The Dan Century Diatreme

Updated: Saturday January 25, 2025.

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Mini "Link Blog"

The best link blog on the internet:

  1. Many "liminal spaces" type videos, like those made by somebody remind me of my time working at a major telecom. Telecoms and other pre-Internet tech firms have huge office buildings and campuses with thousands of offices or cubes... but by the late 2000's, most people started working from home. This meant that buildings were left 99% vacant, especially after 9pm. When I worked late I would walk the endless, beige hallways, half expecting to see a monster, zombie, or a ghost of an old-timer who died at his desk. Mostly I found 1960's artwork and dumpsters of old computer equipment and media. The experience was eerie, dreamlike, yet nostaligically comforting.
  2. Krzysztof Steplowski patches for synths. 1/26.
  3. HGich.T is a German dance band I like to check in on every five years or so. They make humorous videos. I will dub them "rural rave" music. 1/26.
  4. Looks like The Exotica Project website is back. 1/26.
  5. Rest in Peace, filmaker David Lynch. I have to finish watching David Lynch Presents Interview Project. 1/26.
  6. Terry Naumann on YouTube. Geology videos. 1/26.
  7. California Rocks! with Dr. Mary Leech. Geology (not just California). 1/26.
  8. Every Rock has a Story. Geology and Petrology. 1/26.
  9. Atomic Chemist Uranium mine exploration. 1/26.
  10. What's My Rock? 1/26.
  11. Pennsylvania's Rock Hound Haven 1/26.
  12. The past 4 years of YouTube were probably the "golden years" of online educational content, with so many educators putting knowledge online for folks who couldn't get to school in person because of the "beer bug". Nick Zentner was probably the best of the bunch. 1/26.
  13. Hey! It's the Fuck Snow song. I loved snow when I was a kid. As an adult, I'm not a fan. 1/18.
  14. World Auchenorrhyncha Database. 1/18.
  15. Desire Paths are a new obsession. 1/18.
  16. New Jersey topographic maps. United States Maps. 1/18.
  17. RAMAPO MOUNTAIN State Forest. Making plans for warmer months. 1/18.
  18. The Morris Canal with Tim Roth of the Canal Society of NJ. A video. I should upload my photos of the canal lock at Wharton, NJ. 1/12.
  19. Canal Society of New Jersey. 1/12.
  20. Geology 101 with Willsey, Episode #24: Explaining Strike and Dip. A video. 1/12.
  21. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!
  22. Visit the Mini-Blog archive for links from 2019-24.

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