Get on your bikes and ride... in the cemetery! | Continue reading
Two brothers who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were arrested on Wednesday, facing charges for an innovative scheme… Continue reading $25M in 12 seconds: MIT hacker brothers arrested in the US The post $25M in 12 seconds: MIT hacker brothers arrested in … | Continue reading
When you devote even one second to thinking about the premise of Tales of the Shire – a cozy, gentle… Continue reading Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game: Everything we know so far The post Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game: Everything we know so far appeared … | Continue reading
Steam has a really interesting themed sale on at the moment – the Endlessly Replayable Fest. It’s dedicated to games… Continue reading The best deals in Steam’s Endlessly Replayable Fest sale The post The best deals in Steam’s Endlessly Replayable Fest sale appeared first on Read … | Continue reading
For forty years, the Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC) has had a famous science radio show called “Quirks and Quarks“; it is currently hosted by science journalist Bob McDonald. I’m pleased to tell you that I was invited onto that show this past week. In my conversation with McDon … | Continue reading
[What would the bottom-line cost be on wrecking a truck this way?] I’ve written previously about truck-eating bridges, relatively low bridges which are frequently slammed into by oblivious box truck drivers. Here in Boston, we call such incidents “Storrowings”, after the crosstow … | Continue reading
My wife bought a 12” MacBook in 2016. It was her first Mac. She loved how thin it was and that it looked great, but it ran terribly and only got slower with time. In early 2020 she upgraded to a Dell XPS 13 with a 10th gen Core | Continue reading
Your loyal correspondent goes gaga for Goodall | Continue reading
Programming mantras are proverbs I like this idea from Luke Plant that the best way to think about mantras like "Don’t Repeat Yourself" is to think of them as proverbs that can be accompanied by an equal and opposite proverb. DRY, "Don't Repeat Yourself" matches with WET, "Write … | Continue reading
The U.S. Senate has joined forces with the House of Representatives to nullify the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial… Continue reading Congress votes to nullify SEC’s controversial crypto policy The post Congress votes to nullify SEC’s controversial crypto … | Continue reading
By Ben Yagoda ne day in the very late 1960s, my father brought home a copy of Esquire magazine. Out popped a card offering an annual subscription for, I believe, $1.99. He filled it out and mailed it in, and subsequently the magazine, which was just a little past its New Journali … | Continue reading
Snake Island was isolated from the Brazilian mainland at the end of the last ice age, trapping Earth's only known population of highly venomous golden lancehead pit vipers on a rock in the Atlantic. | Continue reading
In the span of two posts here I’ve witnessed two astronomical events! First the total solar eclipse, and then more recently the aurora borealis. Both were amazing, especially the aurora. I’d never seen either before and both were pretty incredible to behold. I left my old job at … | Continue reading
"They have an opportunity to set the new standard." Organization demands major retailers take crucial steps to protect our oceans: 'These corporations have an opportunity to send a market signal' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
“Let Google do the searching for you.” Read more... | Continue reading
Ride1Up has launched an off-road flavor of its Revv 1 full-suspension ebike, which rolls with a similar moto-inspired vibe but gains a number of key updates designed to "enhance your riding experience while tackling rougher terrains." Continue Reading Category: Bicycles, Transpor … | Continue reading
Current conditions: Rain and cool temperatures are stalling wildfires in an oil-producing region of Canada • A record-setting May heat wave in Florida will linger through the weekend • It is 77 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny in Rome today, where the Vatican climate conference will … | Continue reading
Back to the old days again this morning. | Continue reading
By and large, the English language doesn't use diacritical marks. Even our loanwords are stripped of them; we drink in a cafe rather than the more pretentious café. This has a consequence for HTML and, by extension, eBooks. As a quick primer, modern computing gives us two main wa … | Continue reading
Mistra, anche conosciuta come Mystras o Mistras, è una città intrisa di storia, cultura e fascino senza tempo situata nella regione del Peloponneso in Grecia. Seppur inserita nella lista dei patrimoni dell’umanità dall’UNESCO ed esempio unico di città bizantina al suo massimo spl … | Continue reading
What’s happening Internet? It’s day 17 of #WeblogPoMo2024, and I’ve had a hell of a day with the kids, so this isn’t going to be anything amazing. As a devoted X-Men fan, my collection spans from Uncanny X-Men issues 200-300, X-Factor 1-101, to a myriad of randoms across the deca … | Continue reading
From the Dutch Golden Age onwards, they've become fashionable for a while. Examples from Whistler, Turner, Kuindzhi, van Gogh, and others. | Continue reading
Walking the Beach, September 10, 2001 I like seashells, Jake announces as he holds up periwinkle after periwinkle, as if each one’s so different it can’t be left where it is. I like periwinkles, he says, the way kids do when they’ve just learned a word and won’t keep from the ple … | Continue reading
Overcast and cool. Water gurgles into the ground and gurgles out again, and half-way between, a meadow vole surfaces from the thatch, her dark fur a study in ceaseless motion. | Continue reading
This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon discuss Apple’s evolving theatrical film strategy, highlight the debut of The Big Cigar, and recap Palm Royale. Show Notes iPad Pro Reviews and Not-Reviews Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn’t Get the Basics Right Ap … | Continue reading
The FBI has seized the BreachForums website, used by ransomware criminals to leak stolen corporate data. If law enforcement has gained access to the hacking forum’s backend data, as they claim, they would have email addresses, IP addresses, and private messages that could expose … | Continue reading
Epic Games Store’s Epic Mega Sale is back for 2024, from now until June 13. And as usual, the Steam competitor is courting PC gamers with not only great deals and discounts but also freebie games. To kick things off, Epic is offering Dragon Age Inquisition, Bioware’s last good ga … | Continue reading
L'articolo PLAY FESTIVAL DEL GIOCO proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading
Sega and Amplitude Studios are offering Endless Legend, the brilliant 4X game that’s part of the wider Endless universe, for free. Again. This is the second time this year Endless Legend is being offered for the low, low price of free. But this time, it’s less of a hassle. All yo … | Continue reading
Quantum computers historically required massive amounts of space, but a new system will allow home users to access quantum computers via the cloud. | Continue reading
Could you really control someone's hot water with just an email address? | Continue reading
Is the pollutant-destroying Molekule Air Pro air purifier really worth the hype? | Continue reading
United Launch Alliance is under pressure ramp up the flight rate for the new Vulcan rocket. | Continue reading
This is the 38th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Om Malik and his blog, om.co Om is a writer, photographer, investor, and many other things. His blog goes back decades and there are app … | Continue reading
"Throughout 2024, our customers are going to see their bills be between 15 and 20% lower by the end of the year." Former coal-fired power plant site now home to incredible new energy storage system: 'The infrastructure to connect the battery system to the grid at scale already ex … | Continue reading
You have to laugh.You have to laugh, like, as if this is your main priority because like a muscle that is not used, or like a sun that is not seen, you can lose sight of its beautyor lose your sense of humor,or like an atrophy, you can lose strength or dexterity, or worse, you [… … | Continue reading
The latest iPads are strange beasts. Beyond the cheaper base iPad, you have the iPad Air and the iPad Pro. They’re both at the top of their game. They’re more powerful than ever, and the more expensive version has processing capabilities nearly equivalent to that of a MacBook. An … | Continue reading
Neben der Tour in der DACH-Region brechen follow red mit ihrem Kunden Bosch Power Tools in diesem Jahr zu neuen Ufern auf: Bis Ende des Jahres folgen über 50 Stationen in mehr als 15 Ländern. | Continue reading
On a stormy May evening in 1882, approximately 10 gigawatts of electricity split from the sky above southeastern Oregon and struck a cattleman named Hiram Leslie as he approached his camp on the Owyhee River. Leslie’s horse died instantly; Leslie did not. Legend has it the pionee … | Continue reading
Perched atop a mountain with expansive views of the Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara coast, Rincon House by ANACAPA Architecture embraces the landscape and the grandeur of its panoramic vistas. Continue reading | Continue reading
For those times when you want to avoid using the mouse to improve your desktop layout. | Continue reading
I hope no on has a heart attack upon reading this…but I will be turning in the completed manuscript for the long-promised Dutch Tool Chest book by the end of this month. This year. In two weeks. Why is it so late? I am definitely the problem. I’m not great anymore at working 18 h … | Continue reading
I was listening to a recent ShopTalk Show episode where Dave Rupert was sharing about his experience of looking for a developer job this year. It made me reflect on my own career. I have a confession to make: I've never done a "real" interview, like in my whole professional life. … | Continue reading
Every month we’re recommending two titles that speak to each other—something old and something new. First up: Nellie Bowles and P.J. O’Rourke. | Continue reading
Greetings from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Yokohama, Japan! We hope you’ve been enjoying our short videos on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. They are just a preview of our in-depth ICRA coverage, and over the next several weeks we’ll hav … | Continue reading
Vemo is investing in charging infrastructure for BYD and other Chinese EV companies. | Continue reading
"This is really exciting news!" Photos of Tesla Semis operating for Walmart, Costco stir speculations about production ramping up: 'Better late than never' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Financial institutions today face significant challenges in updating their legacy middleware systems which are crucial for supporting millions of lines of code serving critical business functions. The post A Modern Approach to Middleware with Chronicle appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading