Bartosz Ciechanowski makes web pages with interactive visuals to explain things like gears, four dimensional cubes, the orbit of the earth around the sun, transparency in digital imaging, lights and… Read the rest of the article: Amazing explainer websites
Coffee YouTuber James Hoffman reviewed the 9Barista stovetop espresso machine. Here's a half-section illustration from the 9Barista website so you can see what's going on. It has two boilers, a… Read the rest of the article: Review of the fantastically complicated 9Barista stovetop espresso machine
I'm reading Matt Alt's fantastic new book, Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World. Early on in the book, he points to Sony's TR-63 transistor radio (introduced in… Read the rest of the article: Teardown of iconic Sony TR-63 transistor radio from 1957
Toothbrushes might seem like a good idea for scrubbing small areas, but they are not angled properly for the job and they wear out fast. The OXO good grips deep… Read the rest of the article: Clean your stuff with the OXO good grips deep clean brush set
As long as Sheldon Adelson keeps raking in gamblers' losses, who cares about the body count? From Rt.live: These are up-to-date values for Rt, a key measure of how fast… Read the rest of the article: After re-opening casinos, Nevada boasts fastest virus transmission rate the US
A few Republicans are starting to think that the germ theory of disease might have some merit to it, according to this Washington Post article. But GOP strategist Alex Castellanos… Read the rest of the article: This Republican strategist says "members of the Church of Secular Science" wear masks to prove superiority
Chinese newspaper Global Times reports that "Australia is waging an intensifying espionage offensive against China – sending agents to China to spy, gather intelligence and recruit assets, instigating defection among… Read the rest of the article: Here's the everyday-carry for Australian cyberspies in China
This Public Restroom By A River from r/interestingasfuck I don't know where this riverside relief room resides, but I like the view. I'm guessing it's not in the US, since… Read the rest of the article: Public restroom offers a beautiful river view
https://youtu.be/nLj8IsKOjgU Over a million people started playing a game called "Finger on the App" yesterday morning. Right now, 24 hours and 21 minutes since the start of the game, 92… Read the rest of the article: 24 hours later, "Finger on the App" game down to 81 people
A screw with a stripped head can be difficult to remove. There are a number of ways to remove screws with stripped heads. Lifehacker has a nice article on this… Read the rest of the article: Every tool box needs a pair of screw removal pliers
In the last couple of weeks over 200 major advertisers, including Starbucks, Ford, GM, Clorox, Reebok, Adidas, Best Buy, Clif Bar, and Chobani have left Facebook, citing concerns over the… Read the rest of the article: In a panic over fleeing advertisers, Facebook launches PR blitz to announce it is "a mirror to society"
A survey of 2000 adults who exercise twice a week or more said they will never return to a gym. Only one-third said they will retain their gym membership, but… Read the rest of the article: 25% of gym-goers say they will never return to a fitness club
A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the publication of Mary Trump's forthcoming book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. Written… Read the rest of the article: Judge issues temporary restraining order against publication of Mary Trump's tell all book
Currently, the United States is seeing about 40,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he "would not be surprised" if the US started getting 100,000 new… Read the rest of the article: Covid cases are up but fewer patients are needing ventilators. 5 reasons why
The National Park Service reports that a 72-year-old woman repeatedly came within ten feet of a bison Yellowstone National Park to take a photo, and was gored by the animal.… Read the rest of the article: Woman gored after approaching bison in Yellowstone National Park
I don't know who Grandpa Witmer is, but around our compound, he's a SubGenius ShorDurPerSav and a Discordian Saint. We use Saint Witmer's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Mixer to mix peanut… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Witmer's Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Mixer
The latest issue of The MagPi is out, and you can get a free PDF. The projects in this issue look like fun! Build a Raspberry Pi 4 games console. We’ve… Read the rest of the article: Free download of MagPi – Raspberry Pi project magazine
The 790,000 subscribers to The_Donald have suddenly found themselves without a place to spread hate and harassment after Reddit shut down the subreddit earlier this morning, reports The New York… Read the rest of the article: Reddit shuts down The_Donald for hate speech, harassment, and targeting
Scambuster Jim Browning got access to a tech support scammer's computer and was able to find out his real name and monitor his communications with his boss and colleagues. He… Read the rest of the article: Man learns tech support scammer's real name
If you're a professional illustrator, podcaster, or filmmaker, a $53 a month subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud is a fair price to pay. But if you're just interested in having… Read the rest of the article: Two free or cheap alternatives to Adobe Illustrator
