Gear Acquisition Syndrome, also known as GAS, is commonly understood as the musicians’ unrelenting urge to buy and own instruments and equipment as an anticipated catalyst of creative energy and bringer of happiness. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48282

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/

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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

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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