Time for a Coffee Break! Enjoy this selection of interesting posts and articles from around the web that I found intriguing!
On this day in history: In 1692, in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin flied a kite during a thunderstorm and collected ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar, enabling him to demonstrate the connection between lightning and electricity. And in 1903, Binney & Smith Company began developing a product line of wax crayons. The product was named Crayola.
Today Is National Ballpoint Pen Day!
Grab your ballpoint pen and write this on your calendar!
Coffee Gear That Won’t Break The Bank – Looking for ways to make your own coffee without spending a ton of money? Here is a good place to start looking.
Top 10 Summer Style Hacks Every Man Must Know – I want to look as good as I can, but in the summer, that can be difficult. Here are some summer style hacks that can help you stay cool.
11 Smells That Are Slowly Disappearing – I found this to be quite intriguing. Although there are many people who still burn their leaves, especially in the Midwest, some of the rest have faded from use, but still linger in memory. Remember the smell of those old purple copies of worksheets from elementary school? In a related vein, here’s another link to some sounds that are disappearing as well.
The Ultimate Paper Airplane – Have you ever built a paper airplane? If I had to guess, you probably have. But not like this one.
Today In Church History
On this night, June 10, 1194, the Cathedral of Chartres, France, burned to the ground. It contained one of the most precious relics of Christendom, a tunic supposed to have been worn by Mary while she gave birth to Jesus. Read more about it here.
Your Smartphone Is Making You Stupid – Convenient they may be, but are they really and truly beneficial? Or is there something more to our digital devices that we aren’t seeing?
Design Tricks That Keep You Hooked On Your Phone – When you start to realize that you aren’t the customer, but that you are the product, you might begin to see your phone usage a little more clearly.
What We Did With All Our Free Time – The conveniences of technology have given us more time. But why doesn’t it feel like we have more time? This article is enlightening.
Why Monday Is Your Most Productive Day Of The Week – People go on and on about how much they hate Mondays. But I have always rather enjoyed Mondays. This article gives a good overview of why they aren’t so bad.
How Social Media Is Designed Around Sin – Most of today’s links are centered around productivity and technology. This one looks at the root cause of some of those technological innovation, especially social media. Thought provoking…