The Hobo Code: An Introduction to the Hieroglyphic Language of Early 1900s
Many of us now use the word hobo to refer to any homeless individual, but back in the America of the late 19th and early 20th century, to be a hobo meant something more.
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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Panther-Trapping, Gator-Wrestlin
Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Service as a SKU | Andreessen Horowitz
Editor’s note: This article by now-a16z general partner Alex Rampell was originally published in 2012 in TechCrunch. The biggest ecommerce opportunity today involves taking offline services and offering them for sale online (O2O commerce). The first generation of O2O commerce…
Narratively | Substack
Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
The Super Bowl of Beekeeping
Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.
How to Downsize a Transport Network: The Chinese Wheelbarrow - LOW-TECH MAG
Language at the End of the World
On rongorongo, which no one can decipher.
The Great Chinese Art Heist
Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?
Snowbound
Pinned down in deep snow and running out of food, veteran thru-hiker Stephen “Otter” Olshansky scraped his way to a campground latrine, holed up inside, and prayed for help to arrive.
The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig
A profile of a pig.
The High-Stakes Race to Create the World's First Artificial Heart – Texas M
In this exclusive excerpt from 'Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart,' world-renowned Houston surgeon Bud Frazier races to help an ailing patient by implanting a revolutionary device that may one day save millions of lives.
How a Transplanted Face Transformed a Young Woman’s Life
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
An Unprecedented Look at a Young Woman’s Face Transplant
Are we our faces? This poignant story explores that question.
What It Takes to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes (Yeah, It’s a Thing) | WIR
The world record stands at 24 minutes 3 seconds. How much can it improve?
Into the Cave of Chile’s Witches
Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children?
Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man
Mel Brooks in his 90s.
The Spy Who Drove Me
Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.
Colcannon
Colcannon is often served on Halloween with hidden symbols inside.
Neko Case Is Telling The Truth
The singer is more uncompromising than ever.
Please Don't Be Dead by Fantastic Negrito
Please Don't Be Dead by Fantastic Negrito album reviews & Metacritic score: The follow-up to the Oakland artist's Grammy Award-winning 2016 release was influenced in part by divisive political and social issues....
Starting An Amazon FBA Business - Starter Story
Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?My name is Raymond Furgason, and I am the Creator and Founder of Carbage Can. The Carbage Can is a car trash can. It’s so easy to gather common trash in your vehicle - tissues, food wrappers, receipts, coffee cups… the list is…
What PopSugar learned from selling products through text messages
PopSugar said it expects to have 20,000 subscribers by year's end to its text message program, which it's used to sell protein bars and housewares.
The Over and Under Speaker
Whoever said wireless audio had to "sit" hasn't seen the Aloft speaker by designer Hyeonil Jeong. The alternative design explores an entirely new way to save valuable counter or desk space. It's A-shaped form and easy-to-install, built-in hanging bracket makes it possible to…
A Cast That Doesn’t Suck as Much
If you've ever broken a bone, chances are you remember just how inconvenient it was to have a heavy, itchy, not-so-hygienic cast. It's almost as bad as the broken bone itself! Tung-Jun Yang's proposal, called Cocoon, is an all-new type of cast that aims to be lighter, more…
GLB: GitHub’s open source load balancer | GitHub Engineering
Inside the Poisoning of a Russian Double Agent
The hit on Sergei Skripal.
Serie Nacional
Nothing can match Cuban post-season baseball fever.
Rolls-Royce made miniature robot minions to perform jet-engine inspection
An innovation you'd completely expect from a Hollywood spy flick, Rolls-Royce has designed tiny robots called SWARM that get deployed within their jet engines to run reconnaissance and inspections. A part of RR's IntelligentEngine program, the SWARM get deployed into intricate…
Strategy vs. Tactics
Strategy and tactics are two terms that get thrown around a lot, often used interchangeably. But what exactly do they mean, what is the difference, and why is it important? In this article, we look at the contrast between strategy and tactics, and the most effective ways to use…
After Nearly 30 Years In Exile, This Kashmiri Singer Has A Hit Song Of The
A love song about wildflowers is the song of the summer on both sides of Kashmir's much-disputed border, after getting a push from a popular Pakistani television program funded by a soda company.
Predators, Prey, and Vodka - Issue 63: Horizons
Surveying muskoxen in the Russian far north.
My Favorite Potato Salad Is Mashed & Comes From Japan
Mashed potatoes, meet potato salad.
The multibillion-dollar war over chocolate design
A fight in EU courts over KitKat bars raises questions about how much a product's shape defines its brand.
FxSolver is a Math Notebook for Engineers
If you like to rely on the web to do your electronics and computer math, you’ll want to bookmark FxSolver. It has a wide collection of formulae from disciplines ranging from electronics, comp…
Why I Ripped The Same CD 300 Times
A Map Of Wireless Passwords From Airports And Lounges Around The World (Updated Regularly)
This map is now available in app form! WiFox is available on the App Store and Google Play. Finding an open
Horseman, Pass By
Glory, grief, and the race for the Triple Crown.
The pilots who risk their lives flying tiny planes over the Atlantic
Ferry flying is a lucrative but high-risk industry. Elite pilots deliver small planes across oceans and continents - distances these aircraft were not designed to fly.
The Infinite Memo
From the makers of this incredibly clever wearable memo, the Wemo is back with an entirely new look. The Wemo 2 takes on a flat form that you can stick on any surface, transforming it into a doodle or memo pad in seconds. Slap it on your laptop to take notes during meets or on
Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake The Perfect Italian-Style Pie
Brick transfers heat to dough more slowly than steel, allowing both crust and toppings to simultaneously reach perfection. In a home oven, that balance is elusive — but you might be able to get close.
Meet the Anarchists Making Their Own Medicine
The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is a network of tech-fueled anarchists taking on Big Pharma with DIY medicines.
As Economics Improve, Solar Shines in Rural America
Declining costs have helped some of the country's smallest electricity providers expand their use of solar in highly innovative ways
This technology could fundamentally change our relationship to electricity
An “operating system” for power could double the efficiency of the grid.
Explaining the 68-95-99.7 rule for a Normal Distribution
This post explains how those numbers were derived in the hope that they can be more interpretable for your future endeavors.
Viet-Cajun Crawfish
The buttered crustaceans benefit from a blend of Cajun and Asian spices.
No-Cook, No-Sweat, No-Churn Lemon Ice Cream From a Southern Cooking Legend
Skip your next ice cream run and try this recipe instead.
Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves Demystified (in Python)
In this blog, I will reveal, step by step, how to plot an ROC curve using Python. After that, I will explain the characteristics of a basic ROC curve.
When Cost-Plus Pricing Is a Good Idea
Cost-plus pricing is a lot like the romance novel genre, in that it’s widely ridiculed yet tremendously popular. The idea behind cost-plus pricing is straightforward. The seller calculates all costs, fixed and variable, that have been or will be incurred in manufacturing the…
the healing edge: Dying Organs Restored to Life in Novel Experiments
An unusual transplant may revive tissues thought to be hopelessly damaged, including the heart and brain.
Certificates for localhost
Sometimes people want to get a certificate for the hostname “localhost”, either for use in local development, or for distribution with a native application that needs to communicate with a web application. Let’s Encrypt can’t provide certificates for…