rshrsh - Hackdot

What if Procrastination is part of the process?

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:47AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-08-09/why-do-i-procrastinate-to-some-it-means-working-their-own-way

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Lost Images from America's Last Aboveground Nuclear Test

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:25PM
from the topic.com dept.

https://www.topic.com/a-crimson-fracture-in-the-sky

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New Yorkers Have Been Illicitly Cracking Open Fire Hydrants For Centuries

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 30, 2015 @09:46AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-yorkers-have-been-illicitly-cracking-open-fire-hydrants-for-centuries

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Why Cosmonauts Pee on a Bus Tire Before Takeoff (and Other Astronaut Rituals)

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:27AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-russian-astronauts-pee-on-a-bus-tire-before-launching-into-space-and-other-preflight-rituals

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Exploring the Secret Nazi Tunnels under a German Vacation Town

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:12PM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/exploring-the-secret-nazi-tunnels-under-a-german-vacation-town

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Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

Posted by rshrsh on Monday July 27, 2015 @09:50AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo

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The strangely successful history of stowaways mailing themselves in boxes

Posted by rshrsh on Friday July 24, 2015 @09:36AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strangely-successful-history-of-people-mailing-themselves-in-boxes

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The World's Deepest Sleepers

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 23, 2015 @09:25AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-am-a-notably-good-sleeper-a-cultural-history-of-snoozing-through-incredible-events

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The Story Behind the $250 ESC Key

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 23, 2015 @08:45AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-the-worlds-most-elite-computer-escape-key

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22 Dream Jobs Way, Way Out of the Office

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @08:37AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-great-escape-job-board

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The Long History of the Ejector Seat

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @11:27AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/punching-out-the-story-of-ejector-seats

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Obsessive Interactive Map of Famous Literary Roadtrips

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @10:08AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips

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The Art of Quitting

Posted by rshrsh on Monday July 20, 2015 @10:13AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-art-of-quitting

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New Grant Morrison Comic Shows Santa as Sexy Shaman. Is This Accurate?

Posted by rshrsh on Friday July 17, 2015 @10:35AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/here-comes-santa-that-sexy-shaman

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Dark Crystal: The Secrets of Swarovski

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 16, 2015 @10:53AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dark-crystal-the-secrets-of-swarovski

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Tiny Skateboards and the Fast Fingers that Ride Them

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @09:59AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tiny-skateboards-and-the-fingers-that-ride-them

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Before Peter Thiel, There Was Tycoon Robert Graham's Island Utopia–Grahamland

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @10:24AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-tycoon-who-planned-his-very-own-island-utopia-in-the-1970s

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How can grasshoppers be pink: why animals are born the wrong color

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 14, 2015 @09:36AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/grasshoppers-are-pink-lobsters-are-blue-these-off-color-animals-will-make-you-rethink-everything-you-knew-to-be-true

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The Mystery of Penn Station's New Name

Posted by rshrsh on Monday July 13, 2015 @09:40AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-does-it-take-to-rename-a-building

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A Life on the Rails: The Dedication of Railroad Tourists

Posted by rshrsh on Monday July 13, 2015 @09:07AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-life-on-the-rails-the-dedication-of-railroad-tourists

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The anonymous blogger and his obsessive quest to find which NBA players own cats

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:07AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cnba-cats-of-the-national-basketball-association

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Hey NASA, where are records for thousands of space tiles? This man wants to know

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @09:02AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hey-nasa-where-are-the-records-for-thousands-of-space-shuttle-tiles-this-man-wants-to-know

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Why America Has Carpet-Like Toilet Seat Covers

Posted by rshrsh on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @09:15AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/from-the-bedspread-capital-of-the-world-to-the-carpet-capital-of-the-world

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Before Radios, Pilots Navigated by Giant Concrete Arrows in the Ground

Posted by rshrsh on Monday July 06, 2015 @09:18AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/before-radios-pilots-navigated-by-giant-concrete-arrows

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Old fireworks displays are so beautiful (ILLUSTRATIONS)

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 02, 2015 @11:42AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/13-extraordinary-illustrations-of-fireworks-displays-from-days-of-yore/

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If you find a dead bald eagle, you are legally bound to mail to gov't

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 02, 2015 @10:29AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-your-dead-eagle-a-legal-eagle

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How a blip in telecom history created urban scourge of “dish blight”

Posted by rshrsh on Thursday July 02, 2015 @10:05AM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dish-blight-the-ruins-of-satellite-tv-are-all-around

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Rare Book School

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:18PM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/leave-your-screens-behind-at-rare-book-school

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Sweden's escape room-style reality game is coming to US

Posted by rshrsh on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @03:39PM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sweden-s-secret-quest-castles-are-coming-to-america

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