Educators of the world, get those hankies out. Because this...[dramatic pause]...is your story. Yes, every year you need some good "louck" as you embark upon that harrowing journey: Back "toschol." Here you will continue on for an indeterminate amount of time. "4" more...years? S … | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned eight slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year! GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the prog … | Continue reading
Though it may look to y’all as though I’m back in the saddle again after an eight-year absence, in truth I never actually left it. – “Back in the Saddle” For some reason, when perfectly ordinary sex workers…use a perfectly ordinary technology or product, it becomes a story. – “Pe … | Continue reading
Fortnire’s biggest collaboration of the year is almost upon us. Ever since somebody decided that May the 4th sounded fractionally… Continue reading Lego Fornite Star Wars collab – when you can get it and everything it includes The post Lego Fornite Star Wars collab – when you can … | Continue reading
Fortnire’s biggest collaboration of the year is almost upon us. Ever since somebody decided that May the 4th sounded fractionally… Continue reading Lego Fortnite Star Wars collab – when you can get it and everything it includes The post Lego Fortnite Star Wars collab – when you c … | Continue reading
Ongoing GPS jamming in the Baltic has led to all flights to Tartu in Estonia being cancelled. With Russia the likely culprit, Baltic foreign ministers are calling for a joint NATO response. The departures and arrivals board at Tartu Airport is currently a depressing sight. In wha … | Continue reading
Donald Trump’s 18-year-old son is going to save the nation, according to the online right. | Continue reading
Ukraine sees itself as one of the largest exporters of green hydrogen to the European Union. But it will need serious investment to make it happen. Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko has long said that renewables will play a major role in the reconstruction of the coun … | Continue reading
We started the year in a frenzy of AI/ML interest and it’s still going strong. It seems like every event we attend has an AI/ML panel, and our #machine-learning Slack channel regularly discusses a new article, open-source library or resource. In reflecting on what it takes to bui … | Continue reading
The countdown to RailsConf 2024 is on and the thoughtbot team is looking forward to connecting with you in real life. That’s right, thoughtbotters are quantum leaping from the blog posts, podcasts, and open source you love and touching down in Detroit to talk all things Rails. He … | Continue reading
"It's terrifying." Experts grow concerned as trend during 'kitten season' worsens: 'Every year we just know it's going to get harder' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Thanks for this growing tip!" Garden expert demonstrates simple method to grow never-ending supply of snackable veggie: 'I do this every year' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This announcement comes after LEGO scrapped its plans last year to make the characteristic colorful bricks from recycled plastic bottles. LEGO announces plans to alter its iconic toys: 'This is much, much harder than we expected' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Henry Farrell – who has been on a storming run of insights so far this year, and if you don’t already follow his Substack you need to start forthwith – posted an especially interesting piece at the beginning of last month, considering the relationship between developments in cont … | Continue reading
Georgia Power announced this week that the 1,114-megawatt (MW) Unit 4 nuclear power reactor at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into commercial operation after connecting to the power grid in March 2024. The commercial start of Unit 4 completes the 11-year expansion … | Continue reading
U.S. electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite the addition of 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year. Data from our Power Plant Operations Report show that U.S. wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235 gi … | Continue reading
Samsung teased the Galaxy Ring earlier this year when it introduced the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones. Naturally, this sparked a flurry of rumors about what’s to come and what the wearable could be like. But Samsung is still making smartwatches, too. Based on the hearsay, 2024 … | Continue reading
Earlier this year, during CES 2024, Sennheiser announced their Momentum Sport earbuds. While I occasionally cover various earbuds in sports, most honestly end up being relatively similar. However, the Momentum Sport had a rather unique set of sport features in … Read More Here → | Continue reading
"They make some of the most efficient EVs you can get." Automaker to capitalize on record-breaking year with first-of-its-kind EV platform: 'A variety of expansion possibilities' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
After more than a decade of delays and failures, Boeing is finally ready to launch its first crew of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff of the Starliner CST-100 spacecraft is scheduled for May 6—and it’s going to be a true nail-biter. Read more... | Continue reading
Tom Lokhorst has put together a wonderful site that catalogs WWDC sessions dating back to the year 2000. I bet this one was fun. | Continue reading
A major focus on the console game sector will be undertaken by South Korea over the next five years as… Continue reading South Korea to focus on growing console game industry in bold five year plan The post South Korea to focus on growing console game industry in bold five year p … | Continue reading
US offshore wind stakeholders are ready for a comeback in 2024 after suffering a series of blows last year. The post US Offshore Wind Industry Readies Self For Another Round appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
This week, I have the pleasure of sharing with you my Q&A with Lisa Kaltenegger about her new book, Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos. Lisa is a world-renowned astrobiologist and the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University. Earlier t … | Continue reading
Somehow, we have arrived at episode 500 of Connected,1 and I’m so glad Apple waited to release new iPads until next week, so we could play our traditional game before the event next week: Apple’s first iPad event in over a year is next week, so the guys have dusted off their head … | Continue reading
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Unlike many of the surprise hit games this year such as Palworld and Helldivers, everybody kind of expected Manor Lords… Continue reading Manor Lords next patch will fix the homelessness issue The post Manor Lords next patch will fix the homelessness issue appeared first on ReadW … | Continue reading
Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an election-year clock? | Continue reading
The fifth month of the year is an extra special month, packed with major holidays and important dates – It’s… The post Free Printable May Calendar appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Koei Tecmo’s latest financial results report for the last fiscal year revealed some sales numbers for the publisher’s recent crop of games, from April 2023 to April 2024. One of the most fascinating details from the report is that Rise Of The Ronin, the recently release open-worl … | Continue reading
Xbox has set a date for their annual Xbox Game Showcase event. For this year, it will be livestreamed on June 9 10 AM PT (June 10, 1 AM Malaysia Time, +8 GMT). Last year saw a double feature where the Xbox Games Showcase was followed by the Starfield Direct. This year, Xbox is do … | Continue reading
"It has been so exciting to see all the pollinators show up!" Homeowner shares stunning first-year yard progress photos after ripping out lawn: 'It was a lot of work for me, but worth it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Outlets from ABC News to The Guardian are reporting on the collapse of Bonza, the upstart Australian airline that took to the skies a year and a half ago. Ian Verrender had a poignant line: Former Qantas boss Geoff Dixon used to regale clients and investors with a standing joke e … | Continue reading
Linux Mint 22 will include a Matrix web client preinstalled when released later this year. The IRC-based desktop chat app Linux Mint has been building, Jargonaut, to replace Hexchat and provide real-time communication for its users, will no longer be included (the status of any f … | Continue reading
US prosecutors sought 3-year sentence for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. | Continue reading
The Five Spot, on St. Mark’s Place in Manhattan, hosted most of the great jazz musicians of the middle part of the twentieth century — Charles Mingus, for instance: It was also a block-and-a-half from 77 St. Mark’s Place, which is where for a long time Auden lived for about half … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced the first few titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in May of this year. As well as… Continue reading Xbox announces first batch of Game Pass titles for May 2024 The post Xbox announces first batch of Game Pass titles for May 2024 appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
If we look not at the rate of change but just the pure cost of energy, Kauaʻi went from the most expensive energy in the state to the cheapest in about a year and has kept this low cost lead ever since The post Case Study: Cost Comparison Of Utility Transition To Clean Energy app … | Continue reading
This time of the year, I am on a hunt for migratory warblers. Warblers are Neotropical migrants which means they spend their winters as far south as South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. In the Spring they return to breed, travelling as far north as Canada. In the pa … | Continue reading
A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. | Continue reading
Previously I’ve shown off VimiumC as a way to navigate content inside your web browser without needing to take your hands off the keyboard to reach for your mouse, but now I’ve found a tool for macOS that lets you do the same thing for the entire operating system called Homerow. … | Continue reading
Since last year, a subreddit has been toiling away to find the source of a particular ‘80s song and it finally hit the jackpot. Read more... | Continue reading
And yet cities in the Southwest are still growing. The delusional thinking about the future is off the charts. Megadrought forces end to sugarcane farming in parched Texas borderland | The Guardian In February, the cooperative announced that it would close its 50-year-old sugarca … | Continue reading
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Amazon Q Developer as a preview last year, it changed my experience of interacting with AWS services and, at the same time, maximizing the potential of AWS services on a daily basis. Trained on 17 years of AWS knowledge and experience, this … | Continue reading
Wahoo has announced that runners excited to run indoors can now start the pre-order process for the KICKR RUN treadmill, which was announced earlier this year. Wahoo confirmed the previously planned $4,999USD pricing, and says they expect a delivery date … Read More Here → | Continue reading
One thing has been ridiculously clear in my 15-plus-year career reviewing consumer tech. I’m a size queen when it comes to laptops, particularly gaming laptops. I was bereft when Dell put the original Alienware 18 out to pasture and spent a number of years requesting its return. … | Continue reading
It took 13 years, but Gwen finally conquered the challenge of her century-old home’s walk-in closet. Unlike conventional, rectangular spaces, this one was narrow with oddly angled walls and a pitched ceiling. These quirks made off-the-shelf closet systems a non-starter, forcing G … | Continue reading
People don’t seem to write a lot of manifestos these days. Or if they do write manifestos, they don’t make the impact that they would have a century ago. In fact, this year marks the hundredth anniversary of the Manifeste du surréalisme, or Surrealist Manifesto, one of the most f … | Continue reading