A unicorn chaser for an American week of purgatory (don’t think about The Postman, don’t think about The Postman, don’t think about The Postman).
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Day: November 12, 2016
Rum Balls
Some of my friends make chocolate rum balls every year for their holiday parties, and these sweet little bites are always the first things to go. Maybe that says more about my friends who always reach for the boozy treats first, but I can’t blame them.
These rum balls are as easy to make as they are to eat. They’re the original no-bake treat!
Rules for surviving an autocracy
Masha Gessen, who grew up in Putin’s Russia, has six rules for us: 1. Believe the autocrat; 2. Do not be taken in by small signs of normality; 3. Institutions will not save you; 4. Be outraged; 5. Don’t make compromises; 6. Remember the future.
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Documenting Trump's war on science
During Canada’s nightmarish Stephen Harper years — when an Arctic country with two oceanic coastlines and major freshwater reserves was ruled by a ruthless climate-denier — science librarian John Dupuis did yeoman service documenting and rounding up the assault on science that was an essential part of Harper’s payback to the oil interests he represented.
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Brutalist Sandcastles
Calvin Seibert makes modernist sandscastles on Coney Island. At Little Atoms, Caroline Christie interviewed him about his remarkable creations.
I like making things and tend to work with whatever is at hand. Building sandcastles at a beach to me is a very natural thing to be doing. As a child, I saw photographs of the French ski resort of Flaine. I was very taken by the brutalist buildings, designed by Marcel Breuer. Since then I have always gone out of my way to see brutalist architecture and when I build sandcastles I have them in mind.
Technique:
A five-gallon paint bucket is essential. Paint buckets are particularly rigid and have a nice sharp edge for digging with. Then it is used for carrying water. Lots and lots of water. The tools are all made of plastic. I have a couple that are nothing more than a small rectangle of 1/8-inch plastic with a beveled edge and then a couple of trowels of different sizes.
CNIC promotes 2017 DoD Warrior Games in Chicago
Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), Vice Adm. Dixon Smith, visited Chicago landmarks today, including Navy Pier and Soldier Field, to celebrate Veterans Day 2016. …read more
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Completes Biennial Keen Sword Exercise with JMSDF
Sailors and units with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Self-Defense Forces completed the biennial exercise Keen Sword 17 (KS17), Nov. 11. …read more
ButcherBox will deliver a box of grass-fed meat to your doorstep
ButcherBox is a unique subscription service that is offering an alternative to buying meat at the market. There’s no shortage of subscription boxes out there, but ButcherBox is the first I’ve found that speaks to health-conscious carnivores in this way.
Sign up for ButcherBox and they’ll send a box of hand-picked meats straight to your door each month. All of the meats are raised on small, family-run farms and picked by experts. Most importantly, the meat is 100% grass-fed and humanely treated, meaning you get all the nutrients you need without any of the toxins.
My immediate worry with this business model was freshness, but ButcherBox flash freezes their meat at the peak of freshness and delivers their boxes packed with dry ice. It’s incredibly fresh and delicious.
If you’re looking to try out the service without committing, you can get a great deal on your first box for a limited time. There are several combinations of meat you can pick from like chicken and pork, steak and pork, etc. Each box is stocked with a hefty amount of meat that I use for multiple meals.
If you love meat, I highly suggest you try it out for yourself or give it as a gift this holiday season.
- Coding
- Learn to Code 2016 Bundle (Pay What You Want)
- Drones
- Code Black Drone with HD Camera (82% off)
- Smartwatches
- Martian Notifier Smartwatch (76% off)
- Python
- Cord-Cutting
- Ghost Indoor HDTV Antenna (57% off)
ButcherBox will deliver a box of grass-fed meat to your doorstep
ButcherBox is a unique subscription service that is offering an alternative to buying meat at the market. There’s no shortage of subscription boxes out there, but ButcherBox is the first I’ve found that speaks to health-conscious carnivores in this way.
Sign up for ButcherBox and they’ll send a box of hand-picked meats straight to your door each month. All of the meats are raised on small, family-run farms and picked by experts. Most importantly, the meat is 100% grass-fed and humanely treated, meaning you get all the nutrients you need without any of the toxins.
My immediate worry with this business model was freshness, but ButcherBox flash freezes their meat at the peak of freshness and delivers their boxes packed with dry ice. It’s incredibly fresh and delicious.
If you’re looking to try out the service without committing, you can get a great deal on your first box for a limited time. There are several combinations of meat you can pick from like chicken and pork, steak and pork, etc. Each box is stocked with a hefty amount of meat that I use for multiple meals.
If you love meat, I highly suggest you try it out for yourself or give it as a gift this holiday season.
- Coding
- Learn to Code 2016 Bundle (Pay What You Want)
- Drones
- Code Black Drone with HD Camera (82% off)
- Smartwatches
- Martian Notifier Smartwatch (76% off)
- Python
- Cord-Cutting
- Ghost Indoor HDTV Antenna (57% off)
Nintendo's relaunched NES Classic sells out in seconds
I was looking forward to grabbing the NES Classic Edition console today, but it was not to be: the box, a miniaturized version of the classic 1980s machine replete with dozens of classic games, sold out instantaneously.
At Amazon, countless negative reviews piled up as buyers rushed to check out the surprise hit, only to be shut down by error messages.
“Clearly thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of gamers were sitting on the product page hammering the F5 key and some random selection thereof got their wish,” writes Devin Coldeway at Techcrunch.
The instant evaporation of inventory from Amazon was repeated at other stores: top retailer GameStop reported being out of stock half an hour after opening.
They’re already popping up on eBay for ridiculous prices; Nintendo says it will have more on the shelves soon.
The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition system is a hot item, and we are working hard to keep up with consumer demand. 1/3
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 11, 2016
There will be a steady flow of additional systems through the holiday shopping season and into the new year. 2/3
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 11, 2016
Please contact your local retailers to check availability. A selection of participating retailers can be found @ https://t.co/rMbd6Wacpi 3/3
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 11, 2016
Previously: NES Classic Edition looks like great fun—but will it hack?