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Tenement Kitchen: 1905
via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
New York circa 1905
“Interior of tenement”
All the conveniences, including a somewhat incongruous couch on wheels
8x10 glass negative
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HedgeWars: A Multiplayer Worms-Like Game With Hedgehogs
via MakeUseOf by Joel Lee
Games are so prevalent nowadays. There are games for the hardcore and competitive types, and then there are games for the casual crowd. But more recently, I’ve seen a trend where developers have been incorporating both competitive and casual elements into their games – the best of both worlds.
As an avid gamer, it’s always nice to see something that comes out of nowhere and blasts you into the past with a large dose of nostalgia. Worms is one of those games that has been loved for many years – so much so that it’s been cloned a bunch of times.
Today, I’ll be showing you HedgeWars, a comedic remake of Worms that keeps the strategy intact but injects a nice touch of fun and playfulness.
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I’ve said it before and will, no doubt, do so again – MakeUseOf is a stunning resource for mainly work-related technology. When MUO recommends a game it means that someone there considers it outstanding. I wouldn’t know – I have enough bad habits without adding computer games to the list!!
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The Brompton® folding bicycle
via Steve van Dulken’s Patent blog
The concept of the folding bicycle, so that it can easily be carried or placed in a train or in a car, has been around for at least a century. The best known model is without doubt the Brompton®.
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“First Coffee Ad”, 1652
via Retronaut by Chris
“THE Grain or Berry called Coffee, groweth upon little Trees, only in the Deserts of Arabia.
It is brought from thence, and drunk generally throughout all the Grand Seigniors Dominions.
It is a simple innocent thing, composed into a drink, by being dryed in an Oven, and ground to Powder, and boiled up with Spring water, and about half a pint of it to be drunk, fasting an hour before and not Eating an hour after, and to be taken as hot as possibly can be endured; the which will never fetch the skin off the mouth, or raise any Blisters, by reason of that Heat.”
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Via Open Culture / Boing Boing
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Neanderthals ate their greens
by Matt Kaplan in Nature via 3quarksdaily by Azra Raza
Neanderthals have long been viewed as meat-eaters. The vision of them as inflexible carnivores has even been used to suggest that they went extinct around 25,000 years ago as a result of food scarcity, whereas omnivorous humans were able to survive. But evidence is mounting that plants were important to Neanderthal diets — and now a study reveals that those plants were roasted, and may have been used medicinally. The finding comes from the El Sidrón Cave in northern Spain, where the roughly 50,000-year-old skeletal remains of at least 13 Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) have been discovered. Many of these individuals had calcified layers of plaque on their teeth. Karen Hardy, an anthropologist at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, wondered whether it might be possible to use this plaque to take a closer look at the Neanderthal menu.
and it is, of course, or there would be nothing new to write about!
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Pancakes, served with a side of science
via Empirical Zeal by aatish
There are few pleasures in life that exceed the simple joy of devouring home-cooked pancakes on a Sunday afternoon. I’m not much of a cook, but brunch is by far my favourite meal. So I decided that it’s time to take matters into my own hands, and improve my pancake making skills. Oddly enough, the first job I ever had as a college freshman was as a breakfast chef in my dorm. Back then, I’d make pancakes from a box, using Aunt Jemima’s pancake mix. I’ve since realised that it’s not much harder to make pancakes from scratch, and it’s a whole lot more gratifying. The quest for the perfect pancake is something of a lifelong journey. But unlike other boring journeys, this one is delicious, and served with syrup. Mmmm.
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“Peter Pan”, 1924
via Retronaut by Chris
This is my choice – you can see the rest of Chris’s selection here
Source: Dr. Macro
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