Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, 04.13.20

Alright, International Brotherhood of Indoor Kids! How about we get back at it?!

Ugh. Do we really have to though? Mondays were already tough, but Mondays in these times are like peddling a heavy mountain bike up the steepest hill you can think of from childhood in first gear.

Guess I should stop pedaling so hard and just walk the damn thing up the hill, huh?

Twelve Hours of Satellite of Love Ambient Noise

crysknife007’s YouTube channel is a veritable treasure trove of nerd friendly white noise, but I’ve got a soft spot for the low, rumbling background noise used on MST3K.

Don’t forget to turn down your lights (where applicable).

Bar None

I’ve had a Touch Bar MBP for ~3 years now, so I’ve grown to used to having a virtual function row on my machine. Hell, I’d even go so far as to say that I like my Touch Bar.

Still, I love this tool by Shaun Inman that disables the Touch Bar unless you’re holding down the fn key. (via)

House Industries Lettering Manual

New book alert!

One of my all-time favorite type foundries is publishing a gorgeous looking book — based on their wildly popular lettering workshops — that drops tomorrow.

Totally snuck up on me, but I’m glad Mike tipped me off to it.

TIC-80

An open source fantasy computer for game development, with an inexpensive — and totally optional, but still useful — Pro version.

Wonder if I can manage to get this running on my old PocketCHIP… (via)

Pro Chefs Make 13 Kinds of Pantry Pasta

I’m really glad that the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen crew are still making videos from home. Here, a whole bunch of them improvise a ton of different pantry pasta dishes.

Social Distancing and the Resurgence of Drive-In Theaters

I’m a great believer that mental stability is as important as physical stability. If people don’t have a certain amount of normalcy in their life, it’s going to affect them.
John Watzke, Owner, Ocala Drive-In Theater

I’ve got a lot of fond memories of going to the drive-in with my parents in the eighties. Double features… Sneaking in giant Tupperware bowls full of air popped popcorn and way too much butter… Bulk bags of M&Ms and Whoppers…

If we get a mini drive-in boom over the next few months, definitely I wouldn’t be mad about it.

Okay. Bike’s up the proverbial hill. Time to coast now. See y’all again soon!

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