Weekly Wrap-up: April 15

In 1561, the good burghers of Germany thought they saw aliens. What the FBI is naming its WiFi hotspots these days. There may not be much good news coming out of Michigan these days, but for National Libraries Week, take a look inside the 150-year old Detroit Public Library. I can’t decide if Horsey McHorseface…

Weekly Wrap-up: Feb 5

  COOL ARTICLES AND LINKS FROM THE WEEK   Magical, frosty photography from Belarus, by Alex Ugalnikov Farrow & Ball came out with nine new colours. I’m off to paint everything Vardo. Catalog poetry is real. The Paris Review proves it.  Chloroform is a knock-out — the early days of anesthesia. Customers at a Waitrose store…