I’m glad this silly bike took what it deserved from r/IdiotsFightingThings This grim fellow has no patience for machines that aim to make sport of him. As a bonus, he… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman punishes recalcitrant bicycle

I've been enjoying this new YouTube series that Dan Shapiro (Glowforge founder) and Ari Shapiro (NPR) have created to help kids learn at home. In this episode, we hear from… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Social psychology for kids

I came across Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life when I took my kids to the California Science Center in Los Angeles in 2009 and found… Read the rest of the article: Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life

Dr. Drew is a snake oil salesman. Really terrible stuff here. What a disgrace. pic.twitter.com/Eh35Ky8yVO — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 4, 2020 Someone with the handle @DroopsDr posted a… Read the rest of the article: Dr Drew invoked copyright laws to scare people from sharing video of his coronavirus comments

They did. The crazy bastard actually did it! pic.twitter.com/pQipsamklq — kattemonster (@null4bl3) April 6, 2020 If you use Chrome, it's likely you've seen the 2-bit dinosaur that appears when your… Read the rest of the article: Someone made a robot to play Google Chrome's No Internet Dinosaur Game

Voleflix is like a free Netflix, but it has a nice selection of public domain movies. I was happy to see The Killer Shrews in the line-up. I liked that… Read the rest of the article: Cool collection of public domain movies in an attractive user interface

Michael Gruber's The Forgery of Venus combines art history, criminal mischief, and the sleaziness of the contemporary art gallery business to deliver a terrifically fun thriller-esque novel. The main character,… Read the rest of the article: Recommended reading: The Forgery of Venus, by Michael Gruber

Hey, John Krasinski: quit everything else you're doing and become a full-time Youtuber, please. Previously: Good news: John Krasinski has a whole bunch of good news

Yesterday's outing inspired me to make a more fashion-forward mask, with distance warnings and an equalizer effect responding to the sound of my voice. Also a goofy mouth graphic because… Read the rest of the article: Oculus product design manager makes a facemask with LED display

Choose your fighter pic.twitter.com/l4i3FWP0Fl — zd alienbabe (@tifffanycuh) April 4, 2020 The United States was woefully unprepared for a pandemic, as evidenced by these desperate attempts to prevent the spread… Read the rest of the article: Small gallery of DIY hazmat outfits

Donald Trump frequently lavishes praise One America News (OAN), a news network that makes Fox News look like the Socialist Worker. In this episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver… Read the rest of the article: John Oliver on Trump's love affair with far-right news network, OAN

Posted on askreddit: "What's a really awkward situation that everyone can relate with?" A small sampling: Sex scene when watching a movie with your parents Sitting there when everyone’s singing… Read the rest of the article: What's a really awkward situation that everyone can relate with?

I'll be showing and telling one of my projects in today's SHOW and TELL, hosted by John Edgar Park. The fun starts at 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT today. We… Read the rest of the article: John Park's online show-and-tell for DIY projects today (4/2/2020) at 2;30pm PT

CNN reports that the oil supply glut is "so epic" the world is running out of places to store it. If it costs more to store oil than its worth… Read the rest of the article: The oil glut is so bad that the price is dropping below zero due to lack of storage space

There's a lot of back-and-forth about the effectiveness of facemasks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and I can't vouch for this one, called the ragmask. But the design is… Read the rest of the article: This DIY facemask wins points for aesthetics

It turns out Zoom is super useful in these trying times. You can use it to fire 406 people at once! From Dot.la: Then, after five minutes of dead air… Read the rest of the article: "It felt like a Black Mirror episode" – Bird Scooter lays off 406 workers at once via Zoom

There will always be people who think the Moon landings were a hoax, that the Earth is flat, that vaccines cause autism, and that fire didn't cause the World Trade… Read the rest of the article: 9/11 Truthers are still at it about Building 7

It's always great to see a master craftsperson at work. From Vanity Fair: "Watch as Tom Kenny seamlessly improvises the voices to 5 random cartoon characters that he has never… Read the rest of the article: Voice of SpongeBob asked to improvise voices of 5 new characters

My favorite smartphone weather app is Dark Sky because it has a graph that shows you when it is going to rain, for how hard, and how long. Apple just… Read the rest of the article: Apple buys excellent Dark Sky weather app, kills it for Android users

Good tip pic.twitter.com/GS5mFVom4v — Engineering (@engineeringvids) March 30, 2020 This looks like a good way to keep drawstrings from disappearing, as is their wont.