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My personal favorite is the scene where Bruce takes on the grease trap of a clogged restaurant. There’s also a scene at the beginning of this article where he pulls out a giant Greasberg that’s “the size of a Chihuahua.” When it comes to blues vs. pesky grease traps, this guy remains undefeated (well, mostly, sometimes you just have to pump out the grease trap before it fixes the problem). And I learned more about how grease traps work than I probably needed to know. Credit: YouTube/Drain Cleaning Australia Credit: YouTube/Drain Cleaning Australia Each video is its own little adventure.…
No matter how much it’s been memed, that “Oath” moment in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring can’t help but give me chills. If you think about it, the loyalty that Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas pledge to Frodo by offering him their weapons is not just an expression of their cause, but a sign of respect. And according to Gimli himself, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky deserves that respect as much as Frodo. Actor John Rhys-Davies made the comments in a recent interview with Empire Magazine. In this interview, The Fellowship of the Ring cast members gather…
We’ve been hearing about “superhero fatigue” for about a decade now, but there isn’t much evidence of it. If you’ve been paying attention to American comics in recent years, you’ve probably noticed that DC’s Absolute Universe and Marvel’s Ultimate Universe have both been wildly successful. People (me) love the giant Batman and his giant battle axe. Now Absolute Batman screenwriter Scott Snyder has revealed what inspired him to write a DC superhero comic for the Absolute Universe. On the Off Panel podcast, Snyder said, “It was around that time…I think I was really starting to get angry at mainstream culture,…
Highguard, Wildlight Entertainment’s new free-to-play PvP “raid shooter,” has only been out for a day, but it’s already a wild ride for this new FPS. The critical response has already been glowing, but player reactions run the gamut. And perhaps worst of all, it has become a meme. Currently, the Steam User Score is “mostly negative”, with 32% of approximately 15,000 player reviews giving the game a positive rating. Players have complained about long match queue times, being kicked out of tutorials, and other server issues. Many more said they were experiencing frame rate drops and other issues on Windows…
Google Product Generation It can be difficult to keep up with the flood of AI. Even if you try to avoid it all, there are some features that still affect your face. Case in point: Introduction to AI. This AI-powered search experience has a reputation for getting things wrong, but you may soon notice some improvements. Google says AI Overviews will be upgraded to the latest Gemini 3 model, which has more conversational elements. Just in the last year, Google has significantly expanded the number of searches where AI overview appears at the top. Currently, chatbots almost always have answers…
Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon says there’s a simple reason why society shuns billionaires and still loves Scrooge McDuck. The world doesn’t love billionaires like it used to, but Scrooge McDuck seems to be an exception. Is it because he’s a fictional person? Could the fact that he’s a duck have anything to do with it? Diana Gabaldon has ideas of her own. Gabaldon is a best-selling author known for writing the Outlander series. She also wrote screenplays for Disney comics, which gave her a unique perspective on Scrooge McDuck. So what makes Scrooge different from other billionaires? “Simply put, it’s…
No other car manufacturer is as committed to road safety as Volvo. Credit: Volvo Cars No other car manufacturer is as committed to road safety as Volvo. Credit: Volvo Cars structure Seat belts basically consist of a retractor mechanism, buckle assembly, webbing material, and pretensioner device. The pretensioner is responsible for tightening the seatbelt webbing in the event of a collision. This reduces the forward movement of the occupant before the airbag deploys at speeds of up to 200 mph (321 km/h). All of these parts remain the same in Volvo’s latest seat belt version. What’s different is the tiny…
Leigh Bardugo says the YA market has changed so much that it’s impossible to sell Shadow and Bone now. In 2012, Leigh Bardugo released her debut novel, Shadow and Bone, and readers couldn’t get enough of it. This YA fantasy adventure novel spent weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was eventually adapted into a Netflix series. This was also the beginning of the Grishaverse, a common continuation of Bardugo’s YA novels. Bardugo is delighted to have published Shadow and Bone in 2012. Because I feel that such a book would never be supported in today’s market. “I…
When Apple ends support for older iPhones and iPads with the latest versions of iOS or iPadOS, that’s usually not the end of the world. Apple will continue to release new security-only patches for these devices over the next year or two, keeping the hardware usable while it’s still fully functional. Once these updates dry up, Apple rarely revisits older operating systems, but the company sometimes makes exceptions. That was the case yesterday, when the company released a series of updates to its long-deprecated iOS and iPadOS versions. These versions haven’t had new patches for months or years. These updates…
These 18 awards focus on Boost Phase SBI, a weapon that can destroy missiles immediately after they exit the silo. From a physics perspective, this is one of the most difficult things to ask of an interceptor. This is because in order for a weapon to reach its target, atmospheric disturbance and heating due to re-entry must be taken into account. In December, the Space Force issued a follow-up request for a prototype proposal to consider a space-based midcourse interceptor capable of destroying ballistic missiles in space. The Pentagon has not said how many SBIs will be needed at Golden…