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Want the easiest 2025 home refresh? Add this LED floor lamp to the mix
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TL;DR: Save over 55% on this LED corner floor lamp that could give your home a serious revamp in the new year, now $54.97 (reg. $149) until January 12. Moving into a new apartment in the new year? Or does your house just feel like it's *missing* something? — Read the rest The post Want the easiest 2025 home refresh? Add this LED floor lamp to the mix appeared first on Boing Boing.
Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes
When Jacob Vosmaer's wife pointed out his unhealthy habit of sitting motionless at his desk for hours, he built a deliberately annoying device he calls "The Beeper." This small box, mounted away from his desk, forces him to get up and move regularly—or face the consequences of random, shrill beeping that won't stop until he physically walks over to silence it. — Read the rest The post Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes appeared first on Boing Boing.
Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight
An easyJet flight headed from Antalya to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Italy when a teenage passenger flipped out over a 10-year-old girl's coughing fit. The frustrated 16-year-old girl screamed at the coughing, younger girl sitting next to her, according to Aviation AtoZ, and when the child left her seat to go to the bathroom, the teen followed her. — Read the rest The post Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight appeared first on Boing Boing.
Incredible paths of huge dinosaur footprints discovered in UK
Gary Johnson was driving a digger at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, UK when he hit a big hump in the road. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! "I thought it's just an abnormality in the ground," he told the BBC News. — Read the rest The post Incredible paths of huge dinosaur footprints discovered in UK appeared first on Boing Boing.
Huge metallic ring fell from sky and crashed into Kenyan village
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has confirmed that huge metallic ring fell from the sky on Tuesday, landing in the tiny Mukuku village. Around eight feet in diameter, the 1,000 pound ring was "red-hot" when it landed. The object's provenance is unknown. — Read the rest The post Huge metallic ring fell from sky and crashed into Kenyan village appeared first on Boing Boing.
Three ways to transform your daily grind into something more engaging
A philosophy professor thinks making life interesting might be more important than pursuing happiness — and she has three practical ways to transform your daily grind into something more engaging. Drawing from her research at Middlebury College, Professor Lorraine Besser says "psychological richness" —a state of robust mental engagement — is just as crucial for a good life as happiness or meaning. — Read the rest The post Three ways to transform your daily grind into something more engaging appeared first on Boing Boing.
New Orleans and Cybertruck drivers from same U.S. military base (and no, Trump, they did not eat pets)
While Donald Trump rabidly blames "open borders" for yesterday's horrific New Orleans attack and Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion, the drivers behind both incidents have been identified not as Haitian pet eaters, but as former U.S Army veterans — who reportedly both served at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. — Read the rest The post New Orleans and Cybertruck drivers from same U.S. military base (and no, Trump, they did not eat pets) appeared first on Boing Boing.
United passenger furious after losing seat to dog without a ticket
A United Airlines passenger is furious about having to relinquish their seat to a big dog in a service animal vest. Reddit user Sparkling_Spritzer has caused quite a stir on r/United with their tail, er tale. They claim that when they boarded the plane, the big dog was sitting in their seat because it couldn't fit on the floor in front of its human. — Read the rest The post United passenger furious after losing seat to dog without a ticket appeared first on Boing Boing.