The pandemic has inspired a slew of great courses for young artists, like this Bite-Sized Art History course that teaches about President Obama's official portraitist Kehinde Wiley and shows young… Read the rest of the article: Online course shows young artists how to make portraits in Kehinde Wiley's style
What’s your biggest gripe about power strips? Since most power servers like that are pretty standard these days, your beef probably isn’t about performance or connectivity. No, the biggest rap… Read the rest of the article: Who knew a Power Bagel might be the answer to all your plug-in electricity needs?
Redditor Inuyasharuls is a Dungeon Master who runs campaigns for several players with dyslexia. With help from another Redditor and gamer, Axelle123, they created this colorful character sheet alternative, using… Read the rest of the article: Download these free D&D character sheets designed to help players with dyslexia
Southland Tales has long occupied a special place in my heart. The only thing I knew about it was that it was written and directed by Richard Kelly, the guy… Read the rest of the article: "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020
In 2012, I was given the privilege of performing my high school ska-punk hit song "Adam Wants A Blowjob" during a performance of Mortified in Brookline, Massachusetts. Mortified is a gloriously hilarious… Read the rest of the article: "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career
Oh-so-fine Toni Basil has announced a new online class — on '60s go-go dancing! She'll not only teach you how to go-go dance, but will also "deep dive" into how… Read the rest of the article: Toni Basil to teach classes on '60s go-go dancing
Twitter, JPMorgan, and other organizations have announced they will stop using racially-charged coding and hardware terms like master, slave, blacklist, whitelist, and others as part of a thorough review of… Read the rest of the article: Some organizations to retire non-inclusive tech terms like "master drive" and "slave drive"
Between work, family obligations, and just getting to bed at a decent hour, we all have a lot on our plates these days. So, it’s easy for things like grooming… Read the rest of the article: Finally, skincare for men that isn't complicated
"Pence was scheduled to go to Phoenix on Tuesday but went on Wednesday instead so that healthy agents could be deployed for his visit."
On Thursday, Tesla denied media reports that it fired employees who chose to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic, rather than expose themselves to possible infection at Elon Musk's… Read the rest of the article: Tesla denies reports of firing workers who chose to stay at home to avoid coronavirus risk in Elon Musk's factory
Today’s teachers extol the virtues of hands-on learning, the method of helping students, particularly the youngest children, learn through basic doing. From trial-and-error methods to practice honing their emerging skills,… Read the rest of the article: Papumba is the world’s top ranked preschool learning app and it’s available now at 85% off
Yesterday I posted about Finger on the App, a game in which players must keep their finger on their smartphone screen (and occasionally move it to a new spot indicated… Read the rest of the article: After 48 Hours, only 15 players remain in the "Finger on the App" challenge
What is Arduino? It's a credit card size electronics prototyping platform that lets artists, designers, and others add interactivity to their projects. (My book Maker Dad, has a useful Arduino… Read the rest of the article: Cheap Arudiuno clone kit
“The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else.” – Brian May If someone was assigned to turn raw sexiness into an actual, physical real-world object,… Read the rest of the article: Finally learn how to play the guitar with the guidance of these expert-led classes
Kellyanne Conway's teen daughter, Claudia Conway, has recently taken to Twitter, and clearly she's a chip off her ol' dad's block. While her mother Kellyanne is sycophantic counselor to Donald… Read the rest of the article: Kellyanne Conway's 15-year-old daughter tweets just like her anti-Trump father
A Joe Rogan lookalike thought he could win a chess game by intimidating his 16-year-old opponent through insults, and gaslighting, and patronizing disdain. Unfortunately for the mouthy gentleman, the kid, who… Read the rest of the article: Trash-talking chess player's ass handed to him by 16-year-old
The Professional Advertising Regulatory Authority (ARPP) of France has banned the airing of a television commercial for VanMoof electric bikes. From a statement by VanMoof (Via Core77): According to the… Read the rest of the article: French ad authority bans e-bike commercial because it "discredits the automobile sector"
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing in the eyes of the tabloids.
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
