Aug 20
‘Coven’ Cast Reunites For Witchy ‘American Horror Story’ Photo With Stevie Nicks
Posted in: Today's Chili“American Horror Story: Apocalypse” is shaping up to be the show’s most anticipated season yet.
Aug 20
Do you have a pet rat? Do you want to build a maze for him or her to hang out in? If so, you might as well make a geeky one – something that will entertain you as much as it does your rat friend. A maze that looks like a level from Super Mario Bros. should do the trick.
Maker The Q built this colorful rat maze using just cardboard, hot glue, paint, and a sheet of clear acrylic for the front. It’s pretty awesome, but easy to make your own with a little skill and patience. His rat named Shelly figures out how to make it through to the end with no problems at all. There’s not even a single Goomba or Koopa. It can’t even collect any coins or use the warp pipes. Imagine how disappointing that is to a rat.
Designing a rat maze is like designing a video game – you don’t want to make it too easy for them. Include some Hammer Bros. to toss hammers at it. Some lava lakes. Spike pits are a nice touch too. Chain Chomps? You know it. You can’t go too easy on rodents. They want a challenge.
[via Laughing Squid]
Aug 20
If you are into skateboarding, but want to do it with as little effort as possible, this might be just the ticket. The Autobalancing Electric Skateboard lets riders zoom along at speeds up to 17 mph while the skateboard does the hard part of keeping them upright.
The self-balancing board has a 36V battery and a 250W motor and it promises enough grunt to make it up inclines. It can ride up to 11 miles per charge, and it takes about 3 hours to juice up. It has 6-inch tires up front, and actually looks a bit like one of those hoverboards that was so popular a couple of years back – but with an elongated riding platform and a third wheel in back.
Riders control the skateboard using a provided wireless remote or a free app for iOS or Android devices. Either option gives control over speed, brakes, integrated Bluetooth speakers and the lights. A dashboard integrated into the top of the skateboard shows speed, mileage, and battery power. It’s available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $699,95.
Aug 20
If you haven’t built and launched water rockets with your kid, you’re missing out on an awesome project. With 10 bucks or so worth of parts, an air pump, and an empty soda bottle or two, you can have a blast of an afternoon and learn some elementary rocketry. Even the most jaded kid will be blown away by the sheer…
Aug 20
A woman identified as Natasha Aponte used Tinder to invite several dozen guys on a simultaneous date in New York City this past Sunday afternoon, leaving her targets bewildered by the stunt. The date turned out to be an event that the host described as “Live Tinder,” a real-life game show of sorts that resembled a…
Aug 20
In January, Amazon added the commercial-free version of CBS All Access, the network’s subscription streaming service, to Prime Video Channels. Now, the $6 limited commercial tier is available as well. Earlier this month, Deadline reports, CBS CEO Les…
Aug 20
As SpaceX gears up to launch NASA astronauts to space with its Falcon 9 rockets, the agency has been debating whether to allow the company to fuel its spacecraft after astronauts have boarded. SpaceX typically fuels its rockets shortly before launch…
Aug 20
Today at Gamescom, NVIDIA announced three new graphics cards for the next generations. These 20-series cards are built on the company’s new RTX platform and represent a pretty large jump in capabilities over the 10-series. There’s a lot to unpack about each card in the line, from the top-of-the-line RTX 2080 Ti down to the RTX 2070, so let’s take … Continue reading
Aug 20
A new Mac mini and an entry-level laptop replacement for the MacBook Air could follow the 2018 iPhones as Apple’s big hardware news for the year. The new products, though unconfirmed by the Cupertino company itself, would finally bring updates to some of the oldest products in Apple’s portfolio. Indeed, there had been fears that Apple was simply planning to … Continue reading
Aug 20
Video games you play use rasterization while videos you watch use ray tracing – or that’s the way it’s been in the past. Ray tracing focuses on each pixel’s color and how light in the scene made that color so. Rasterization focuses on the objects in the frame at any given time, deciding how light affects the color and brightness … Continue reading
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