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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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  • newBook about every video game set in the Alien universe
    In the late 1980s, gamers were spoiled for choice when two completely different versions of the Aliens computer game came out, one a series of movie-faithful minigames and the other a loosely-adapted dungeon crawl. And as dissimilar as they were, nei…
    - 6 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 5:46pm -
  • newNuke Simulation shows your least favorite town obliterated by the atomic weapon of your choice
    If NUKEMAP is the web's classic demonstration of what a nuclear blast would do to your hometown or that of your enemy (don't forget to set the yield!) then Nuke Simulation is the modern novelty, depicting the explosion in handsome animated 3D over th…
    - 7 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 4:49pm -
  • newReplace your everyday laptop with a 16GB MacBook Air for $319.99
    TL;DR: This Grade A refurbished 2018 MacBook Air is just $319.99 (MSRP $2,299) with 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a Retina display, an Intel Core i5, and support for macOS Sonoma.You can spend a lot of money on a MacBook. — Read the rest The post…
    - 8 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 4:00pm -
  • new70,000 pints of Guinness heisted
    Police in England have thirsty work ahead of them after thieves took off with two trailers loaded with Guinness Stout from an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool."It is famously said that 'Guinness is good for you,' but that is only the case…
    - 8 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 3:53pm -
  • newWhat is the best paint for painting rocks?
    I've painted rocks for years, off and on. It's less intimidating to paint on a rock than on a canvas, and it is easier to display rocks than canvases. You can just set the rock on a desk, table, or any horizontal surface — no mounting hardware or h…
    - 9 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 2:14pm -
  • newModel skeleton used to hold drip in busy hospital
    In the emergency room at Salisbury District Hospital in England, no drip stands were available for incoming patients during a period of "exceptionally high demand." So emergency workers made use of what they could find, including picture hooks and a…
    - 12 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 12:03pm -
  • newNolan's Odyssey twist about Trojan Horse guilt outdoes Musk's outrage
    For all of Elon Musk's outrage that there are actors in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey who do not possess the racial characteristics of the ancient Greeks (he's not referring to Matt Damon's straight, light hair and non-Mediterranean Anglo/Germanic…
    - 12 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 11:56am -
  • newAcme vindicated: photographer gets shot of coyote catching roadrunner
    Southern California bird watcher Alexander DeBarros captured a photo of a coyote holding a roadrunner bird in its mouth. He was conducting a bird survey at the Chatsworth Nature Preserve on August 29 when he spotted the iconic sight.In an incredibl…
    - 12 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 11:56am -
  • new93% of Britons want right to private conversations online, if you don't mind
    Few governments seem more enthusiastic about undermining private communications than those in Britain, where a total ban on encryption is often touted by non-technical minds and mass surveillance is openly dreamed by cabinet ministers. Apple withdrew…
    - 13 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 10:13am -
  • newYour charging cable is underachieving—the 8-in-1 GoCable is just $24.99
    TL;DR: The $24.99 GoCable packs up to 100W charging, Lightning and USB-C connectors, an LED power display, data transfer, magnetic cable management, a bottle opener, a hidden cutter, and a carabiner into one compact EDC gadget.Some charging cable…
    - 14 hours ago 4 Sep 26, 10:00am -

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