- newA free book explains Tempest by reading every line of the source code
TEMPEST vs TEMPEST is a free book about two of the strangest-looking arcade games ever made. The first is Dave Theurer's Tempest from 1981, the Atari cabinet where you spun a metal knob to rotate around the rim of a glowing geometric tube, shooting s…
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- newAn editor who read "Crash" called JG Ballard "beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish"
When JG Ballard submitted Crash to Jonathan Cape in the early 1970s, a senior reader reportedly wrote on the manuscript: "This man is beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish." Cape published it anyway, and Ballard went on to write The Atrocity Exhibi…
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- newAction Comics No. 1 heads to auction after a 40-year hold
In the early 1980s, a collector with limited funds was scanning auction catalogs and phoning in small bids, hoping something overlooked would slip through. One day the phone rang: his was the highest bid on Action Comics No. 1 — Superman's 1938 deb…
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- newInside DriveSavers, where data loss becomes a grief crisis
DriveSavers, a data recovery firm in Novato, California, has a lobby museum called the Museum of Bizarre Diskasters. On display: a laptop burned shut in a house fire ("like an oyster," an engineer said), a smartphone shredded by a snowblower, and a s…
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- newDead Wi-Fi won't kill your workflow with this $30 Microsoft Office
TL;DR: Pay $29.97 (MSRP $219.99) just once, get the full Microsoft Office Professional 2021 suite on your Windows PC—no subscription fees, no surprise charges—and you can keep working even without WiFi.There's something so refreshing about so…
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- newReal Life Comix: 51 true NYC stories from 66 cartoonists (and Moby)
Fifty-one true stories about New York, from 66 people who've survived it. Real Life Comix: Only in New York is a 216-page hardcover memoir anthology co-edited by Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino, now on Kickstarter from Cosmic Lion Productions.The contr…
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- newThis goat-a-rific roadside attraction is a magical, hilarious delight
Ok, this goat-a-rific roadside attraction is going to the very top of my bucket list! A woman named Emily, who goes by "On the Go Emily" on social media and who provides travel recommendations and inspiration, shared a delightful find that she recent…
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- newYoung@Heart Chorus delivers stellar concert filled with political and protest music for these challenging times
I'm totally blown away by the supreme talent of the Young@Heart Chorus, which covers songs by Sonic Youth, Green Day, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, and more, and which features seniors ranging in age from 75 to 94. In addition to singing, many group member…
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- newWhy does Cincinnati's Smale Park have kaleidoscopes aimed at flowers?
In Cincinnati, you can find some cool public kaleidoscopes at Smale Park. Here's a video of what it's like to use one of them. The kaleidoscope is locked in place, pointing at a lovely bed of flowers. While the kaleidoscope stays in place, the bed…
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- newViggo's favorite things: a heartwarming collection of small moments through a dog's eyes
Stuff My Dog Loves is a cute website that honors all the things that the site creator's dog loves. The site features sweet, pixelated drawings with captions about different things that make the dog happy. You can use the arrows under each image to…
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