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Full story behind this flying Ewok on my blog https://www.spudart.org/blog/micro-mystery-ewok/

I wish Spotify would list the release date for every song. When I “discover” a new song, I want to know if this song came out this year, or I’m under a rock, and this song was from 10 years ago.

Also, find out how a local Taco Bell is like the coffee automation system on the Moon in the graphic novel "Mooncop."

Ewoks are great photo assistants during a solar eclipse https://www.spudart.org/blog/ewoks-photographing-solar-eclipse/

In the year 2000, I bought a homemade Cabbage Patch Mr. T doll from a new-ish site called eBay. Now, he sits as the bodyguard to the bedroom of my 4-year-old and 7-year-old daughters.

Ewok waiting

4/2/24 is the first #palindromeday of 2024. The best time to celebrate palindrome days? At noon, of course. It's also National Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Day. #PBJday Read my blog post for how to make PBJ into a palindrome sandwich.

How a year without chocolate might have impacted my blogging and creativity.

What towns searched for Lollapalooza the most? https://www.spudart.org/blog/lollapalooza-towns/

Graphic designers might relate to this. Maybe there are other professions that do this too.

Ever wonder why big cities have simpler area codes? Back in the day, dialing lower numbers like "1" or "2" on a rotary phone took less effort. So, the most populated areas got the easiest codes to dial!

Let's look at all the recent cicada invasions in the Midwest, and see if the Olympics happened that year. • 2024: Paris Games • 2007: No • 1990: No • 1973: No • 1956: Melbourne Games  • 1939: No • 1922: No • 1905: No • 1888: Per rhythm, the Olympics would have happened this year. But the Olympics started in 1896. No Olympics.

A handful of tools can tell you the current soil temperature and forecast the upcoming soil temperature.

This is a test. IFTTT puts the Flickr title, description, and URL into a caption field which is now hidden. You have to manually click on the image in Tumblr to see the Flickr title, description, and URL. So lame. Tumblr needs to add a "description" field to the IFTTT action recipe, so the text can appear properly beneath the image. (the official IFTTT account on Reddit explains.)