Tuesday, 15 October 2024
quote [ The tale of the founder of GoDaddy, a Vietnam vet who figured out the formula for getting regular people to buy domain names. ]
Take it online like GoDaddy.
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Monday, 14 October 2024
quote [ What exactly is a kumquat? For her 10th story in The Crop Cycle series, Shane Mitchell lands in a Central Florida town, where the last growers hold out against developers, to learn why these curious sweet-tart citrus cousins are so celebrated. ]
Like the segment of a kumquat
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Sunday, 13 October 2024
quote [ Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers. ]
Mind is racing like vehicles, being tracked down from unpaid tolls
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Saturday, 12 October 2024
quote [ The a-maize-ing history of getting lost among the stalks. ]
Fuckin’ lost in the corn maze!
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Friday, 11 October 2024
quote [ Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The only hitch? It’s illegal. ]
la que entrega esta vaquita voladora
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Thursday, 10 October 2024
quote [ “Make films about the people, they said”, Jean-Luc Godard once quipped, “but The Crowd had already been made, so why remake it?” Gideon Leek rewatches King Vidor’s classic, in which a young man with big dreams moves to New York City and becomes an identical cog who learns to love the machine of modernity. ]
There's a man in the crowd got a fire in his head
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Wednesday, 9 October 2024
quote [ Once a reluctant law student, Jeremy Cohen is now one of the country’s fiercest advocates for canine clients and their owners. ]
Can't win on the streets dog you need a lawyer
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Tuesday, 8 October 2024
quote [ In the vibrant world of Parisian cabaret, where extravagant performances captivated audiences every night, few acts were as peculiar or as unforgettable as that of Le Pétomane. ]
Ouais ! voilà le Pétomane
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Monday, 7 October 2024
quote [ Underscoring an anecdotal observation common among cannabis consumers, a group of researchers in Canada have released a new study indicating that marijuana can make music more enjoyable, concluding that “the impact of cannabis on the auditory experience may be overall enhanced” compared to sober listening. ]
Marijuana music and rest
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Sunday, 6 October 2024
quote [ Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along the way, he met Princess Grace of Monaco, raised money for UNICEF and lost a brother to bandits ]
Never really knew it till I started walking the Earth
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