2020-05-09 · worldmusic.net

The Rough Guide To Mali Blues

Situated in the heart of West Africa, Mali is one of the world's great musical treasures and widely acknowledged as a primary source of the music that America would remake into the blues. From its fertile southern savannas to the Sahara Desert in the north, the country is awash…

2020-05-06 · blog.scottlogic.com

Rendering One Million Datapoints with D3 and WebGL

This blog post introduces the WebGL components which we recently added to D3FC, this suite of components make it easy to render charts with very large numbers of datapoints using D3. Throughout this post I'll describe the creation of the following visualisation, which displays 1…

2020-05-03 · kk.org

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

UPDATE Several years ago on my 68th birthday I wrote up 68 bits of advice for my adult children, and posted them here. Here are the first five bits: Learn how to learn from those you disagree with, or even … Continue reading →

2020-05-03 · getpocket.com

The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared

The North Texas teenager went missing in the late eighties. For years, no one knew where she was, or even if she was still alive-no one, that is, except a mysterious young woman two thousand miles away.

2020-05-01 · webdesignerdepot.com

8 Best CMS for 2020

Content Management Systems are arguably the internet's most powerful web development tool. Ideal for web designers it is totally customisable and gives control over everything including all your own HTML.You only need one Craft installation to manage multiple sites' content…

2020-04-30 · getpocket.com

Sherry Goes with Everything

In Jerez, a sherry maker and a criminologist have embarked on a quest to find the oldest, most potent casks of amontillado (and discover why it just makes food taste better)

2020-04-28 · thedudesdesigns.com

Lebowski Baseball - The Dude's Designs

It's the shirt The Dude wears when the millionaire Lebowski tasks him with the money drop. Jeff Bridges is known to use his own wardrobe in films when he can. Apparently this shirt was passed down from his father and he always thought it was cool. Among other personal wardrobe…

2020-04-28 · food52.com

Hawkins New York Simple Linen Quilt

We spend a third of our lives in bed (more, if you nap), so why not make them the coziest nests they can be? This stonewashed linen bedding comes in a wide range of colors and grows softer and more lovable with use. * Machine washable * 100% Belgian linen * Essential Set…

2020-04-25 · getpocket.com

The Art of Homemade Soba Noodles

Mastering the Japanese buckwheat noodles is notoriously tricky; Francis Lam picks up tips from a former Hollywood movie producer who gave up the fast life for the slow knead