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Saturday September 21, 2024. 03:52 PM
Colin Moriarty writes that he spoke extensively with someone who worked on Concord, an online Sony PlayStation game that flopped so badly last month it was shut down and all copies refunded within days of launch. According to his source, the game cost $400m to develop and...
Music has been a part of human spaceflight since Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford used smuggled instruments aboard Apollo 7 to play 'Jingle Bells.' Chris Hadfield is arguably more famous for his cover of 'Space Oddity' from the International Space Station than for being an...
In 2017, the makers of the game Cards Against Humanity launched a promotion in which 150,000 people paid $15 each to save America from 'Injustice, lies, racism, the whole enchilada.' The first thing they did was purchase land on the US/Mexico border and not build a wall on...
Coffee expert James Hoffman tried a $335 cup of espresso and reviewed the experience on his YouTube channel. This ridiculously expensive shot of espresso can be found in London at a coffee shop called 'Shot'. The espresso comes in a golden cup with a golden spoon. — Read the...
The 'Rock in the House' is a unique and bizarre tourist attraction located in Fountain City, Wisconsin. In 1995, a 55-ton boulder came loose from a nearby bluff and rolled directly into a house, crashing through the back wall and landing in the living room. — Read the rest ...
If the hot weather has left you in a sweaty situation with no solution, the inventor Seevua is here to help with their hilarious t-shirt (video) cooling machine. This device is meant to be worn underneath one's shirt, on the stomach, and is only slightly noticeable as it...
At Nishimura Coffee Shop in Kobe, Japan, you can order this special iced coffee for a unique experience. Instead of being filled with ice cubes, this delicious looking coffee is served inside of a giant, square ice cube. This elegant cafe was formed in 1948, and is known for ...
TL;DR: Use code SAVENOW to get a lifetime subscription to Skoove Premium Piano Lessons for just $119.99 (reg. $299). Dreaming of tickling the ivories but don't want to dip into savings for piano lessons? With Skoove Premium, you can start your piano journey right from the...
Texas Senator Ted Cruz likes to head out of state when the weather's cold, but his race for re-election is heating up now that his Democratic Party challenger, Colin Allred, is unexpectedly ahead of him in the opinion polls. — Read the rest The post Ted Cruz, falling behind...
Having recovered from COVID-era losses, the cruise industry is a $25 billion-a-year business. However, cruise lines are always looking for ways to make more money. More passengers = more money, but new ships can cost well over a billion dollars. They also take years to build ...
LOST: Back To The Island is a new book from TV critics Emily St. James and Noel Murray that offers an insightful retrospective on one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century so far: LOST, which first premiered almost exactly 20 years ago, on September 22,...
Friday September 20, 2024. 11:57 PM
A polar bear was spotted in a remote village on the northwest tip of Iceland, the first one seen in the country since 2016. Police shot and killed it. 'It's not something we like to do,' Westfjords police chief Helgi Jensson said. — Read the rest The post First polar bear...
TL;DR: This Apple Watch band has a MagSafe charger built in, and it's only $39.99 (reg. $49). Keeping your Apple Watch charged shouldn't feel like a constant game of 'find the nearest outlet' or a struggle with tangled cords. Enter the PowerBand: a sleek, adjustable...
Michael 'Dumas' Demel enjoys looking at photos taken by his trail cameras in rural Dubina, Texas. 'I have three different cameras at three different hunting areas – they catch coyote, deer, bobcats, rabbits, raccoons, foxes,' he said. Recently though, Demels spotted an...
While no one expects much from airplane food, one dish caused a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight to make an emergency landing when a live mouse scuttled out of the meal. 'Believe it or not. A lady next to me … opened her food and a mouse jumped out,' wrote passenger...
The Adafruit KB2040 – RP2040 Kee Boar Driver is a development board designed specifically for custom mechanical keyboard projects ('keeb' builds). It uses a Raspberry Pi microcontroller chip and can be programmed with CircuitPython, MicroPython, or C/C++. It's only $8.95....
In what seems to be a trend, another zoo China is exhibiting dogs disguised as pandas. A visitor to the zoo in southern Guangdong province posted a video of the cute creatures on the Douyin social media platform and it went viral. — Read the rest The post Chinese zoo paints...
The Lincoln Project keeps it real simple today in its call to get out and vote in November. 'Once, every village had an idiot. It took MAGA to make one a leader,' reads a caption on X along with a video of their latest ad. — Read the rest The post It takes a village, but...
The Macomb County, Michigan sheriff's office received calls last week of an erratic driver on a busy freeway. Deputies Nicole Miron and Anthony Gross responded and found the pick-up truck that was cruising slowly but swerving all over the road. 'The vehicle wasn't...
Here's a fun puzzle from Martin Gardner's book, Amusing Experiments. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LEARN TO WRITE Now, when you have learned to write and draw pictures, you may think that it is very easy to do all that. — Read the rest The post Brain-bending experiment...
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