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- The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain
- How Do We Go For Chic Maximalism Without Hoarding?
- Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
- Video Game Proposal
- Why Do We See Ghosts?
- Don’t Wear These Clothes When Riding An Airplane!
- Co-op Mode Will Soon Be Available In “Ghost of Tsushima”
- Mother And Son Sue Nintendo For Joy Con Drift
- This Mouse Has Swappable Button Plates
- Scary Stories
- Why Are Adults Reading Their Favorite Children’s Book ?
- How "The Right Stuff" has Changed
- Children's Board Games Reimagined as Horror Movies
- Centuries Ago, They were Facetuning, Filtering and Catfishing Too
- The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer
The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:01 AM PDT
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How Do We Go For Chic Maximalism Without Hoarding? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:23 AM PDT Maximalism is about making the most out of your space by designing it with many items that showcase your personality. While that's a great way to decorate your space, sometimes we unavoidably turn our space into a cluttered chaos instead of achieving the chic maximalist look we want. Hunker shares some tips and tricks on how to avoid the clutter and go straight for the trendy approach. Check the full piece here. Image via Hunker |
Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT When ingested, mushrooms can be delicious, deadly, or downright hallucinogenic, depending on the species. Mushrooms are also decorative, and are often associated with fairies and other magical forest creatures. There may be a connection there. While the first documented case of a mushroom trip in Britain was recorded in 1799, when a father picked liberty caps to feed his family, the hallucinogenic chemicals in these mushrooms weren't isolated until the mid-20th century. In between, they became a Victorian motif for magic realms.
An article at Public Domain Review takes us through a brief history of magic mushrooms in the British consciousness, and then settles on Lewis Carroll. Modern readers are quite aware of what kind of mushroom Alice ate while in Wonderland, but there are still questions as to what Carroll knew about them. Read about the Victorian view of magic mushrooms here. -via Damn Interesting (Image credit: John Anster Fitzgerald) |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT Science can't prove the existence of ghosts, but people in the media will try their best proving that yes, ghosts are real and they're here to give us a fright (or a message, who knows?). But have you ever wondered why people still see ghosts, in this day and age? Popular Science cites few mental and physical factors that could contribute to people seeing these ghouls. Check the full piece here. Image via Popular Science |
Don’t Wear These Clothes When Riding An Airplane! Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT The next opportunity you get to travel via plane, make sure to plan the right travel outfits! Planning the clothes you'll wear on your next trip brings a sense of happiness and excitement, but it also helps you prepare well. While showing off your style isn't wrong, take note of these dos and don'ts when it comes to flying fashion. Check the List's full guide here. Image via the List |
Co-op Mode Will Soon Be Available In “Ghost of Tsushima” Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT If you've ever played or watched some gameplay of Ghost of Tsushima, then you know what I'm talking about when I say that the game is beautiful and immersive. Players, however, are looking for some features that are not in the initial release: the ability to start the game over, and the ability to play it with your friends. (Just imagine you and your friends as Japanese warriors killing a horde of Mongolian soldiers). If you're one of those people who are either waiting for a New Game+ feature, or a co-op feature, then there's this good news for you: the wait is almost over. Sucker Punch has confirmed that the game's co-op Legends mode will arrive October 16th as part of a free version 1.1 update that also includes a New Game+ single-player mode. As promised, you can play either two-player story missions (with twists that require teamwork), four-player survival missions and even an MMO-style raid. More details about this over at Engadget. Sweet! (Image Credit: Sucker Punch Productions/ Engadget) |
Mother And Son Sue Nintendo For Joy Con Drift Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:10 PM PDT Some Nintendo Switch players have experienced the 'Joy-Con drift' issue- where the Switch Joy-Con controllers make in-game characters "drift" even when no one is moving them. While some would just get new controllers, some players' Joy-Con drift was too ingrained to the point that buying new controllers won't make the issue go away permanently. This was what happened to Luz Sanchez' son. She filed a class action lawsuit against the company for not doing enough to fix a hardware problem common among Nintendo Switch controllers, as Wired detailed: Joy-Con drift is pervasive among Switch devices. (Anecdotally, I've experienced it on two sets of my own controllers). Characters inch left or right as if a ghost was operating the console. Nintendo didn't acknowledge the problem much until July 2019. That month, a thread on the Nintendo Switch subreddit calling out Joy-Con drift received over 25,000 upvotes. More than a dozen Switch owners filed a potential class action lawsuit at the time calling Joy-Cons "defective." Lawyers said Nintendo had heard users' complaints for long enough; why didn't the company disclose the issue? The 2019 lawsuit has been moved into arbitration, and the plaintiffs' lawyers recently asked Switch users to submit videos describing their experiences with Joy-Con drift to help bolster their case. Last month, a French consumer group filed a complaint, too, alleging planned obsolescence. Nintendo began fixing Joy-Cons for free, post-warranty, in July 2019, and Nintendo's president apologized for the problem in a financial meeting this summer. But Sanchez's lawyers argue that Nintendo hasn't done enough to fix the issue or warn customers about it up front. "Defendant continues to market and sell the Products with full knowledge of the defect and without disclosing the Joy-Con Drift defect to consumers in its marketing, promotion, or packaging," the complaint reads. "Defendant has had a financial motive to conceal the defect, as it did not want to stop selling the Products, and/or would need to expend a significant amount of money to cure the defect." Image via Wired |
This Mouse Has Swappable Button Plates Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:10 PM PDT This pro gaming mouse just took things to a whole new level. Meet the Razer Naga Pro gaming mouse, a computer mouse that works for a lot of types of games thanks to its easily-customizable design. There's a 12-button side plate for MMO, a six-button side plate for battle royale, and a two-button side plate for FPS, as the Gadget Flow details: Altogether, by switching between any of the three side plates, you'll get up to 20 customizable buttons. Not only are the side plates super cool, but this mouse also has a slew of other sweet features. It'll deliver Razer Hyperspeed technology along with 150 hours of battery life so you can play without stopping. With an ergonomic design, the Razer Naga Pro ensures all of the button plates fit naturally beneath your thumb so they're in reach when you need them. Image via the Gadget Flow |
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Why Are Adults Reading Their Favorite Children’s Book ? Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:57 PM PDT When the pandemic hit us, most of us treated the quarantine as a summer camp or a productivity workshop for the first few months. Some set new goals, some baked a lot, and some learned new languages. However, the longer the pandemic stays, people realize that they're not in control of how their future plays out anymore. We're all trapped in the situation, stuck at our homes, unsure when the pandemic will end. With those thoughts on our minds, we tend to reach out for objects that can give us comfort, that's why some play Animal Crossing, and some reach out for their old books, as Salon details: When prompted, everyone I asked said that the main appeal of revisiting these books was found in knowing how the story was going to end, even when everything around us still feels so uncertain. "Trauma takes away our gray areas. It divides our timeline into a before and an after," Dr. Valentina Stoycheva, an author and clinical psychologist specializing in traumatic stress, told the New York Times. "And while it has the danger of creating this longing for the before, when things were maybe safer, and when we were unaware of all of this and protected by our naïveté, there's also something about nostalgic behaviors — fashion, clothes, movies, music — that serve as a transitional object." Those transitional objects — much like a baby's blanket or favorite stuffed animal — can help people through life changes and in navigating specific stressors by providing more outlets for self-soothing, Stoycheva told the Times. Bradley gave me the example of how she used to carry a battered, coffee-stained copy of "Where the Wild Things Are" in her purse when she would travel via airplane. She was afraid of flying, and a quote from the book — "there should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen" — always calms her. "The feeling of nostalgia is kind of hard to put into words," Bradley said. "But I know when I pull out that book, I'm immediately transported back to a time when I felt safe and it felt like there was so much still left to discover. It keeps me from becoming jaded." Image via Salon |
How "The Right Stuff" has Changed Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:57 PM PDT To be considered for the NASA's astronaut program today, you need to have an advanced degree in science, engineering, medicine, or some other discipline that would be useful for the research done in space. That wasn't the case at all when Russia and the United States first stepped into space. The story of how the qualifications have changed over time is the story of how far we've come in space exploration. At first, the main requirement was bravery and public relations potential.
The Russians had somewhat different requirements for cosmonauts, yet they had to be brave to be flung into the unknown -and also have public relations potential. Now space is a workplace, but as we venture beyond the bounds of earth, the requirements for space travelers is liable to combine all the qualifications of the early days and the present. Read the evolution of "the right stuff" required for space explorations at National Geographic. -via Digg |
Children's Board Games Reimagined as Horror Movies Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:57 PM PDT Graphic designer Justin Bryant has a delightfully morbid imagination. In a series of six posters, he suggests that popular children's board games could easily be turned into horror films. Candy Land looks sweet, but hides a dark secret. Hungry Hungry Hippos are ready for lunch. And you definitely don't want to catch--or be caught-- by the Cooties. You can see all of these posters at Born in Space. |
Centuries Ago, They were Facetuning, Filtering and Catfishing Too Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:57 PM PDT Photoshop and image filters are modern methods of manipulating photographs to improve one's appearance. But even before photography, image manipulation was a tool for those who could afford to have their portraits painted. Artists knew that if their work was not acceptable, they might not receive their commission. But that could backfire, too. When Henry VIII met his bride-to-be Anne of Cleves, he was very upset that she did not look as good as her portrait had led him to believe. The example above shows two different portraits of a monarch we've recently read about.
Powerful people understood the importance of portraits, but their approaches varied. Oliver Cromwell wanted his portrait to be realistic, warts and all, while Napoleon didn't care if paintings looked like him at all as long as they conveyed his message. Read about painted portraits that didn't quite tell the truth at Messy Nessy Chic. |
The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer Posted: 08 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT
Sarah Gilman visited this inhospitable island, and gives us an almost poetic tour along with the history of the Alaskan outpost of St. Matthew Island. -via Smithsonian |
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