Musée Mécanique is a "Creepy and Delightful Vintage Arcade in San Francisco." The arcade is an interactive gallery of old-fashioned penny arcade games and artifacts. You can find it at the Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California. It contains over 300 mechanical machines and is one of the largest privately-owned collections on planet Earth. — Read the rest

Traveling has long been one of the most exciting parts of life. Whether it's an alpine ski trip midwinter, an all-inclusive beach resort where you can soak your toes, or an impromptu trip to explore an exciting new city, everyone loves to travel. However, — Read the rest

Oblique Strategies is a card deck, devised by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt in the early 1970s, each offering a "challenging constraint" to trigger musical expression and vanquish writers' block.

It has now been ported to the Nintendo Gameboy by Nicky Flowers, as God intended. — Read the rest

Patatap lets you make funky noises with your keyboard. Each letter key produces a different electronic sound, and is paired with a visual. The faster you type, the faster the effects will play. Linked to Patatap is Typatone, which shares the feature of each key making a sound, but instead, you can see your typed message appear on the screen. — Read the rest

Explore.org has a huge selection of live webcams to browse through. The cameras show real-time nature settings and animals, like these Decorah North Eagles. Of course, it's more fun to go explore the great outdoors in real life, but that's not always a possibility. — Read the rest

Time wasting, and making sure everyone knows who they do not like, seems to be the point of this new legislation brought by some of Michigan's GOP legislators.

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When Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) accused Republicans of manufacturing "fake issues," several Republicans apparently took that as serious advice.

Actor Joe Turkel, famed for his brief but arresting roles as The Shining's ghostly bartender and Blade Runner's tycoon Eldon Tyrell among countless others, is dead at 94.

Over the course of the next four decades, Turkel worked extensively, with notable films including "King Rat," "The Sand Pebbles," "The St.

Six-Sided Streets is a surprisingly gripping puzzle game by Chris Krimowsky, themed around building out a "pleasant little town" on an island. The map is hex tiles, and the game feeds you three tiles at a time in seemingly random combinations which may be rotated and placed on the map. — Read the rest

There was once an unfortunate event called the Great Stink. It took place in Central London during the summer of 1858 when the sweltering heat magnified the odors of untreated human waste on the banks of the River Thames. This river became a cesspool after years of a poorly functioning sewer system that dumped directly into it.   — Read the rest

Somehow I missed this one back in May: Meta's "Integrity" department sure seems to lack in the integrity department. Kitty Lixo has taught us the true nature of the gram and hopefully does not get viral but Meta can not be trusted. — Read the rest

Makeshift academic Jordan Peterson claimed that Elliot Page's top surgery and the doctor performing it was "criminal". He's now admitting he was incorrect, even as he compares such procedures to Nazi experimentation, and says he has "post-coital, so to speak, regrets" about the remark. — Read the rest

Summer is officially here, and we know you couldn't be more excited. Sure, you'll have those days when you're hanging out with friends or heading to the beach or pool, but what about those days when it's too rainy or hot to step foot outdoors? — Read the rest

Everything You Do is a Balloon is a track by Boards of Canada from their 1996 album Hi Scores. The music video uses footage from One Got Fat: a "deeply weird bicycle safety film with kids in monkey masks." It feels as if the bicycle safety film was made to be paired with this fantastic song. — Read the rest

Due to the extremely high volume of calls coming through smaller carriers, the FCC is requiring them to migrate to a Caller ID protocol earlier than planned. This probably will not help for longer than 1 hot minute, but I am glad the FCC is trying. — Read the rest

It is easy to understand why many folks prefer dogs over people. This person is a gosh durn a-hole.

I'll never understand why someone is cruel to a dog, but going out of your way — even as minimally as this moron does — absolutely earns this outcome. — Read the rest

Prices were already sliding as it became unprofitable to mine on less efficient GPUs, but ETH dropping under $1k this week seems to have the rest of the smokers folding. The Verge reports that it was able to buy a higher-end video card at MSRP for the first time in years. — Read the rest

In this Primitive Technology video, John Plant processes iron bacteria into prills and then cast them in a clay mold to create a crude but effective iron blade. It's a long, painstaking process (e.g. 10 hours of sharpening just to get a usable edge!), — Read the rest

Sex toy company Bad Dragon recently released a new dildo based on the infamous Demogorgon from Stranger Things:

Bad Dragon®'s Demogorgon is a wild fantasy dildo creation straight out of your nightmares (or dreams?)!

The Demogorgon is a marvel of handmade design, boasting pleasant textures, a gentle yet pronounced curve well crafted for amazing g-spot stimulation and a delightfully horrifying base that ensures a white knuckle grip.

Let's be honest; we're never going back to practical effects. The movie industry has become too bloated with budgets and producers to make the concept of practical effects feasible as an industry standard. Films have to start paying off their insane budgets as soon as possible, and CGI effects help speed up the turnaround. — Read the rest

For a while, DC's direct-to-DVD animated films were one of the most robust offerings in the entire company. Under the guidance of Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, each direct-to-DVD film possessed a unique identity and tone that shifted depending on the central character. — Read the rest