Weekly Random: #120

Other

• The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers – Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker

Misc

• The science of raising happy kids
• Why ‘Cosmos’ Host Neil deGrasse Tyson Has the World in His Hands
• Mississippi River Basin

• Van Cleef & Arpels Complication Poétique Midnight Planétarium Watch
• Flying the world’s fastest plane: Behind the stick of the SR-71
• Lego paper airplane folding machine

• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama
• Photoshop gone too far

• Cunningham’s Law
  • “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer“

Technical

• SimpleCV – Computer vision platform using Python

Quote

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” ― Stanisław Jerzy Lec