This aluminum egg is called a phi top, and when you spin it, it stands on end. According to the Action Lab Man, "This is the same procedure that [Nikola]… Read the rest of the article: Demonstrating a cool spinning ellipsoid called a phi top

Leave it to John Oliver to cut through the bullshit and give you 20 minutes of high quality information about Covid-19, and what you should do about it.

Watching these clips from The Dick Cavett Show has become an obsession of mine lately. I daresay he's a better talk show host than anyone plying the trade today, with… Read the rest of the article: Watch Salvador Dali mistreat an anteater and talk about his mustache on Dick Cavett

Darwin award starter kit Why would someone need an extension cord like this? Image: IMGUR

In balmy Calgary, two Weinermobiles are for sale. It's not clear if the $12,000 asking price is for both hot dog shaped cars, or the price per. One things is… Read the rest of the article: Stop asking about the peanut. It is not for sale

In this absolutely fascinating segment on a 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, two members of the Women's Liberation Movement, Susan Brownmiller and Sally Kempton, argue with Playboy founder… Read the rest of the article: Watch Playboy founder Hugh Hefner clash with members of the Women's Liberation Movement

According to Wikipedia, the first electrical motor was a homopolar motor. "Its operation was demonstrated by Michael Faraday in 1821 at the Royal Institution in London." I have to admit… Read the rest of the article: How to make homopolar motor with just a few parts

If you're curious about what rapist Harvey Weinstein did in the days before before being locked up, this segment of Inside Edition has the details. They say he spent time… Read the rest of the article: What did Harvey Weinstein do on his last days of freedom?

It's seems likely that Covid-19 will be a pandemic, maybe on the order of the 1918 Spanish Flu (listen to this podcast episode of The New York Times' The Daily… Read the rest of the article: NPR's no-nonsense guide to preparing your home for Covid-19

In the 1920s, Frederick Banting, one of the scientists who co-discovered insulin (and won a Nobel Prize for it) said, “Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the… Read the rest of the article: Why the price of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years

I count myself as one of the superfans of horror auteur Jordan Peele, so I'm superexcited to see his remake of Candyman, a 1992 cult-favorite about an urban legend that… Read the rest of the article: Here's the trailer for Jordan Peele's remake of the 1992 horror flick, Candyman

"To the suspect(s) driving around in a Black Lincoln Navigator stolen from the 700 blk of Rosemead Bl just after 8PM today in uninc #Pasadena: Out of all the bad… Read the rest of the article: Cops ask hearse thieves: please return the body in the casket, at least

People are tossing old mattresses faster than ever before, thanks to online mattress peddlers who offer easy returns and 100-day guarantees. (It's not surprising — the last time I visited… Read the rest of the article: Online mattress sales have given rise to a new kind of con game – reselling filthy mattresses as new

Writer William Mersey was sent to prison for tax fraud, and spent time at New York City's Rikers Island a few months ago. In this Daily Beast article, he describes… Read the rest of the article: Harvey Weinstein isn't going to like Rikers Island, says former inmate

Trump's campaign filed a lawsuit against The New York Times today, claiming unspecified "millions" of dollars in damage for a 2019 op-ed, reports CNBC: Among other things, the suit alleges… Read the rest of the article: Trump's campaign is suing the NY Times for libel over Russian collusion op-ed

From Rob Walker's excellent Art of Noticing newsletter, this recommendation to subscribe to the Instagram feed of a convenience store in New Orleans called Hank's Market: This NYT writeup on… Read the rest of the article: This New Orleans convenience store has a great Instagram account

Spotted at the New York Fair – a new Etch A Sketch, called The Revolution, that lets you draw curves and circles. From Gizmodo: The Etch a Sketch Revolution is… Read the rest of the article: New Etch A Sketch lets you draw curves

How do you pronounce GIF? Many people use a hard G because GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, but others (myself included) say "jif" because it's more mellifluous. The makers… Read the rest of the article: Gif Peanut Butter available March 1, 2020

The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently introduced a low-cost  7-inch touchscreen display for the Pi (compatible with all models expect the Pi 1). It's a great display for retro-games and other… Read the rest of the article: Review of Raspberry Pi's 7-inch touchscreen display

Washington College professor of archeology and anthropology Bill Schindler demonstrates some nifty fire-starting-from-scratch techniques. "Even though you may never find yourself in a survival situation," he tells Wired, "I firmly… Read the rest of the article: Here are a couple of ways of starting a fire in the wilderness using found materials