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20 Obsolete English Words That Should Make a Comeback
Heather Carreiro of Matador Abroad suggests twenty English language words that she thinks should return to common usage. Here are two examples from her list: 9. Brabble Verb – “To quarrel about...
View ArticleThe World of Competitive Grocery Bagging
(Video Link) People who bag groceries for a living have to work quickly and efficiently without breaking anything. Not everyone is good enough to make it as a bagger, but some are superb at the task....
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Pool Played with Bowling Balls
Steve Wienecke of Fredericktown, Missouri invented a game that he calls “Knokkers”. It’s similar to pool, but played on a surface scaled four times larger than a regulation pool table and with...
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House Full of Bookshelves
Are you running out of room for your books? Here’s a house design by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio that hopefully doesn’t have that problem. Google Translate renders the Japanese text as follows:...
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Imagine a World Where Comic Sans Is the Only Typeface
They are comic sans supporters. They are legion. They do not forgive. They do not use Helvetica. Word by word, icon by icon, they’re changing typography. Goudy preserve us. Link -via Brian J. Noggle...
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How to Kill a Reanimated Skeleton
By this point, we all know how to deal with zombies: aim for the head. Destroy the brain and you’ve put a zombie down for good. A hit anywhere else just wastes ammunition. But what about reanimated...
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Laptop Mirror
Brian J. Noggle writes, “I am the only person in the entire planet who owns a mirror that says PROPERTY OF ENVISION on the back.” He gutted an old laptop computer and added a mirror to make this cute...
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“Godverdikke! Ken a kapmes in me kop!”
Long, long ago–almost before humans had devised writing–there was a tradition among the people of Usenet of translating the phrase “My God, there’s an axe in my head!” into different languages. The...
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Fisherman Reels in Live Grenade
In proper grenade fishing, you’re supposed to throw grenades, not catch them. Tell that to Matt Tucker, who was fishing in a lake near Springfield, Missouri: He noticed an old sock near his lure and...
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