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The number of grains of sand on a beach is a classic example of an “infinite” number, in the sense that it would be impossible to count. But sand itself isn’t infinite. Demand for sand is way up, around the world, because it’s a key...
I caught wind of the news that MacStories is back posting on X, the “everything platform”, and that seems to have caused some backlash. I am not a reader of MacStories (because tools are tools and I don’t read about new computers the...
75 blown milk glass chicken eggs in a tidepods box, selling at Jeffrey S. Evans in the Shenandoah 76 blown milk glass chicken eggs in the lid of a box of paper or something idc, at Jeffrey S. Evans The top answers seem to be: productized...
I track my reading on Goodreads. The site has various challenges that you can track toward different goals. The one I use is setting a goal for how many books I read over the year. For 2026, I set my goal at 30 books, which felt...
From the August 19, 2026, issue of my This Week in Sound email newsletter: ▰ In a Pickle I can hear what’s happening behind that fence long before I see it: the pops, plinks, thwacks and smacks of pickleball matches. Players say the...
The smallest state in the world. The dimensions of the cathedral are impressive. Just the square and St. Peter’s Cathedral are already a large part of the whole country. It is amazing how much work and detail went into these buildings,...
We recently came across your site — the personal website of a real human being. That’s exactly the kind of real-human personal blog we built ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ for — an AI content team that keeps creating for you. Tell it what to make —...
These days, the conversation in tech and business, and in a lot of society, is still all AI, all the time. And one of the most fundamental questions boils down to: How do you get people to change what they’re doing in regard to AI? For...
Ruffles. So very many ruffles.If I could go back in time, I'd choose a totally different skirt design for my Gryffindor Dragon Bustle Gown, because what in the world was I thinking when I fell in love with this fashion plate and decided...
Yes, I'm being witty. I've got this fond memory of being in the back of my parent's car, driving back from the electronics store, a game box on my knees and an instruction booklet in hand. I used to get car sick like crazy, so reading in...
Many of us are victims of bully. We dare not fight back as we are too weak, too small and too afraid. Yet, many of these experience were burned into our minds. It leaves a permanent scar inside us. That's why many of us enjoy a good...
“This is the way the season ends, not with a bang but a whimper”, with apologies to T.S. Eliot {{1}}.A few weeks ago I felt I was struggling to keep up, now I'm looking for things to do.Well … almost 😉.Beekeeping is a seasonal activity....
NIGHT CREEPER G.I. JOE: SPY TROOPS (HASBRO) Hey there faithful readers, and welcome to the end of the week. Oh, yes, it’s ending. Fantastic. Since it’s Friday, let’s celebrate it the only way I know how, with a Flashback Friday Figure...
I had a recurring “elevator pitch” at Lancefest earlier this summer. After explaining that I’m a science journalist now, I’d end with “so if you run into a story, let me know!” One person had a question that left me stumped: “What counts...
Robel Fessehatzion Shelton Johnson has spent more than three decades helping visitors understand that Yosemite belongs to everyone. As someone whose work also explores belonging and identity, what did photographing him mean to you...