Two things I've tried to learn more than once and have failed at: unicycling and juggling. I hope pro juggler Jack Kalvan can help with the juggling part, then I'll be halfway toward my goal of being a Claude Shannon cosplayer.
New Wired video teaches you to juggle
This guy can hula hoop, plate spin, juggle, and unicycle all at once
Circus arts enthusiast Paladin Ellsworth demonstrates some impressive multitasking while atop a rather tall unicycle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paladin Quaid Ellsworth (@paladinellsworth) Image: instagram / paladinellsworth READ THE REST
Amazing orbit juggling performance in a castle
Daniel Rosenfeldt specializes in a kind of juggling called orbiting, and his performance piece "Starcatcher" is beautifully executed and shot in Sweden. The juggling set he uses is by Davide Catteneo at playjuggling.com. Image: YouTube / Daniel Rosenfeldt READ THE REST
Watch the real fruit ninja slice apples while juggling
David Rush, veteran Guinness record breaker, sliced through 40 thrown apples while juggling, besting the previous record of 36. Rush's neighbor Jonathan "Hollywood" Hannon shares in the record for his perfectly-timed tosses. According to UPI, "Rush, who has been juggling since 2004, said it took 1 1/2 years of 'casual training' and several weeks of… READ THE REST
These Star Trek smart key organizers are as brilliant as Data and as logical as Spock
Sometimes, you run across an item that's so functional and necessary that you've gotta have it. Other times, you find something that's so wonderfully geeky that you've gotta have it. The sweet spot is when you can find something that scratches both of those distinct itches. These Star Trek edition KeySmart Pro Key Organizers with… READ THE REST
With 18 courses and over 460 hours of training, this is the CompTIA certification bundle you've been waiting for
With so many different protocols, competing frameworks, and differences of opinion floating around, it's often tough for the text industry to come together and agree on virtually anything. However, time and circumstance can occasionally come together to codify a certain app, tool, or technique as the one true way to get things done. When it… READ THE REST
Lightkey Pro predicts what you're going to write next – and can supercharge your texts, emails, and more
Thanks to machine learning, algorithms know us now as well as we know ourselves. Once artificial intelligence starts building a file on you and your habits, assessing data, then extrapolating outcomes, it becomes very clear how much we each follow our own particular patterns – and how easy it is for some smart AI to… READ THE REST