Tue. 11/30 - How Mark Twain Invented the Bra Clasp

How Mark Twain invented the bra clasp. Kinda. Plus, beavers doing the work of million dollar machines to restore land and prevent wildfires––in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost. And a new twist has emerged in the McDonald’s milkshake machine lawsuit saga. 

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Links:

• Mark Twain disliked suspenders so much that he invented the bra clasp. (That’s right.) (Literary Hub)
• Mark Twain, Scrapbook Innovator (West Virginia University Libraries)
• Celebrity Invention: Mark Twain's Elastic-Clasp Brassiere Strap (The Atlantic)
• How Mark Twain’s Hatred of Suspenders Drove Him to Invent  (Smithsonian Magazine)
• The Facts in the Case of Mark Twain's Vest Strap (Journal of the Patent Office Society, 1939) 
• Curious Questions: Did Mark Twain really invent the bra strap? (Country Life)
• A dry California creek bed looked like a wildfire risk. Then the beavers went to work (Sacramento Bee)
• The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist (Wired)
• New details in the McDonald's ice cream machine hacking lawsuit (The Takeout)
• McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Drama Gets Messier as Restraining Order Issued | Food & Wine (Food and Wine)
• Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines (Kottke Ride Home)
• Thu. 09/02 - What Is Grimace & Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (Kottke Ride Home)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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