Finger-Snap Physics, the “Mushroom Color Atlas”, and America’s Most Toxic Car Ad

I find you the web’s best reading material in my weekly “Linkfest”

We’re heading into mid-week, so you need a break.

I was busy Monday working on a new music project (woo!), so here’s a Tuesday “Linkfest” — the finest reading I could scavenge from the wild beaches of the Internet …

1) 📺 What living rooms looked like before TV

Modern American living rooms are usually organized around the TV — with all furniture facing a flatscreen the size of moving van.

What did living rooms like before TV became the home’s electronic hearth? Vintage Everyday explores that in this fascinating collection of photos, where people play the piano, chill out reading, and stare bored into space. In a few photos you can see the beginnings of new media, because there’s a hulking, fridge-sized radio, with people sitting abreast, and reading or knitting while listening.

2) 🕹️ Atari is releasing three new cartridges for the 2600

It’s funny which old media get revived. Vinyl is now sufficiently “back” that many bands make more money selling vinyl than CDs. Cassette sales…