Thu. 09/02 - What Is Grimace & Why Are Hyperlinks Blue?
Why are hyperlinks blue? You ever think about that before? Plus, a look at the tech behind the wheelchairs and prostheses used by Paralympians. And what the heck is Grimace, the big purple McDonald’s mascot? A manager at a Canadian McDonald’s...
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Show Notes
Why are hyperlinks blue? You ever think about that before? Plus, a look at the tech behind the wheelchairs and prostheses used by Paralympians. And what the heck is Grimace, the big purple McDonald’s mascot? A manager at a Canadian McDonald’s dropped a bombshell on the internet, but is he correct?
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Links:
- Why are hyperlinks blue? (Mozilla Distilled)
- How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance (Scientific American)
- Specialized Sports Chairs and the People Who Use Them (New Mobility)
- Para sport explained: Wheelchairs in wheelchair sports (International Paralympic Committee)
- Award-winning manager opens up about life at McDonald's during pandemic (CBC)
- McDonald's manager explains that Grimace is "a taste bud" (Boing Boing)
- Is Grimace a taste bud? One McDonald's manager says yes (The Takeout)
- "Grimace is the embodiment of a milkshake" (McDonald’s Corporate, Twitter)
- Archivist weighs in (McDonald’s Corporate, Twitter)
- What the hell is McDonald's Grimace? (Mashable)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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