582 posts tagged ‘Post’
Astronaut accidentally dropped a tool bag into orbit and you can see it with binoculars (video)
Boing Boing,
Last week, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara were on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station when Moghbeli dropped a bag of tools. Video below! The bag is now in orbit and, incredibly, you may be able to see it with a pair of good binoculars. — Read the rest
Just look at Stephen Sondheim's two homes
Writer Mark Evanier points out that the two homes of composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died two years ago, are available to be viewed online. Link to the post on Mark's great blog, "News from ME," is here. Sondheim's townhouse on East 49th Street in New York City has been purchased (not by me, I'm happy where I am), but photos and an video tour are still online at the realtor's site and offer a thorough look at how he lived. — Read the rest
Can you handle the Winix 0.6-Gallon Top-Fill Ultrasonic Humidifier with Night Light?
In the world of high-stakes international smuggling, nothing was off-limits. Not even a seemingly benign household appliance. Chapter 1: The Unusual Product Agent Sarah Thompson of the International Trade Commission was perplexed. She had been tracking a pattern of unusual shipments. — Read the rest
Teens bring guns to school across America on a daily basis
After stumbling upon two articles today in which two different high school students were arrested or expelled for bringing a gun to school, I did a quick Google search. Turns out in just a few minutes I easily found eight different stories about middle and high school students bringing guns to school, all just this week. — Read the rest
Private investigators engaged to serve Musk custody papers
Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk is hard to find when you want to serve the attention-starved billionaire who bought a social media network to increase his follower count with a custody suit. It seems his ex-girlfriend/intern had to try twelve different locations before settling on leaving papers at several of his workplaces. — Read the rest
Revisiting the Clash's American debut: The 45th anniversary of "Give 'Em Enough Rope"
Today marks the 45th anniversary of "the only band that matters'" second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope. Released on November 19, 1978, it was the Clash's first album in the United States (the eponymously titled first album, The Clash, hit American record store shelves on July 24, 1979, with 100,000 copies as an import in the interim). — Read the rest