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Tuesday December 17, 2024. 07:38 PM
Billionaire founder of the clothing line Mango died from a fall while hiking near Barcelona over the weekend. Isak Andic, the 71-year-old fast-fashion mogul from Turkey and Spain, was traversing across the cavernous area of Coves del Salnitre in Montserrat when he 'slipped...
In 1885, while riding horseback through West Virginia's forests, Civil War veteran Charles McIlvaine had an idea that would either kill him or revolutionize American cooking – he decided to start eating wild mushrooms. His resulting book, One Thousand American Fungi reads...
A DJ was working at a club in Oregon when a 29-year-old stripper allegedly stabbed him from behind. She then walked out of the club as if nothing had happened. Surveillance footage captured the traumatic incident, at Casa Diablo Vegan Strip Club in Portland, which shows the ...
Tired of dealing with hacked accounts, Microsoft is to delete a billion insecure passwords, forcing users to pick better ones. The company now 'blocks 7,000 attacks on passwords per second… almost double from a year ago.' It has also seen adversary-in-the-middle phishing...
Bequiffed cartoon reporter Tintin is entering the U.S. public domain next month, but only the incarnation found in early publications, badly-drawn and racist as they were. The character would only take his distinctive modern form in later works, as Hergé refined his skills...
TL;DR: Stay aware and jam on with open-ear conduction wireless headphones on sale for $29.97 (reg. $79). Ever tried grooving to your favorite playlist, only to be startled by someone sneaking up on you? Or missed your train stop because your earbuds turned the world into...
Despite being 50 years overdue, a copy of 'Baseball's Zaniest Stars' withdrawn from the Warren, Michigan public library will remain in the possession of Chuck Hildebrandt, 63, who borrowed it in 1974 and recently attempted to return it. The library does not want it back. —...
Rory Noble-Turner's 3D-printed Dune chess set suggests simplicity of materials while being the complex product of cutting-edge 3D quartz-printing tech. And I'm not sure I could cope with the combination of minimalist pieces and a curved board, Dune-tastic as they are in...
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 has long been a top-notch business-class laptop, but battery life is one area where it (among many others) is way behind the MacBooks. The latest generation, reports NotebookCheck's Benjamin Herzig, more or less solves the problem—and it's still got an ...
Researchers at MIT set out to study the origins of impenetrable legal language, especially complex sentences that mix definitions with directives—a hallmark of 'legalese.' Expecting to find that such language results from legislators or officials adding to and editing...
If you're feeling out of luck, you can visit this long-legged good luck frog (Thanks, Atlas Obscura!) in Madrid, Spain, which was a gift from a casino. This giant frog statue was created by Eladio de Mora (alias dEmo). Although I can only afford to observe this frog statue...
The White Lotus, named for the color of its target audience, has been a masterclass in holding up a mirror to the upper crust and unraveling the web of hypocrisy that follows each of its often ill-fated travelers. If you like intrigue, danger, and middle-aged white people...
President-elect Donald Trump is toying with the idea of nationalizing the USPS, pivoting its mission from getting packages where they need to go to getting money into the pockets of its potential shareholders. Per the Washington Post: President-elect Donald Trump has...
Many of us can remember having Barbie dolls as children, but did you have the ultimate fashion icon—Mod Ken? With changeable facial hair, you could give him a 'stache, sideburns, or go for the clean-shaven look. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest ...
Watch someone blow three bubble-gum bubbles inside of another bubble. I'd say this is the bubble gum equivalent of Russian nesting dolls. You can see the amazing video here. This seems like such a fun talent to have, and a difficult one to learn. — Read the rest The post W...
TL;DR: You don't need code to build a website, app, or API when you have Twidget, now $39 (reg. $600) for life. Have you ever had a 'light bulb' moment where you wanted to build an app, website, or API? — Read the rest The post Here's how your idea for an app, API, or...
TL;DR: See nature up close and personal in the new year with this microscope that has a 4-inch LCD screen. It's on sale for $69.97 (reg. $100) until December 22. Microscopes quite literally gave us a whole new way of looking at the world, and now you can bring that power anyw...
The visionary artist behind Blade Runner and Tron had a surprising holiday hobby: crafting intricate gingerbread castles. In a recently unearthed home video from 1990, Syd Mead (1933-2019) reveals his process for building these edible architectural marvels, combining his...
Monday December 16, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Upgrade your productivity suite to Microsoft Office 2019 for only $32.97 through December 22! While the modern age is full of awesome tech innovations (we love Face ID), one thing that's come out of it is annoying subscription fees (yuck!), and that's not just...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'Saudade is a Portuguese word that can be roughly defined as a feeling of melancholy, nostalgia or yearning for something that is beloved but not present,' writes NPR's Anamaria Artemisa Sayre. — Read...
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