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I wonder if it was actually converted to a hotel or not.

Map of the most common surname in each country in Europe, color coded by whether it translates as Smith, Miller, Priest, etc.

It took until 2018 for the cookie to look like a *cookie* instead of a saltine cracker.

"Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth…"

Thought-provoking read on the difference between quiet and silence.

"Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by BeOS, Haiku is fast and easy to learn but very powerful."
I didn't realize this was still around!

What used to be normal isn't anymore.

"A FreeDB/CDDB to MusicBrainz gateway to provide continued CD metadata support for software CD players"

"Your car may have a powerful engine, but if the steering wheel is out of whack, it’s probably a mistake to simply drive faster. And putting in premium gas and removing the muffler doesn't..."