Cracked.com’s The 8 Most Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Toys is perfect example of how much more fun my childhood was than my own kids. Dangerous, of course, but fun. And these were hardly the only dangerous toys we had. I recall … Read More
October 7th is Ada Lovelace Day and they’re asking folks to “write a blog post, record a podcast, film a video, draw a comic, or pick any other way to talk about the women who have been guiding lights in … Read More
It’s 1940. The Nazis have taken Copenhagen. They are literally marching through the streets, and physicist Niels Bohr has just hours, maybe minutes, to make two Nobel Prize medals disappear.
LibraryThing has gone pirate for International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Who says pirates aren’t book fans? Not this lubber.
President Obama served his first batch during this year’s Superbowl and will serve homebrewed honey beer for St. Patrick’s Day. Made from honey produced at the White House, of course. If he stops by my house for Thanksgiving he can … Read More
Despite the photographic evidence, there’s no way Vladimir Putin can be doing all these things.
Monsters of Grok: fake band t-shirts for history’s greatest thinkers. The Tesla/Edison one is my fave. Just imagine a band with those two bitter rivals in it. Probably just like Oasis, I suppose.
If you’re a parent with small children, you’ll love Parenting. Illustrated with Crappy Pictures. If your kids are grownup, like mine are, you’ll really love it because you no longer have to deal with these sorts of things. The numbers … Read More
Alex on Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal
Tom on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
Jack on Newly discovered amateur video of Challenger disaster
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