Coffee expert James Hoffman tried a bunch of different supermarket instant coffees to find out which one tastes the best. He entered into the test with a strong bias against… Read the rest of the article: Taste test: what is the best supermarket instant coffee?

Big Wendy makes stop motion animation films by placing Rubik's Cubes onto a large square frame, taking a shot, changing the cubes, taking another shot, again and again. Big Wendy… Read the rest of the article: Amazing Rubik's Cube Pac-Man stop motion animation

Documentary maker Michael Moore was right when he predicted Trump would win the 2016 election, despite most polls favoring Hillary Clinton. Now, Moore is predicting Trump will call off the… Read the rest of the article: Michael Moore says Trump will use pandemic to cancel election

When my friend and Cool Tools partner Kevin Kelly turned 68 a few weeks ago, he posted an essay to his website titled "68 bit of unsolicited advice." (I posted… Read the rest of the article: Freakonomics interviews Kevin Kelly about his "68 bits of unsolicited advice"

I bought a Durascoop cat litter scoop about five years ago because the little plastic scoop I’d been using for a couple of years had gotten flimsy from use and… Read the rest of the article: This is the Cadillac of cat litter scoops

As part of HiloBrow's Movie Objects series of essays, Jonathan Lethem writes about Burt Lancaster's hammer in the 1958 movie adaptation of George R. Stewart’s almost last-man-on-earth novel, Earth Abides.… Read the rest of the article: Jonathan Lethem reviews the 1959 adaptation of Earth Abides, starring Burt Lancaster

The inimitable Jimmy Slonina cloned himself four times to lip-sync The Temptations' "I Can't Get Next to You." (Thanks, Pat!) Image: YouTube

"The glove remover is a simple device that reduces the risk of contamination when changing protective gloves while increasing efficiency and convenience." The website has a link to the 3D… Read the rest of the article: Good idea: 3D printed glove remover

Kevin Kelly alerted me that Jamis MacNiven, owner of Buck's, the "famous and famously weird, restaurant in Woodside at the end of Sand Hill Road," has shut down the restaurant… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy this weird newsletter/blog about all the exotic Pacific islands you will never visit.

My friend Nik Shulz (aka L-Dopa) creates beautiful designs and illustrations. I hired him when I was an editor at Wired and at Make. In recent years Nik has branched… Read the rest of the article: How to build a Viking camp chair

Spanish explorer Alvaro Cerezo emailed me about the recent Guardian story titled "The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months." He said:… Read the rest of the article: Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys"

Four years ago I bought this inexpensive 8-inch Winco chef's knife. I'm still using it today, and it's my favorite kitchen knife. I like the heaviness of it, and it… Read the rest of the article: I've had this inexpensive chef's knife for 4 years and it's my favorite

Kelvin Watson (27) has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after police in Colorado say he shot a Waffle House cook who told him he couldn't order food without wearing… Read the rest of the article: A restaurant worker told a man to wear a mask, so the man shot him with a gun, say police

I mean, sure why not at this point from r/IdiotsInCars A couple of gentlemen enjoying a soak in the back of a makeshift pickup truck swimming pool were enjoying the… Read the rest of the article: This is why putting a swimming pool in the back of a pickup truck won't work

Have you ever wanted to find a book, but you don't know the title? This video and article from Make Use Of has some ideas that could help. Suggestions include… Read the rest of the article: How to find a book without knowing the actual title

Tucson.com reports that the United States government gave a $1.28 billion border wall contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel, a private company run by Tommy Fisher. Fisher Industries seems well-suited… Read the rest of the article: $1.28 billion border wall contract goes to company with history of fraud and sex crimes

Hawaii is still having to deal with covidiots who want to take a vacation there and possibly spread the virus to locals. The governor issued a two-week quarantine rule for… Read the rest of the article: Hawaii hotels are issuing single use keys to prevent guests from venturing out of rooms

Here's a puzzle from Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column, which ran for many years in Scientific American. I found it in his low-priced Dover edition anthology, My Best Mathematical and… Read the rest of the article: Can you solve the "scrambled box tops" puzzle?

*UPDATED* Earth to the Moon, then Mars, at the speed of light (equidistant pulses version) [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful From the Data is Beautiful subreddit, a visualization of how long it… Read the rest of the article: This animated video of light pulses from Earth make it clear how far away Mars is

Simon Anthony is cohost of a sudoku YouTube channel called Cracking the Cryptic. In this video he solves a difficult sudoku puzzle with extra constraints. It's really fun to watch… Read the rest of the article: Watching this guy solve a sudoku is deeply satisfying