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That Time a Times Columnist Found Courtney Love's Lost iPhone in a Cab
It started, as so many things do these days, with a lost phone. A nice young lady named Courtney was traveling in a New York City cab. Upon leaving the cab, however, she left—as so many people do...
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As UN Climate Change Talks Go Nowhere, Ontario Bans Coal
ReutersWhile delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw continued fiddling while Rome burns, the government of Ontario, Canada, today moved to permanently ban coal-fired power...
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Your Job, Their Data: The Most Important Untold Story About the Future
Shutterstock image labeled "Human Resources"All the drones, synthetic biologists, and self-driving cars notwithstanding, the story of how companies quantify, analyze, and try to predict your job...
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What Is the Worst? People Making Cell Phone Calls on Planes Is the Worst
Ugh, wipe that smile off your face (Shutterstock)Last month, the Federal Communications Commission did something absolutely amazing. After years of prohibiting the use of electronics on aircraft, they...
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For Sale: Buzz Aldrin's 45-Year-Old Underwear
A lunar license plate carried by astronaut Dave Scott on three Apollo moonwalks (RR Auction)Have you been looking to buy yourself a Constant Wear Garment, manufactured in 1968 by the Atlas Underwear...
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Why Samsung Should Be Happy They Only Owe Apple $888 Million
Samsung didn't have a phone business to speak of when the iPhone was launched in 2007. Hell, they didn't have much of a phone business on the three-year anniversary of that launch in January of 2010....
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Landing at the Wrong Airport: Sigh
Many people have sent me links about the unfortunate news of a giant cargo airplane, a modified 747 known as a "Dreamlifter," landing at a smaller airport in Kansas rather than at its intended...
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Inside the Navy's New Stealth Destroyer
Kevin BaronIt doesn’t look like a ship. It doesn’t even feel like a ship. The hallways are too wide. The ceilings are incredibly high. There’s barely an outdoor deck. No bridge tower. No lookout crow’s...
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The Lost Excitement, Pathos, and Beauty of the Railroad Timetable
flickr/michaeljyAmerican passenger rail service is booming; Amtrak has set ten ridership records in the past eleven years. But the timetable, long synonymous with rail travel in this country and...
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5 Intriguing Things
Jonas Wood, Shane Campbell Gallery.1. Jonas Wood's paintings at Chicago's Shane Campbell Gallery are a playful exercise in seeing the world as a screen. The textures! "(b. 1977, lives in Los Angeles,...
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Why This Shepherd Loves Twitter
The author's sheep (@herdyshepherd).I'm not really an “early-adopter.” In fact, I'm the exact opposite. I'm a Luddite and a shepherd. Our shepherding work in the English Lake District is all about...
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Map: The Nation's Public Radio Stations
Andrew FilerHere’s an online map of public radio stations across the United States. Created by Seattle-based photographer and designer Andrew Filer, it shows the broadcast range of every American...
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What 3,700-Year-Old Wine Tasted Like
These 3,700-year-old jars were discovered in a palatial wine cellar in northern Israel in July 2013. (Eric H. Cline, George Washington University, via the Wall Street Journal)Excavating a ruined palace...
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Wall Street's New Cash Cow: Your Roof
Technicians install solar panels on the roof of a house in Mission Viejo, California, in October. (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)SolarCity raised $54.4 million this week. It didn't do it, though, by selling a...
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Why Did 9,000 Porny Spambots Descend on This San Diego High Schooler?
Bots can be scary. This is not Olivia. (Shutterstock/mast3r)It was around 5pm last Thursday when Olivia, a San Diego high school student, noticed that something interesting was going on with her...
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At First Only 2 Lions Wanted to Play With the Camera, Then All of Them Did
Wildlife photographer Chris McLennan mounted a beautiful camera on a remote control car and drove it into a pride of lions. (He has a fun job.) At first, two young lions approach the camera,...
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If Your Barista Has Too Much Attitude, Replace Him With This Machine
Modern Luxury describes itself as "the preeminent luxury lifestyle publisher in the United States." Its media kit pegs the median net worth of its readership at $815,200. One of its titles, Riviera,...
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5 Intriguing Things: Monday, 11/25
Sure, the sun looks friendly now (NASA). 1. It's Monday, so let's consider what it will look like when our planet, like every other planet harboring life, eventually dies. "The death of Earth's...
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The Music of the Hubble Space Telescope
Above, there’s a shortened form from a new classical work, the improbably if appropriately named Hubble Cantata by Paola Prestini. The piece, which played on Saturday at the Brookyln Academy of...
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How New Yorkers Reacted When a Stranger Slept on Them in the Subway
Of the many unspoken codes of public transportation, perhaps the most crucial is this: Keep, as much as possible, to yourself. The ride—on the train, on the subway, on the bus—may be full of familiar...
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