Jess Farber made a wonderful e-ink picture frame that displays art generated by DALL-E and Stable Diffusion. It would be fun to have a desktop frame with "The final build… Read the rest of the article: How to make a DIY e-ink picture frame that displays random AI art
In the countless clothing shops of Kabul, Afghanistan, mannequins are hooded, masked, or entirely beheaded. Shortly after the Taliban swept into power in August 2021, one of the many mandates… Read the rest of the article: In Kabul, store mannequins are hooded, masked, or beheaded
Well, this could have ended badly. Over the weekend, police approached a visibly drunk gentleman at a Bronx, New York subways station when they spotted a long, bulky item going… Read the rest of the article: Drunk gentleman arrested in NYC subway station carrying bizarre homemade gas-powered rifle
The US Army Corps of Engineers's Portland District published its annual calendar with striking photos of big projects across the region… enhanced with giant cats. Download the PDF here. "Engineering… Read the rest of the article: US Army Corps of Engineers published a weird-cute calendar of cats and big infrastructure
If you met an extraterrestrial, how would you explain wedding rings? How about fireworks on New Year's Eve? These are the kinds of questions that Sasha Sagan, author of the… Read the rest of the article: Listen to Sasha Sagan's captivating new podcast about the bizarre and sometimes beautiful customs of humanity
Following last week's death of Elvis's daughter Lisa Marie Presley, this classic video of Elvis with the music removed and sound effects added has once again been making the rounds.… Read the rest of the article: Hilarious videos of Elvis and the Rollings Stones awkwardly performing with no music
Craig Weiler is an editor for the Paranormal Daily News and also a general building contractor licensed in California. Brilliantly, Weiler penned a piece explaining haunted houses—why things actually may… Read the rest of the article: A building contractor explains "haunted" houses
"I was just sitting here, and we weren't doing anything, and I remembered a friend of mine collected mushrooms about 20-something years ago," Shawn Redner, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, told… Read the rest of the article: Look inside the strange and wonderful "Mewseum" of cats within this fellow's home
From 1989, Fingers Inc.'s beautiful mix of "Can You Feel It" with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech:
In 2012, 35 years after Elvis's death, his daughter Lisa Marie Presley—who suddenly died yesterday at 54—recorded this lovely "duet" with her dad and created a touching music video to… Read the rest of the article: Lisa Marie Presley's lovely duet with her dad Elvis (video)
Binoculars make a great gift for any kid (or adult). They really do change your perspective on this world (literally and figuratively) and beyond. Space.com posted a guide to the… Read the rest of the article: Best real binoculars for kids
As I posted previously, New Order's Low-Life (1985) is my favorite of the band's full albums and they've just released a beautiful "Definitive Edition" boxset that includes the remastered album… Read the rest of the article: New Order posted a killer 1985 live performance of "The Perfect Kiss"
Power Slap is a new TV show documenting the "sport" of, yes, slapping your opponent really hard in the face. There are, um, rules to the sport. From Hypebeast: [UFC… Read the rest of the article: These are the rules of Power Slap. Pay attention. (Video)
Ukraine's Medical Force Command posted an X-ray depicting a small grenade from the chest cavity of a Ukrainian soldier. Surgeon Andrii Verba (seen below) successfully removed the grenade that was… Read the rest of the article: It takes a very steady hand: unexploded grenade removed from Ukrainian soldier's chest
On Saturday, US Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA) was sworn in with his hand on the first issue of the Superman comic book from 1939. The comic—which he borrowed from the… Read the rest of the article: Instead of a bible, congressman sworn in with his hand on a rare Superman comic
A fellow named Elijah was apparently playing the tactical shooter game Rainbow Six Seige when he accidentally dialed 911 on his phone. The operator overheard Elijah boasting on the game's… Read the rest of the article: Watch what happened when a man playing a shooting game accidentally dialed 911 while boasting that he "killed two people" (video)
In-N-Out, the beloved California-based chain with the killer burgers and lousy fries (fight me!) is opening its first Eastern US "territory office" near Nashville along with, yes, a number of… Read the rest of the article: In-N-Out Burger is headed East!
When it's freezing in southeastern Wisconsin, that means it's time for T Fish to head out to the frozen Swamp Pond and drop some bait through a hole in the… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating underwater view of ice fishing (video)
"Tell me, why is it that when men play, they always play at killing each other?" says Marge in The Talented Mr. Ripley. As evidence, see this fine collection of… Read the rest of the article: Weird vintage photos of jokey pretend violence
One of the drawbacks of the 8-Track tape format is that they played on an infinite loop, automatically switching through the four stereo tracks and then starting over again. Often,… Read the rest of the article: This rarely heard guitar solo from Pink Floyd's Animals was only included on the album's 8-Track release
