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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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  • newVectorbeam Doom
    Doom running on toothbrushes is old news. The new thing is porting Doom to ancient systems. Few offer a more starkly-different experience to the original's low-res pseudo-3D than the vectorbeam Vectrex, already a vintage curiosity by the time Id soft…
    - 6 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 6:44pm -
  • newGet lifetime access to all Babbel language lessons with this exclusive offer
    TL;DR: Get lifetime access to lessons in 14 different languages with Babbel, now just $134.99, with code LEARN.If you've been looking for a good language learning app, you've probably noticed that a whole lot of them have AI teaching their lessons…
    - 9 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 4:00pm -
  • newThe splootin' squirrels of SoCal are keepin' cool
    Squirrels were melting into the ground during the last Southern California heatwave.Scientists explain "splooting" as rodents spreading out to expose as much of their thermal mass as possible to the cooler ground. It looks cute, but residents should…
    - 11 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 1:45pm -
  • newSunny, 80 degrees, and Newport Beach is flooding
    On nice, sunny days in Southern California, people usually visit the beach. Today, however, the beach is moving into residential neighborhoods.A hurricane is east and south of Baja California, a record heatwave just broke, and the Super El Niño doe…
    - 11 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 1:20pm -
  • newMaybe Trump's taxpayer-funded ads are a public service after all
    Trump spent millions in taxpayer money to put self-aggrandizing tripe on TV. A focus group of former supporters suggests the ads may be doing exactly the opposite of winning them back. The Bulwark shared one of Trump's ego ads with some MAGAs whose…
    - 12 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 12:52pm -
  • newNew Mexico pipeline explodes, launches 100-foot flames and starts a wildfire
    A crazy spectacle erupted when a 20-inch Harvest Midstream natural-gas pipeline exploded Tuesday afternoon near La Boca, New Mexico, shooting flames an estimated 50 to 100 feet into the air and setting the surrounding brush and trees on fire.Residen…
    - 12 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 12:21pm -
  • newTom the Dancing Bug: Mark Zuckerberg presents "A.I. and U!"
    Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Mark Zuckerberg and his adorable pal Jolly assure you that A.I. is quite safe!Ruben Bolling will be at the New York Comic Con Thursday 10/8 and Friday 10/9 — check here for info. — Read the rest The post Tom the D…
    - 12 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 12:18pm -
  • newStolen Renoirs recovered in France; six suspects in custody
    Two Renoir paintings stolen last month in southern France were recovered this week, reports Le Monde. Swiped from a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, the Madame Colonna Romano and Jeune femme au puits are now safe under lock and key along with six suspects a…
    - 13 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 12:03pm -
  • newTrump admits he deliberately misnames Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed
    Diaper Don is name-calling and attempting to use race to turn voters against a Michigan candidate for the U.S. Senate.Repeating his earlier "slip" of calling Abdul El-Sayed "Mohammed," Trump now plays with the man's entire name and says it is becaus…
    - 13 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 11:54am -
  • newA theatrical morning with Nancy's Ernie Bushmiller
    Tom Gammill stars in an absolutely hilarious new limited-run play in New York City, A Morning with Ernie Bushmiller.Photo: Ruben BollingErnie Bushmiller was the author of the comic strip Nancy, about a little girl living with her glamorous Aunt Fri…
    - 13 hours ago 9 Oct 26, 11:44am -

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