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  • Remove a Cork Stuck Inside a Wine Bottle With a Ribbon
    You go to pop open a fresh bottle of wine—maybe you don’t have a proper wine-opening tool —and the cork, or part of it, plummets into the bottle. You’re left with two choices: finish the bottle, or use this handy trick.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Flamyngo Simplifies Getting Travel Tips From Friends
    iPhone: If you’re heading out on vacation to somewhere your friends or family have already gone, it’s natural to ask for any suggestions they might have for places to go. This usually results in a mess of texts and emails from various people. Fla…
    - 3 Jul 16, 5:00pm -
  • Get Your Game of Thrones Fix With This Interactive, Spoiler-Proof Map
    Game of Thrones fans, you might not know what to do with yourself now that Season 6 is over. This interactive map will help you get your fix until the next season starts.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 3:00pm -
  • When In Doubt, Mimic the Body Language of Others to Be More Persuasive
    Body language varies from one person to another. Trying to follow a set of specific actions to effectively communicate with everyone is bound to fail. If you’re talking with someone one-on-one, mimic their body language instead to be more persuasiv…
    - 3 Jul 16, 2:00pm -
  • This DIY Wood Beer Carrier Even Has a Bottle Opener on the Side
    Instructables user Herbsco built this reusable, good-looking beer carrier out of solid walnut, which probably explains why it looks so good, but even if you don’t have that available, he has everything you need to make your own—and attach a bottl…
    - 3 Jul 16, 1:00pm -
  • Ambient Noise Showdown: Noisli vs. White Noise vs. Rain Rain
    Ambient noise apps drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep. But with dozens you can download, it’s hard to know which is the best. Noisli, White Noise, and Ra…
    - 3 Jul 16, 10:00am -
  • A Video and Graphic Guide to 12 of America's Most Beautiful Natural Parks
    There are dozens of beautiful National Parks in the United States, but if you could only see one, this video and graphic guide from Expedia helps you narrow your choices down to 12 great parks you can explore, all of which are known for specific land…
    - 3 Jul 16, 9:00am -
  • Sunday's Best Deals: Fire HD 6, GreenWorks Tools, Weather Radios
    Weather radios, GreenWorks tools, and Amazon’s Fire HD 6 lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 8:30am -
  • This Week's Top Downloads
    Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Clean Rusty Grill Grates With Some Oil, Salt, and a Potato
    If you don’t grill very often that probably means you don’t clean your grill regularly either. If your grill grates are covered in burnt food and rust, you can get it ready for a cookout with a few household staples.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 5:00pm -

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  • newI have seen the face of death on a piece of toast
    Some things from the past are best left to the past. The segregation of schools. Smallpox, Cop Rock… and Libby's Spread n' Heat Pizza.Born in 1975 of an unholy union between a can of Manwich and a bottle of Ragu, Spread n' Heat Pizza sounds good o…
    - 1 hour ago 15 May 26, 2:44pm -
  • newUpcycle your old smart speaker with a new brain
    The world is absolutely filthy with Google Home Minis. The wee smart speakers made their debut back in 2017 and were inexpensive enough to be given away by telecoms, banks as a promotional gift for opening a new account. Hell, if you were feeling daf…
    - 1 hour ago 15 May 26, 2:38pm -
  • newThunderous applause: JD Vance edition
    In fairness, audible indifference is still technically a reaction.Devoid of charisma, JD Vance stepped up to the podium and was greeted with the kind of applause usually reserved for a substitute assistant vice principal being introduced at a mandat…
    - 1 hour ago 15 May 26, 2:34pm -
  • newTed Turner's secret newsroom lair looks like the saddest airport lounge ever
    Proof that even in the 80s, immense wealth could not protect you from aggressive beige.You might expect the hidden crash pad of CNN founder and billionaire media baron, yacht enthusiast, and owner of enough land to have his own zipcode, Ted Turner,…
    - 2 hours ago 15 May 26, 1:43pm -
  • new19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975
    I came across a September 1976 piece in High Times headlined "Missouri — 12 Years for 11 Grams." Jerry Mitchell, a 19-year-old from West Plains, Missouri, had sold about a third of an ounce of marijuana to an undercover Highway Patrol agent for fi…
    - 2 hours ago 15 May 26, 1:37pm -
  • newWaymos perform ritual robot pilgrimage around suburban Atlanta cul-de-sac
    One assumes this was either a routing glitch or the first step in selecting tribute.Atlanta residents recently awoke to what appeared to be the opening scene of a very boring AI apocalypse, as empty Waymos repeatedly looped through their neighborhoo…
    - 2 hours ago 15 May 26, 1:27pm -
  • newCalifornia declares war on the Kars4Kids earworm
    The problem wasn't that the money went somewhere; it was that the jingle strongly encouraged donors to imagine it going somewhere else.In a rare triumph for both consumer protection law and everyone with functioning ears, a California judge has effe…
    - 2 hours ago 15 May 26, 1:17pm -
  • newFBI director's secret "VIP snorkel" at Pearl Harbor raises fascinating judgment questions
    Nothing says "serious law enforcement leadership" like a secret VIP snorkel at Pearl HarborThe FBI was reportedly very keen to emphasize that Kash Patel's Hawaii trip was absolutely, definitely official business. This begs the question of how the FB…
    - 3 hours ago 15 May 26, 1:06pm -
  • newA choral group's Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings
    Watch the Harmony Town chorus sing the theme song from Popeye the Sailor. This lovely cover of the song is like a time machine to the past. This is the most wholesome video I've seen all day.Everyone in the video looks like they're having a blast an…
    - 3 hours ago 15 May 26, 12:25pm -
  • newWhat does it look like inside a scam call center?
    Have you ever wondered where all those spam phone calls you get actually come from? What does an average work day look like for people who spend hours daily doing nothing but cold-calling people in hopes of landing one gullible enough to hand over en…
    - 5 hours ago 15 May 26, 10:57am -

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