Snowy sleet

My three-year-old son today exclaimed “Look Mommy it’s snowing and raining at the same time.”

If I were there I would have informed him that this meteorological phenomenon is known as “sneet” or, more simply, late winter in Chicago.

Wilder: A Tale of Love for the Outdoors

The fine line between disturbing and heartwarming.
InVADER Project to send a Robotic Laser to Explore Deep Sea Vents

This pushes all my buttons.
Tree Stumps Are Dead, Right? This One Was Alive

“It’s a bit unlikely that the tree dies, and goes and knocks on the other trees’ doors and says, ‘Hey, can I get a little carbon off of you? I’m dead.’”
Facebook study finds link between mass transit and friendships.

"... travel times, not distance, are what matter in social and economic geography."
Track This | A new kind of Incognito

Devious, clever, and crazy that this is what it has come to.
Chicago’s Real Signature Pizza Is Crispy, Crunchy, and Nothing Like Deep Dish

This is the pizza I grew up loving -- not deep dish.
Google creates tribute to Apollo 11's Margaret Hamilton

Solar panels reflecting moonlight as bitmap art.
I’m an Engineer, and I’m Not Buying Into ‘Smart’ Cities

"We should redirect some of that energy toward building excellent dumb cities — cities planned and built with best-in-class, durable approaches to infrastructure and the public realm."
Gentlemen’s Club

The architecture of strip clubs. Boxy, unadorned, and usually pink. Lots of parking.
Learning Synths

Excellent in-browser introduction to sound synthesis.