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Playwright Tom Stoppard dead at 88
Sir Tom Stoppard, the acclaimed playwright who authored Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the…
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Rob Beschizza
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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…
Nov 28
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Rob Beschizza
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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…
Nov 28
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Rob Beschizza
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Unpowered solid state drives could kill your data
I love solid-state drives (SSDs).
Nov 28
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Séamus Bellamy
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Celebrating Thanksgiving with Male Chef
Another holiday, another chance to inflict Male Chef on those around me (including you, dear reader!).
Nov 28
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Grant St. Clair
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Netflix joins the race for the next Wordle with new app
Netflix really wants to be a one-stop shop for all things entertainment.
Nov 28
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Gail P Sherman
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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…
Nov 28
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Rob Beschizza
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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…
Nov 28
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Rob Beschizza
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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…
Nov 28
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Grant St. Clair
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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…
Nov 28
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Jennifer Sandlin
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Far Cry TV adaptation now in production
Ubisoft is in a bit of a weird place at the moment.
Nov 28
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Grant St. Clair
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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…
Nov 27
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Rob Beschizza
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