This 1902(!) video footage of the Flying Train in Wuppertal, Germany is of such high quality it seems hard to believe. But there it is. MoMA explains the stunning quality in the video's description: The Flying Train" depicts a ride on a suspended railway in Germany in 1902. The footage is almost as impressive as [&]

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One More Try is a free web-based service that records something on your computers webcam then plays it back after a specified amount of time. The creator made it to review a skateboard trick he was trying to learn. He says it's also useful for juggling, magic tricks, yo-yo, and anything else that would benefit [&]

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"Adults with positive SARS-CoV-2 test results were approximately twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than were those with negative SARS-CoV-2 test results," according to the Centers for Disease Control's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The CDC recommends that efforts to "reduce possible exposures where mask use and social distancing [&]

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From Punk News: The Dead Milkmen are releasing a role-playing game module called Lost Tomb of the Bitchin' Chimera. It's a 5e game meaning that it is comparable with Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. The game is written by Andrew Ervin and is out via severed books this summer. Presumably, this means you need to [&]

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TL;DR: The Complete Google Cloud eBook and Video Course Bundle will get you up to speed on using one of the fastest-growing cloud platforms anywhere. While a lion's share of the talk in the cloud services space is consumed by the big two — Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure — there's actually a [&]

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For power and strength training, coaches and trainers are increasingly recommending kettlebell work. These portable weights combine strength training, cardiovascular fitness, and improving your flexibility while also strengthening your core. While kettlebells are great for explosive workouts and dynamic strength, balance and agility training, they do have a few downsides, like needing about ten different [&]

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A Princess of Mars (1970) is one of Frank Frazetta's most famous works. He painted it for the 1970 hardcover edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first John Carter of Mars novel. Interestingly, Frazetta feared the publisher wouldn't return the art so he painted a copy for himself. The copy is generally thought to be superior [&]

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I never lived until I ate off a Zoo Pals plate.

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Two things I've tried to learn more than once and have failed at: unicycling and juggling. I hope pro juggler Jack Kalvan can help with the juggling part, then I'll be halfway toward my goal of being a Claude Shannon cosplayer.

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Azerbaijan textile artist Faig Ahmed employs ancient craft to create mind-bending textile sculptures. His work is featured in an online exhibition at the Sapar Contemporary gallery, titled "Textile Traditions Re-Imagined." (via Laughing Squid)

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The best paper I have found for writing with a fountain pen in a notebook is Maruman Menemosyne. I am lost without these notebooks. While I have a bunch of Moleskine books around, I think the paper is merely OK for use with fountain pen ink. Maruman Mnemosyne has been sucking up ink, not feathering, [&]

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The Cape sundew is an alien-looking plant studded with hundreds of red tentacles. At the tip of each tentacle is a droplet of glistening dew, beckoning hapless insects to enjoy a free sugary meal. But the tables turn and the prey becomes the predator! As soon as the bug alights on the sundew and starts [&]

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Last night I tore thru Diego Piraro's Peyote Cowboy. A fantastic story about a cowboy who mistakenly eats some peyote while trying to save his son from starving, the art will blow your mind.

https://boingboing.net/2020/09/10/peyote-cowboy-a-fantastic-new.html

Former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, now himself a convicted criminal, is among America's most plainspoken racists and bigots. So it was a surprise when he issued a warm personal welcome to visitors hoping to make it to a the 2021 furry convention in Phoenix. The surprise, however, was also his: he had no idea [&]

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People under the influence of acetaminophen (aka paracetamol, Tylenol, Panadol) engage in more risky behavior, according to a study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. From The Ohio State University: People who took acetaminophen rated activities like "bungee jumping off a tall bridge" and "speaking your mind about an unpopular issue in a meeting [&]

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Aviation historians and museum curators like those at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum go gaga over any photos, correspondence, or curiosities related to Amelia Earhart. And of course her lost aircraft is at the top of many aviation museums' wish lists. But there are many more unusual aerospace artifacts that they'd love to [&]

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Researchers at the University of Exeter went to a beach and approached herring gulls. In half the trials they walked toward the gulls while looking at the ground, and in the other half, they stared directly at the gulls. They found that when they approached the gulls without looking at them they were able to [&]

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In the new issue of The Magnet, I wish the late illustrator Roy Doty a happy birthday. Roy was best known for his "Worldless Workshop" comic, which ran for 62 years in Popular Science and The Family Handyman. I had the great pleasure of getting to know him when he became a regular contributor to [&]

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Ronald "Khalis" Bell, co-founder of legendary funk-soul band Kool & The Gang and co-writer of classic jams "Ladies' Night," "Jungle Boogie" and "Celebration," has died. He was 68. From Rolling Stone: In 1964, Bell and his teenage brother Robert "Kool" Bell, unable to afford drums, would collect old paint cans in their Youngstown, Ohio neighborhood [&]

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The US Navy has banned sailors and Marines from using shampoo, lotions, and other body care products that contain hemp or cannabidiol. According to the official statement, their rationale is that the products could contain so much THC that it might "negatively impact mission readiness and disqualify a sailor from continued service." From Stars and [&]

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