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The Story of the Red Ball Express

I love military history. I soak it up. Can’t get enough. Movies, books, articles… I have so much respect for the US Armed Forces. Today’s “Best Thing” is about the US Army Red Ball Express.

The Red Ball Express was the logistics answer to the Army’s question, how are we gonna support the Army and their march to destroy the Nazis. We didn’t have the ability to use trains to move fuel, ammunition, and other supplies to the front lines. So we used a massive fleet of trucks and their tremendously brave drivers.

Red Ball Express
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Pearl Jam Bootleg from Dallas show in 1992

Full disclosure… I’m a Gen Xer. I loved Pearl Jam in the 90s and I love them in the 2020s.You can thank me later for this gem, but I stumbled across a full concert from a show Pearl Jam played in Dallas on the SMU campus in 1992.

Pearl Jam concert audio
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U2 Surprise Concert in Ukraine

When I saw the headline I had no doubt this would easily be an entry for “Best Thing I Saw.” Rolling Stone has a great article covering the story of U2’s Bono and the Edge playing a surprise concert in Kyiv. They were there showing their support for Ukraine, their Army and their people.

Great read and awesome videos. #StandWithUkraine

U2 playing concert in Kyiv
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Best way to reheat pizza

Great article I stumbled across on thekitchn.com covering multiple ways to reheat pizza. I’ve tried 4 of the 5 they test and tonight I went with their oven method. Pizza came out great!

Enjoy the article and some leftover pizza!

kitchn article about reheating pizza
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Best Crypto Explainer Ever

CBS Sunday Morning had an amazing segment last week by David Pogue. He walked you through crypto, blockchain, how to spend crypto, where to buy it, and much more. It was outstanding!

Today, while on the phone with my mom, she asked about crypto. Just when I was about to attempt to explain, and field dozens of questions, I remembered the segment and avoided the whole conversation by offering to send her the link to the awesome segment.

Here it is for you. Watch. Enjoy. Share. Thank me later.

cbs sunday morning David Pogue crypto
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The Nirvana Pitch Letter

Through a very random click history (searching for leadership material, joining a Slack community, clicking on a link in an unrelated channel) I ended up on the following gem.

Follow this link to read the “pitch letter” to Nirvana where Steve Albini tries to sell them on letting him produce their last album. Spoiler Alert: it worked!

Nirvana pitch letter
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Enlightening Segment about Bitcoin Beach

I really enjoyed this segment on 60 Minutes tonight about “Bitcoin Beach” in El Salvador. With no tie-in to Bitcoin it would still be my #BestThing, but the Bitcoin angle makes it that much better. Stop what you’re doing and watch it now.

Bitcoin Beach on 60 Minutes
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Josh Long Tutorial on new web framework Hilla

Today’s Best Thing was a great YouTube video by Josh Long. He is equally entertaining, comedic and enlightening while covering the new web framework he reviews, Hilla.

Watch the video and experience Josh walking through their Getting Started guide.

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Great site for learning modern WordPress features

I have not blogged much in almost a decade. Since then, WordPress has really improved, and I thought it was great way back when I used it regularly.

Now they have amazingly simple theme editing capabilities. Keeping your WordPress and plugins up-to-date couldn’t be easier. But, the most impressive thing is the new Block / Gutenberg editor.

While trying to learn more about setting up this blog I stumbled across a great site, wpbeginner. They have tons of outstanding content, but the most useful post I found so far is the one they cover the Block editor.

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Great Tutorial on Spring Injection

I thoroughly enjoyed Dan Vega‘s great YouTube tutorial on Spring injection. His videos are so well done and this one is on-par with his other content.

If you are just getting started with the Spring Framework, or want a refresher on why you, and everyone else, is using constructor injection, you should watch this video.