In a far future, when English becomes an obsolete language spoken by few, they will say “Common Language” instead of “Lingua Franca”.
I enjoyed this piece on the Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/08/17/the-premium-mediocre-life-of-maya-millennial/ via Ribbonfarm
Fantastic GoogleEarth. Greetings from Shiashkotan.
Behold the Sarychev volcano erupting on June 12, 2009, as seen from the InternationalSpaceStation.
Suggestions for a better startup incubator application

Nine practical suggestions to improve your chances of being accepted at that fancy startup incubator. …
I liked MasterOfNone, but the Italy shown is stuck in idealized 60s and the Italians portrayed are trite caricatures.
There should be a word to describe the feeling of accidentally sending the wrong emoji. And then an emoji for that word. CC Paulo
Thanks Google Chrome for the fantastic glitchart.
Started the challenge of the week: do all my computing from a K1 Tablet – Ubuntu powered. Can I survive with *only* 2GB of RAM? We’ll see.
nduja conquers the world.