Fare Well is a new poem by Jackie Kay that bids farewell to 2020 and wishes a better year for 2021. Narrated by David Tennant and others, Fare Well underscores the UK’s largest swarm drone display, recorded in the Scottish… Read More ›
Misc
The best advert of 2020
The end of this advert is brilliant, just brilliant.
Sam’s Study
This wood model kit will make you fall in love with arts and crafts. It takes time and patience, but you’ll feel greatly fulfilled once you finish it. You may paint, assemble, stitch and even architect in this lovely suite…. Read More ›
Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
If you wanted to know more about Pearl Harbour this is a worthy watch. It is very well done.
Ruining the moon
The U.S. government has long rejected the notion that the Moon is some kind of “global commons,” and it’s not a signatory to the Moon Agreement, an international treaty intended to promote equitable distribution of off-world resources and prevent territorial… Read More ›
Pocket Casts Top 100 Podcasts of 2020
Pocket Casts has listed their top 100 podcasts of the year and you should be able to find a show or two worth checking out. I ‘may’ have doctored the above screenshot. Maybe next year I won’t have to, but… Read More ›
The 1.0x Speed List
I listen to a lot of podcasts, usually on 2.5× speed, with silences removed. That sometimes bumps the playback up to 3.25× speed. Some might say that’s sociopathic, and I’m inclined to agree! But I have many shows to get… Read More ›
Making daylight time permanent
The Ontario government has passed legislation that would end the bi-annual changing of clocks, making daylight time permanent in the province—but the change will only happen if neighbouring jurisdictions agree. The Time Amendment Act, which was tabled by Jeremy Roberts,… Read More ›
Diego Maradona
Football legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. He had successful surgery on… Read More ›
Find every mask in this picture
Our minds can only focus on so much at once, says Susana Martinez-Conde, a neuroscientist at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York. Neurons in our visual cortices have limited bandwidth. If they attempted to take in everything, we would… Read More ›