The weekend started with brunch in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin. Just the three of us—tinyScientist, scientist, and me. It was a sunny morning, so we decided to sit outside. The brunch plate for two was more than sufficient for the three of us, and we even used tinyScient … | Continue reading
The Japanese art of flower arrangement, Ikebana, is a captivating practice that aims for poetic synthesis of human hand and natural beauty in each composition. Stickybana, as documented on this Instagram page, is a sub-genre that centers cannabis within that tradition. The pairin … | Continue reading
A Quilt is More than Fragments By age 92 my mother was no longer independent, though she lived in the house my parents had bought sixty years before. My brother and I were far away, and Mom depended on the kindness of neighbors and a bit of hired help to shop for her, do her […] | Continue reading
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Waterproof to […] | Continue reading
"I see a lot of thick roots running along the surface of the dirt just under or intertwined with the fabric." Gardener shares worrying photos of landscaping fabric harming tree: 'I don't doubt that [it] played a role' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Construction is the world’s largest industry, employing seven percent of the planet's working-age adults, contributing 13 percent of the world’s GDP and completing floor space equivalent to the city of Paris every seven days. Continue Reading Category: Good Thinking, Lifestyle | Continue reading
Today we are making kid friendly pasta salad. There is something so simple yet healthy about a Kids Pasta Salad… The post Easy Kids Pasta Salad Recipe appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Today's links Greedflation, but for prisoners: The first-ever survey of national prison commissary prices is a fucking nightmare. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've … | Continue reading
Dumpster diving is legal in her state — and, in fact, in every state. Woman stunned after finding dumpster full of perfectly good, unopened snacks: 'This is my dream find' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
nobody posted the beautifully minimalist Hirayama Fireworks' Illustrated Catalog of Night Bomb Shells from the 1890s, via the Yokohama City Library. | Continue reading
Death is Smoking my Cigars You know: I’m drunk once again here listening to Tchaikovsky on the radio. Jesus, I heard him 47 years ago when I was a starving writer and here he is again and now I am a minor success as a writer and death is walking up and down this room… | Continue reading
Sezon na szparagi w mojej kuchni trwa. Dziś przychodzę do Was z przepisem na ekspresową tartę rozpływającą się w ustach. Jeśli pogoda Wam pozwoli, koniecznie zabierzcie ją ze sobą na wiosenny piknik. Skład: 1 opakowanie ciasta francuskiego (z dobrym składem) 1 pęczek zielonych sz … | Continue reading
How you can use regexes to make search more powerful and reduce the number of irrelevant entries it returns. | Continue reading
Since the blue catfish don't have enough natural predators to control their population, they now threaten native species. Officials devise unconventional plan to eliminate invasive fish species: 'There are 100 million of them' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Weekends in my house are always time for baking and cake. I love to have a good cake in the house at the weekend, and this lush Peanut Butter Sheet Cake is a really lovely one to have in! The recipe is for a largish, 9 by 13 inch sheet cake, which cuts into 12 squares. Having sai … | Continue reading
What remains of the Radisson Blu’s giant cylindrical aquarium will be converted into a vertical garden, stretching to the sixth floor of the hotel in Berlin. Radisson Blu... | Continue reading
Taking his "cue" from an old Tom and Jerry cartoon, YouTube content creator Alex Apollonov from the 'I Did A Thing' channel has created an explosive billiards stick. Then he played his friend in a game. What could go wrong? Continue Reading Category: Lifestyle Tags: Inventors, Yo … | Continue reading
This checkin to GCAP4K8 Village Hall Series 1573 - Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. FTF! Can’t remember the last time I got one of those; it’s been a while. I woke up this morning thinking about an errand I need to run today that would … | Continue reading
Solutions exist, but our window to avoid the worst is shrinking fast. Risk assessment issues stark warning for major region amid rising temperatures: 'A huge wake-up call' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"You never know." Shopper shares warning after examining soil of newly purchased plant: 'Make sure to check' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When the toys themselves are ads, it can contribute to the hyperconsumerist churn of wasteful products. Shopper shares photo of 'dystopian' children's toy for sale at Costco: 'The point is brand indoctrination as young as possible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Tesla’s just had a tough quarter, including in the United States, but a tough quarter for Tesla would be a stunning, fantabulous success for any other company trying to sell electric vehicles. In the USA, according to data from Cox Automotive and Kelley Blue Book, more than one o … | Continue reading
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I think many EV fans and followers have been impressed and optimistic about Volkswagen Group’s focus on electrification in recent years — basically, since the big Dieselgate scandal shook everything up. Volkswagen Group came up with one of the first big plans from legacy automake … | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Friday 2024-04-19 19-Apr-2024 – Hasbro rolls out Transformers One tie-in action figures and toys Brief Summary: ” Following hot on the heels of the Transformers One trailer debut, Hasbro has revealed the first wav” | Continue reading
"It is time we stopped sacrificing people in the name of industry and economy." New report estimates millions of Americans are at risk of exposure to toxic 'bomb trains': 'It's going to happen again' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"That's so beautiful." Renter shares stunning lawn update photos after quitting mowing for two months: 'It's a genuine meadow' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
After 96 years of service, public transport providers in the Netherlands and Germany have confirmed that the direct day train between Amsterdam and Basel will be discontinued from... | Continue reading
19:34 in office. Haven’t written here in days, possibly weeks. Miss it. Need to design this area down […] | Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — [This week] nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects. Market forecasts show that … | Continue reading
Anyone checking into their Instagram or Facebook pages in the last few days, will have no doubt noticed the presence of Meta’s AI “assistant”, named, um, Meta AI. Britney Nguyen, writing for Quartz: The tech giant said on Thursday that it is bringing Meta AI to all of its platfor … | Continue reading
The surging costs reflect crop shortages, and there are fears the changing climate will make things worse. Concerns over poor growing conditions and coffee bean shortages send prices to record highs: 'Crippling supplies amid ever growing demand' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Volkswagen Group set out several years ago to be a leader in the transition to electric vehicles. Not everything has gone according to plan, but it’s been moving forward — to be honest, at quite a fast clip for a company of its size. Two of its electric vehicle (EV) ... [continue … | Continue reading
One expert believes this technology is versatile enough to become a part of a wide range of industries as well, like fashion, robotics, medicine, and vehicle manufacturing. Scientists develop self-healing material that could transform the plastic industry: 'We could solve many of … | Continue reading
Nick Bostrom’s new tome comes out today, and what can I say — it has a great cover with a number of interesting questions and a subtitle that hints that it might address the meaning of life in a future where AI and robots can do everything. But alas, after much build up and antic … | Continue reading
"Our projections show that within 10 years, we will be able to protect around 70 million Brazilians across various cities." Health officials to release millions of insects to fight outbreak of 'break-bone' fever — here's how they'll help first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Way back in March 2013, I recorded the Tuesday noon siren that used to resound throughout San Francisco. The siren has since been silenced for municipal budgetary reasons, but the recording lives on. It is one my most listened-to tracks on SoundCloud, and it’s been sampled by var … | Continue reading
The rules vary from state to state, but there is at least some ammunition for residents who want to make the most of zero-tailpipe pollution cars. New multistate laws limit power of homeowners associations to dictate residents' vehicles — here's why that's important first appeare … | Continue reading
On this week’s episode of Aftermath Hours (which is coming to you a little after hours, a choice I obviously made on purpose so I could make this joke), Riley and Chris are joined by freelance games journalist Ian Boudreau to talk about AI, layoffs, and just how much Fallout is i … | Continue reading
The tech podcast that just had its gears oiled! Audio narration generated using Shortcuts. ⏱️⏱️⏱️ Mikah Sargent: What is one of the first delightful things you remember doing on the World Wide Web? Tinkering with, breaking, and eventually fixing my iServ webmail. Turns out email … | Continue reading
The ultimate coffee scale for pour-over fanatics. | Continue reading
The alleged masking of the problem is troublesome, and the lawsuit charges Samsung with poor design, engineering, and manufacturing. Lawsuit filed against Samsung over appliance malfunction: 'Knew about the defect ... as early as 2013' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my second time reading the book. I lowered the rating from 5 to 4 stars mostly because 5 stars is “it was amazing” and 4 stars is “really liked it” so that’s a more honest assessment. This is a book that I […] | Continue reading
In Part 1 of this series, we tried to answer the question “who do you follow who also follows user B” in Bluesky, a social network with millions of users and hundreds of millions of follow relationships. At the conclusion of the post, we’d developed an in-memory graph store for t … | Continue reading
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 23: 469: Vector API (Eighth Incubator) | Continue reading
The much-anticipated line has been in development for more than a decade. Biden eyes Japanese technology to revive high-speed rail project connecting major cities — here's why it's important first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In the absence of strong net neutrality protections, internet service providers (ISPs) have made all sorts of plans that would allow them to capitalize on something called "network slicing." While this technology has all sorts of promise, what the ISPs have planned would subvert … | Continue reading
EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities WASHINGTON — Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another … | Continue reading