What I saw on the web on 2021.10.13

1. Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" is the perfect ending to any movie
   by Devid Pescovitz, reblogging the WALK OF LIFE PROJECT
   https://boingboing.net/2021/10/13/dire-straits-walk-of-life-is-the-perfect-ending-to-any-movie.html
   they make a good case
   via rss
   
   
2. Paddy Moloney, founding member of The Chieftains, has passed away.
   by Séamus Bellamy
   https://boingboing.net/2021/10/13/paddy-moloney-founding-member-of-the-chieftains-has-passed-away.html
   RIP, Paddy. i always appreciated chance to hear him play, and this obit is well-written and personal
   via rss
   
   
3. I Support The Troops
   by A. Whitney Brown
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg76Df0oSbM
   always a timely statement
   via memory
   
   
4. On Crimes and Punishments and Beccaria
   by Ada Palmer
   https://www.exurbe.com/on-crimes-and-punishments-and-beccaria/
   mostly this time for the jury duty anecdote
   via memory
   
   
5. Counting Breakfasts
   by James Tauber
   https://digitaltolkien.com/2021/09/22/counting-breakfasts.html
   looks like it would've been a fun talk.
   via rss
   
   
6. Official City Wizard fired from New Zealand City after over 20 years of public service
   by Thom Dunn
   https://boingboing.net/2021/10/13/official-city-wizard-fired-from-new-zealand-city-after-over-20-years-of-public-service.html
   i met the Wizard some decades ago (before 1998, when the article claims he became official — i'm pretty sure it was earlier?). i can see how some of the things he said would get under some people's skin
   via rss
   
   
7. Newton's Fractal (which Newton knew nothing about) — Interactive Version!
   by Grant Sanderson
   https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/newtons-fractal
   now you too can play with roots of a quintic polynomial in the complex plane!
   via reddit
   
   
8. regarding Music from Saharan Cellphones
   by people on tumblr discussing music from Saharan cellphones
   https://nineprotons.tumblr.com/post/664143555882827776/iamoutofideas-kawuli-findingfeather
   yup, totally a thing
   via wil