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The World Health Organization announced easy-to-say names for Covid variants . Though official strain names already existed, they are highl...

Mass-shooting at Texas Walmart averted by arrest of extremist, say authorities

Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, of Kerrville, Texas, was arrested Friday and charged with making a terrorist threat , report police, who identi...

The best Typewriter blog

I've recently been looking into buying an old-timey electronic or electrical typewriter, and quickly became lost in archives of ozTypew...

Glitch video the hardware way with the VHS Dirty Video Mixer

The VHS Dirty Video Mixer is a simple, fun way to get into glitching video and audio with hardware, which is to say without the telltale b...

24 years after its release, Japanese bookstore simulator game BookStory is translated into English

BookStory is a classic example of a certain genre of legendary game: Japanese, obscure, unusual but fascinating subject matter, and untrans...

Amazon devices will stoon start sharing your internet with others nearby

Amazon Sidewalk is a new service that connects Amazon speakers and other devices into an open wireless network, and y'all are automati...

The shortest game of Monopoly

Discounting silly contrivances (such as a player blowing all their money on a first-roll auction), the shortest possible game of Monopoly l...

Automating CEOs is more fiscally responsible than automating labor

Over at New Statesman , writer Will Dunn (no relation) proposes an interesting cost-cutting measure to make businesses more efficient: repl...

Do a "Murph" workout in honor of Memorial Day

If you have ever done Crossfit you might already know what a Murph is. It's dedicated to Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy , an avid Crossfi...

Save 25% on the AirChill, a personal cooler, humidifier, and purifier all-in-one

If you live in a home without central air, it isn't even the summer heat that's so unbearable. No, it's the sweating. The dripp...

Is is legal to mummify your cult leader?

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In this Ask a Mortician , Caitlin tells the incredibly bizarre story of the Love Has Won cult, and the death of their belligerent, alcoh...

Gravel Institute on how Uber is a scam

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Gravel Institute, the lefty answer to PragerU, takes a sobering look at Uber business model, why it has never turned a profit, and how i...

John Oliver rails on breakfast cereal marketing

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Just yesterday I was sitting around remembering how great cereal box marketing was in the 70s. John Oliver's Memorial Day Weekend s...

The Reathlete delivers massaging and heat treatment for sore, tired legs. And now, it's almost $30 off

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Take a look around the training room for any major professional team and you'll see several examples of the toll that heightened activi...

Bamboo isn't just for pandas. Check out these 40% bamboo sheet sets at under $35

When was the last time there was a new addition to your bed sheet rotation? Has there been a new set of sheets on your bed in the last 18 t...

This portable Global Drone sports a 4K camera and great flight features for under $100

Not too long ago, buying a flying drone for under $100 all but guaranteed you'd be back in the market for one soon — at that price poin...

A secret YouTube archive lets you compare disasters from the infamous SPIDER-MAN musical

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As a long-time Spider-Man fan, and as someone who used to work in professional theatre, I was obsessed with the cursed development of th...

Watch Carnival of Souls a haunting 1962 independent horror film

Recently, I watched the obscure, 1962 independent horror film Carnival of Souls on Archive.org. It's the one and only feature film tha...

Siteless is a book of architectural inspiration

One of my friends gave me a copy of the book, Siteless: 1001 Building Forms by François Blanciak as a gift a few years ago, and I use it o...

Save up to 70 percent on flashlights and other outdoor lighting tools for the summer

With the days heating up and summer excursions beginning to fill everyone's schedules, the outside world is beckoning once again. But l...

Unlock all of your dog's genetic mysteries with DNA My Dog, now on sale for $53

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Every year, about 1.6 million dogs are adopted out of U.S. animal shelters. Those canines who found new homes through shelters and humane ...

Making a retro-futuristic hover car from deodorant sticks

"Deo sticks" are a popular component for trash bash modelers on YouTube. One of my favorite new modeling channels is Bill Maki...

Colbert spoofs the Rand Paul/Richard Marx feud

When Rand Paul received a suspicious package of white powder in the mail last week, he was quick to blame it on a threat from Richard Ma...

The Spade and its amazing Wi-Fi camera are an ingenious ear cleaning tool

If you've never heard of cerumen, you're not alone. It's more commonly known as earwax, and while it may seem sort of gross, bu...

In the late 70s, these Honeycomb cereal box records freaked me right the &$*% out

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I switched from Frosted Flakes to Honeycomb for the records. My Dad gave me one of those cool little briefcase record players and while ...

Watch a truck camper attempt a high speed u-turn in a flooded road

Remember! Turn Around, Don't Drown!! 😆 #Wxtwitter #OKWX #Flood #Edmond #Oklahoma 5.27.21 pic.twitter.com/UzJZaRhDIL — Mike Mo...

Want to learn coding, app development, or even guitar? These classes are on sale for $20 in honor of Memorial Day

Whether you've been in the market for a career change or you just want to learn a fun new hobby, it can be hard to know where to turn ...

Guards didn't notice prison inmate had beheaded cellmate and was wearing parts of his body

At Corcoran State Prison in March 2019, Jaime Osuna used a makeshife knife to decapitate and dissect Luis Romero, his cellmate. A new repor...

Watch: A top-down juggling act

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Never thought juggling could look this way in this angle. from HumansAreMetal Mesmerizing (and a little anxiety inducing), Taylor Gle...

Catch Me If You Can was all made up

Remember the movie Catch Me If You Can , starring Leonard DiCaprio as a charming teenage con-artist who scored long-haul flights and a va...

Airline pilot admits whipping penis out in flight deck and watching porn

Now-former airline pilot Michael Haak, 60, was sentenced to a year's probation after admitting lewd conduct in exposing himself to a fe...

The exact moment a storm floods a pre-school

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Wow. Thank goodness school was not in session when this preschool in Wentzville, MO was suddenly inundated. Good news, there is a sump ...

Today is Koo Koo the Bird Girl appreciation day!

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(Minnie Woolsey, 1880 – after 1960) performed in American sideshows and is known for her one and only film role in Tod Browning's contr...

This lamp is great for drawing late at night

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I recently moved into an apartment that has no light fixtures in the living room ceiling. I use my living room as my art studio and often l...

The new and tiny Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect is wireless, has a built-in microphone and a Raspberry Pico chip

The new Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect ($24.50) is a feature-packed little microcontroller. Look at how small it is compared to my trusty ...

Amazon shows off "wellness cubicle" for overwhelmed staff to lock selves inside and scream

Amazon plans to place "wellness chambers"—toiletlike single-seat cubicles—around its warehouses for staff to lock themselves in w...

AR-15-worshipping Christian church opens new private compound in Texas

There was a viral story in 2018 about Christian couples renewing their wedding vows in a group ceremony involved AR-15s. That ceremony ...

Multiplayer deathmatch Joust

joust.life is where you may engage in multiplayer deathmatch Joust . Just jump in and start bouncing and jousting around. It's Joust ,...

Save $85 on the Firepod, an all-in-one pizza oven, BBQ grill, and griddle for Memorial Day

There's nobody who doesn't love pizza. At least, nobody you'd trust, anyway. It's a universally adored foodstuff that most ...

Epic Nebraskan noodle battle of the Joshes

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What could that wonderfully absurd headline even mean, and how did I learn of this a whole month after it happened? On April 24th, 2021 in ...

From piano lessons to VPNs, these are the best app and software deals this Memorial Day

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When was the last time you learned something new or adopted a new habit that made your life a bit easier ? These small changes don't se...

In 1949, the British Interplanetary Society designed a far-out spacesuit. Recently, a museum had it made for real.

In the 1940s, the British Interplanetary Society —a fantastic club of space geeks that included Arthur C. Clarke—drafted up detailed plans ...

Toy Galaxy's history of The A-Team

The A-Team was about as much fun as television could possibly be when television was a good as it was ever going to get. Colorful charac...

Driving with a long piece of lumber sticking out your car window — what could go wrong?

Who knows why this person thought it would OK to drive down the street with a long two-by-four sticking out the window? It's not just i...

A fire truck on its way to a burning house crashes into building, leaving two huge holes

A fire truck in Philadelphia was sounding its siren as it sped to a house fire Wednesday afternoon when an oblivious driver got in front of...

Mountain lion crashes through window of SF Bay Area house after seeing taxidermy inside