drake’s equation: a reevaluation of the cosmic amenities we take for granted suggests that alien life might be exceedingly rare—via Damn Interesting’s Curated Links
now the chips are down: the archive of the BBC’s Computer Literacy Project—see previously—via Web Curios
sunnyside up: a supercut of the best egg scenes in cinema
duckmaster: a luxury hotel’s waterfowl tradition
crickets: how the chirping of the insect came to be synonymous with “a conspicuous silence”—via Strange Company
blue screen of death: transportation, media outlets and health care disrupted by largest IT outage yet, exposing the fragility of our digital infrastructure—essentially what the y2k patch worked against
star-studded: the shortlist revealed for Royal Greenwich Museum’s astronomy photographer of the year
synchronoptica
one year ago: a banger from Genesis (with synchronoptica), the UK 1881 census plus assorted links worth revisiting
seven years ago: a zombie emoji, an engraved dinner knife, a gameified office, the woman’s signature on the US Declaration of Independence plus a stop-motion fairy-tale
nine years ago: Syncro-Vox animation
fourteen years ago: the landscape of Top Secret America plus an inspired preoccupation with rockets
