Koh Ewe in Time: In a place as dry as the desert city of Dubai, whenever they can get rain, they’ll take it. United Arab Emirates authorities will often even try to make it rain—as they did earlier this week when the National Center of Meteorology dispatched planes to inject chem … | Continue reading
"And it looks clean, so even better." Lucky shopper stunned after finding popular kitchen appliance for mere dollars at local thrift store: 'Can't pass that up' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Chinese government hackers are constantly trying to infiltrate the computer systems of U.S. water treatment facilities and energy grids in a bid to be “pre-positioned” for inducing panic, according to an alarming new speech from FBI Director Christopher Wray. And given the succes … | Continue reading
Our blogging friend Shaily has a new book out on Kindle. Twelve short stories in her great style, and a really good price too, only £2.40. In the UK it is also free on Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback. Please read Shaily’s post for more details. | Continue reading
drinking to forget likely amplifies the pain one carries within #haiku | Continue reading
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Trying this app called Drafts because I’m bored right now. | Continue reading
A review of HG Wells’ Little Wars. The book that changed the way tabletop wargames were played, and paved the way for the development of role-playing The post Little Wars of the Worlds | 2405 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
This came up in a discussion thread a few years ago. In response to some thoughts from Danielle Navarro about the importance of model checking, I wrote: This makes me think of an analogy between the following two things: – … Continue reading → | Continue reading
It was a bad week for Truth Social and the Tesla Cybertruck. Both showed that they might not be as great as Donald Trump and Elon Musk thought. This week also saw a terrifying AI video generator, major complaints about a dog-sitting app, and the retirement of a beloved robot. Che … | Continue reading
Spiro has the largest fleet of electric motorcycles on the roads in Africa. Spiro now has over 13,000 electric motorbikes and 40,000 swappable batteries in operation across Benin, Togo, Rwanda, and Kenya. Spiro says, to date, riders have collectively driven almost quarter of a bi … | Continue reading
Does it live up to the hype? I put my taste buds to the test. READ MORE... | Continue reading
📦 Download the fonts, alpha 0.1: https://www.davidrevoy.com/data/documents/2024-04-20_DeevadHand_alpha1.zip (265KB, Open Font License) | Continue reading
Are you watching For All Mankind? I hope so, because our regular reminders that you absolutely should be culminated this week with the news that Apple doesn’t just want more, but a whole extra show on top of what some of you already aren’t watching. But that’s not all this week—w … | Continue reading
Today we’re going to look at some of the ideas found in The Promise of Access by Daniel Greene. Specifically we’ll look at libraries and schooling and how mere access to technology without fundamental reform in the structures of society will not change much. This is a reader supp … | Continue reading
"It's an ongoing campaign." Home builders tenaciously lobby against energy-efficient updates to building codes — here's why first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The cream sauce! READ MORE... | Continue reading
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates. | Continue reading
A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.? | Continue reading
CATL, the world’s biggest battery manufacturer, just unveiled TENER, a new energy storage system for utility companies. | Continue reading
They’re brighter than the California sun. READ MORE... | Continue reading
“It’s very velvety and smooth.” READ MORE... | Continue reading
The show preserved the themes, archetypes, chronology, and more for the games. | Continue reading
A new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers found two recent cases of prion disease—universally fatal ailments caused by rogue proteins—that could have been caused by the victims eating contaminated deer meat. This connection is … | Continue reading
The southern grasshopper mouse is largely immune to the venom of the Arizona bark scorpion and will resort to cannibalism when times are tough. | Continue reading
To no one’s shock, Samsung reclaims the top spot in global phone sales over Apple in this quarter. We also got a first look at the new line of Sony Bravia TVs featuring Mini-LED, which makes a really strong case against OLED. And finally, Ikea revealed its Gaming Furniture Collec … | Continue reading
I was noodling around in PHP the other day and discovered that this works: | Continue reading
A trip to the Baltic coast, with Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus, Eugen Bracht, Eugen Dücker, and Carl Irmer's landscape paintings. | Continue reading
Mladost 2, Sofia. There’s a facebook group dedicated to removing items like this but I find it interesting. Probably because I don’t see it very often. | Continue reading
All the easier to control you | Continue reading
The question to you, Mr. Chaos is simple.The question becomes what have you done for me?What have I lost on your behalf and where has this led me? where have you taken me,besides to you, and either constantly or consistently and somehow or persistently, and for the record;I am su … | Continue reading
Cool with a clearing sky at sunrise. A blue-headed vireo’s soliloquy. The smell of damp earth. | Continue reading
There was a time when Kia was the bargain basement brand. Quality sucked, but the price was low. In recent years, Kia has made an amazing turnaround and has become an automotive leader. Nothing seems to prove this more than the company’s fast-charging and reliable EV offerings. S … | Continue reading
The competition provides a steady stream of experienced graduates to the auto industry. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago. | Continue reading
"The crane is not only unique in its performance and capabilities. It is also the first of its kind to operate fully electrified." First massive electric harbor crane sparks worldwide attention with its incredible ability: 'It is a versatile and powerful machine that can handle a … | Continue reading
Wally and I are busy today helping students turn the sticks shown above into sawbenches. But Chris is back this week, eagerly awaiting your Open Wire questions. So, please post your (succinct) woodworking questions in the comments below, and Chris will answer. You can also ask hi … | Continue reading
Some experts have concerns over the safety of the genetically modified bacteria. | Continue reading
Przejdź do treści Menu Na skróty Hity Kwestii Smaku Znane i lubiane Filety drobiowe Polędwiczki Schab Karkówka Kotlety Burgery Pulpeciki Potrawy tradycyjne Popularne ciasta Więcej... Szybki obiad Szybkie ciasto Obiad na niedzielę Bar mleczny Naleśniki Pierogi Kluski śląskie Kopyt … | Continue reading
A few sheep are mowing the lawn in the park. And there is at least one lamb too! 🐑🐑🐑 “määähhh” | Continue reading
"The challenge was to create a home using earth as the primary building material." Architect turns to centuries-old technique to revolutionize how we build houses: 'This will be a very attractive method' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This week, we’re back the original idea behind this newsletter – a newsletter that’s informal and “what I’d send you if you were to ask me what’s on my mind this week.” On my mind this week: the sea. It started last weekend when I read William Langewiesche | Continue reading
Medieval LOLs: Fabliaux Posted on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 6:25AM by Morgan Meis | Continue reading
Fara Dabhoiwala at The Guardian: Everything Must Go is about how, over the past 200 years, writers and artists have built on this inheritance to create new kinds of non-Christian eschatology. Ever since Lord Byron’s poem Darkness (1816), which dispensed with God, people have been … | Continue reading
Benjamin Markovits at the New York Times: This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death. The most famous poet of his age (an odd phrase now) died fighting for Greek independence in the marshes of Missolonghi. “Who would write, who had anything better to do?” he once sa … | Continue reading
I’ve been watching the current debate over memory-safe programming with interest. On the one have you have Rust and Go advocates talking about the need to replace C with its buffer overflows and other security problems, and on the other you have different fingers. And people say … | Continue reading
Wedding Anniversary; 22 years of happiness. Off to see R&A's new daughter; exciting. Caught up with blog in the car, up-loaded some slides on background save from COOL days. | Continue reading