- Yup, that tiny hole is gonna cost me around three grand. Others have had it worst, much worst, and in worst places.
- On the plus side of having a leaky slab repaired, I got to use a jackhammer for the first time in my life.
- We had to go without hot water last night but I decided to shower anyway for several reasons. I never took a cold shower before and thought it would be humbling to go without an everyday modern luxury, though I’m sure those without hot or warm water use other means. Also, I heard cold showers help increase metabolism, and now I can certainly understand why.
- The murdered Midlothian mother that was a fitness instructor took a more bizarre turn yesterday when it was revealed by the police that she “was allegedly having marital and financial struggles at the time of her death and had been involved in an intimate relationship “external to the marriage.” The public will be branding her husband guilty if it hasn’t already.
- Medical Equipment Crashes During Heart Procedure Because of Antivirus Scan – Medical procedure continued without harm to the patient
- Variety – Jon Stewart May Be on HBO Before November Election
- There’s just something about seeing an overly bearded David Letterman that gets my attention. Here he is with the First Couple last yesterday.
- SpiroCall measures lung health over any phone — no app necessary – Users call a 1-800 number and, when prompted, simply exhale hard, emptying their lungs of air. This sound is analyzed at a central location and the necessary statistics are returned to the phone in the form of a text. That’s really all there is to it.
- Buzzfeed – KFC Is Making An Edible Nail Polish That Tastes Like Chicken
- @wacotrib – Former #Baylor tennis player is lone suspect in alleged 2015 sexual assault. Is 6th BU athlete accused since 2012: http://bit.ly/1T1tF7c
- South Carolina news – Tow Truck Driver Says He Thinks God Told Him Not To Help Disabled Sanders Supporter – “Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said get in the truck and leave,” said Ken Shupe of Shupee Max Towing in Traveler’s Rest, S.C. “And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.”
- Have you ever needed to convert all caps text to lower case or something like title case or vice versa? If so, convertcase.net may come in handy.
- Boring Conference sells out – London’s annual Boring Conference has sold out, with this year’s speakers set to give talks on East German pedestrian crossing signals, paper bags, lamp posts, toilet roll quality control codes and bricks.
- First, there were wearables. Now, there are swallowables – The innovation at the heart of it is an FDA-approved ingestible sensor housed in pills, designed to help patients adhere to the medications their doctors prescribe. Except the sensor isn’t powered by a battery, it’s powered by the gut of the patient swallowing it, using technology discovered two centuries ago.
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- Mythbuster Adam Savage in his shop as a 19-year old
- “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” – Conan O’Brien, 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement
