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Fabergé egg expected to fetch £20 million at auction
Christie’s expects the Winter egg, one of just seven of Peter Carl Fabergé’s creations still in private hands, to sell for more than £20 million when it…
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Rob Beschizza
Tiny pixel fonts are a challenge. With double-width pixels, they’re a nightmare.
My first computer suffered an economy found in early 8-bit machines with limited video memory: if you wanted lots of colors, you got less pixels, and a…
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Rob Beschizza
Unpowered solid state drives could kill your data
I love solid-state drives (SSDs).
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Séamus Bellamy
Celebrating Thanksgiving with Male Chef
Another holiday, another chance to inflict Male Chef on those around me (including you, dear reader!).
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Grant St. Clair
Netflix joins the race for the next Wordle with new app
Netflix really wants to be a one-stop shop for all things entertainment.
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Gail P Sherman
Man jailed for assault after assaulting man who assaulted him but was not yet jailed
An assault victim in New Zealand tired of waiting for the law to catch up with his attacker, so he rounded up a posse and went to the man’s house to do…
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Rob Beschizza
Adolf Hitler changes his name
Adolf Hitler Uunona, a local councilor in Namibia tired of reading annoying stories like this one, has filed to change his name to Adolf Uunona. The…
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Rob Beschizza
Elon Musk’s foolproof party advice for very cool and smart guys like himself goes viral
Putting Joe Rogan and Elon Musk in the same room always feels like a real-life reenactment of that one Tweet: “two dumb b*****s telling each other…
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Grant St. Clair
Hamburglar McWeevil joins “freaking creepy” Ronald McWeevil in Enterprise, AL
Last week, a new weevil sculpture, the Hamburglar McWeevil, was unveiled in Entreprise, Alabama, a town that’s famous for its boll weevil-laden history…
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Jennifer Sandlin
Far Cry TV adaptation now in production
Ubisoft is in a bit of a weird place at the moment.
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Grant St. Clair
Butterfly Nebula revealed by Gemini South telescope
NGC 6302, more romantically known as the Butterfly Nebula, was chosen by Chilean schoolchildren as the latest subject for observation by the Gemini…
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Rob Beschizza
Pocket Vert console offers more power than retrogames could ever ask for
Ayaneo’s Pocket Vert is pitched as a premium retro-gaming handheld console, and the spec sheet shows just how premium they mean: the Snapdragon 8…
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Rob Beschizza
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