Monday is packed again, with so much mental wonder to aggregate from the weekend; it was a struggle to determine what made the manual algorithm that is With A Shout. We decided to go with a refreshing blend to start the week; Seth Godin continues to ask questions, and Melissa Kirsch from the NYT does the same thing asking us why we can live on so little during a vacation but have so much at home. It's a great question. House hacks and Devo's last whip is upon us.

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One of the things Seth Godin is so good at is asking questions many of us wouldn't think to ask; on his blog today, he asks a question about CAPTCHAs. Many websites use the necessary and annoying human verification system to protect them from bots who scrape data or other nefarious things. Godin talks about the inevitability of technology eating itself, robots (bots) can now beat most CAPTCHAs, but Godin goes on to ask when the current verification system will change or go away.

Millions of people will yell at their computers over the next several years while older websites continue to use an outdated system to verify users. It's one thing to know you should update; it's another to do it. Goes back to what we've talked about before – Ideas vs. Execution, or as Godin puts it:

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From Seth Godin, who asks questions about everyday things, to Melissa Kirsch from the NYT, who writes the intro to The Morning newsletter today for the NYT, the intro is worth a Shout. Kirsch writes a quick troupe about returning from vacation and wondering why we can live out of a suitcase for a week when on vacation, but the rest of life requires two thousand square feet of storage space with a bed? According to one of Kirsch's friends, everything you buy makes everything you have less valuable – like diluting a stock by offering more shares, just with stuff.

In addition to returning from vacation relaxed and refreshed, come back with a new perspective and audit some of the things you do that you don't need to do. Question closet space and what's in it; try to find a way or two to keep the curious adventurer you are when on vacation, back at home. Go for hikes, spend time outside, and avoid buzzing and blinking screens. Stretch your happy vacation feeling as long as you can.

After all the questions and lifestyle changes from above, we still have lives to lead and living areas to maintain. The Guardian gave us tips for keeping things clean this weekend. The list of Household Hacks includes; never fold laundry tips, stain removers, burnt pan cleaners, and a lemon microwave cleaning technique we can't wait to try.

The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde hailed from the same part of Ohio as the band DEVO did. Akron exported tires and a few of the most iconic rock bands in the last 50 years. The Guardian does a write-up on the band as they get ready to do a show in London and talk of hanging up the Haz mat suits for the last time. We highlighted The Pretenders a few weeks ago and were surprised to learn that Hynde was at Kent State in the 70s at the time of the Kent State massacre; today, we learned the original members of DEVO were also at Kent State and knew the students who were involved in the shooting. Rock-n-Roll is born of a gut-wrenching soul and always rises from tragedy ashes.

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