Kicking off St. Patrick’s weekend with a spice bag and Murphy’s! | Continue reading
I wasn’t planning to find snow this weekend but snow we indeed found. Dog was having a blast. Thank you for keeping RSS alive. You're awesome. Email me :: Sign my guestbook :: Support for 1$/month :: See my generous supporters :: Subscribe to People and Blogs | Continue reading
People all over the planet are looking to solve a food crisis before it happens. Scientists issue urgent plea to governments on 'overlooked' crops: 'We're missing an opportunity' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the physics driving large-scale ice movements in Antarctica. Their findings reveal that existing models lack critical complexity necessary for accurately predic … | Continue reading
Iridescence is the most impressive collection coming from The Trusted yet, highlighting their versatility through experimentation and coming off as a validation of their artistic and personal growth over the years. | Continue reading
"It’s our home." Local business faces insurmountable losses after natural disaster: 'We want to rebuild' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hmm, my last post is poorly truncated on Bluesky because I hadn’t considered the title, link, and new summary taking up more than 300 characters. Going to keep my extra summary text shorter in the future. | Continue reading
No Regrets is a wonderful album that serves as a celebration of Tim Ainslie's life and art. It's a record that reaches for many different styles and always knows how to get there in a seamless and masterful soundscape. | Continue reading
Bottom line - it's a blip. This will have no material effect on the end game which is... The post 20% Collapse – Apple Watch’s Sales Sends Shockwaves Through the Smartwatch Market – is Garmin Happy? appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at th … | Continue reading
The only theory that anyone’s come up with for my vertigo issues that holds any weight is that they’re possibly vestibular migraines, so my neurologist put me on Effexor, which can help treat vestibular migraines. | Continue reading
"The absolute worst thing that humans could ever do to this planet." Shopper sparks outrage after sharing photo of questionable grocery item for sale: 'There should be laws against this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Surrounded by fairytale imagery and drenched in childhood innocence, Oberon Effect by C-Beem is a captivating album from start to finish. | Continue reading
Disney's keeping the Percy Jackson train a-going with another season that'll adapt 2007's The Titan's Curse. | Continue reading
Columbia Pictures has tapped District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to write and direct a new Starship Troopers film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, giving the franchise its first live-action entry since 2008’s Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. The movie will be based on Robert A. … | Continue reading
According to our tradition, we carry a red and white wristband called martenitsa from March 1st to the day the storks arrive or we see a blossoming tree. It’s too soon. I remember carrying martenitsa until mid April. | Continue reading
What you see above is a line of storms that is moving northeastward from southern Louisiana across all of Mississippi, western Tennessee, all of Kentucky, southern Indiana (where I am), and western Ohio. It is provided by Weatherbug. If you go there and slide the Weather Overlay … | Continue reading
This is an excellent post by Molly White about the potential conflict between making the world’s knowledge more accessible through AI and the risk of destroying the foundations for open content on the web: The true threat from AI models training on open access material is not tha … | Continue reading
Katie Notopoulos, writing at Business Insider (Apple News+ link): It’s possible that this strident defense is backfiring — creating a “Streisand Effect” that’s publicizing the book even more. Notopoulos isn’t one to pull punches or hedge, normally, but there’s no question that Me … | Continue reading
“The balance is being restored to its former natural state." Experts celebrate 'exciting' return of rare species to nature reserve: 'A transformative step' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Crunchlabs proves Tesla's camera-only system is inferior to LIDAR, killing several mannequins in the process. Mark Rober also smuggled the LIDAR into Disneyland for some of the most amazing LIDAR mapping I've seen. Elon Musk's "Anyone relying on LIDAR is doomed" quote is worth re … | Continue reading
Discovered in the state of Ceará, Brazil, the novel coronavirus shares similarities with the virus responsible for Middle East respiratory syndrome, first identified in 2012. Experiments to determine its potential to infect humans are scheduled for 2025. Researchers from the Braz … | Continue reading
In recent months I’ve spoken to hurricane experts Jim Kossin, and Jeff Masters, both of whom were formerly, in younger days, Hurricane Hunters with NOAA.(the kind of experts the administration is now firing) | Continue reading
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter: After more than a year of speculation, Apple TV+ has ordered a fourth season of its Emmy-winning comedy Ted Lasso. The pickup comes after co-creator and star Jason Sudeikis closed a deal to reprise his role as the title character, the manager … | Continue reading
About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading
"This pivot highlights Tesla’s balance between innovation and customer comfort." Tesla stirs up debate with major change to Model 3 design — here's why it's getting mixed reactions first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This morning, I jolted awake to my own dizzying meditation, new music and color to them. Nothing dreary […] | Continue reading
Scrapers gonna scrape. The post Your opt-innie wants to talk to your opt-outtie. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents. | Continue reading
09:32 ::: Time for coffee. Letting myself stop not with any project today. Not one of them will […] | Continue reading
My wife, friends, and I used to play Minecraft together, but we haven't done that in years, like since we had kids. Now the kids are old enough to play Minecraft themselves, and we want to play together again as a family. The problem is that the kids play on a PlayStation 5 and a … | Continue reading
Will need more coffee. Henry having his appointments here for the next couple months…. Imagining Paris, and when […] | Continue reading
This week, there’s not much to say here. I’ve been writing code like a maniac. | Continue reading
"Don’t forget to clean your filter on the inside bottom too." Woman shares genius way to keep your dishwasher spotless with no scrubbing: 'Easiest way to clean your dishwasher' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a next-generation plasmonic modulator that enables optical data transmission at record-breaking terahertz frequencies. This innovation is set to transform 6G, computing, and medical imaging by making data transfer faster and more efficient. The modulato … | Continue reading
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place. | Continue reading
"Today's consumers are more conscious ... prompting a shift in preferences." New research shows huge growth ahead for an unexpected industry: 'A transformative shift' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
As you work on your taxes (one month to go!) and contemplate your charitable contributions, check out this post from two years ago… Our first grader learns about the non-profit world (American Heart Association): The CEO earned $2.44 million in 2020, How’s this lady with a bachel … | Continue reading
"Whiskey and Cigarettes" is a modern retelling of classic old-west tales, and Brian Berggoetz inhabits that character with believable grace. | Continue reading
My grandma found an old tiny camera in her basement that wasn’t working and asked me if I would use it. This isn’t the first time this has happened - I think I’ve gotten three other cameras this way. | Continue reading
Sure, it’s easy to look out at the Universe and take stock of what we find. Although spiral and elliptical galaxies house the majority of the Universe’s stars, represented locally by galaxies like Andromeda and our own Milky Way, the overwhelming majority of galaxies are much sma … | Continue reading
"Thank you for the tip!" Frugal shopper shares genius way to get free salad for life: 'It's as fresh as it gets' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bit Reactor and Respawn's turn-based tactics game will have its grand unveiling at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan. | Continue reading
For whatever reasons (which we can conjecture about at the end), Florida has become #2 in the country for EV sales. California is #1, of course, and has about 5× as many EV registrations as Florida, while #3 Texas is just a bit behind Florida. The most obvious these are ... [cont … | Continue reading
Magnify explained how President John F. Kennedy's favorite James Bond film "Dr. No" inspired men to start wearing blue shirts to work. | Continue reading
"You can also place these inside cache pots." Gardener shares brilliant trick to turn trash into stylish plant pots: 'I actually love this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Canary Media: The U.S. is set to plug over 18 gigawatts of new utility-scale energy storage capacity into the grid in 2025, up from 2024’s record-setting total of almost 11 GW, per Energy Information Administration data analyzed by Cleanview. Should that expectation bear out, the … | Continue reading
Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past volcanic peaks create swirling vortex streets, while volcanic emissions brighten passing clouds. These islands, rarely visited by humans, are a natural lab … | Continue reading
There’s a moment in Metallica, the new three-song concert video Apple released for the Vision Pro yesterday, where Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is kneeling on the edge of the stage, engaged with a single fist-pumping audience member. Hetfield leans in to within inches of … | Continue reading
"I love the way she came straight to you." Onlookers stunned as woman pulls struggling baby animal from hotel pool: 'The faith in a human helping ... is so sweet' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading