Concept artist and illustrator Vlada Monakhova (artstation, ko-fi) reports that a family acquaintance is "stuck in a hotel in Saudi Arabia" but has been given a menu to work their… Read the rest of the article: Menu at Saudi hotel offers "accuracy of sheep meat", "my property" and "tuna is a problem"
LG makes a 86-inch 3840 x 600 display—that's a 58:9 aspect ratio—and you can buy it for abour four grand [Amazon]. I was thinking of having them send one over… Read the rest of the article: The widest screen
CNBC's Megan Graham set up a website full of scraped news from other sites. Most ad networks she submitted it to approved it for ad placement. I only put a… Read the rest of the article: CNBC sting: most ad networks accepted fake news site full of scraped content
Write-Only is a "typewriter", in that you can type but you cannot delete. You can copy what you've written to the clipboard and go full-screen, and that's it.
Want a Jason Voorhees mask from its legendary creator? Complete with a fabric backing to reduce the likelihood of viral transmission? Tom Savini is taking orders. Via iHorror: Savini has… Read the rest of the article: Jason Voorhees pandemic mask available
The BBC filmed a Boston Dynamics robot dog attemping to herd sheep in New Zealand. A robot dog designed for search and rescue missions has had a go at herding… Read the rest of the article: Boston Dynamics robot dog herds sheep
It annoys me that the nail's owner keeps trimming it.
Screenwriter Jack Barth wrote the original script for Yesterday, the movie about a world where only one man remembers The Beatles. Richard Curtis (of Love Actually fame) liked the script… Read the rest of the article: Original "Yesterday" screenwriter says Richard Curtis took more than a one-sentence idea
A Volkswagen ad posted to its official Instagram account depicted an enormous disembodied white hand dragging a black man away from a Volkswagen Golf, then flicking him into a building… Read the rest of the article: Volkswagen apologizes for racist ad
If the state of New York were a country, as of today it would have the world's fourth highest official Covid-19 death toll. Chinese officials are censoring or falsifying its… Read the rest of the article: New York's Covid-19 death toll passes France's
In this video, taken on the set of Twin Peaks's Black Lodge, Kyle MacLachlan demonstrates his expertise at falling over. Director David Lynch is impressed.
I learned this morning that the Mac chime – the epic C Major chord that plays when you boot an old Mac – can be turned on in newer models.… Read the rest of the article: How to bring back the Mac chime
Facebook fastidiously copied Bitmoji's artwork for its new avatars feature. Consider a) the access to legal expertise and b) the shameless indifference Facebook has to ethical standards, bad PR or… Read the rest of the article: Facebook's blatant rip-off of Bitmoji avatars is a legal lesson in skirting copyright
As of today, everyone in England is an organ donor, unless they explicitly opt out, are tourists or recent immigrants, or are incapable of giving consent. Wales moved to the… Read the rest of the article: England moves to opt-out organ donation model
Advice from David Bowie for artists: "always remember that the reason that you initially started working was that there was something inside yourself that you've felt that if you could… Read the rest of the article: David Bowie on playing to the gallery
Lenovo's new Chromebook Duet is only $2801, but it's getting excellent reviews from sources that are usually lukewarm on low-end gadgets running Google's operating system. The 10" convertible tablet isn't… Read the rest of the article: Rave reviews for $280 Lenovo Chromebook Duet
Your heart will race and your skin perspire, of course, but the real magic happens in your kidneys. Dr. Bernard Hsu reports on B.B., a 21 year old man presenting… Read the rest of the article: What happens if you drink two gallons of coffee?
Mimi Smartypants spotted a heartwarming message courtesy of CVS Pharmacy: "Thanks, you too"
A 17-year-old boy who killed a woman at an "erotic" spa in Toronto was motivated by "incel ideology", say police. Charges against the teen, anonymous due to his age, were… Read the rest of the article: Incel terror killing at erotic spa
Norma McCorvey was famous as the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, the case that led the Supreme Court of the United States of America to rule abortion a constitutional right.… Read the rest of the article: Norma "Roe v. Wade" McCorvey was paid by conservatives to pretend to turn against abortion
