If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. It’s the end of the world, all over again. Read more... | Continue reading
Get your coloring pencils ready because today we’re giving away free printable Saturn coloring pages! Perfect for kids of all… The post Saturn Coloring Pages appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Today's links The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. La … | Continue reading
"Congratulations on the epic find." Shopper thrilled after finding incredible kitchenware item at local thrift store: 'I never find deals like this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
As I wrote in Checking if files are synced between repos with GitHub Actions, if you're vendoring-and-periodically-updating files, trying to remember to do it is always a pain. I've now decided to actually write a re-usable action that can be used to perform this work, prompted b … | Continue reading
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Satellite images capture striking differences between the 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses that swept across North America, including variations in the moon's shadow along the path of totality. | Continue reading
Welcome back to the week that was in io9's coverage of the latest, and greatest, in pop culture news. It’s been a busy week, as the highly anticipated new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine brought with it oodles of insight and analysis on its comic book connections—but that’s not … | Continue reading
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Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range anxiety and electrify long-haul trucks. | Continue reading
Under a white sky, the rambling old white lilac is beginning to bloom. Half an hour past sunrise, the first, tentative raindrops on the roof. | Continue reading
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The moment I finished editing this week’s show about Cal Newports Slow Productivity, I realised to my horror that I’d made it before. The post My Todolist Over Time | 2406 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
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Roy Scranton in The Baffler: TAKE A GOOD LOOK at yourself in the mirror. Really go look. Observe closely the skin over the cheekbones, the chin, the lips, the cunning little teeth. See the ears and nose, the smooth forehead, the hair and eyebrows. Admire what an intelligent beast … | Continue reading
From UChicago News: Michael Levin: Pretty much everything, birth defects, traumatic injury, aging, degenerative disease, cancer, all of these things boil down to the problem of a group of cells not knowing how or not being able to build the right thing. If we have the answer to t … | Continue reading
Bizarre worm that looks "like the rump of a pig from one side and Mick Jagger's lips from the other" may be in the middle of an evolutionary leap, scientists say. | Continue reading
In the tech world, developer conferences are like birthdays. These mega-events happen annually and remind us of the cadence of life and that time is a neverending circle. Google I/O 2024 will be no different. Read more... | Continue reading
"Looks like they took your bin and left your garbage." Agitated homeowner shares photo of mess left behind by local garbage collector: 'File a complaint' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Learning to Read By four I knew what my mother must have known immediately. I was more trouble than I was worth. She’d lie down for a nap and there I’d be buzzing around her, thinking that I had a right to push my nose into everything. That’s how I learned: bumping into things li … | Continue reading
While building tempest/highlight, I came across an interesting design problem. One of its core components is a concept called "patterns"; these are classes that match a very specific part of code-to-be-highlighted using regex. Part of my test suite's responsibility is to test eac … | Continue reading
Many years ago - when I was very young and you were even younger - it was standard for an ISP to provide all their users with a small amount of webspace. Both Pipex and Demon offered webspace back in 1996. If my hazy memory is correct, they offered a few megabytes - more than […] | Continue reading
BREAKING: University of Florida students chose to breakdown their encampment after being handed this of Allowable Activities and Prohibitive Items and Activities. Look at those Consequences for Non-Compliance 👀 University of Florida's chapter of Young Democratic Socialist … | Continue reading
This week Apple got a dose of reality as people are caring less about its Vision Pro. A robot tank with green eyes and a robo dog with a flamethrower show that the future of warfare is here. And to round things out, Elon Musk’s AI bot isn’t that smart. Here’s all the big tech new … | Continue reading
From William Hogarth's series "A Harlot's Progress", to the descent of the seamstress from sewing machine to prostitution. A popular 19th century story. | Continue reading
As I rummaged through my old blog posts recently, I couldn’t help but notice a recurring theme: Twitter. Surprisingly, amid the clutter of musings and reflections, Twitter stood out as a significant part of my online presence. This got me thinking: What if Twitter had been design … | Continue reading
The past year has seen record renewable power production nationwide. | Continue reading
Colossal Biosciences has generated a flurry of headlines in recent years, as the ‘de-extinction’ company announced plans to resurrect the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and, most recently, the dodo bird, developing a bioengineering toolkit along the way that has prompted in … | Continue reading
For its 10th anniversary, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) is expanding in a major way. “We are moving along with the rest of the market—which is all about deployment,” current IN2 Program Manager Sarah Derdowski said. “One of the hardest challenges in the cleantech ind … | Continue reading
Fallout 76 is good now. Actually, it’s always been good. | Continue reading
Chris should be done with the chair above by the time you’re reading this. As I write and schedule this post, he’s doing the “make pretty” on the arms, legs and seat, and the backrest will be installed by lunchtime. Then he’ll spray a coat or two of shellac and rub on a coat of.. … | Continue reading
Apple is reportedly holding discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s AI technology to power some features coming to the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. This comes roughly a month after reports surfaced that Apple was holding discussions with Google … | Continue reading
"We have demonstrated that our vehicle can levitate on an existing track." Company develops innovative magnetic train that can operate with existing infrastructure: 'An easily usable technology' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I admit this might be a bit much, but, to be clearthe title of this journalis called The Book of Chaosand so . . in fairness to the topic, yesI think that both love and lustand the interchangeablenessof the two can be enough to drive anyone crazy. And, so . . . Yes, sure.I am […] | Continue reading
They say project yourself, But I’m an Edinburgh man myself Manu’s post on how marketing himself makes him feel uncomfortable has been doing the rounds recently. As ever from Manu, it’s a thoughtful, honest piece that’s well worth the read. Every time I need to do something that … | Continue reading
This hack could save your fruits this summer. Kitchen hack expert shares 'game-changing' trick to make summer fruits last as long as possible: 'The best advice' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
If you spend your hard-earned money on fresh produce, you probably hate to see it wasted at the end of the week. Doctor shares safe and healthy tip for keeping your produce fresh for longer: 'I've been doing it all wrong' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
By applying the lessons of great novels to real life, a professor predicted cancel culture decades before the internet existed. | Continue reading
Lasers have helped uncover ancient human-made structures the world over. | Continue reading
In our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie explores potential projects to visit and study asteroid Apophis when it performs a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Consumer Reports reveals that about 20% of fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. may have unsafe pesticide … | Continue reading
"Great advice." Expert gardener demonstrates 'simple' trick for boosting tomato production: 'I instantly got higher yields' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Everything you need to know about the humanoids that will soon enter the workforce — or are in it already. | Continue reading
This is the thirtieth part of a fiction serial, in 754 words. During the next two years, Hettie’s life changed a great deal. Edward got his long-desired move to the suburbs when they bought a pre-war semi-detached house in Beckenham, still in Kent but close to south London. He so … | Continue reading
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Born 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, American actress and model Sunny Griffin graduated from Hood College, in Fredrick, Maryland in 1962. In 1966, Ford Model Agency declared her the highest-paid fashion model in the world. Over her 18 year modeling career, she graced the covers of H … | Continue reading
My cat has nothing in common with Maisie Dobbs. Let me back up. Picture the scene: it’s December 2021. My first nephew had just been born, and because of the pandemic, I couldn’t meet him in person or help my sister the way she’d helped me after my sons were born. I was feeling h … | Continue reading
Hubble Monitors Supernova In Nearby Galaxy M82 from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mefites are expressing joy that their seeking-tendrils have encountered the short science fiction story "Hello! Hello! Hello!" by Fiona Jones ... plus general vibrating gratitude at brainwane for … | Continue reading
What's the science behind starting a fire with flint and steel? | Continue reading