Senses working overtime #221

1 Happy 200th to Herman Melville

You can also celebrate Rockwell Kent's drawings here.

2 Money Honey
Ry Cooder's version is the boss. Great story about this song's evolution.

3 I should be so lucky

Interesting - How to be lucky!

4 Walking! A celebration.

I love to walk. Turns out it's healthy for me. And it makes me happier! Who knew??

5 Advice from Uncle Seth

People don’t change

(Unless they want to)
Humans are unique in their ability to willingly change. We can change our attitude, our appearance and our skillset.
But only when we want to.
The hard part, then, isn’t the changing it. It’s the wanting it.

Overtime: Moonlanding
The media has been celebrating the Apollo 11 mission recently. Quite rightly too. Here's a great Vox summary.

Senses working overtime #42

1 Fake fake fake!

Great story about a Nikon photo contest that went amiss.

2 Music Is Love
I love music - couldn't live without it. But why? This article helps explain why it's so important to me.

3 Lucky bastards

Loved this stunning piece about James Garner and how 'lucky' he was. 

4 It's a small world after all
This Guardian piece explains how Facebook has brought the world down to 3.5 degrees of separation. Scary!

5 Piano man
How cool is Elton John? Very very cool! He surprised London commuters at St Pancras with a piano and a short tinkle!

Overtime: San Francisco
How cool is San Francisco? Very very cool as these then and now photo's prove. I love SF!!