Thursday miscellanea #421

Chris Cornell, lead singer and cofounder of both Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died at 52. He was one of my favorite musicians to come out of the grunge scene. God be with his family and friends.
The first sugarless cola on the market was Diet Rite, a product of the Royal Crown Company, in 1958. Coca-Cola’s Tab was introduced as a response to it in 1963.
2048 is quite a monkey for your back. I’ve won several times now, but I’m still chasing a 4096. (I must have missed this original brouhaha because I had a Windows phone.)
Lola was a slave for 56 years, and her story is told compellingly in The Atlantic this month.
After sampling the nectar flavor, my review of Soylent is now complete. I wish I had tried that one earlier, because it wound up being my least favorite. I could see using any of the other three.
Did you see the mountain lion photographed in Cullman County last week?
Nathan spent some time driving my F-150 this morning. It was his first time in anything but the Technical Writing Express. He did a fine job.