Bag of Randomness for Friday, September 13, 2019

  • I just signed up for another three years of website hosting, so you’ll probably have me around for at least that long.
  • BoyGeeding’s protective cup arrived in the mail yesterday. I opened the package and just left it on the counter and ran some errands. When I got back DaughterGeeding was breathing into it and playing with her brother, she innocently thought it was a breathing mask.
  • The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team has only had eight head coaches. All of them have had a winning record except for one. That one coach was their first coach, Dr. James Naismith, the man who literally invented the game.
  • I skimmed over this, and I’m not sure I’d like eating at any of these places – Bon Appétit named Dallas it’s 2019 restaurant city of the year
  • This will be just 5.2 miles from GeedingManor, so I have a feeling I’m going to see a bunch of fancy cars driving around soon – McLaren steers North America headquarters from New York to DFW
    • McLaren, the manufacturer of some of the world’s fastest and most expensive sports cars, will relocate its North American headquarters from a Manhattan skyscraper to a high-tech industrial park in Coppell, where the British company plans to accelerate into its next phase of growth in the U.S. market.
  • “Hold my beer,” says some sports team in Texas – Russian Hockey Team Starts Giving AK-47 to Player of the Game
  • Google Photos has a new stories-style ‘Memories’ feature
    • The first thing Google stresses is that while this feature resembles stories that you’ll see on social media sites, these images are your personal media, presented privately.
    • As of today, you’ll be able to order 4″ x 6″ prints and pick them up the same day at Walmart and CVS locations around the US. Prints start at 25 cents apiece, and it’s not clear yet if there’s a discount depending on how much you order.
  • Google’s search results will highlight original reporting – The algorithm update should prevent the source being buried under newer articles.
    • The move could be a boon for local news outlets (and others) who invest time, effort and resources to report stories before national publications or networks catch wind of them. Often when a larger organization follows up with their own report, that version can scoop up as much or even more traffic than the original story.
  • Not bad, $98 a year and $30 minimum order, I wonder if they’ll team up with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, or similar company – Walmart to Roll Out Delivery Unlimited to More than 1,400 Stores Across the Country
  • Why Are American Homes So Big? – American living spaces had a good 600 to 800 square feet on most of the competition.
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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, September 12, 2019

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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, September 11, 2019

  • The 1984 film Splash was on television last night. WifeGeeding claims not only has she never seen it, but she’s never heard about it. Sometimes, I think she’s had the most unfortunate pop-culture youth experience of anyone born in the late Seventies.
  • Every date until 9.19.19 is a palindrome.
  • I’m not sure how this man can be in “good spirits” – Testicle shot as man holsters gun
    • The man was conscious, alert, talking with deputies and in good spirits before he was taken by Seguin EMS to San Antonio Military Medical Center, the sergeant said.
  • This is perfect for the student who is trying to gauge the minimal amount he or she needs to write, no more stopping and having to manually select the feature – Google Docs now displays the word count as you type
  • I was introduced to someone yesterday whose first name is “Heinz”. In case you are wondering, he’s not German or European, he’s Asian.
  • Like me, this poor girl will only be remembered by her classmates because of her backside – A ‘curvier’ high school swimmer won — only to be disqualified because of a ‘suit wedgie’
    • The teenager didn’t pick out the swimsuit — her school chose it and issued it to her. But even though all the girls on her team were dressed identically, she was the only one cited for a uniform violation. 
    • It wasn’t the first time the girl had been made to feel that her curvy figure was problematic: Last year, a parent took a photo of her backside and shared it with other parents to demonstrate that girls on the team were wearing inappropriate swimwear. (District officials said Monday that Dimond High School’s assistant principal “indicated to the parent who took the photographs that it was not permissible for him to take pictures of others’ children and that he should stop immediately.”)
  • The New Yorker – The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker – By exploiting a legal loophole, two friends tried to build gambling businesses in Texas. They were dealt very different hands.
  • The Cowboys have a new and cool interactive/immersive experience for their fans. It seems like something Disney would have come up with.
    https://twitter.com/DCBlueStar/status/1171161625094762501?s=09
  • Attaching a 1,000W LED lightbulb to a drone and flying it at night will make for a really cool UFO experience. The footage from 1:25 to 2:00 is worth checking out.
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