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“My dog gets super excited at the food bin being opened, yet she's very well disciplined.” Read the rest

Cassini will get as close as 321 miles (516 kilometers) of Dione's surface if all goes as planned. Read the rest

The folks at Winner sent me the Montar universal car mount to try out. I was already happy with my air vent mount, but I was willing to see how it compared. Read the rest

Isaac Asimov wrote "The Last Question" in one sitting. It appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and Asimov said it was "by far my favorite story of all those I have written."It's fun hearing Asimov read it in his energetic Brooklyn accent. Read the rest

Out of thousands of photographs entered from all over the world, this year's top Photographer of the Year of the iPhone Photography Awards went to Michal Koralewski of Poland. Read the rest

Moral scold/problem gambler William "Ram" Bennett co-wrote an op-ed for the LA Times complaining that people have come to the realization that legalizing marijuana isn't such a bad idea after all. Read the rest

He does not need a doctor.

Did Chris Ware sneak into our house to draw this? That's my daughter on the beanbag.

Mars Attacks! was a lurid, horrifcally gory series of Topps bubble gum cards produced in the 1960s. Makeup artist Marla Malone created this wonderful face painting tribute to the genius of artist Norm Saunders, who painted the Topps Cards. Read the rest

Although marijuana is legal to purchase – both for medical and recreational use – in Colorado under state law, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that marijuana users can be fired from their jobs for using marijuana - even for medical reasons and outside of work hours. Read the rest

"'I'm ambivalent about a remake,' said Carpenter, who is also known for directing Halloween and Escape From New York. 'On the other hand, it depends on how much they pay me.'" (via Hollywood Reporter)(more…)

Clash of Clans is one of the most popular and financially-successful mobile games of all time—it might have earned $1.8bn in 2014 alone. But with stats showing few people actually make purchases in free-to-play games, how do games like these get their hooks into big-spending "whales"? Read the rest

"I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography." For Crafton Hills College student Tara Shultz who was expecting to bone up on Batman and Robin instead of being forced to read four award-winning graphic novels that offended her, we are happy to provide this cheat sheet of some of the Dynamic Duo's finest moments! Read the rest

On Friday, the US House of Reps overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have ensured the acceptance of the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership treaty without any chance to debate or amend its clauses. Read the rest

The delightfully expressive, quasi-macabre faces on Bicycle's Tragic Royalty deck also glow under blacklight.Read the rest

Police responding to a report of a man abusing a guinea pig in Brookyln's Prospect Park were met by a friendly man from Ecuador who was roasting the animal for breakfast on a 4-foot skewer in a designated public barbecue grill. Read the rest

The high-speed ground transport system was first described by Elon Musk in a 2013 white paper, and its first route would connect Los Angeles and San Francisco with an expected journey time of 35 minutes. Read the rest

Beginners and experts: Navigate Linux with 5 elite courses & 40+ hours of actionable content. All 5 courses just $49. Read the rest

In 2013 Patience Paye called 911 to report a domestic violence incident that took place in her home. When police arrived, Payne stepped on her porch to talk to them, because she didn't want to disturb her kids, who were in the house. Read the rest

Bloxels lets kids design playable spaces using physical blocks on a grid—that can then be captured by a tablet device and translated into a real digital game. The creator, Pixel Press, says it's like "coding with Lego." Read the rest

Australian photographer Donna Stevens captured children's faces as they watch television. Read the rest

By 2017, Dutch designer Joris Laarman plans to use his company's MX3D metal printing technology to 3D print a 24-foot-long steel pedestrian bridge over an Amsterdam canal. (more…)

This canine, whose crimes can only be imagined, slides stealthily out of view as he is reprimanded. [via Arbroath.]

The top worldwide opening in history, Universal's $511.8m haul "obliterated expectations," reports Pamela McClintock. $204.6m of that was earned in the U.S. Read the rest

New photos, released by North Korea, show the young dictator's funny side—laughing during a trip to an orphanage, and while gazing at vegetation. Read the rest

In December, Stellenbosch University Dr. Andre van der Merwe performed a penis transplant on a man whose own was amputated after a (majorly) botched circumcision led to gangrene. Van der Merwe says that his patient just informed him his girlfriend is four months pregnant. Read the rest

Ehdrigor, a game created by a black, American Indian game designer, gently reflects the Native experience, and how that approach to storytelling differs from Western narratives. Read the rest

Hilariously and horrifically corrupt, FIFA could at least look forward to new leadership following president Sepp Blatter's resignation. Or, maybe not.

Email wasn't always a source of fear and loathing, writes Stewart Butterfield, but that was inevitable because it is "the distillation of the other stuff that other people want you to do."

"A dancing driver has been banned from the roads," report police in England, "after parking his car on a roundabout and claiming he was on his way to Stonehenge." Read the rest

Kevin Sintumuang reports on efforts to elaborate upon the classic cocktail—and offers some of his favorite elaborations. Read the rest

The Altec Lansing Life Jacket is $135 at Amazon—just don't get it wet.

Ralph Mirebs' gallery of the abandoned spaceship evokes scale, sadness, and what might be described as Soviet sound judgment. [via Ars Technica]

Notepad++ is the latest popular app to leave increasingly-unpleasant code repository SourceForge. Read the rest

On Saturday in Gothenburg, Sweden, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl fell off the stage and broke his leg but returned an hour later to finish the show. (more…)

TechRax destroys gadgets. In this video, he destroys an Apple Watch—a $10,000 model, apparently!—with two gigantic magnets. [via The Next Web]

Young people have stopped moving to coastal cities—they'd rather live well in Riverside or Pittsburgh than be poor in New York or San Francisco. Read the rest

Chris Pratt stopped by Conan to demonstrate the only three faces he makes in Jurassic World. (more…)

In their new video, Craig Benzine and Matt Weber of the YouTube channel The Good Stuff take viewers through the surprisingly long history of robots (more…)

Creativity and Doom have gone hand in hand for decades—the first user-created level appeared in 1994—and now the new game will come with fresh, easy-to-use mod tools. Read the rest

The strange menu of Bompas & Parr—séances, cooking with lava, and flaming fish murder—reminds us that food is fashion in the age of Instagram Read the rest

Sketch group Practical Folks give Jaqen H’ghar his own ballad inspired by Titus Andromedon's iconic “Peeno Noir.” Read the rest

Unfortunately this floating fish dome is currently unavailable on Amazon. Read the rest

Tara Shultz, 20, of Yucaipa, CA along with her parents and friends are protesting the inclusion of four award-winning graphic novels that are taught in an English class at Crafton Hills College because they feel they are too violent and pornographic to be read by college students. Read the rest

The kamisama of manga. The Japanese Disney. The godfather of anime. Tezuka-san has had many labels bestowed upon him both before and after his untimely death, but very few do justice to his contributions to a truly transatlantic medium, one which has dramatically surged in popularity in the last decade. Read the rest