Interactive weather forecast maps https://www.ventusky.com/

"The idea was to give kids the freedom to buy things on their own, while also allowing parents oversight." https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/7/24215312/fitbit-ace-lte-updates-kids-smartwatch-wearables

Fortune telling with cheese https://www.saveur.com/culture/tyromancy-cheese-divination/

All aboard the booze train! https://matadornetwork.com/read/wine-train/

@ChelseaGirl429 As are we all!

ha ha

You know I cannot resist a good Hawaiian shirt. And this is a good one! https://amzn.to/3ytZDrP

guykawasaki: Tim Walz knows how to add a HP printer to your wireless network.

Good thought

A brief history of ghosts and spirit photography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPxey3-IE28

Do you like cats? (Of course you do.) Looking for a new mouse pad and wrist rest? Check out this one.
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Do you like cats? (Of course you do.) Looking for a new mouse pad and wrist rest? Check out this one.
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GAIA challenges AI with tasks easy for humans but tough for AI, showing a 92% success rate for humans versus 15% for GPT-4. The benchmark includes 466 questions designed to test fundamental abilities like reasoning and web browsing, with a leaderboard hosted online to track AI performance. https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12983

Veni, vidi, visa.
I came, I saw, I shopped

The machine stretches the yarn loops quite a bit, so the researchers have used elastic cord as their yarn. Yet the resulting solid knits are "surprisingly firm," considering that they are made of floppy cord. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-furniture.html

Giant pigeon to loom over New York
The 16-ft-tall pigeon is made of aluminum and will be on display at the plinth at the Tenth Avenue and 30th Street intersection.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/style/giant-pigeon-nyc-high-line-tan/index.html

The admission, which was made as part of court proceedings responding to a massive recording industry lawsuit against the company, shows yet again that many AI tools are trained on, essentially, anything that companies can get their hands on. https://www.404media.co/ai-music-generator-suno-admits-it-was-trained-on-essentially-all-music-files-on-the-internet/

John Wayne told Mel Brooks, “I laughed my ass off, but I couldn’t make it. It’s too dirty.’” https://www.cracked.com/article_43090_mel-brooks-nearly-convinced-john-wayne-to-star-in-blazing-saddles.html

Tempe officer who won an award for DUI work arrested for DUI
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/dui-intoxicated-drunk-driving-officer-who-won-award-for-work-arrested-for-police-investigation-authorities-department-internal-traffic-stop