Weekend Reads v. 16.11.2024
A Wyatt Earp for your digital life.
This week’s email is coming to you a day late because I was living the conference life this week. Conferences sure can be a cyclone of busyness that isn’t conducive to being productive!
Without further ado, reads for your weekend.
The latest bathroom trend: a room within a room.
Beautiful inspiration for Christmas trees. The use of paper and velvet ornaments in brown is a lovely touch.
I don’t know about you, but my inbox has become the digital equivalent of a lawless town from the Wild West. I stumbled across a set of rules called The PARA Method, and I’m wondering if this tool could serve as the Wyatt Earp of my digital life.
Ideas for a memorable and low effort Friendsgiving.
A 210km (that 130ish miles for us Yanks) drive through “the most beautiful place on Earth”.
A bonus question on a math test led two Louisiana high school students to discover new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem – a theorem that has already been proven. This raised the question, “Why bother?”
“The Pythagorean theorem, which relates the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle, was first proved thousands of years ago. But it’s not unusual for mathematicians to try to find new proofs of old statements. Quanta wrote about some of those efforts in 2020.
Why bother?
A new proof can offer a better understanding of a given concept or reveal novel connections between different areas of math. Re-proving theorems also plays an important role in mathematicians’ endless pursuit of beauty.” Source
I kind want to wear hair barrettes again. Maybe I’ll start with this sweet bow barrette?
Remember how I said many gift guides for men seem to miss the mark for the men in my life? Here is yet another example of a gift guide for the imaginary sorta hipster guy who conveniently wants everything on his girlfriend’s wish list.
These beautiful calendars double as gorgeous artwork.
One of the startups I worked for somehow had the good fortune to lease a very small building that housed an Eames studio as our first office. The building introduced me to Charles and Ray Eames, the couple behind the iconic office furniture. Their house in Pacific Palisades – also known as Case Study House No. 8 – is open for tours and now sits atop my must-visit list.
Hope you treat yourself to something fun today!