Edward Conard

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Badminton’s Unlucky Geese, Rocket Scientist Cookware, and Concatenation

Mysterious Comet  5 x Jupiter + brighter than Venus set to light up the night skies in April 2020 read

“This stunning image of comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS was taken by Michael Jäger on March 18, 2020 and shows its bright green hue. The exact size of the rocky icy core of the strange comet isn’t known but is likely only a few miles across – but it has a much larger atmosphere…”

Tennis at Home: Roger Federer casually practicing trick shots in the snow, nbd

Making sure I still remember how to hit trick shots #TennisAtHome pic.twitter.com/DKDKQTaluY

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 30, 2020

How a Former Rocket Scientist Makes the Best Copper Pots in America via EATER

Shop + learn more about Duparquet Copper Cookware here

Quarantainment: Hire master magician Gary Ferrar for your next ZOOM Party. hire this man!

On a related note…. the the documentary DEALT—the amazing story of expert card mechanic Richard Turner via Tim Ferriss Blog. watch on Amazon

Badminton’s “Sinister” Secret via Now I Know learn

Why Blue Whales Don’t Get Cancer – Peto’s Paradox via Kurzgesagt h/t The Browser here

“Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: large animals seem to be immune to cancer. Which doesn’t make any sense – the bigger a being, the more cancer it should have.”

Inside the whimsical but surprisingly dark world of Rube Goldberg machines via The Verge read

Following Penn State’s  Society of Engineering Scientists at the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest college nationals…

On a related note… Concatenation is a Rube Goldberg-esque video montage made up of cleverly arranged stock video footage via Kottke. read

Portal’s A.I. video-calling camera only has eyes for you via FT How to Spend It read buy

Creepy or cool @TheFutureCritic reviews the latest Facebook Portal devices https://t.co/3tAdc0blG1 pic.twitter.com/8SEGFswqIR

— htsi (@htsi) April 4, 2020

Bonus hack: How to customize your ZOOM background. learn
Post-COVID Workplace EDC: StatGear Hygiene Hand via Cool Material buy

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