From the Curious Corner of the Internet.. #34: Mushrooms, Cuba and trucks
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** The Curious Corner #34
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Here we goooo: * Japanese sometimes transform (http://www.robertbenson.com/Crazy-ass-Japanese-trucks) their trucks. * In Cuba the internet is delivered (https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-cuban-cdn/) by a 1TB disk. * On how to upgrade your frozen pizza (http://www.bonappetit.com/people/chefs/article/frozen-pizza-chef-toppings) . * Ever wondered why there’s never any toothpaste (http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/07/toothpaste_in_hotels_why_do_they_provide_shampoo_soap_and_high_end_toiletries.single.html) in your hotel room? * How the zoning system (http://urbankchoze.blogspot.nl/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html) works in Japan. * Cognitive estrangement (http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095622261) is the reason I like to read science fiction. * How to make a bamboo fishing rod (https://vimeo.com/178400158) . * Scavenging for mushrooms in New York (https://food.good.is/articles/mushroom-foraging-new-york-city) . * Missileers wearing snuggies (https://www.wired.com/2011/01/death-wears-a-snuggie/) . * Curious what it looks (http://sirxemic.github.io/wormhole/) like when you travel trough a wormhole?
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/08/dreamy-illustrations-for-book-lovers-by-jungho-lee/ * Some kind of quest (http://www.somekindofquest.com/) . If you only click one link in this newsletter, this should be the one! * Small (http://www.dubaiwalls.com/artists/slinkachu/) lives in Dubai. * Legoland is full of secrets (https://www.wired.com/2016/07/legoland-full-secrets-know-look/) , if you know where to look. * Would it be possible too spoof DNA (http://deweyhagborg.com/projects/dna-spoofing) ? * The theory of narrative selection (http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/06/02/the-theory-of-narrative-selection/) . Why stories influence cohesion. * The parallel climbers problem (http://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-parallel-climbers-puzzle/Fermat’s Library | The Parallel Climbers Puzzle annotated) . * Get your book recommendations by a grumpy librarian (http://lithub.com/the-grumpy-librarian-books-with-allegorical-animals-and-a-lot-of-sex/) . * Why every movie is a work of fiction (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/08/26/the_bizarre_true_story_behind_the_this_is_a_work_of_fiction_disclaimer.html) . * Welcome to the infinite farm (https://www.math.brown.edu/~res/farm.pdf) , an illustrated story. * The art of distillation (http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/927-the-art-of-distillation) is something that’s slowly disappearing… * There are programs (https://medium.com/@Svenskunganka/interviewing-my-mother-a-mainframe-cobol-programmer-c693d40d88f7#.3702kt85z) that are decades old that nobody even knows what they do and the person who wrote it is long gone.
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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