Quince de Mayo: HodgePodge for May 15

For the office leg-shakers

From NPR, in defense of fidgeters: “When I tell a kid, ‘Sit down, don’t move, stop tapping, stop bouncing,’ the kids are spending all their mental energy concentrating on that rule. And that doesn’t allow them to concentrate on what we’re asking them to do, which is their homework.”

Or maybe they had too much coffee

Although, coffee’s bad reputation is perhaps undeserved.

What is he’s smarter that me?

Here’s why you’ll never beat Ken Jennings’s Jeopardy! streak.

Watchenings

I’ve read lots of reviews of the Apple Watch, but Craig Mod’s take after a week with the watch is smart and short.

RIP

The world said goodbye this week to two giants: B.B. King and William Zinsser.

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