5 Interesting Links for 04-08-2016

Drawing (Art)

Beautiful geometric beasts by Kerby Rosanes.
https://creativemarket.com/blog/2016/02/24/artist-creates-extraordinary-geometric-animal-illustrations

Servants (History)

A glimpse into the life of an 1800s housemaid which is quite exhausting.
http://leighmichaels.blogspot.com/2012/03/day-in-life-of-housemaid.html

Vacation (Life)

A good list of tips for inexpensive Spring Break staycation options. (Via Facebook)
http://www.cheapism.com/blog/4129/spring-break-staycation-ideas

Self-Driving Cars (Technology)

I find this article fascinating not because of the crash but because of the observation that size reduces the likelihood of courtesy. While it’s a programming need for the self-driving car, pause for a moment to consider the social implications of what this article evaluates.
http://www.livescience.com/53894-google-self-driving-car-crash.html

Statistics (Writing)

Keeping track of how many words you put into your blog each year can be arduous, but this article talks about a plugin that will collect that data for you, at least from the finished draft. Useful for tracking where your time has gone and how much you’ve committed to your blog.
http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-get-word-count-stats-in-wordpress-with-word-stats/

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2 Responses to 5 Interesting Links for 04-08-2016

  1. Erin says:

    The girl got one of Kerby Rosanes’s coloring books at Christmas. If that polar bear geometric/realistic were available on a T-shirt, I’d have bought it today.

    … and clearly, the programmers of the Google car have never been short people. They would’ve known that people don’t give smaller ones the right-of-way. 😛

    • Margaret McGaffey Fisk says:

      Yeah, I can see them as t-shirts very easily.

      And nor have they driven older cars. I’ve almost been run over in my 1990 station wagon because to an SUV, I was the ant beneath its feet.

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