This Week's Bookmarks - Disney Adults, 1-Star Reviews of National Parks, Steve Job's Biggest Rival, 90's Band Name Origins, How Maps Distort the World, Printing any Web Page, Making Google Better #Links
For parents and grandparents, the Walt Disney Company is nearly inescapable, such is the corporation’s reach into American society, but for a certain sector their is a different attraction. The Disney Adult
We all agree that setting high expectations is good in some circumstances. Setting unrealistic expectations is unwise in all cases however. The article shows what happens to people who expect the wilderness to be a theme park. It’s hilarious. The best one-star reviews of national parks: ‘A giant litter box’ - The Washington Post
“Today’s businesses and technologies were not just defined by the names we remember, and in his new column, The Crazy Ones_ Gareth Edwards [tells] the stories of the forgotten men and women who thought differently and helped build the future. His latest piece demonstrates how the personal computing battles of the early 1980s—when Steve Jobs and Adam Osborne battled for supremacy—echo to today The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs’s Greatest Rival (every.to)
You need this article if you ever want to win a trivia contest. Slightly fascinating. Slightly icky. The Name Origins of 20 Famous ’90s Bands (mentalfloss.com)
Of course the white map-makers of yore found a way to minimize the impact of black and brown people and of course the trend continues today. You’ve probably never seen the true size of Africa. How Maps Distort the World
What if you want to print a webpage without the ads and photos? Paste the web address into PrintFriendly to strip out all the extras.
There’s a hidden setting that makes searches more precise. How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again