What I saw on the web on 2021.1.20

1. books of unusual dimensions
   by Clive Thompson and twitter
   https://twitter.com/pomeranian99/status/1351634376728129537
   some fun (and tasty?) stuff in here
   via boing
   
   
2. Maker builds the man cave of his 12-year-old dreams
   by Andrea James, documenting the work of Phil Stiller
   https://boingboing.net/2021/01/20/maker-builds-the-man-cave-of-his-12-year-old-dreams.html
   impressive!
   via rss
   
   
3. President Jimmy Carter
   by TYWKIWDBI, reblogging WaPo
   https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2018/08/president-jimmy-carter.html
   still my favourite ex-president
   via rss
   
   
4. Four-Day Work Weeks Are Here to Stay
   by Reasons to be Cheerful
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/four-day-work-weeks-are-here-to-stay/
   some other good stories here too
   via rss
   
   
5. How the etymology of "Arctic" complicates the cryptic etymology of "bear"
   by Thom Dunn
   https://boingboing.net/2021/01/20/how-the-etymology-of-arctic-complicates-the-cryptic-etymology-of-bear.html
   I knew all of the info here, but his analysis goes to the fun place, by which I mean the Antarctic
   via rss