News: Cometbus (Punk Zines, Vol. 1)
For those of you unfamiliar with Cometbus, I urge you to check out one of the many issues released since 1981 by Mr. Aaron Elliott... better known to his friends (and foes) as "Aaron Cometbus".
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News: Human Flesh Search Engines- The Web Goes Vigilante
The New York Times magazine posts a fascinating feature on a Chinese cultural phenomenon known as human flesh search engines. Out of China has borne cyberposses, internet vigilantes, who target everybody from twisted individuals violating social norms to government corruption.
How To: Learn to Code for Only $40 with Learnable
No matter which way you cut it, coding remains one of the most lucrative tech skills you can learn in 2020, and, thanks to Learnable, mastering the essentials is even easier. This training platform is your ticket to learning many of today's top coding languages, as well as understanding key technologies, and lifetime subscriptions are on sale for just $39.99.
How To: Save 50% Off This 57-Piece PPE Bundle for a Limited Time
The rush to secure face masks and hand sanitizers in March left many Americans concerned for their safety. With an expected second wave this fall, consider stocking up on PPE now.
How To: Charge Up Anywhere with This Compact Solar Power Generator
As sheltering at home orders ease up, we still have to remain respectful of social distancing. Camping is one of your best options. You'll avoid the crowded beaches and trails while still soaking up nature. Right now we can all use some fresh air and sunshine.
How To: Ensure You Never Lose a File Again for Just $49
You might know the feeling: the sinking stomach that informs you something terrible has happened. You click on your trash bin. Nothing is there. Your hard drive has been wiped clean.
How To: Tired of Telemarketers? Your Digital Bouncer Has Arrived
We all know the stress that a ringing phone causes these days. Should you pick up that unrecognizable number? More often than not, it's a bad decision. You hear the automated message and hang up. Or worse, a real human asks you about your day before trying to sell you something.
Deal Alert: VPN Unlimited Is Only $39 Right Now for a Lifetime License
Working from home is already challenging. Add the threat of a cyberattack into the mix, and the situation gets even hairier.
Today's Tidbit: To Find Inner Peace Free from Self-Nagging, Make a Plan
Obviously, it's evolutionarily advantageous for us to remind ourselves of tasks we have yet to finish, and experimentally it has long been observed that unmet goals keep popping into people's minds.
Today's Tidbit: Ethicists Have No Ethics
There are these people called "ethicists" or "moral philosophers". They make their livings by thinking about what is right and wrong and how to live a moral life. Does all this thinking get them anywhere?
News: Children Who Can Delay Gratification Tend to Become More Successful
An experiment was run by Walter Mischel with four-year-olds back in the 1960s. Each child was brought into a room in which there was an Oreo cookie. The child was told that s/he could have the Oreo right then and there—or if s/he waited 15 minutes, could have two Oreos instead.
How To: Download TED Talks Videos onto Your Computer with the TEDinator
The TED website offers hours and hours of amazing streaming videos, with subjects including why videos go viral and sixth sense technology. With so much great content, it make sense that you'd want to save some of it to your computer, perhaps for a long plane flight or bus ride home. Unfortunately, because TED uses a proprietary video player, you can't use the normal stream downloading sites that you would for, say, YouTube. Luckily, there's a way around that.
News: Convert a Truck Into a Camera
We've featured unusual pinhole cameras before, but nothing at this grandiose scale. Presenting the world's largest mobile pinhole camera, the Cameratruck, creation of photographer Shaun Irving. The Cameratruck can take pictures approximately 3,000 times the size of a 35mm!
News: Make a Baby (Without the Birds and the Bees Part)
Reborning, the insanely creepy (!!) art of transforming vinyl dolls into strikingly realistic newborns, known as "living dolls" or "unliving dolls".
News: Ferrofluid and Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction Contest Pictures
Sorry for the wait, but here are some pictures from the contests two and three weeks ago. Thanks to Justin:
News: Build Your Own LEGO Skull from Noah Scalin's Skull-A-Day Project
Noah Scalin—proprietor of the web famous Skull-A-Day project—has teamed up with LEGO engineer/artist Clay Morrow to provide instructions for Scalin's LEGO skull first posted back in '08. Rendered with LDView, Morrow dissected the original piece and put together full instructions (including a parts list) now available as a free downloadable PDF.
News: AT-AT Made with Spare Computer Parts
Blacksmith Sage Werbock —also known as the Great Nippulini, "pierced weight lifting extraordinaire"—welded together this Star Wars Imperial Walker sculpture with a bunch of old computer parts and scrap metal. Currently listed on Etsy for $450, the AT-AT is artfully assembled as follows:
HowTo: Build Your Own Camera Lenses
The prerogative of most fancy, pricey lenses nowadays is ultimate sharpness. However, if you're partial to that soft, out of focus look, you can make your own lenses to achieve this type of effect.
News: The story behind Sadako
Sadako Sasaki was a Girl from Japan who apperently survived the dropping of the A-Bomb over Hiroshima unharmed. But when she turned twelve it became obvious that she had leukemia as an aftermath of the A-bomb. As she was in hospital friends visited her and one of them folded an Origami Crane for her telling her the story of the 1000 cranes that grand you a wish. Hoping for cure she began to fold. At this point stories begin to vary some say she made it and continued as nothing happen after 10...
Kinect: Microsoft's answer to the Wii
e3 Premieres the XBOX MotionCapture Add-on via Adam B. Vary at Entertainment Weekly
HowTo: See Invisible Magnetic Fields
"Magnetic fields are everywhere- you just can't see them." The science-inspired-art project, Magnetic Movie, by Semiconductor, demonstrates the imaginary "secret lives of invisible magnetic fields". Don't miss it - it's an amazing project. The magnetic fields are beautifully depicted. However, they are indeed imaginary.
How To: Explore textures with Sid the Science Kid
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to evaluate texture by going on a texture hunt. You will need to do this task in a group. Begin by going around the room and finding a texture that you like. Touch all kinds of things to feel the texture. When you found your texture, bring it back to the group and evaluate it. You will compare and contrast how the object feels. The texture of the objects will vary. They can be smooth, rough, hard, soft , sharp or have any other kind of feel. This vide...
News: Augmented Reality Contact Lenses with Terminator Vision
Remember, in the Terminator movies, when Arnold's field of vision is superimposed with all sorts of data? Sci-fi writer Vernor Vinge also described electronic contact lenses, technology that "projects" information right before the eyes.
How To: Use the Levelator to normalize your audio
Does your audio in your podcast or video vary in volume too much? Ever wonder how they get such even volume levels in radio and TV shows? It’s called normalization, and while you can normalize in Soundtrack Pro, the Levelator does a much better job! To learn how to use GigaVox Media's Levelator to normalize your own podcast, watch this how-to! Use the Levelator to normalize your audio.
How To: Build rhythm in your golf swing
One size doesn't fit all when it comes to the pace we play at. Swing tempo varies greatly from player to player, from the slow, easy tempo of golfers like Ernie Els, to the rapid-fire action of guys like Lee Trevino.
How To: Get Back Missing Toggles in Your Galaxy S6's Quick Settings
If you've recently noticed that you're missing Quick Settings toggles on on your Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge—specifically ones for Mobile data, Private mode, and Mobile hotspot—you aren't alone.
Cleaning Frequency Chart: How Often Should You Clean Certain Items in Your Home?
How often should you clean things in your home? Washing dishes and doing the laundry are no-brainers because they have their own self-imposed cleaning schedule, but what about the other items in your home that don't have such an obvious indicator of when it is time to clean them again?
How To: Enable Developer Option in Android
There are number of android devices available in the market. Interface of every phone varies. Most of the people search for Developer Options to tweak the performance of the mobile phone. There is application available on google playstore to access the developer option, but it is be default available and hidden in your phone. This is how you can enable this option if it is hidden in your mobile.
How To: Deal with Ear Discharge
it is uncommon for the ear to show dischrage. Ear discharge occurs due to many causes ranging from simple infection to dangerous sign of brain trauma.
How To: Out Your Skin Tone with Photoshop.
5 Steps to out your skin tone with Photoshop. 1) Open the image in Photoshop and make sure it is flattened into one layer (Layer –> Flatten Image) from the last time we were editing it.
Today's Tidbit: Statistics Beat Taste Buds
As discussed in a previous tidbit, people are over-confident in their abilities for many reasons. Here's an example...
How To: Whiten teeth in Photoshop with the pen tool
This is a quick Photoshop tutorial that shows you how to use the pen tool to whiten the teeth of subjects in your photos. Whiten teeth in Photoshop with the pen tool.
How To: Smooth out a face in Photoshop
Learn to smooth someone's face out in Photoshop. Remove blemishes, freckles and more from a still image! This is a very common use for Photoshop but it's usually important in film and photography to make your subject look their best. Smooth out a face in Photoshop.
How To: Make Handwriting Fun
Letter formation can be fun! Few children enjoy traditional handwriting practice. Copying the same black letters over and over again with a pencil is boring! Here is how you can make letter formation fun while practicing with your child at home.
How To: Litter Box Train Your New Kitten
I love cats (dogs too - but that's a subject for a different article...;o)). There are few things more enjoyable than welcoming an adorable little kitten into one's house; watching them inspect their mysterious new surroundings - timidly at first - and then quickly make it their empire.
How To: Shoot Day for Night
Day for Night courtesy of Videomaker.com
How To: Cook a Simple Sinigang Na Bangus (Milkfish Stew)
Sinigang or Pinoy stew is one of the most famous and favorite meals among the Filipinos. It's also one of the most easiest to cook. Also, there are many ways to cook it, only the ingredients varies. The following tutorial is the most simplest form of cooking sinigang. This is my version of what is called sinigang na bangus.
How To: Tone abs with a dumbbell double wood chop exercise
Before attempting this abs workout from Men's Health, make sure you're loose and start off light before increasing the weight. This "dumbbell double wood chop" exercise is a more advanced one, so be careful… start off light.
How To: Handle and restrain a rabbit for injections
This Animal Welfare Foundation three-part video tutorial is from expert veterinary staff demonstrating the correct procedures for handling small mammals for clinical examination and medication. Its aim is to show that the primary consideration should be for the the welfare of the animal. This video guide will show you practical animal handling for a rabbit.