This footage of mysterious, distant howling is going viral, with Internet Experts In Everything assuring all that it's definitely not wolves, bears or the other usual suspects. Stargell Blackstar: "me,… Read the rest of the article: Disquieting footage of distant howling
TeranGroup presents a "novel thermomechanical model" for simulating rising dough and the properties of bread, cookies, pancakes, etc.
The moment when the collective decision is made; you're about to see one of those, but for people.
A coke stash hidden in the woods by suspected drug dealers was destroyed by boars, report police in Tuscany. The drug stash was hidden in a forest area in the… Read the rest of the article: Feral hogs find and destroy cocaine stash in woods
Two students were killed and several more injured Thursday in a mass shooting at a California high school. A suspect is in custody, writes ABC News citing police sources. The… Read the rest of the article: 2 dead, suspect in custody after California school shooting
TempleOS was one of the last bizarre wonders of the Internet, a 64-bit operating system made entirely from scratch by one man, Terry Davis, in pursuit of singular religious goals.… Read the rest of the article: Documentary about the life and death of Terry Davis, creator of TempleOS
A double whammy for those who use .org domains: ICANN removed price restrictions on .org domain names, and then the registry in control was promptly sold to a private equity… Read the rest of the article: Private equity company acquires .org domain registry
NBC News, as many people as loudly saying, can "go fuck itself" for publishing an item that claims the impeachment hearings lack the "pizzazz" necessary to make news. But what… Read the rest of the article: NBC News thinks impeachment hearing lacks "pizzazz", but what if it just lacks Pazuzu?
The new Moto Razr is a handsome retro thing. At $1500, though, who wants a 6.2-inch foldable smartphone designed to resemble a classic flip-phone? The hinge design of the Moto… Read the rest of the article: New Moto Razr is a foldable flip smartphone that costs $1500
Researcher Derya Akkaynak developed a photogrammetry algorithm that corrects underwater photography to remove color haze created by backscattering — in effect "removing the water" to show the underwater world in… Read the rest of the article: "Removing the water": physically-accurate color correction algorithm for underwater photography
Staff at Mac's Mission, an animal rescue center in Missouri, named him Narwhal. The healthy 10-week-old pup has an extra tail, smack in the middle of his forehead. Rochelle Steffen,… Read the rest of the article: Meet Narwhal, an abandoned puppy with an extra tail on his head
Macrocilix maia is a moth with a most unusual camouflage: it looks like two flies enjoying a delicious supper of fresh bird shit. Is this merely some amusing human poop-pareidolia,… Read the rest of the article: Macrocilix maia, a moth that evolved to look like flies eating glistening bird shit
New Yorkers paid nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in 2018 to settle lawsuits filed against the New York Police Department. And that's the good news! It's down from… Read the rest of the article: The NYPD is out of control, paying hundreds of millions a year in settlements to its victims
After years of poorly-received MacBook Pro models, Apple's new sixteen-inch model has a lot riding on it.
Something went wrong with my archival encode of the Utah State-LSU game, and all the audio is pitch-shifted down 100%. Which resulted in this. pic.twitter.com/AmispkZO9q — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October… Read the rest of the article: Audio misencoded in post-game interview with football coach Ed Orgeron
At Field Mag, Andrew Szeto explains the fundamentals of building a basic A-Frame cabin. He writes that you can get it done for about $8,000, not including land. The most… Read the rest of the article: Build your own A-Frame cabin for "around $8,000"
With the launch of the Disney+ streaming service, all eyes were on The Mandalorian, the new sci-fi western set in the aftermath of Return of the Jedi. But the original… Read the rest of the article: Han and Greedo now shoot simultaneously in latest version of Star Wars: A New Hope
BigBread's No Destination is a "game" in the classic spirit of Desert Bus, and you don't even have to make the occasional steering adjustment. Just sit and enjoy the journey,… Read the rest of the article: Train passenger simulator
Last November, Jered "Threatin" Eames hired some musicians, booked venues on the strength of inauthentic social media profiles, then played to empty halls and angry proprietors who soon outed the… Read the rest of the article: Threatin, "fake" singer-songwriter you haven't thought about in about a year, now on tour
In Tiny Islands, by David King, you're dealt cards that let you "draw" particular landscape features on a grid, with occasional breaks to draw coastlines around the forests, mountains, villages… Read the rest of the article: Tiny Islands, an addictive card-based island-drawing game
