ago, when I was working as a localization writer on the English version of Pathologic 2, I was faced with the question of how to localize that game's Tragedians… I don't know what possessed me to say ‘what if in English they spoke entirely in iambic pentameter,’ but once I had I was basically on the hook to do it. So I did it. This makes me one of very few living people who've written a large volume of iambic pentameter verse drama for money, on a deadline.”
- So you want to get into electronics? - If iambs aren’t your thing, have you considered becoming the next Ken Shirriff? ”For whatever reason you decided that you would like to learn and ‘get good’ at electronics. Congratulations, this is the right place! This article will document my journey and highlight things I wish I knew when starting out. Hopefully this resource will help you get started while avoiding some of the common pitfalls.”
- 11 Oddball Technology Records You Probably Didn’t Know - ”The strongest robotic arm, the fastest brain typist, and more.” As it’s from the IEEE, I assume this list is reliable
- AdSausage: Historical Archives & Pop Culture - ”This website began over twenty years ago, a labor of love that started as a showcase for vintage advertising. As my collecting of vintage odds and sods escalated, the website became a way to make all that material available… The collection is comprised of photographs, negatives, postcards, newspapers, magazines, and stuff that tickles my fancy.” All kinds of interesting things in here! I remember buying this issue of NME in the Student Union shop.
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