{"id":111937,"date":"2020-04-13T12:20:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=111937"},"modified":"2023-10-27T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:10:41","slug":"what-the-internet-should-be-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/what-the-internet-should-be-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Internet Should Be Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take some time away from you FB feed while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/21240\/enforced-covid-19-lockdowns-by-people-affected-per-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locked down<\/a> and expand your horizons. Check out something on the Internet that might make you think. Here are a few ways to <strong>expand your online horizons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealagarwal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neal Agarwal<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neal.fun<\/a> is trying to <strong>make the web more fun<\/strong>. The developer created <a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/deep-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Deep Sea<\/a>. With the <strong>interactive visualization of the ocean<\/strong>, you can scroll, scroll, and then scroll some more to <strong>see what sea life<\/strong> (and other things) reside at various depths of the Oceans.<\/p>\n<h3>The deep-sea<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113820\" title=\"The Deep Sea app\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_deep_sea.png?resize=299%2C95&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"What the Internet Should Be Like\" width=\"299\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_deep_sea.png?resize=150%2C48&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_deep_sea.png?resize=75%2C24&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_deep_sea.png?w=597&amp;ssl=1 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><br \/>\nThanks to the site, you can see how deep-sea critters can dive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Save the Manatees\" href=\"https:\/\/savethemanatee.org\/manatees\/manatee-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manatees<\/a> live 6 meters deep.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210908092123\/https:\/\/polarbearsinternational.org\/polar-bears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polar Bears<\/a> can dive to nearly 30 meters.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/22\/world\/australia\/headless-chicken-monster.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Headless Chicken Fish<\/a> live 2,964 meters deep.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanconservancy.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/03\/everything-need-know-sea-pigs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sea Pigs<\/a> can be found 4,518 meters under the surface.<\/li>\n<li>Humans have been 10,924 meters &#8211; over a kilometer deeper than the peak of <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/335071348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mt. Everest<\/a>. Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, dove into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/23387-mariana-trench.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mariana Trench<\/a>, in the Pacific Ocean on board the <a href=\"https:\/\/geology.com\/records\/bathyscaphe-trieste.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bathyscaphe Trieste<\/a> a specially designed research submarine on January 23rd, 1960.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The size of space<\/h3>\n<p>Another site <a href=\"\/\/nealagarwal.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr. Agarwa<\/a>l developed is <a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/size-of-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Size of Space<\/a>. This one is an <strong>interactive visualization of the scale of the universe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/size-of-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113821\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_Space.png?resize=300%2C104&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"What the Internet Should Be Like\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_Space.png?resize=150%2C52&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_Space.png?resize=75%2C26&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/neal_Space.png?w=577&amp;ssl=1 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At this site, you can compare the size of a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iBVjV960PRk?t=34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturn 5 rocket<\/a> that took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/armstrong-walks-on-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA astronauts to the moon<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220405175026\/https:\/\/chandra.harvard.edu\/blog\/node\/679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sagittarius A*<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2u-7LMhwvE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supermassive black hole<\/a> at the center of the <a href=\"https:\/\/exoplanets.nasa.gov\/resources\/2209\/our-milky-way-galaxy-how-big-is-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milky Way galaxy<\/a>, our home.<\/p>\n<h3>Detroit Industry<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Detroit Institute of Arts<\/em><\/a> has an online presence. One magnificent artifact is &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/exhibit\/diego-rivera-s-detroit-industry\/nwLyGMIKj_6xLQ?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Detroit Industry<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.&#8221; The murals depict the development of industry history and Detroit. You can see the four-wall mural created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diegorivera.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Diego Rivera<\/strong><\/a> in 1932-1933 online via <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&#8217;s Arts and Culture project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/exhibit\/diego-rivera-s-detroit-industry\/nwLyGMIKj_6xLQ?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113837\" title=\"&quot;Detroit Industry&quot; by Diego Rivera. 1932-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Detroit_industry_cut.jpg?resize=300%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;Detroit Industry&quot; by Diego Rivera. 1932-1933\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Detroit_industry_cut.jpg?resize=150%2C50&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Detroit_industry_cut.jpg?resize=75%2C25&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Detroit_industry_cut.jpg?resize=768%2C257&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Detroit_industry_cut.jpg?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Toilet Paper Calculator<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, we can&#8217;t ignore current events. <a href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2020\/03\/29\/toilet-paper-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Toilet Paper Calculator<\/strong><\/a> by <a title=\"Visit Nathan Yau\u2019s website\" href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/about-nathan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Yau<\/a> offers a tool to estimate how TP much you need to <del>hoard<\/del> buy to <strong>survive the COVID lock-down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2020\/03\/29\/toilet-paper-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113825\" title=\"The Toilet Paper Calculator\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/tp_calculater.png?resize=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Toilet Paper Calculator\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/tp_calculater.png?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/tp_calculater.png?resize=75%2C35&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/tp_calculater.png?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/tp_calculater.png?w=913&amp;ssl=1 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>rb-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the internet I signed up for.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240728154520\/https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/prevention.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprepare%2Fprevention.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay safe out there!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bored at Home? Here's a Massive List of Museums, Zoos, and Theme Parks Offering Virtual Tours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/travel\/a31784720\/best-virtual-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bored at Home? Here&#8217;s a Massive List of Museums, Zoos, and Theme Parks Offering Virtual Tours<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Good Housekeeping\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Housekeeping<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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