Rainbow magically appears during Aretha Franklin tribute at a Detroit Tigers game.

… wouldn’t ‘coincidentally’ be more accurate?


Simon Cowell Extends Term as ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judge

When I first read the headline I thought that Cowell was redefining ‘America’ … which I thought was pretty well understood as a place - but apparently now includes County Durham in the UK.


w00t as the modern world has it … still work to do, but we have cross posting to Micro Blog working from Blottings.


”I just want you to know that you’re loved, you’re loved, and you’re respected."

President Trump - talking about ICE.

I agree with him. ICE are respected nearly as much as he is.


The Font Which Toppled a Government

I knew the short version of this story … but Dan Lewis provides the full 411.

The moral is that if you are going to deceive get every single detail right. Even the font in your fake documents.


A new James Bond Aston Martin for $3.5 million - rotating license plate included

The phrase used to be that ‘the world has gone mad’ … so 2015 ….

”The World Is Mad.”



Wouldn’t it be nice if people were actually considerate?


OK - final step - work out how to fully control CSS in Blot and then I can kill johnphilpin.worpress.com and properly launch my new Blot site.

Wordpress

Blot


The Slippery Slope of Complicity

A wannabe Mussolini and his party of apparatchiks
( PAUL KRUGMAN ) has the full story.

But after a decade of operation and perhaps a year or so away from its initial public offering, an essential unanswered question remains: Is Uber viable?
( Taxi Leaks ) has the full story.

JP Says : “No."


Omarosa Manigault Newman “has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation” of rampant fear and loathing inside the Trump White House, The Associated Press reported on Friday.
( Xeni Jardin ) has the full story.

JP Says : “As Xeni had it in the original article … invest in popcorn stocks."


Zinke Considering Selling Public Lands

“The Trump administration is proposing to dispose of federal land in Utah that was protected within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument until its boundary was redrawn by the Interior Department earlier this year.

Said Zinke at his Senate confirmation hearing: “I am absolutely against transfer or sale of public land.”

( Taegan Goddard ) has the full story.

JP Says : “Hands up if you are surprised. No, thought not."


The blockchain bonanza is over for graphics card makers.

"The results were pretty good overall, with strong demands for Nvidia products for AI and data center applications. However, cryptocurrency-related demand has cratered."
( Timothy B. Lee ) has the full story.

JP Says : “Wait you mean that growth doesn’t go on forever? Who knew!"


Trump had stupid argument with Vietnam veterans about Apocalypse Now

It's incomprehensible to most people that Trump could be this dumb and stubborn without being somehow medically compromised.
( Rob Beschizza ) has the full story.

JP Says : “Not incomprehensible at all really."


AirPods’ Live Listen Feature in iOS 12

Live Listen ... makes an audio bridge between your iPhone’s microphone and the AirPods. This means that you can directly route the audio that iPhone’s microphone picks up to the AirPods that are in your ears. It’s designed to help users with a low hearing.
( Khamosh Pathak ) has the full story.

JP Says : “Now that is really, really .. clever. “

 


Oh my - I do believe this is working … and that makes ‘moi' happy.


Thinking I might sign up for blot - and move JohnPhilpin.wordpress.com over


Solving the spaghetti problem

I have to say that I needed to read this to learn what the problem was to begin with.If you already know, skip half way down for the solution.

A public service from the very fine Kottke.org


My ‘quotespace’ space is slowly coming together.

Though I wish the longer items would at least hold the formatting rather than running it all together when they reach Micro.Blog