Nov 21
“Trump wakes up the day before Thanksgiving grateful to Saudi Arabia.”
Nov 21
How to Build a Better Mouse Trap
Posted in: Today's ChiliIf you discover that you have a mouse in your home, you don’t mess around with dinky little traps. You need a trap that shoots a volley of arrows at that little sucker. Turnah81 has made just such a mouse killer. This trap features an array of twelve mousetrap-triggered catapults that fire arrows made from wooden kebab skewers. They have enough force to turn a rodent into a pincushion.
To create this “better” mouse trap, he had to solve a few tricky problems like matching the power of multiple rubber bands and creating a linkage capable of triggering twelve mousetraps at once, or as closely timed as possible. So he used a system of bent coat-hanger wires actuated by the falling bar of each trap, that triggers each successive trap in a nice display of arrow firepower. It’s pretty similar to that bit of Raiders of the Lost Ark where all the arrows go firing out of the wall at Indy.
If you have a mouse problem this setup will end that problem quickly. The mouse doesn’t stand a chance. Just don’t walk in front of this thing or you are going to get several arrows to the knee, ankle, and feet.
I’m not sure if mice travel in packs, but if they do this baby will take out an entire mouse family for you.
[via Hackaday]
Nov 21
Phobos’ grooved appearance likely caused by rolling boulders find computer sims
Posted in: Today's Chili
One of the more interesting moons orbiting a planet in our solar system is Mars’ moon Phobos. One of the key aspects of that moon is its odd shape and unique grooves that run across the surface of the moon in roughly the same direction. Brown University has developed computer models with the goal of determining what exactly caused the … Continue reading
Nov 21
Nov 21
We doubt that anyone has ever equated Apple with being cheap or affordable, but if you’re hoping to save some money, you might be interested to learn that Apple has announced on their website that they will be hosting a four-day sale starting on Black Friday and it will last through Cyber Monday.
For those who want more specifics, basically this sale kicks off on the 23rd of November and will last through the 26th of November. Exactly what kind of sales we might be able to expect from Apple is unclear as the company did not share what kind of offers and discounts they will be offering to customers.
However it should be noted that Apple sales aren’t exactly huge, so don’t expect to see massive 50-60% discounts like you are seeing on other websites and offered by other companies. Instead Apple has typically offered gift cards with purchases during Black Friday sales, so we wouldn’t be surprised if that tradition continues in 2018.
That being said, perhaps there could be some discounts offered and if it means shaving $100-$200 off a purchase, it’s not too bad if you were planning on making that purchase anyway. Either way the sales will be kicking off this Friday so you’ll want to mark that on your calendars if you want to see what Apple might have to offer.
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Nov 21
“The Late Late Show” host riffed on the job-performance grade the president gave himself in a Fox News interview.
Nov 21
Pilgrim Trump gets to work building a golf course and a wall in the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” spoof school play.
Nov 21
The “Late Night” host revealed what “Fox Snooze” now apparently means.
Nov 21
Amazon’s Alexa personal assistant is able to read the news, but she does so using the same voice users hear when issuing commands and getting search results. That’ll soon change, the company has revealed — it is creating a “newscaster” voice for its assistant that’ll give Alexa the same style and flow heard on an evening news program. Everyone is … Continue reading
Nov 21
Google seems to grooming Chrome OS to be the one OS that runs them all. Well, almost all since, at the moment, it can only run Chrome apps, Android apps via Google Play Store, and Linux apps via the Debian GNU/Linux distro. But while that arrangement might seem like the perfect setup, at least for users who prefer Linux over, … Continue reading
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