Category: Noticed

NASA recently restored the original control room used for the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions. It sat disused for decades, but they restored it so it looks like a bunch...

I'm a big fan of Rich Rebuilds, a YouTube channel originally devoted to rebuilding scrapped Tesla cars and now expanded to showcasing DIY electric vehicles of all sorts. The amazing...

Long before superhighways, this 1928 map shows Illinois covered with rail lines. Now there's much fewer lines. But while intercity rail traffic has declined, commuter rail is alive and well...

Finding a great, non-chain, non-pricey lunch in Chicago's Loop is next to impossible. Until this guide from the Tribune.

Lego police used to be nice guys, now not so much.

OMG. OMG. OMG! This tiny, VR-like flying drone is the coolest thing I've seen in forever.

A friend pointed me to this unbelievable rat killing machine video. If you've ever dealt with rats (like me) you might find this satisfying. Otherwise: Warning! This is video showing...

OK, this is old, but still...A third of British vegetarians eat meat when drunk. Specificially meat from late night kebob stands.

This tumblr removes every other beat from pop songs making them into something completely different. Be sure you listen to the "Call Me Maybe" remix. Oh, and because I go...

This clip puts to rest any doubt that the He Man cartoon was created as a marketing ploy, rather than as "entertainment".

Hey, did you hear about the NRA's murder insurance scheme?

Married too young for Tinder, I'm fascinated with its psychology. One guy had the same interest but went a few steps further by creating a devastating hack.

MIT Robot breaks Rubik's Cube record. Are you ready? It's really fast.

I'm late to this, but still...The Onion: Tucker Carlson Challenges Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To A Date

Owners of the upstart New Orleans Advocate newspaper are purchasing the venerable New Orleans Times-Picayune with plans to bring back a seven day a week daily newspaper. Hurrah! But then...

James and Deb Fallows, flying around the U.S. in a small plane, are checking out small American cities to report on forward-thinking policies that go virtually unreported by national media.

Videos from TikTok, mostly from China, of people doing amazing jobs.

A paper was published recently, that shows Google StreetView images of your house are a strong predictor of whether or not you're likely to be in a car accident. Hrmm.

Questlove has an archive of endless stories of him interacting with crazy celebrities. Prepare to lose a few hours.

Video of a chimpanzee using an iPhone like he knows what he's doing. 

This happy dog sounds like a TIE Fighter.

I really enjoyed the Towson Center's Emily Bell just ripping apart all of news media's sacred cows – on a podcast aimed at news media's elite.

For years I looked for one thing: A way to find the cheapest flights from my hometown to anywhere. But then I found Hitlist and all my dreams came true.

Andrew Yang is an outsider, but interesting presidential candidate. Fung Bros is a hip hop-ish comedy YouTube channel. This interview by Fung Bros of Yang is probably the most clear...

I've been using Duck Duck Go as my default search engine for a year now, and it's never let me down. Plus, unlike Google, it doesn't track me or sell...

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's name kind of means "Chicken Dad".

Martha Steward and Snoop Dogg both know exactly why their pairing is simultaneously strange and amazing. Their most recent cooking show commercial turns it up to eleven.

John Oliver's recent show about public shaming has kicked off a discussion on whether or not the habit is socially useful. But don't overlook the incredible interview of Monica Lewinsky starting...

I've recently read about a couple different conferences that invoke Chatham House rules, where ideas and speeches can be quoted, but none of the quotes can be directly attributed. This is...