As part of my pursuit of happiness, I have been steadily shedding attachments, getting rid of things I don’t use, thinking about ways of keeping the things I do use longer, and just generally…
According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…
The FBI has opened an investigation into the PA’s Lower Merion School Board use of covert webcam software to spy on its students. And someone’s made a t-shirt to commemorate the event.
The…
According to the lawyer for the family of the boy whose school spied on him at home through a covert webcam application on his laptop, the boy was disciplined for eating candies that bear a passing…
I know Mark will be embarrassed that I posted this, but I just can’t resist. Seen here is the fantastic cover for Mark’s new book, Made By Hand: Searching For Meaning In A Throwaway World, due out May 27. (And yes, he made those cigar box guitars himself.) Congrats, buddy! We’re so proud of you!
In the comments for my post about the 1967 alternate-history version of Lost, Bill Streeter wrote: “They kinda did make Lost in the 1960’s. There was a program in 1969 called The New…
If this video does not make you measurably happier than before you clicked “play,” your heart is a cold, dead wasteland. Update: some commenters believe that the heavy-set fellow in…
Ceramics artist Tsang Cheung Shing created this double-take-inducing piece entitled “Ying Yeung,” referencing both a beverage of mixed coffee and tea and the idea of love and marriage….
Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…
Yeah, that’s lightning. On an exploding volcano. It’s enough to make me want to bring back the original umlaut in “Körth”.
Where’s the lightning coming from? APoD says:
Why lightning…
Mary Robinette Kowal sez, “Neil Clarke, editor of the Hugo nominated Clarkesworld Magazine, was slain on his front lawn by a snow dalek, while his young son watched. We are deeply saddened by his…
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The official Muppets Studio channel on YouTube just keeps getting better and better. First “Bohemian Rhapsody,” now this: Beaker performing the Kansas prog-rock classic “Dust…
