"My mind works in unusual ways," says soon-to-be YouTube sensation Allan Herrod. "When I hear a song, I frequently think of new lyrics that match my current situation. Once that… Read the rest of the article: Wonderfully strange music videos featuring earnest fellow singing COVID-themed lyrics over familiar rock songs

High school students in Burlington, Vermont are now going to class in a deserted former Macy's department store. The school's prior campus was closed after the discovery of cancer-causing PCBs… Read the rest of the article: High school moved into empty Macy's department store

In the New Yorker, Eli Grober rewrote the opening sentences of iconic novels to make them reflect the (sur)reality of today. Here are a few of my favorites: "A Tale… Read the rest of the article: Famous novels' opening lines rewritten for the present pandemic moment

On Sunday, the US Strategic Command tweeted ";l;;gmlxzssaw" and deleted the post shortly after. What did it mean? The US Strategic Command's mission "is to deter strategic attack and employ… Read the rest of the article: The story behind the US Strategic Command's gibberish tweet

After four decades of the dubious practice, the Texas Department of Public Safety has stopped using hypnosis during police investigations. Still, evidence purportedly gleaned from hypnosis is admissible in Texas… Read the rest of the article: Texas police stop using hypnosis because it doesn't work and leads to false convictions

Intrepid vernacular photography collector Robert E. Jackson curated a delightful collection of vintage snapshots of women making fashion statements with their hats. My favorites are, naturally, the nutty ones. See them all:… Read the rest of the article: Vintage photos of women in wonderfully odd hats

The New Yorker went into the depths of Dell to understand the tech history that resulted in an iconic pandemic moment when a live-streamed lawyer became a cat in court.

Back in the day, coat hangers weren't just used for popping open a car door when you locked your keys inside. They also served as makeshift antennae to improve TV… Read the rest of the article: Coat hanger radio

I vacillate between John and George being my favorite Beatle. At this moment, after listening to George's isolated vocals on "Something" from 1969, the scale tips toward Mr. Harrison. This… Read the rest of the article: Listen to George Harrison's stunning isolated vocals from "Something"

Boing Boing pal, pinball wizard, and aerial cinematographer Eddie Codel flew his bird through the cavernous and incredible Pacific Pinball Museum Annex where hundreds of machine await restoration, documentation, or… Read the rest of the article: This drone video of the Pacific Pinball Museum Annex will flip you out

Stretch is Boston Dynamics' new mobile robot for unloading trucks, grabbing boxes, and putting together pallets for shipping. It's designed to work in existing warehouse situations without requiring the space… Read the rest of the article: Boston Dynamics' new robot for moving boxes looks like a mechatronic scorpion

Photographer Garðar Ólafs sacrificed his drone for this astounding clip of the small volcano erupting near Reykjavik, Iceland earlier this month. Previously: Bjorn Steinbekk's footage from his drone flying around… Read the rest of the article: Explosive and drone-melting video looking straight down into an erupting volcano

In celebration of Passover beginning Saturday night, I suggest watching The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic silent film version of the biblical Exodus story, with a fantastically expansive… Read the rest of the article: Watch the epic silent film The Ten Commandments (1923) with a new score by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips), and Scott Amendola

More than a year ago, 36-year-old Kent Ryan Tomao, 36, of Kidapawan, the Philippines, was stabbed during a mugging. Turns out, doctors sewed him up and prescribed painkillers but didn't… Read the rest of the article: Stabbing victim lived for a year not knowing the blade was still in his chest

On May 28, Moby is releasing a new album, Reprise, featuring new versions of songs spanning his career, from the rave classic "Go" to "We Are All Made of Stars"… Read the rest of the article: Listen to Moby's new version of "Porcelain" with Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Ontario, Canada police busted a motorcyclist after noticing the curious license plate above. "Life free or die," when spelled correctly, is the motto of the US state of New Hampshire… Read the rest of the article: Police bust motoryclist with wonderfully-terrible hand-drawn license plate

IsTheShipStillStuck.com follows in the great tradition of sites like AbeVigoda.com and IsItAJewishHolidayToday.com. (For those who haven't been following, a massive container ship is blocking the Suez Canal apparently after taking… Read the rest of the article: Is that ship still stuck?

No surprise that there's apparently a brisk business in COVID-19 vaccines happening on dark web marketplaces. Apparently there are more than 1,000 listings right now covering all the vaccine flavors:… Read the rest of the article: COVID-19 vaccines are $500 on the dark web

After years of back-and-forth and false starts, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers have finally landed today on a deal to legalize recreational weed in the state. The bill… Read the rest of the article: New York lands on deal to legalize recreational marijuana

PBS Eons looks at why humans evolve to be mostly right-handed and also reveal how scientists know that not many neanderthals were lefties.