In the UK, where drinking warm beer was a thing, pint glasses were an appropriate vessel for centuries. In 20th century Germany, a new type of beer vessel evolved along with the technology of refrigeration: The stange, which translates to "pole" or "rod," as that's what the narro … | Continue reading
Amazon are slashing $80 off this fantastic running watch at right now, which boasts two weeks of battery life. | Continue reading
I have an admission: Though I frequently review new Apple products, I don’t always buy them. Like many of you, I can’t afford to update every bit of Apple hardware every time the company does a revision—so I have to carefully measure when the old stuff has now become too old and … | Continue reading
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Mercedes-Benz has sold at least one of its new vehicles fitted with its Drive Pilot autonomous driving software, which lets you take your hands off the steering wheel and your eyes off the road. | Continue reading
Early on a June morning in 2023, my colleagues and I drove down a bumpy dirt road north of Kyiv in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were conducting training exercises nearby, and mortar shells arced through the sky. We arrived at a vast field for a technology demonstration set … | Continue reading
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I sure ain't gonna show you my book. The post An Unexpected Ode to the New Road House appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We've been busy. Developer Thriving: four sociocognitive factors that create resilient productivity on software teams Co-authored with my... | Continue reading
The Biden administration is imposing new regulations on coal burning power plants. “Taken together, the regulations could deliver a death blow in the United States to coal, the fuel that…has caused global environmental damage.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
Robotic telescopes of various shapes and sizes are hitting the market these days, each promising clear views of the cosmos and ease of use—attributes not often found paired together in a single telescope. Amateur and backyard astronomers are now fully embracing this ongoing, auto … | Continue reading
Author Samantha Mills has a lot on her mind with The Wings Upon Her Back, and much of what is on her mind goes back… way back. Find out how the experiences of those who come before come to color the lives of those who live in the now, and what it means for this […] | Continue reading
Drake released a diss track against Kendrick Lamar over the weekend featuring AI-generated versions of West Coast legends Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. Tupac’s estate sent Drake a letter on Wednesday threatening to sue him for using the late rapper’s voice in a “blatant abuse” of … | Continue reading
New hand-sized gas analyser to detect multiple toxic gases in real-time with lasers Scientists hope to make them as common as video surveillance, with units on every lamp post Least polluted routes to work or school could be integrated into Google Maps in the future Consortium re … | Continue reading
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met British soldiers stationed at the Polish military base on April 23rd, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. Picture by Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street The UK will spend at least 7% of a growing defence budget on R&D and military-related science and techn … | Continue reading
If you thought Lego’s space toys for May were limited to the world of Star Wars, think again—the toymaker’s latest reveals bring things back to our time and our galaxy, and they combine stunning engineering with incredible art. Read more... | Continue reading
Hackers have started to target a critical severity vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress to create user accounts with administrative privileges and to plant backdoors for long-term access. [...] | Continue reading
Exactly 7 years ago I had the chance to Interview Kurt Menke. You may know Kurt from his books, Discovering QGIS. You may know him from his consulting days over in New Mexico. You may know him from his interviews up here. At the end of the interview 7 years back Kurt said “For me … | Continue reading
I’ve written about cousins in all sorts of ways here (i.e., see this and this and this and this). My cousin-factor is blessedly high. There are the… The post Lebanese Cousin-Love appeared first on Maureen Abood. | Continue reading
Villanelle, M, and Kick-Ass walk into a zombie movie The post Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later Is Building an All-Star Cast appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down — Alex Jason, via Adam Savage | Continue reading
"Octograbbers" was a game that the children played for months on end. It involved possessing two shovels, one for each hand, then using them like pincers to dig, pick things up, and occasionally, in the spirit of fun, menace one another. We'll never know who invented the game of … | Continue reading
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 With what is Donald Trump charged? The future president made the statement back in the early days. Joe and Mika were in the process of flipping on the candidate—a candidate over whom they had fawned all through the previous year. It was January 2016. NPR … | Continue reading
This object might baffle Westerners visiting Japan:To give you some context, you'd find it in a traditional noodle shop.It's an old-school spice vessel, invented prior to blowmolding. They often hold shichimi (a spice blend) and are easily made with local materials. The body is s … | Continue reading
As any Pokémon fan knows, the series is all about data – lots and lots of data. So much data that entire websites and apps are dedicated to helping players keep track of it all. That’s a big design challenge for any app developer, which is why I was so glad to see it taken […] | Continue reading
"There are no single or simple solutions for figuring out the complexities of our future energy supply." Floating tidal energy turbine company to make waves in US waters: 'This milestone underlines growing global appetite' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Whether you're pursued by hired thugs, trained assassins, or an unhinged killer, fleeing an attempt on your life is one great way to kick off an adventure... The post Killer Plots: Five Books Featuring Professional Assassins appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Relationship between TikTok, ByteDance deepens as tensions over the app’s ownership escalate. | Continue reading
Ahmad Ibsais in Time Magazine: “Where is Ahmad?” The soldier called my name while we were stopped at the last Israeli checkpoint on the way from Ramallah to Jerusalem. I am a Palestinian American. But once I’m in my ancestral homeland, I’m not an American in the eyes of Israeli a … | Continue reading
It’s our 15th anniversary this year and we’d love to hear about you: who you are, why you follow us, what you like, what you don’t, what you value and how you interact with us and anyone else in the infosphere. Yes, it’s a survey but a quick two minute one. Plus every 100th parti … | Continue reading
Dana Smith in The New York Times: If you put a lab mouse on a diet, cutting the animal’s caloric intake by 30 to 40 percent, it will live, on average, about 30 percent longer. The calorie restriction, as the intervention is technically called, can’t be so extreme that the animal … | Continue reading
Origami is the art of paper folding, and today, we’re going to learn how to make a beautiful origami star… The post Learn How To Fold An Origami Star appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
io9 talked to cult filmmaker Don Coscarelli when he released his memoir in 2018. Now, the director of Phantasm I-IV, as well as Bubba Ho-Tep, The Beastmaster, and John Dies at the End, is trying something new: fiction. Or rather, Phiction—a book of short stories that explores “ta … | Continue reading
Cansu Tastan is the co-creator and designer of Defter Notes, a tool for infinite spatial thinking. We talked about the power of bridging the gap between analog and digital, how to interact with ideas in a tangible way, how spatial computing can support neurodiversity in note-taki … | Continue reading
Learn how Chronicle Services, a Java-based framework optimised for low-latency microservices, meets critical requirements by integrating HA, performance, and data persistence. The post The High Availability Features of Microservices using Chronicle Services appeared first on fooj … | Continue reading
One of the most exciting possibilities of 3D-printed architecture is that it could revolutionize affordable housing. Portugal's Havelar shows this may soon be within reach with its inaugural 3D-printed home, which took just 18 hours to print. Continue Reading Category: Architectu … | Continue reading
In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). During this rare encounter, Apophis will be ten times closer to Earth than the Moon and scientists want to take full advantag … | Continue reading
"I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door." | Continue reading
I had a fantastic time chatting with a group of design system wizards, Nathan Curtis and Ben Callahan. Geoff Graham did a great job facilitating the conversation, and we covered a lot of ground! | Continue reading
“I feel very confident predicting that there will be autonomous robotaxis from Tesla next year — not in all jurisdictions because we won’t have regulatory approval everywhere.” That’s a quote from Elon Musk, from April 2019. In fact, that’s almost exactly 5 years ago today, as Au … | Continue reading
Today's links Antitrust is a labor issue: Banning noncompetes is huge, but it's not all the FTC is doing! 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. Latest books … | Continue reading
COROS has just announced the newest version of their flagship adventure watch series: The COROS Vertix 2S. This iteration is a slight upgrade over the existing Vertix 2 that was announced in three years ago in the summer of … Read More Here → | Continue reading
Today, only one topic, but that's because I wanted to share my broader thoughts on the latest Datadog report. | Continue reading
We brought together Ann Coulter, Sohrab Ahmari, Nick Gillespie, and Cenk Uygur to discuss the No. 1 issue for American voters. Now paid subscribers can watch. | Continue reading
Coros Vertix 2S Review Update: a good watch got better with a few minor upgrades to HR/GPS The post new Coros Vertix 2s – Thoughts appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
A 2023 Column Contest grand-prize winner, Laurence Pevsner’s Sorry Not Sorry investigates why we’re sick of everyone apologizing all the time—and how the collapse of the public apology leaves little room for forgiveness and grace in our politics and culture. - - - This summer, Mi … | Continue reading