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Alfred Cotgreave, shown here with one of his library inventions, the “Long Reacher” for getting books from high shelves. Alfred Cotgreave (1849-1911), born in Ecclestone, Cheshire, invented the Cotgreave Indicator, a proto-digital method of telling library patrons which books were available for loan and which we out. It’s a large rack holding little tile-like containers. “Each slot contains a tiny ledger (like a notepad) with a reference number, linking to …

It's the day before Thanksgiving here in the US, which means that (as longtime readers know) I will be preparing a chocolate pecan pie, as I do every year. The recipe is here, and I've been making it the same way for nearly thirty years, so I think I can put this one in the "reliable" category. That's it at right! I'm also in charge of preparing the turkey around …

This is the title of my new draft paper on SSRN. Here is the Abstract:This Essay explores the most remarkable constitutional argument ever forgotten. In 1871, Representative William Loughridge dissented from a report by the House Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee rejected a petition by Victoria Woodhull claiming that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments gave women the right to vote. Representative Loughridge replied with a defense of women’s suffrage that …

In Akashi, Japan, the seaside HiPoPo PaPa restaurant boasts a rather unique bathroom. Longtime restaurant owner Koichi Miyanaga built this aquarium bathroom way back in the 1980s, though design firms all told him it was impossible.According to Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, Koichi DIY'd it with a carpenter buddy and a glassworker buddy. It took them four tries to get it right (one of the early versions cracked under the …

There are a handful of flashlights/torches with the flexible Anduril user interface (UI) that are suitable for light painting photography. Undoubtably the smallest is the 14500 battery format Wurkkos TS10 SG, with the throwy Luminus SFT-25R LED. This review takes a look at how the TS10 SG performs for light painting photography and general purpose use. Disclaimer The Wurkkos TS10 SG was purchased with my own funds. Product links in …

Weekly, Regional Policy Director Dan Reed and DC Policy Director Alex Baca will share with you an action you can take in the immediate future that has the potential, sometimes great and sometimes small, to increase the number of homes in our region, decrease the trips people take by car, make all of it safer, and not screw people over in the process. This week: it’s one year of Do …

Today, I wanted to share a little Web Component I made for expanding or collapsing all of the <details> elements on a page. Let’s dig in! Why do you need this? Over on the Lean Web Club, I host a massive, searchable collection of courses and tutorials on a wide range of front-end topics. I originally just had them all as one giant list, but the page got comically long …

You are asking, “Where are you? Are you okay? Are you still blogging?” In TikTok parlance, “Great questions. Let me tell you.” First, this standard TikTok pattern is one I find really interesting. It fills in he politeness / nicety gap that has become common in the last decade or two, where people jump into answering questions. This nod to thanking the person asking encourages questions and puts people at …

[vaccines] The Impact of Vaccines … Astonishing infographic showing the effectiveness of vaccines against common diseases across time.

The following is a guest post from Andrew Reiter, a legislative data specialist in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Andrew previously blogged about an Update on the Congress.gov API, Modernizing Congressional Data – Treaty Documents on Congress.gov, and Modernizing Congressional Data – Senate Legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov. In the fifth installment of our series on modernizing the legislative data exchange behind Congress.gov, we look …

The evocatively named Allie Catt is used to rising above her circumstances. Whether it’s her indifferent parents’ absurd choice of name for their only child or the heartbreaking end of her engagement, Allie has grown to be the kind of twenty-something woman who learns from adversity and shapes herself into someone stronger, wiser, and, most…

Zenigata Sunae (coin-shaped sand art) at Kotohiki Park. I had one more day remaining at the guesthouse in Toyohama and Kanonji, my plan was to rest easy. I bought food at a nearby market, The redone kitchen was next … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞

It’s Thanksgiving, and here at Disney, we’re giving thanks and giving back to families across the country – from Florida to California and beyond. What better way to do this than by donating food directly from our kitchens to communities in need? Walt Disney World Chefs Cook 1,000 Meals for Central Florida Community One of our traditions at Walt Disney World is providing warm Thanksgiving meals to Central Florida residents …

There’s been a lot of stories about benzene contamination in personal care products over the last 4 years. This year, benzene was discovered in benzoyl peroxide, a staple acne treatment. How concerned should we be? Petition and original paper I’ve written about the background behind Valisure’s benzene analyses before, as well as questions about the accuracy of their data and ... Read more Source

I'm thinking about the USA election, and I'm thinking about Ukraine, and I'm remembering how the "Berkut" snipers shot journalists in Kyiv in 2013, and of course I remember Linda Tirado. And here's an article, an interview with her. She's crazy and beautiful. And here's a story she told a couple days ago. I don't know how long she can live like this. Brain's a tricky thing. There's not much …