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Monday June 23, 2025. 06:00 PM
Image from Wikipedia The post Sheffield's Most Romantic Graffiti: The Bittersweet Love Story Behind 'I Love You Will U Marry Me' appeared first on Boing Boing.
Things aren't so great just now. They haven't been super for a while. It's hard to find new platitudes to mumble to those who seek comfort from us. How many times can you say that it'll be OK or that you'll keep someone safe before it rings hollow as a prom night promise? —...
One can't help but wonder what Sally Ride would think about Sally, the documentary about her life. Ride became a national celebrity and hero to girls everywhere when she blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1985. — Read the rest The post "Sally" is an...
What do stylish assassination simulator Hitman and Untitled Goose Game have in common, aside from handsome bald protagonists with a penchant for chaos? The answer, it seems, is the addition of co-op modes post-launch. Since 2000, players have experienced Hitman's...
TL;DR: Get a rugged and versatile 2-in-1 ASUS Chromebook CM30 for $179.99, a 45% savings on the $329.99 regular price. Struggling to decide whether a tablet or a laptop is the smarter buy for your work and life needs? Why choose! — Read the rest The post This is the...
Captain Cook explored the Pacific in the HMS Endeavor, but by the time it was lost not a decade later it had been retired by the Royal Navy, sold off, and turned into a prison ship. Renamed the Lord Sandwich, it was scuttled off the U.S. — Read the rest The post Captain...
The ubiquitous USB port wasn't the only way. Apple, Sony and Panasonic favored an alternative, IEEE 1394, marketed by the U.S. company as FireWire. It had benefits: faster throughout, daisy-chaining, and reliability. But it was more expensive to license, implement and...
Itgeekyonline produces a handsome 3D-printed replica of a Commodore Amiga's famous 'Tank' mouse with the guts of a contemporary cheap Logitech. It's a perfect retro beauty. I used an Amiga 500 mouse for years and I never loved having one as much as I love the idea of having...
Sunday June 22, 2025. 05:00 PM
TL;DR: Upgrade your PC with Windows 11 Pro while it's only $14.97 (reg. $199). If your gaming setup is still running an older OS, it might be time for a serious upgrade. Windows 11 Pro isn't just a sleeker version of what came before, it's a performance boost, a multitasking...
Saturday June 21, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get both Microsoft Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for just $54.97 (reg. $418.99). If you have an older PC you've been keeping on life support, this is the upgrade you've been waiting for. Get the operating power of Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (the newest Win...
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Friday June 20, 2025. 11:00 PM
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Weighing in at around 4,000 pounds, Sir Daniel K. Winn's sculpture seems impossible to move, let alone steal, without a plan. Anaheim PD is gathering clues and believes this is a 'targeted' crime. NBCLA labels this one as 'apparent theft,' and it seems like it'd be...
Salon predicts Elon 'Pedo Guy' Musk's house of cards is about to tumble. Tesla is ridiculously overvalued for a carmaker, especially one with severe brand problems and an inability to sell cars. The hype has been around Elon, and as Elon has done more than enough to...
A paralyzed Donald Trump shows just how ill-equipped he is as Commander-in-Chief, stalling decision-making on the Israel-Iran conflict while focusing instead on his well-worn Big Lie from 2000. While Israel continues to attack Iran, which in turn retaliated again by...
For years, Comixology was the place for digital comics. In 2014, the company was sold to Amazon. Despite some initial optimism about the e-commerce behemoth putting its considerable weight behind the growth of digital comics, Amazon was a poor caretaker. The URL...
Giulia Gotti's 'A day in the life of a bottle collector' is a behind-the-scenes look at how bottle collectors from Romania and West Africa prop up Denmark's Roskilde Festival's image of progressive idealism. Roskilde's marketed image is a utopian space, with no mention of...
A woman driving in the rain notices a long black snake in the road and worries it will be run over. So she stops her car and tries to guide the slithering creature to safety. But as the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished, and in this case, her good deed goes from...
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reports on the alarming trend of journalists and activists being summoned to court in Georgia simply for criticizing government officials on social media. The article details how more than a dozen journalists,...
A teenage actress from California just joined a club that usually only includes kings, duchesses, and medieval warriors — she's been knighted by the Vatican at age 19. Sydney Thackray, an actress and musician, knelt before a bishop in a centuries-old Roman cathedral this...
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