Monday Links from the Road Home vol. CCCXL

[jamesbrown]

Dear Mum
Congratulations on your 70
appearances with the
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
th Birthday

I might borrow that.

[NickFitz]

Do they start with "Dear mum" and have something that could reasonably be construed as the number "70", give or take?

Dear Mum
Congratulations on your 70
appearances with the
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
th Birthday

[NickFitz]

So the moral of the story is that Lawyers exacerbate a situation

Particularly McDonalds' lawyers, who made things considerably worse for their client by arguing their case on the basis of them being a bunch of greedy heartless bastards. Still, top marks for honesty

[jamesbrown]

By fortuitous coincidence, I have a selection that need a good home!

Do they start with "Dear mum" and have something that could reasonably be construed as the number "70", give or take?

[SimonMac]

So busy today I forgot to have a lunch break, and therefore to post this lot

• McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit - We all know the story, but most of us know it wrong: this comic tells the true story of the hot coffee and the ensuing lawsuit.
  

Happy invoicing!

So the moral of the story is that Lawyers exacerbate a situation

[mudskipper]

My mother is 70 next week. Asked the g/f for advice on presents.

Engraved spoon.

WTF?

By fortuitous coincidence, I have a selection that need a good home!

[jamesbrown]

Indeed. I have inherited several spoons.

I think I have the one on the right here, will dig out later and compare.

specservnorge

My mother is 70 next week. Asked the g/f for advice on presents.

Engraved spoon.

WTF?

[mudskipper]

It's the Spoon Museum that really makes them this week. Everything else is ancillary to that

Indeed. I have inherited several spoons.

I think I have the one on the right here, will dig out later and compare.

specservnorge

[NickFitz]

An excellent set of links there Mr NF. Bravo.

It's the Spoon Museum that really makes them this week. Everything else is ancillary to that

[northernladuk]

An excellent set of links there Mr NF. Bravo.

[NickFitz]

So busy today I forgot to have a lunch break, and therefore to post this lot

• How Eddie Van Halen Hacks a Guitar - "The guitar god is also an inventor and patent holder who has spent the better part of 35 years in this shop, rebuilding guitars and amps, searching for his signature sound.” Not to mention almost electrocuting himself poking around inside an amp
  
  
• How to Write a History of Writing Software - That’s as in “software for writing”: ”Five years ago, Matthew Kirschenbaum, an English professor at the University of Maryland, realized that no one seemed to know who wrote the first novel with the help of a word processor. He’s just published the fruit of his efforts: Track Changes, the first book-length story of word processing.”
  
  
• Check Out the Best Illusion of the Year Contest Winners for 2016! - "Congratulations to the winners of the 12th annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest, hosted by the Neural Correlate Society."
  
  
  

  
  Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion
  
  
  
• McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit - We all know the story, but most of us know it wrong: this comic tells the true story of the hot coffee and the ensuing lawsuit.
  
  
• Author Gay Talese disavows his latest book amid credibility questions - I linked a little while back to Talese’s New Yorker piece on the voyeur who spied on guests at his motel. Now new evidence casts doubt on the story: ”Talese overlooked a key fact in his book: Foos sold the motel, located in Aurora, Colo., in 1980 and didn’t reacquire it until eight years later, according to local property records. His absence from the motel raises doubt about some of the things Foos told Talese he saw — enough that the author himself now has deep reservations about the truth of some material he presents.”
  
  
• Welcome to Ordos, China: The World’s Largest “Ghost City” and Getting Under the Skin of Kangbashi: China’s Ghost City - "Built for over a million people, the city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia. Doomed to incompletion however, this futuristic metropolis now rises empty out of the deserts of northern China. Only 2% of its buildings were ever filled; the rest has largely been left to decay, abandoned mid-construction, earning Ordos the title of China’s Ghost City." Darmon Richter photographs yet another almost-deserted city in Inner Mongolia.
  
  
  
  
  
• The Spoon and Silver Museum - "This souvenir spoon museum is brought to you FREE There are NO big display ads - NO popup ads --No SOUND commercials.” And not only that, it has spoons!
  
  
• Typeset in the Future: Blade Runner - Dave Addey’s excellent site has already studied the typography of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Moon, and Alien. Now he turns his attention to Blade Runner: ”As with my previous articles, I should note that there are spoilers aplenty throughout the next 5,000 words. If you don’t want to know when Blade Runner’s sole appearance of Eurostile Bold Extended occurs, look away now.”
  
  
• Bob's Black Powder Notebook - "For almost thirty-five years black powder shooting and the many fascinating activities allied to it have been an important part of my life… This page is simply my musings about these interests, my experiences and thoughts about many aspects of the hobby. Because life is more than black powder, a few other topics are included. Hopefully, something here will strike a sympathetic chord with the reader, and add to their enjoyment.”
  
  
• Death, Destruction, And Debt: 41 Photos Of Life In 1970s New York - From the Taxi Driver era: ”Depopulation and arson also had pronounced effects on the city: Abandoned blocks dotted the landscape, creating vast areas absent of urban cohesion and life itself. Today, we look at 41 poignant photos that capture a New York City on the brink of implosion.”
  
  
  

Happy invoicing!