I noticed a coincidence. Sources: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. [scan via Wikipedia/Metropolitan Museum of Art] and a graphic from The Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch

In this footage, a man is seen relaxing at home when a nearby battery, apparently charging on the floor, starts spraying sparks. It explodes violently as he approaches to unplug… Read the rest of the article: Why it's not a great idea to charge large unbranded lithium batteries in your living room

Want to avoid being seen by person-recognizing camera systems? Wear a shirt printed with a complex, confusing image that looks like a mangled JPG of a crowd scene. The bright… Read the rest of the article: Anti-camera shirts

I'm rooting for the new champion, Mabel, perhaps because of the technical setback at the outset.

Starting at $9k and configurable up to $17k or thereabouts, the Dwellito Mini Office is an 8ft square "quiet place to work" (i.e. a shed) that will be delivered to… Read the rest of the article: Work in a $17k shed

Boris Johnson is out of intensive care and recovering, reports the BBC, after his close shave with Covid-19. The British Prime Minister made a point of defying medical advice in… Read the rest of the article: BoJo out of intensive care

View this post on Instagram TAG A FRIEND IF U AGREE 😩 A post shared by Danny Casale (@coolman_coffeedan) on Apr 7, 2020 at 10:05am PDT Danny Casale, coolman_coffeedan on… Read the rest of the article: "I don't know what day of the week it is" song

One of the participants of the hit series Tiger King claims Netflix is about to drop a bonus episode, capitalizing on its runaway success. Moreover, the president is weighing in… Read the rest of the article: Trump considering Joe Exotic pardon

6.6m Americans signed on last week, bringing the unemployed total to 17m. The record week almost matches thew week before, when nearly 7m applied for benefits, and the week before… Read the rest of the article: 6.6m joined unemployed line last week, more than expected

The Ultimate Writer is a hardware and software plan to make your own digital typewriter with an e-ink display. All you need are a keyboard, a Raspberry Pi, an e-ink… Read the rest of the article: Open design for an e-ink typewriter

Kenneth Copeland is one of the worst: a private-jetting prosperity-gospel slime who, for his latest trick, falsely claims to heal people of coronavirus through their televisions. Today, however, he is… Read the rest of the article: Remix of bug-eyed megapreacher ranting about Covid-19

This YouTube video was posted by Staffan Söderlund, and features the call of the Eider duck.

IMissTheOffice is a ambient noise generator specializing in recreating the pre-coronavirus audial world of flourescent lights, watercooler hubbub and beeping office electronics. You can click specific items to make them… Read the rest of the article: "I Miss The Office": sound generator recreates cubicle ambience

CCMixter is a free music discovery service with more than 1M tracks, for use in your games, movies, even commercial projects. Tracks are licensed under the Creative Commons, there's a… Read the rest of the article: Creative commons music library for your projects

One company that operates red-light cameras, posted at intersections to generate automatic traffic tickets, reports that revenue is down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shares of Redflex, which trade in… Read the rest of the article: Sad news: red light camera revenue down due to coronavirus

I haven't received an advance copy of Labyrinth: The ABC Storybook [Amazon] so will have to preorder it just like you. The ToughPigs Muppet fan site posted a sneak preview.… Read the rest of the article: Labyrinth children's storybook coming this fall

In this video, a black man complains that a cop followed him into the Walmart in Wood River, Illinois, demanded he and a friend remove their coronavirus masks, then ordered… Read the rest of the article: Civil rights complaint: cop ordered black shoppers to remove coronavirus masks

According to the latest figures from NBC News, Wyoming is the only U.S. state or territory not to have marked a single death from Covid-19. … the White House’s best-picture… Read the rest of the article: Wyoming the last U.S. state with no Covid-19 deaths yet reported

The domain Corp.com is similar to an internal address used by Windows servers, and as a result whoever controls it gains access to a stream of private and proprietary data… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft buys Corp.com, domain that receives constant stream of data sent by mistake