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WEBShiny and Chrome. A site called Chromeography collects chrome logos and typography from vintage cars & electric appliances. As I was looking through these, I wondered: “What the hell is chrome anyway?” So I looked it up:. Chrome plating (less commonly chromium plating) is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object.
Honor and Respect: how to address President Obama and Donald …
WEBJan 23, 2017 — Robert Hickey is the deputy director of The Protocol School of Washington, which provides etiquette and protocol training. In his book Honor & Respect, he covers the “correct written and oral forms of address for everyone from local officials to for
The DMV Is Good Actually - kottke.org
WEBAug 1, 2024 — Unsurprisingly, I enjoyed this piece by Tressie McMillan Cottom: People Hate on the D.M.V. But It’s Great. The D.M.V. is a beacon of equality in this country. Celebrate the place where you can watch a celebrity fill out the same forms that you do.
The Surprising Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776
WEBAug 13, 2013 — The Surprising Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776. For the Journal of the American Revolution, Todd Andrlik compiled a list of the ages of the key participants in the Revolutionary War as of July 4, 1776.Many of them were surprisingly young: Marquis de Lafayette, 18
Building Lego Machines to Destroy Tall Lego Towers - kottke.org
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Even if autonomous vehicles work perfectly, they will likely...
WEBSep 3, 2024 — Huge agree on this. I take waymo's in SF regularly, and I feel both safer as a passenger in them and as a pedestrian. Waymo's are just so much more predictable in how they will behave, as compared to us sloppy humans.
Public Work: A Fast Search Engine for Public Domain Images
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At long last, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is available as...
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Why TV Is Wrong for Tolkien - kottke.org
WEBSep 3, 2024 — Amazon’s series The Rings of Power hasn’t gotten great reviews and Evan Puschak hypothesizes that, unlike movies, TV is not the right medium to tell Tolkien’s stories.. I’m skeptical that the Lord of the Rings, or any other story from Tolkien’s mythology, can really work as a TV series. It’s a square peg round hole situation.
Is My Blue Your Blue? A visual perception test that judges w...
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