⪮ Good Morning
Summer is coming to a close and this month is a hodgepodge of interesting links.
🟢🟢 Moss Ball Pets
On a recent trip to Lake Mývatn in Iceland, we held some Marimo (Kúluskítur). These are moss balls that naturally form in only 3 places around the world.
Wikipedia: Marimo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo
🪱🚷 Weapon Of Choice
In 02001, Fatboy Slim, featuring Bootsy Collins, released the song Weapon Of Choice. The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, featured Christopher Walken dancing around a hotel lobby.
The song includes lyrics referencing the Dune series: Walk without rhythm. It won't attract the worm.
In 02020, Christopher Walken was seemingly coincidentally cast in a new Dune movie.
YouTube: Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
🏝️🇭🇷 Bavljenac, The Island of 1000 Walls
Bavljenac is a small island in the Adriatic Sea covering less than 0.15km². It is known for the 23km of stone walls creating a fingerprint pattern across the island. Over the last few hundred years, local farmers build the walls to protect olive trees and vines while staking out claims to agricultural areas.
Senses Atlas: Bavljenac, The Island of 1000 Walls
https://www.sensesatlas.com/bavljenac-the-island-of-1000-walls/
Apple Maps (BETA): Bavljenac, Island
https://beta.maps.apple.com/?t=k&ll=43.70339022001706%2C15.727163242834877&spn=0.004793911893607117%2C0.00821593588202063
🎲🕹️Oldest Board Game
The oldest playable board game in the world was discovered at the Sumerian royal cemetery of Ur in Mesopotamia and is ~5,000 years old. The rules were more recently translated from a cuneiform tablet, so now you can play like an ancient Mesopotamian.
Apple App Store: Game of Ur
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/game-of-ur/id1485346270
YouTube: Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I