Touch controls in cars suggest an industry fault line where safety got locked out out of design considerations. They are so hated by customers, critics and experts alike that VW is reportedly adding buttons back to forthcoming models, though the "infotainment" consoles remain. — Read the rest
Davey Bauer, 34, was in need of a double lung transplant after years of smoking followed by brutal antibiotic-resistance infections ruined both his lungs. Dr. Ankit Bharat and the medical team at Northwestern Medicine removed Bauer's infected lungs, cleaned his chest cavity, and used parts of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to create artificial blood channels. — Read the rest
There must be scant news around this week, if the best the 'Enquirer' can manage is "Hollywood's Most Eligible Bachelors!" – a list of Hollywood hunks (with "more studs inside!") including Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Harry Styles, Hugh Jackman, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Costner. — Read the rest
If there's one thing you don't really want to deal with on a movie set, it's a real fire. But fire is extremely hard to fake—it's obvious even when you have a budget to set on fire. Lane Brown reports on the challenges of depicting flame. — Read the rest
As a follow up to my recent post about packs of javelina ravaging a fancy golf course in Sedona, Arizona, I am sharing this brilliant article that Stan Engle, a kind member of the Boing Boing Boards, put on my radar. Written — Read the rest
Asked by The New York Times this weekend why his book of famous interviews included only interviews with white men, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner said the reason women weren't there was because, quote, "It's not that they're inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. — Read the rest
A new Rolling Stone exposé reveals allegations about the toxic work environment behind the scenes at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Multiple former employees describe Fallon's erratic and abusive behavior, as well as his temper tantrums behind the scenes. — Read the rest
A Texas man and his young daughter have been stripped of nearly all their possessions after his apartment building's management company accidentally ordered the wrong unit to be cleaned out. Johnny Abney says he lost tens of thousands of dollars' worth of personal possessions. — Read the rest
Hacker convention Defcon was evacuated Sunday after a bomb hoax.
— Read the restOur apologies for tonight's interruption. We evacuated Caesars Forums in compliance with property safety teams. When we have more information, we'll post more.
Although we would have liked to return you to your regularly scheduled festivities, It looks like this is going to take a while to resolve.
In 1849, a young man got his penis stuck in a bottle after using it to urinate into. The bottle contained potassium and naphtha. The potassium's reaction caused a vacuum, trapping his penis and causing it to swell. A surgeon eventually freed the penis by breaking the bottle, relieving the pain and ending the bizarre predicament. — Read the rest
Before I delve into the specifics, the answer is yes. Yes, playlists on streaming services and social media have made the music industry impossibly dull.
First and foremost, artists have lost their mystique thanks to social media. Social media has put modern musicians in an interesting quagmire. — Read the rest
there_i_ruined_it is an Instagram account that just posts hilariously terrible musical mashups. Case-in-point: this recent re-imagining of Sir-Mix-A-Lot's classic "Baby Got Back," performed in the style of an Elvis Presley song.
To be fair, this is less of a "mashup" and more of just a cover song with AI-generated vocals. — Read the rest
If you still have your original iPhone, you may be sitting on a goldmine. Renowned technology YouTuber Marques Brownlee recently purchased a sealed original iPhone for a mind-boggling $40,000, for the sole purpose of unboxing it on his channel. Part of me is pained at seeing all that collector value being ruined, but another, probably more rational part loves the walk down memory lane. — Read the rest
For months now, all we've had of the much-anticipated Payday 3 was the logo. For years before that, all we had was a vague 'it's being worked on'. Now, at long last, the followup to the smash hit heist simulator Payday 2 has unveiled its very first teaser trailer, which… also doesn't give us much to go on. — Read the rest
Self-proclaimed "theocratic fascist" Matt Walsh — who has previously claimed that anime is "satanic" and that mermaids are scientifically incapable of being black — had his Twitter account hacked on Tuesday night. Wired journalist Dell Cameron reached out to the person behind the hack, and reported loose details on how the person managed to compromise nearly all of Walsh's accounts. — Read the rest
On December 15, 2022, a giant aquarium in Berlin, called the "Aquadom," and considered the "largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium tank in the world," exploded, releasing 1500 fish into the adjacent hotel. Newsweek explains:
— Read the restLocal media—such as RBB and DW—have confirmed the incident, reporting that police said a blast was heard around 5:45 a.m.
"Charles Exiles Sex Creep Andrew!" screams the cover story. "Banished to Bahamas with dead queen's dogs! Cut off from royal cash & forced to live on pension! Ingrates Harry & Meghan are next on the hit list!"
The 'Enquirer' claims that "Andrew will leave Britain when the official period of mourning ends – penniless, stripped of all rank and only taking his mother's corgi dogs, according to palace spies." — Read the rest
Seen a video lately where an old video game console, knife, tool or other seemingly ruined item is "restored"? You likely suspect fakery now and again, but you likely don't know how systematic the fakery has gotten—like the Primitive Technology clones, it's a lucrative genre. — Read the rest
Here are some of the games that have caught my fancy of late. As always, these are tabletop games that are new and interesting to me, not necessarily new to the marketplace.
What are you playing these days? Please share in the Comments. — Read the rest
