Thanks to Google, pretty much everyone knows it’s Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday today. To celebrate, consider purchasing a copy of + more
Thanks to Google, pretty much everyone knows it’s Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday today. To celebrate, consider purchasing a copy of + more
Sure, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says that this is a 1926 chromolithograph of the human digestive and respiratory + more
Take a gander at a short film made by Charles and Ray Eames of their home—Case Study House No. 8—in + more
Courtesy of NASA, here’s a link to an 8000 x 8000 HD image of Earth, shot January 4. Enjoy.
If the entries in our Stupidest Song Ever contest are any indicator, the last word has precisely three readers. The + more
Scientists from Skynet Case Western Reserve University have created an army of cyborg cockroaches.
The somewhat less-than-overwhelming response to yesterday’s post can only mean that a compelling case for the use of “ask” as + more
I’m being serious here, folks. At what point in our history did someone say to himself, “Hey, you know what + more
One of my favorite reads in 2011 was Onward by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Its subtitle sums up the author’s + more
It’s one thing for gullible college students (but I repeat myself) to go around wearing Che Guevara T-shirts; it’s quite + more
Today is the birthday of our fearless leader, who was born the same year Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy + more
The latest PROOF! issue (no. 6) tells the story of local fly-tying master John Newbury. PROOF! is a biannual publication + more
Merry Christmas, everyone.
With the price of coal nearing $80 per short ton (at least in northern Appalachia), here’s a way to save + more