Il posto dove seppelliscono (o mettono a dormire per un po') gli aerei di linea, per poi magari cannibalizzarli anche.
Money quote: "Just a few years ago, only about 50 percent of a plane could be recycled; now, following the most up-to-date recycling standards, a facility like the one in Tupelo can find a way to re-use around 85 percent of a plane. It takes a few weeks to break down a plane, and the parking lot for doomed planes is relatively small."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-do-old-airplanes-go
Money quote: "Just a few years ago, only about 50 percent of a plane could be recycled; now, following the most up-to-date recycling standards, a facility like the one in Tupelo can find a way to re-use around 85 percent of a plane. It takes a few weeks to break down a plane, and the parking lot for doomed planes is relatively small."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-do-old-airplanes-go
Atlas Obscura
Where Airplanes Go When They Die
Under the right circumstances, it's possible to visit an aviation boneyard.
Viaggiando abbastanza spesso (e non solo per questo, temo: comumque sto andando negli Stati Uniti...) sono abbastanza ossessionato dal bagaglio. Soprattutto dal bagaglio a mano. Non dico che per rilassarmi vado a guardarmi i video su Kickstarter delle nuove valigie, borse e borsone, ma insomma, forse ogni tanto lo faccio... Comunque, da tempi a giro si vede questo trolley da cabina, cioè bagaglio che si può portare a bordo senza doverlo imbarcare, dalla forma strana e soprattutto dalle enormi e sottilissime ruote. Si chiama G-ro ed ha una storia molto interessante, oltre a un prezzo per me purtroppo proibitivo, giustificato però da una qualità del prodotto che è anche un attributo necessario se si viaggia molto: quando compri una valigia essenzialmente ottieni quel che paghi (e le cose che paghi molto poco durano pochissimo). Qui una recensione del G-ro:
Money quote: "The version of the bag I tested feels like it can take a beating. With a combination of carbon fiber, Cordura ballistic nylon, and mold-injected plastic polymers, G-RO claims the bag is water resistant and virtually crush-proof. The bag also includes a Tile bluetooth tracker— you can upgrade to a true GPS tracker built by G-RO — and features a built-in TSA-approved lock to secure the office and main compartments.
Both versions of the bag are pricey — the original ballistic nylon version is $449, while the carbon fiber version is $699 — but the build quality means they can be seen as an investment. The wheels are guaranteed for life, and the bag itself is sturdy and efficient."
http://www.businessinsider.com/g-ro-carry-on-luggage-review-2018-3
Money quote: "The version of the bag I tested feels like it can take a beating. With a combination of carbon fiber, Cordura ballistic nylon, and mold-injected plastic polymers, G-RO claims the bag is water resistant and virtually crush-proof. The bag also includes a Tile bluetooth tracker— you can upgrade to a true GPS tracker built by G-RO — and features a built-in TSA-approved lock to secure the office and main compartments.
Both versions of the bag are pricey — the original ballistic nylon version is $449, while the carbon fiber version is $699 — but the build quality means they can be seen as an investment. The wheels are guaranteed for life, and the bag itself is sturdy and efficient."
http://www.businessinsider.com/g-ro-carry-on-luggage-review-2018-3
Business Insider
This in-demand luggage startup claims it's 'reinventing the wheel' while shattering records on Kickstarter
Since it first launched on Kickstarter, the G-RO carry-on bag has been getting a ton of attention for its giant wheels, which make carrying heavy loads over city streets easy.
Donald Trump e il rapporto (malsano) che ha costruito con il conduttore radiofonico dlela Fox, Sean Hannity.
Money quote: "Senior staffers worried about this pattern of behavior: By the time his day was formally under way with the daily intelligence briefing in the Oval Office — scheduled as late as 11 a.m. — the whole world was often thrown off course, wondering whether there were “tapes” of his conversations with a fired FBI director (May 12, 2017, 8:26 a.m.) or if a TV host had been “bleeding badly from a face-lift” at Mar-a-Lago (June 29, 2017, 8:58 a.m.)."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/sean-hannity-donald-trump-late-night-calls.html
Money quote: "Senior staffers worried about this pattern of behavior: By the time his day was formally under way with the daily intelligence briefing in the Oval Office — scheduled as late as 11 a.m. — the whole world was often thrown off course, wondering whether there were “tapes” of his conversations with a fired FBI director (May 12, 2017, 8:26 a.m.) or if a TV host had been “bleeding badly from a face-lift” at Mar-a-Lago (June 29, 2017, 8:58 a.m.)."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/sean-hannity-donald-trump-late-night-calls.html
Se vi ricordate, anni fa con i navigatori TomTom da automobile era possibile registrare la propria voce o quella della persona cara e customizzare l'esperienza di guida in maniera unica. Oggi questo è l'approccio di Microsoft, che ha un assistente digitale meno caratterizzato rispetto a quelli della concorrenza (Siri di Apple, Alexa di Amazon, l'Assistant di Google). L'idea è che questo renda l'esperienza più su misura per i clienti business, ma la conseguenza potrebbe essere quella di frammentare e disperdere il valore. Peggio di Android sui telefonini, insomma.
Money quote: "To customize your voice agent, simply record and upload training data, and the service creates a unique voice font tuned to your recording. Start a proof of concept with a small amount of data. The system scales seamlessly as your data increases, enhancing the natural voice quality."
https://cris.ai/Home/CustomVoice
Money quote: "To customize your voice agent, simply record and upload training data, and the service creates a unique voice font tuned to your recording. Start a proof of concept with a small amount of data. The system scales seamlessly as your data increases, enhancing the natural voice quality."
https://cris.ai/Home/CustomVoice
Storie di dissidenti diventati vecchi e forse più saggi, di sicuro meno incazzati
Money quote: "San Francisco is going aggressively vertical, with a building boom of high rises in a city that was once proud of its low-rise, European-style ethos. Today we published an article that looks at the seismic risks of a denser and taller San Francisco — a city straddled by two of the most active faults in North America.
But “skyscraper” was once a dirty word in San Francisco. High rises were demonized in the 1970s by a generation of activists who battled against the “Manhattanization” of the city. The man who spearheaded the anti-skyscraper campaign, Alvin E. Duskin, now lives in a charming wooden house in the rolling hills of northwestern Marin County."
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/us/california-today-skyscraper-san-francisco.html
Money quote: "San Francisco is going aggressively vertical, with a building boom of high rises in a city that was once proud of its low-rise, European-style ethos. Today we published an article that looks at the seismic risks of a denser and taller San Francisco — a city straddled by two of the most active faults in North America.
But “skyscraper” was once a dirty word in San Francisco. High rises were demonized in the 1970s by a generation of activists who battled against the “Manhattanization” of the city. The man who spearheaded the anti-skyscraper campaign, Alvin E. Duskin, now lives in a charming wooden house in the rolling hills of northwestern Marin County."
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/us/california-today-skyscraper-san-francisco.html
Nytimes
California Today: When Skyscraper Was a Dirty Word
Tuesday: San Francisco’s high rises, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Kendrick Lamar win Pulitzers, and an East Bay hailstorm.
Vivo in un quartiere di Milano, Chinatown, che è stato sottoposto a una forma piuttosto rapida e massiccia di gentrification, e la cosa comincia a piacermi sempre meno. Il problema è l'appiattimento su stili di vita e contesti sempre più omogenei, costosi, completamente sanificati e plastificati. A quel punto preferisco Las Vegas (dove mi trovo adesso). La cosa riguarda ovviamente molte altre città. Negli Stati Uniti sta travolgendo New York, dopo aver sbranato San Francisco. Ed è un controsenso apparente, in un'epoca in cui si cercano le esperienze geniuine, trasformare tutto in una catena pianificata da esperti di marketing in cui non c'è più spazio per l'improvvisazione, lo sporco, il ruvido e il grezzo. Articolo delizioso di Harper's Magazine.
Money quote: "As New York enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, it is in imminent danger of becoming something it has never been before: unremarkable. It is approaching a state where it is no longer a significant cultural entity but the world’s largest gated community, with a few cupcake shops here and there. For the first time in its history, New York is, well, boring."
https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/the-death-of-new-york-city-gentrification/
Money quote: "As New York enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, it is in imminent danger of becoming something it has never been before: unremarkable. It is approaching a state where it is no longer a significant cultural entity but the world’s largest gated community, with a few cupcake shops here and there. For the first time in its history, New York is, well, boring."
https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/the-death-of-new-york-city-gentrification/
Harper's Magazine
The Death of a Once Great City
The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence
Pubblicità progresso: Summer Camp 2018 di Aladdin. Se siete insegnanti nelle scuole primarie in cerca di un corso di formazione finanziato dall'Inps (e voi sapete di cosa sto parlando) questo è il migliore per apprendere il pensiero computazionale e un approccio sensato all'informatica. Che non è la scienza dei computer, così come l'astronomia non è la scienza dei telescopi. Sapevatelo.
Diffondente presso i vostro amici e parenti insegnanti nelle scuole primarie. Il corso si tiene a Brescia a fine giugno e poi a fine luglio.
Money quote: "Informatica e pensiero computazionale: competenze trasversali per la scuola. Corso di formazione per insegnanti delle scuole primarie. Tutti i costi del corso residenziale, eccetto le spese di viaggio, sono coperti da un finanziamento INPS, tramite il bando “Corsi di formazione in modalità residenziale Summer Camp 2018”, per il quale occorre presentare domanda a partire dalle 12 del 7 giugno e fino alle 12 del 21 giugno 2018."
http://aladdin.unimi.it/summercamp/
Diffondente presso i vostro amici e parenti insegnanti nelle scuole primarie. Il corso si tiene a Brescia a fine giugno e poi a fine luglio.
Money quote: "Informatica e pensiero computazionale: competenze trasversali per la scuola. Corso di formazione per insegnanti delle scuole primarie. Tutti i costi del corso residenziale, eccetto le spese di viaggio, sono coperti da un finanziamento INPS, tramite il bando “Corsi di formazione in modalità residenziale Summer Camp 2018”, per il quale occorre presentare domanda a partire dalle 12 del 7 giugno e fino alle 12 del 21 giugno 2018."
http://aladdin.unimi.it/summercamp/
aladdin.unimi.it
ALaDDIn — LAboratorio di Divulgazione e Didattica dell'INformatica
ALaDDIn's official page
E se passassimo tutti a Firefox? C'è chi se lo sta chiedendo, in chiave anti-Chrome (così come un tempo era in chiave anti-Explorer: bei tempi quelli in cui la pubblica amministrazione e tutte le grandi imprese facevano siti compatibili solo con il browser di Microsoft, altro che LibreOffice negli uffici...)
Money quote: "Before I settled on Firefox as my Escape from Chrometown alternative, I gave Safari a solid couple of months as my primary browser. If I were committed to using only iPhones, iPads, and Macs for the rest of my tech life, I might still be on Safari. Its performance is great on both iOS and macOS — though I’d be lying to you if I were to say I could tell a difference in speed between any of the modern browsers — and it offers a choice of ad blockers among a reasonable selection of browser extensions. The options are nowhere near as varied as Chrome’s extension library, but that’s a non-issue for me since I’ve never been dependent on extensions in the first place."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/15/17239548/firefox-chrome-safari-competition
Money quote: "Before I settled on Firefox as my Escape from Chrometown alternative, I gave Safari a solid couple of months as my primary browser. If I were committed to using only iPhones, iPads, and Macs for the rest of my tech life, I might still be on Safari. Its performance is great on both iOS and macOS — though I’d be lying to you if I were to say I could tell a difference in speed between any of the modern browsers — and it offers a choice of ad blockers among a reasonable selection of browser extensions. The options are nowhere near as varied as Chrome’s extension library, but that’s a non-issue for me since I’ve never been dependent on extensions in the first place."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/15/17239548/firefox-chrome-safari-competition
The Verge
It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance
Because everyone using Chrome for everything is a bad idea
A me piace molto la street photography. E questo è un esempio tra i primi, direi (anche se un po' puzza di falsificato)
Money quote: "Carl Størmer (1872-1957) enjoyed a hobby that was very, very unusual at the time. He walked around Oslo, Norway in the 1890s with his spy camera and secretly took everyday pictures of people. The subjects in Størmer's pictures appear in their natural state. It extremely differs from the grave and strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years."
https://www.boredpanda.com/spy-camera-secret-street-photography-carl-stormer-norway/
Money quote: "Carl Størmer (1872-1957) enjoyed a hobby that was very, very unusual at the time. He walked around Oslo, Norway in the 1890s with his spy camera and secretly took everyday pictures of people. The subjects in Størmer's pictures appear in their natural state. It extremely differs from the grave and strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years."
https://www.boredpanda.com/spy-camera-secret-street-photography-carl-stormer-norway/
Bored Panda
19-Year-Old Student Hides Spy Camera In His Clothing To Take Secret Street Photos In The 1890s
Carl Størmer (1872-1957) enjoyed a hobby that was very, very unusual at the time. He walked around Oslo, Norway in the 1890s with his spy camera and secretly took everyday pictures of people. The subjects in Størmer's pictures appear in their natural state.…
In realtà, sappiamo poco, molto poco di Messi e di tutti gli altri "bravi" del pallone. Un tentativo di essere quantitativi (all'americana) ma anche interessanti per quanto riguarda un mondiale per l'Italia molto poco interessante. Comunque, fantastico che ormai tutto sia diventato "quantità" e "fare".
Money quote: "Throughout his career, Messi has been criticized for walking. After an El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in December 2017, there was widespread coverage of the fact that Messi walked 83 percent of the roughly 5 miles he covered that game. Despite this, he scored and assisted in Barca’s 3-0 trouncing."
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messi-walks-better-than-most-players-run/
Money quote: "Throughout his career, Messi has been criticized for walking. After an El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in December 2017, there was widespread coverage of the fact that Messi walked 83 percent of the roughly 5 miles he covered that game. Despite this, he scored and assisted in Barca’s 3-0 trouncing."
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messi-walks-better-than-most-players-run/
FiveThirtyEight
Messi Walks Better Than Most Players Run
The Argentinian star doesn’t run as much as his peers, but he still manages to tactically position himself.
Il puzzle 3D dell'ungherese Erno Rubik, che ha tempestato la fanciullezza di molti della mia generazione e di quelle successive, è stato risolto da un algoritmo di machine learning senza una particolare inclinazione per questo tipo di gioco. Affascinante.
Money quote: "Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance.
The milestone is significant because the new approach tackles an important problem in computer science—how to solve complex problems when help is minimal."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611281/a-machine-has-figured-out-rubiks-cube-all-by-itself/
Money quote: "Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance.
The milestone is significant because the new approach tackles an important problem in computer science—how to solve complex problems when help is minimal."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611281/a-machine-has-figured-out-rubiks-cube-all-by-itself/
MIT Technology Review
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance. The milestone is significant because the new approach…
Perché rivedere “2001 Odissea nello spazio” al cinema - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/06/2001-odissea-nello-spazio-cinema-film/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/06/2001-odissea-nello-spazio-cinema-film/
Fumettologica
Perché rivedere "2001 Odissea nello spazio" al cinema
"2001 Odissea nello spazio" torna nelle sale il 19 e 20 giungo rimasterizzato in 4k e forse vale la pena chiedersi perché valga la pena rivederlo.
Qual è il giusto prezzo per uno smartphone? - il mio commento per Wired
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/06/19/smartphone-giusto-prezzo/
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/06/19/smartphone-giusto-prezzo/
Wired
Qual è il giusto prezzo per uno smartphone?
Oggi si possono comprare smartphone a un prezzo ragionevole senza fare (grandi) compromessi sulla qualità. Allora perché apparecchi da mille e più euro?
Nonostante in Asia sia molto popolare (cioè piace in paesi la cui cucina invece piace molto a me), la cucina coreana non mi piace particolarmente. Il suo centro di gravità è il kimchi. Dopo questo articolo ne saprete più del coreano medio.
Money quote: "Kimjang is a big deal in Korea, but paechu kimchi is just one of literally hundreds of kinds that can be made throughout the year. Other popular versions include those made with daikon, cucumber, oysters, and more. I have tasted subtly flavored kimchis made from mushrooms or burdock root, light and crunchy ones made with soybean sprouts, meaty ones made with tender chunks of pumpkin, and luxurious ones made with young octopus. Kimchi can be mild, like tongchimi, or water kimchi, a combination of ingredients like cabbage, Asian pear, pine nuts, whole chiles, and pomegranate seeds floating in a tangy brine. It can also be eaten before it is allowed to ferment, as with geotjeoli, or "salad," kimchi, which consists of raw leaves of cabbage dressed with kimchi fixings, a kind of coleslaw that heats the belly as it cools the throat. In all of these forms, kimchi is curiously refreshing, not just because of its heat, which shoots straight to the brain, but also because it effervesces on the tongue. Kimchi serves the same purpose in a Korean meal that palate cleansers serve in a Western one: when you are tired of eating, you take a bite of it, your eyes and mouth water, and you have the energy to begin eating again."
https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Art-of-Kimchi
Money quote: "Kimjang is a big deal in Korea, but paechu kimchi is just one of literally hundreds of kinds that can be made throughout the year. Other popular versions include those made with daikon, cucumber, oysters, and more. I have tasted subtly flavored kimchis made from mushrooms or burdock root, light and crunchy ones made with soybean sprouts, meaty ones made with tender chunks of pumpkin, and luxurious ones made with young octopus. Kimchi can be mild, like tongchimi, or water kimchi, a combination of ingredients like cabbage, Asian pear, pine nuts, whole chiles, and pomegranate seeds floating in a tangy brine. It can also be eaten before it is allowed to ferment, as with geotjeoli, or "salad," kimchi, which consists of raw leaves of cabbage dressed with kimchi fixings, a kind of coleslaw that heats the belly as it cools the throat. In all of these forms, kimchi is curiously refreshing, not just because of its heat, which shoots straight to the brain, but also because it effervesces on the tongue. Kimchi serves the same purpose in a Korean meal that palate cleansers serve in a Western one: when you are tired of eating, you take a bite of it, your eyes and mouth water, and you have the energy to begin eating again."
https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Art-of-Kimchi
Non c'è un altro modo per dirlo: le catacombe di Tokyo!
Money quote: "This complex- known as the ‘Underground Temple’ for its towering pillars and cavernous scale- is actually free for tourists to visit and photograph. I wanted to go but they only have opening hours on weekdays, and will only allow you on the tour if you speak Japanese- so you can heed directions in the event of an emergency. My Japanese skill is only luke-warm, so I decided to take a virtual Google Image tour instead."
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/04/g-cans-underground-temple-saitama/
Money quote: "This complex- known as the ‘Underground Temple’ for its towering pillars and cavernous scale- is actually free for tourists to visit and photograph. I wanted to go but they only have opening hours on weekdays, and will only allow you on the tour if you speak Japanese- so you can heed directions in the event of an emergency. My Japanese skill is only luke-warm, so I decided to take a virtual Google Image tour instead."
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/04/g-cans-underground-temple-saitama/
Michaeljohngrist
Tokyo's vast underground temple-drains: the G-Cans | Michael John Grist | Michael John Grist
The G-Cans Underground Temple in Saitama is probably the most massive underground flood management system in the world- comprised of 100s of kilometers of tunnels up to 50 meters underground connecting 5 vast silos and one immense water tank: The Temple.…
Un libro, anche se non riesci a leggerlo, non si butta. Anzi, casomai è colpa mia se non va giù. Per me non è più così. Invecchiando, infatti, l'adorazione per i libri e la lettura - retaggio di una civiltà contadina che stava approcciando la cultura e per la quale qualsiasi libro era sacro e da venerare - è sfumata. Ne compro sempre troppi, alcuni li colleziono o comunque li desidero e cerco di possederli, più che leggerli. Però la cosa di fondo con gli anni è cambiata per sempre. Per questo nel ragionamento che segue in parte mi ritrovo: non bisogna leggere tutto. E: alcuni libri sono solo una perdita di tempo. Il trucco, spiega l'autrice, è come e dove impariamo a leggere libri, cioè la scuola, e l'attitudine e l'atteggiamento mentale che ci portiamo dietro. Perché...
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Medium
There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless
Right, wrong, and the value of reading.
Sul tempo e sul programmare cose che hanno a che fare con il tempo, tipo un calendario (qui si impara cosa siano i fusi orari e soprattutto cos'è "UTC")
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Zachholman
UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?
Programming with dates, times, and timezones is hard. But here's some help.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
Il Sole 24 ORE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge
È una rivoluzione che potrebbe cambiare il modo con il quale le aziende creano valore attraverso il digitale
Ossessionati dalle scarpe da ginnastica. Anni fa avevo letto un libro molto interessante sulla nascita di Adidas e Puma (aziende "sorelle" nel senso letterale del termine: i due fondatori erano fratelli) con un twist ovviamente europeo. Questo articolo, visto dalla prospettiva americana, è una continuazione molto piacevole.
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Smithsonian Magazine
A Brief History of America’s Obsession With Sneakers
Invented for athletics, sneakers eventually became status symbols and an integral part of street style
Nella notte della ragione che segue l'inverno di Game of Thrones, il New York Times mette il suo speciale contributo: un imprescindibile articolo-tutorial su come mettersi in posa per farsi fotografare.
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
NY Times
How to Pose for a Photograph (Published 2018)
Elongate your neck. Find your good side. Don’t say “cheese.”