Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ Was a Referendum on NFTs Vs. Traditional Art. The Result? A Resounding Preference for Traditional Art - Hirst's collectors aren't so sure NFTs are the future of art,... | Continue reading
We want 'em shorter. Frustrated with links that are too long to 'cut 'n' paste 'n' click'? Makeashorterlink.com makes 'em shorter. Nifty! [ via, and because of the Gorjuss mailing list ] | Continue reading
Professor puts hilarious Deadwood-ish rant video up at the start of his class, drama ensues. 'Barry Mehler is a Ferris State University professor in Michigan who was suspended after posting an... | Continue reading
Tetris players recently discovered an unusual way to use the NES controller, which is leading to new records being set. | Continue reading
Dr. Katalin Karikó devoted her career to understanding—and evangelizing—the possibilities of mRNA. When the pandemic struck, her unheralded work became the basis for the world’s most effective... | Continue reading
The Verge: The idea for an analprint was sparked by Salvador Dalí, who discovered that 'the anus has 35 or 37 creases, which are as unique as fingerprints' Real clear science: A team of... | Continue reading
How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare (Time) Scammers and cyberstalkers are increasingly using the Goodreads platform to extort authors... | Continue reading
Christopher Lee reads Sherlock Holmes stories. Interested? | Continue reading
Apple Bottoms was a fashion brand for callipygian women's jeans launched by the rapper Nelly in 2003. The brand proved to be popular with hip hop artists, who name dropped the brand in songs such... | Continue reading
The post on Reddit's QAnon Casualties was nearly unbelievable: 'I survived the Stoneman Douglas school shooting and my dad is suddenly convinced I'm a liar and part of a false-flag operation.' So,... | Continue reading
After 131 years, starting in 2022, the Cleveland baseball team will be called the Cleveland Guardians. | Continue reading
Bo Burnham started out as a geeky kid writing parody songs in his room, but the success of his work on YouTube soon launched him into a career in comedy, where he quickly won the respect of... | Continue reading
Is your team working within a Scrum framework? Is it not working for you? Do you feel micromanaged, overworked, overwhelmed with meaningless meetings? Your team might be using Scream. The Scream... | Continue reading
A Japanese bookstore simulator is collaboratively translated into English after 24 years. | Continue reading
A recent report questioning the emissions benefits of electric vehicles has been convincingly debunked, but not before several media outlets ran with it. After some extensive digging into the... | Continue reading
Ben Bova, six-time Hugo-Award-winning editor and author of 140 futurist fiction and non-fiction works has died. | Continue reading
Every year, Massachusetts offers residents a weekend free of sales tax. During this year's tax holiday, one man bought a game on Steam, but was was surprised to discover that he had been charged... | Continue reading
in the full report, which we think will eventually come out, so let’s not go overboard saying there’s no wrongdoing, said a senior White House official to Olivia Nuzzi @NYMag. 'In interviews with... | Continue reading
Eric Meyer is an expert on the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) system used to control the appearance of web documents. He's the author of multiple books on CSS, and the 'chaperone' of the... | Continue reading
The Crown owns all unmarked mute swans on the Thames, and has since the 12th century. Once a year in July an annual swan census called Swan Upping takes place. Led by the Queen's Swan Warden,... | Continue reading
California rejects top rate tax increase, removes all state funding for CA libraries. Funding cut for 'literacy programs, InterLibrary Loans, and miscellaneous expenses such as librarian training... | Continue reading
Marcin Wichary reminisces about UIs that accidentally amass memories, beginning with 'the wi-fi 'preferred networks' pane – unexpected reminders of business trips, vacations, accidental detours,... | Continue reading