Here are a few stories, posts, and resources I’ve read, learned about, and enjoyed over the past month.
Hope you enjoy them, too!
What I Found Interesting
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One of the biggest stories in the United States this month was the northern lights, a rare phenomenon that could be seen by millions of people in the US.
A geomagnetic storm made seeing the northern lights in areas as far south as North Carolina possible by going outside in your yard and looking up.
We traveled to a nearby soccer field in our community and saw a magnificent display (using our smartphones). Here’s the Detroit Free Press story about the northern lights with photos from metro Detroit .
If you’re having trouble seeing the northern lights with the naked eye, try using your phone camera in dark setting and hold still while capturing the photo.
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Sadly, the 2024 wildfire season has already started with news on how to stay current on Alberta wildfires and this week’s emergency evacuations of four Fort McMurray neighborhoods.
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Preserving audiovisual formats of the past is filled with challenges, as Audiovisual Digitisation Officer of the University of Bristol Theatre Collection Nigel Bryant discovered when faced with preserving video from MiniDV tapes.
What captured my attention from this story: I have a box of MiniDV tapes I need to convert to digital format.
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If you’re a website author, Chris Burnell encourages you to consider sharing what you’re passionate about by adding an interest pages to your site.
Added bonus: you’ll discover new shared interests among your friends.
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Instead of focusing on the clock, researchers recommend you stop days from whizzing past by trying something new.
Now researchers have discovered the more memorable an image, the more likely a person is to think they have been looking at it for longer than they actually have.
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Want to help pollinators in your community, but don’t want to participate in No Mow May? Plant diverse native plants to provide nutritional resources and habitat.
