From AWS to Azure to Google Cloud this training can make you a top-notch cloud engineer
We know that more and more companies and organizations have been moving their operations to cloud-based systems for a while now. And, even if you suspected the COVID-19 pandemic might have fueled that rush to get even more of those home-based employees working in the cloud, you might still be surprised at the overall growth in cloud adoptions in 2020. Read the rest
Author: Boing Boing’s Shop
Date: 2020-11-13
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| “Hang On In There” (2020-11-06) | This is the absolutely killer original version of Hang On In There by Mike Kirkland James released 38 years before John Legend and The Roots covered the track From Kirklands original liner notes: This is truth to me because its what I feel is real Read the rest |
| These DIY drones combine STEM training with serious fun at Black Friday prices (2020-11-26) | For the past few years weve all seen it Drones are a hot item The allure of launching one of these crafts into the air and running it through its aerial paces is visceral And theyre a whole lot of fun Read the rest |
| New memorial to Native American veterans opens on the National Mall (2020-11-12) | The new National Native American Veterans Memorial is now open on the National Mall in DC Throughout US history American Indians and Alaska Natives have enlisted in the Armed Forces at a rate five times the national average despite the fact that they werent even recognized as US citizens until 1924 Read the rest |
| 80% of people who died from COVID in Texas jails had never been convicted (2020-11-17) | A harrowing new report from the UT Austin has examined the impact of COVID-19 on prisons and jails Texas correctional facilities lead the country in COVID infections with more than 23000 cases and at least 230 deaths including 27 staff members 14 people held in jails and 190 held in prisons Read the rest |
| More psychedelic-y demo version of The Beatles' “Norwegian Wood” (2020-11-30) | A friend just posted this on Facebook Its apparently one of the demo versions of Norwegian Wood This Bird Has Flown featuring the George Harrison sitar part much more prominently in the mix Of course Norwegian Wood is known for being The Beatles track where the sitar was first introduced into their music and into Western popular music Read the rest |
| Interview with a late 1800s circus worker (2020-12-04) | The following is from my newsletter The Magnet When I was in high school I worked on a carnival that traveled around rural Colorado and Wyoming I manned a basketball game which was called Mini-Hoops It had been called Basketball Toss but a couple of years before I started working there the Rocky Mountain Strike Force raided the carnival Read the rest |
| Excerpt from Michel Rabagliati’s Paul at Home (2020-11-17) | A few weeks ago Drawn Quarterly sent me a PDF of the new graphic novel Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati It was released today Presented in black and white with excellent grayscale shading similar to the style of Palookaville by Seth Paul at Home tells the story of Paul an everyday person who lives an everyday life in Montreal Read the rest |
| When depressed people are rewarded, their pupils don’t dilate as much as non-depressed people’s (2020-12-02) | When something exciting happens to a person like winning money their pupils dilate Researchers found that acutely depressed peoples pupils dilate less than non-depressed peoples pupils From Bionity: Study participants at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry MPI played a simple game while in the magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanner where they could win a small amount of money Read the rest |
| This free online game claims to “inoculate” you against disinformation by teaching you how it works (2020-11-19) | Harmony Square is a game about fake news As the player you take on the role of the towns Chief Disinformation Officer and its your job to sow dissent and stoke the tensions in town through the use of social media troll bot farms and deceptive news sources Read the rest |
| Lucky Ducky and the return of the Deficit Hawk! (2020-12-02) | Announcing the new GIFT BOOK PACKAGE: Send the two new Tom the Dancing Bug books Tom the Dancing Bug: Into the Trumpverse and The Super-Fun-Pak Comix Reader to a liked/loved one this holiday season Signed sketched inscribed etc Order here Read the rest |
