TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

I posted the original encabulator video in 2011.  The Rockwell Retro Encabulator was posted several years ago.  Now this new version.  If ...

Two examples of creative reimagining of an autumn chore.  Credit to Nikola Faller, via Kottke [third example at the link].

 "... nurses are telling us that they are walking away from situations where there are hyperrealistic active-shooter drills, and they t...

Sunbathers on the beach at Rio de Janeiro.  From a gallery at The Atlantic . [credit Tercio Teixeira / AFP / Getty]

"The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association has nine Minnesota events planned in October. They’ll be led by Sheriff Ric...

I have fond memories of walking along Hadrian's Wall when I was a younger man.  This wasn't a whimsical folly; it was planned vandal...

Embedded image 😀 via Interesting Engineering .  Today I learned that CAPTCHA is an acronym.

The 39th president of the United States lives modestly, a sharp contrast to his successors , who have left the White House to embrace po...

The longread itself doesn't have much new information, AFAIK.  I'm creating the post in order to embed the cropped image above, sho...

A well-edited collage of film clips whets my appetite for films I might not otherwise be aware of.  The one embedded above was created by th...

I listen to all of the BBC Science in Action podcasts.  A recent one featured a report of how unfired clay bricks can be used to access anc...

This young woman has a number of videos on YouTube , sharing tips and tricks for coping with the absence of an arm.

From an article in the StarTribune : "... a homework abolition movement has gained popularity in schools, particularly among lower gra...

And her lineage is also interesting, because she is a lungfish. "... Methuselah is the oldest living fish in captivity , aged somewhere...

Stuff like this drive me crazy.  I found the illustration at an otherwise sensible SciTechDaily , accompanying an article entitled "Sho...