From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #29: Vikings, Pinkies and microscopy
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Hi there! This months catch has been wonderful, ranging from vikings, to pinkies to microscopy and self-forgetfulness. In other words, scroll down below for the goodness! If you like the the Curious Corner, please help us further along by sharing this newsletter (it’s as easy as one click!): http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Share (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| Tweet (http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|: |URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT| Share (http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|&mini=true&title=|URL:MC_SUBJECT|) https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT| +1 (https://plus.google.com/share?url=|URL:ARCHIVE_LINK_SHORT|) |FORWARD| Forward to Friend (|FORWARD|) * Once wanted to forget something but couldn’t? Here is why and how (http://www.ludism.org/mentat/HowToForget) . * Around the world in 33 keyboards (http://thebrainfever.com/apple/around-the-world-in-33-keyboards) . * Woah, I didn’t know entire submarines are de-magnetized (http://qi.epfl.ch/en/sondage/show/255) ? * The oldest mystery (http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/early/indonesia/van-den-burgh-sulawesi-talepu-2016.html) about humans. * Treasure in a cornfield (http://imgur.com/gallery/tj4Ef) . * An entire book for 1 row (http://10print.org) of code. (For making mazes) * The vikings surely had some wise (http://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/01/31/the-80-wisdom-sayings-of-the-vikings) things to say! * Could we bring Dune (http://matsysdesign.com/2009/06/25/sietch-nevada) to the Nevada Desert? * You’re drifting in a rowboat on a quiet pond. Another boat bumps against your own and jolts you out of your self-forgetfulness (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pico-iyer/disappearance-self-japan_b_8258678.html) . * The mystery of the mango is gone, she tells me. It’s no longer a sacred icon as before (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35461265) . * Interesting problem this is, how should we go about to create a good computer voice (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/technology/creating-a-computer-voice-that-people-like.html) that we accept as human?
http://www.nicolaspierquin.com/#/landscapes/ * Guess (http://guessthecorrelation.com) the correlation game. * Pinkies (http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-woman-who-makes-prosthetic-pinkies-for-ex-yakuza-members) for the ex-mafia members. * How to land a 737 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=UqcXstB7UJ0) , in 10 minutes. * That number is mathematically mutated into more seeds by a cascading series (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/artificial-universe-no-mans-sky/463308/?single_page=true) of algorithms—a computerized pseudo-randomness generator. * Great video’s explaining mathematical concepts (http://www.3blue1brown.com) . * Harvard keeps a library of colors (http://weburbanist.com/2016/02/18/pigment-library-harvards-collection-of-2500-global-colors) . * A highway (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/travel/canada-tuk-northwest-territory.html) to Tuktoyaktuk. * When translating Kafka’s short (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/01/23/books/insect-literature) story “Metamorphosis” into Japanese it turns out they have a different association with these insects. * The prisoner dilemma (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/new-dilemmas-for-the-prisoner) , with some interesting evolutions. * Integers-as-a-service-providers (http://www.neverendingbooks.org/artisanal-integers) : we have infinity on our side. * The books and manuscripts were disappearing from a room no one seemed to be entering. It has to be an inside job (http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/58/manaugh.php/CABINET ) . * Adjusting sounds (https://www.brain.fm) for sleep, work and activity with a bit of help from machine learning. * “Life as a microscopist” is a series (http://frontal-cortex.tumblr.com) about men and women behind the microscopes. (by Kees (http://kees.io/) !) * A brief history of books that do not exist (http://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-books-that-do-not-exist) . * A language with just 100 words (http:///www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/toki-pona-smallest-language/398363/) .
That’s it, thanks for reading! Let me know by email (mailto:jsplattel@gmail.com?subject=A%20suggestion%20for%20the%20Curious%20Corner!&body=Hi%20Joost!) if you have any suggestions for the Curious Corner!
Joost
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