Recently, one of the PMs in our office that raised an interesting question: Should visible tattoos be allowed in a professional workplace?

Back in the old days of engineering, you were expected to wear black pants, a white shirt, a tie, dress shoes, pocket protector, and the thick glasses were optional. Smoking was permitted and women weren’t.

Obviously, we’ve come a long way since the preferred dress in my office was khakis and a shirt with a collar (this goes for the women too).  And to my knowledge no one has ever said a word about my coworker’s visible tattoos ( both of his hands, wrists and forearms are  heavily inked). Should they?

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These days, it seems like new Exoplanets are being revealed left and right. . . So why would you care about an image of boring ol’ Earth?

You may have seen her plenty of times before, but never like this. Suomi NPP, NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite, has captured one of the most beautiful images of Earth you’ll ever lay eyes on.

The high-res image is available in 8000×8000 pixel resolution, and it takes a while to download, but it’s totally worth the wait. Take a few minutes to recognize the true awesomeness of our blue planet.

Download it here.

 See the entire map below. . .

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