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lundi 13 janvier 2025, 17:00
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows for just $59.97—the smartest way to get your favorite tools without paying for features you'll never use. While everyone would like to tell you otherwise, you do not need the newest, shiniest version of Microsoft...
A dog was reunited with his lost friend after being separated by the Palisades fire for 5 days. My parents were ordered to evacuate in the face of the Palisades Fire. They grabbed their dogs and dog food; their medications and necessities were less of a concern to them and...
Christophe Meneboeuf asks 'Is the Mac Mini G4 the best classic Macintosh for retro-gaming?' It being among the last pre-Intel machines that didn't come with a built-in display or in a chassis the size of carry-in luggage, this is maybe a rhetorical question—it's great for...
Lead and cadmium, neither good for you, are found in high levels in protein powders. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified 'plant-based, organic and chocolate-flavored products' as those with the highest amount, with 47% exceeding California's Proposition 65...
Customs officers in Delhi announced that a Canadian man was arrested Thursday 'carrying a crocodile skull' in his bag at Indira Gandhi International airport there. 'The passenger was intercepted during a security check at Terminal 3 of the airport as he was preparing to...
Dunkin changed its name to remove the donuts, and now the donuts are gone entirely from the coffee chain in some U.S. states. Snackers can rest assured, though, that it's just a temporary shortage and they'll be back as soon as availability permits. — Read the rest The post...
The Fairlight CMI was the first widely-available digital sampling synthesizer, a computer-powered installation which defined the sound of countless tracks in the 1980s. Though offering powerful tools to record and shape your own instruments—the point of sampling!—in...
A pair of alleged thieves in Mulberry, Florida, devised and executed the perfect gameplan: while one swept the aisles of $500 worth of cleaning products, the other created a distraction by defecating on the floor. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reported the incident on...
Sometimes, the intrusive thoughts win, as they did for this awesome lady who decided to climb into the netting machine at a christmas tree farm. As she's climbing though, it seems she realizes 'what did I just get myself into', but she keeps on going while laughing and...
Back in 1948, this fantastic giant leg stood atop the sign for a Hosiery store in LA. The leg is daintily balanced on its tippy toes, and cut off at the top. This is now one of my favorite vintage store signs I've ever seen a photo of. — Read the rest The post The giant...
dimanche 12 janvier 2025, 14:44
This sassy little groundhog enjoys eating a guy named Jeff's garden. The groundhog makes sure to stare right into the backyard security camera as he eats Jeff's vegetables. It's as if he's saying to Jeff 'I'm going to eat all your plants and there's nothing you can do about...
I'm obsessed with these ice skaters who are dressed up as two giant ice skates. The skaters are perfectly synchronized so that they look like the feet of one entity. It's as if a big ghost is skating around the ice with only their skates visible. — Read the rest The post...
Dutch artist Arent van Bolten drew these gorgeous, surreal grotesques and monsters in the 16th century. Many of them feature fascinating scenes that incorporate both real animals like cats, monkeys, and birds, with mythological creatures. Some of the creatures look silly and ...
Hundreds of years ago, a hodgepodge of incomplete animal skeletons were arranged together into what is now called the 'Magdeburg Unicorn'. This bizarre beast is made from a rhino skull, mammoth legs, and a narwhal horn. At the time, the people who assembled it thought all...
samedi 11 janvier 2025, 23:00
TL;DR: This MacBook Pro would usually cost $999, but now it's only $349.97. Shopping for a new computer is kind of like dating. You learn about a new computer, see if it'd fit into your life, sit down together at a nice restaurant, and maybe you work on a tasty little...
If you arrange musical notes to form a circle of fifths and then rotate various polygons around the circle, letting its points trigger the notes, what does it sound like? Sometimes harmonious, sometimes melodic, but always an intriguing illustration of how music and math are ...
Holding Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court, Judge Beryl Howell gave former New York Mayor and disgraced lawyer a dressing down: his 'outrageous and shameful' refusal to stop defaming two election workers will lead to further consequences, she said: 'This takes real chutzpah, ...
Listen to the current time in morse code with the Morse Code Clock! I was able to put up with it for about two minutes before I'd had enough. [via Internet is Beautiful] I built a Morse Code clock. — Read the rest The post See how long you can take the Morse Code Clock...
A sheriff's deputy in Lake County, Florida, resigned this week after crashing his patrol car. He was watching porn at the wheel and faced termination after admitting lying to investigators. Here's the bodycam footage—nothing saucy is seen in it. A good example of why...
The last minutes of the Jeju Air jet that crash-landed in December, killing all but two aboard, remain a mystery: the black box did not record the flight's final moments after a reported bird strike. Both the flight data and cabin audio recorders lack the last four minutes....
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