There's been a lot of news lately about taking down monuments to terrible people, or renaming buildings that were christened after them. In related news, there's still a statue of… Read the rest of the article: This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids
We spent the entire spring trapped indoors — and now, summer and its blistering hot temperatures are right around the corner. Hardly seems fair, does it? Over the next few… Read the rest of the article: These Evapolar air conditioners can create micro-climates to battle summer heat
It's a beautiful spring morning in America and footage of an angry, unmasked woman coughing on people is going viral. It's hard to know where she lies on the spectra… Read the rest of the article: Unmasked woman filmed berating other shoppers and coughing on them
On June 12th, 1970, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres while he was high out of his god damn gourd on… Read the rest of the article: Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD
“Sao Paulo cemeteries to dig up graves for coronavirus space”
Zoom performs work of China internet censors — against users in the U.S.
Having a virtual private network (VPN) protecting your online activities is as essential to 2020 web surfing as wearing a jacket during winter in Minnesota. But with dozens of VPN… Read the rest of the article: Encrypt.me VPN offers full online security protection and a few unique twists as well
We’re all shooting video now, which means at some point, we’re all going to need some video editing software to get our finished product into shape for YouTube, social media,… Read the rest of the article: DaVinci Resolve is a totally free video editor and this training shows you how to use it
Most of us may adore wine, but when confronted with the realities of being a true lover of the grape, we’re practically godless heathens. We pop the cork, fill up… Read the rest of the article: The Wake Up Wine Pro decants any wine in under 10 minutes
I've been using my Weber Rapid Fire Chimney Starter for about 7 or 8 years. It's the best way to get charcoal barbecues started. No starter fluid needed. Just add… Read the rest of the article: This is the best way to start a charcoal barbecue
It's been five years since the recycling auteurs at Cardboard Movie Co. released "Jurassic Park: Low-budget Remake." Now they are back with the xenomorphtastic "Alien: Low-budget Remake." Were you terrified… Read the rest of the article: Watch this ridiculous and wonderful low-budget remake of Alien, by the Cardboard Movie Co.
pic.twitter.com/JuwOpJZCLW — E 🦋 (@royaal_e) June 9, 2020 A black woman posted a video on Twitter showing her interaction with an apartment complex employee in Knoxville, Tennessee who would not… Read the rest of the article: Apartment complex employee suspended for barring black residents from swimming pool
Built by researchers at Harvard and the University of Colorado, the Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot (HAMR) is just 2.25 centimeters long. It "comes up to about knee-high on a cockroach," writes… Read the rest of the article: A speedy, scurrying bug robot the size of a penny
Today, more than ever, the Munchies plague me.
Amazingly powerful.
Stephanie Rapkin, the Wisconsin attorney who was recorded spitting on a 17-year-old at an anti-racism rally in Milwaukee was charged with a hate crime, reports AP. From AP: According to… Read the rest of the article: White lawyer who spat on black high schooler charged with hate crime
In the 1990s, country musician Ray Presnell wrote and recorded this delightful ditty, "Internet Loving." At YouTube, Presnell writes, "Internet Loving was an easy one to write for me. I… Read the rest of the article: Listen to "Internet Loving," an earnest and delightful country ditty from the 1990s
"She says the turn signal won't stay engaged when making a right turn." thumbnail image: detail of photo by Lukas 3z (CC BY-SA 4.0)
According to the Action Man, "The Gömböc is the world's first three-dimensional convex and homogeneous shape that has only one stable and one unstable equilibrium point." Interestingly, the shape is… Read the rest of the article: The Gömböc is an object with only one two equilibrium points, one stable and one unstable
David Lynch took a break from giving his daily weather report to describe the activity of a caterpillar he observed outside his house. Eraserhead-like sound effects were added to the… Read the rest of the article: David Lynch tells the story of a small bug
