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Do you remember the ancient fable about a race between a cat and a panda? The one where the cat could turn into a motorcycle but the panda with bamboo guns was nevertheless still faster? No? Well may this LEGO® DREAMZzz™ review will shed some light on their story. Continue reading »

In the summer of 2013, we drove from Winnipeg to Banff to spend a week in the Rockies. We stopped in the Regina area going west and going east, and I took the opportunity to go see some trains while we were there.

Meet the RB-VOGUI+: a mobile manipulator robot designed for indoor and outdoor tasks. It can carry up to 125kg of weight and manipulate up to 5kg with its arm. It can be used for planting, harvesting, and crop monitoring. This robot has a modular design. It is based on ROS. The RB-VOGUI+ has max speed of 2.5m/s. It has an IP53 weatherproof enclosure. It is powered by 4 x 500W …

American visual artist Greg Mike has spent 15 years travelling the globe, painting murals and working as a creative director. Now, he’s doubling down on his home city of Atlanta, having opened his colossal ABV Gallery, studio and event space—a move that will bring the world to Atlanta’s doorstep. The creative complex occupies the former Holy Temple Deliverance Church in East Atlanta Village and has been transformed over a three-year …

We may have had a lot of rain over the past week in the Washington region, but the dry days have turned from summer heat to autumn comfort. Savor these favorites of Washingtonians enjoying it, from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Art All Night. Image by angela n. used with permission. Eastern Market. Image by Joe Flood licensed under Creative Commons. Free entertainment. Image by Linger More used …

“It’s a little crazy, by the way—especially for women that are like past 50. I’m thinking to myself: I don’t think that’s an issue for you.” — Bernie Moreno, Republican candidate for Senate in Ohio, speaking about women’s concern over abortion rights. - - - As a forty-nine-year-old woman, I worry about a lot of issues: threats to our democracy, the changing climate, and, of course, abortion rights. That’s why …

Introducing our last collaboration backpack release of the year – the Dragon 2.0. That’s right, the fire-breathing beast returns. One of our most revered releases with the legends at Mystery Ranch has evolved. More streamlined, refined, and compact. All while retaining the features you’ve come to love from the original. Dragon 2.0 comes in four timeless colorways, features a more EDC-friendly size while maintaining light travel capability, includes a redesigned …

A homepage design for ecommerce is often the most overlooked aspect of the website. While it’s true that many users land directly on product or category pages (from search results or paid ads), that doesn’t mean you can ignore your homepage entirely. Your homepage serves as: A path to category/product page for people who got lost An entry point for wanderers A critical SEO element Your business card And homepages …

Favero has announced a program to replace a specific production timeframe/batch of affected Favero Assioma road power meter pedals, which could result in spindle breakage. In this scenario, spindle breakage means both the interior power meter spindle, but also including the piece that connects to your crank arm, which could certainly result in a crash. Thus, Favero is trying to replace the impacted batches. The TLDR here is to open …

I test $13k Nordsot Valhalla speaker cables against my $39 specials. Are high end cables worth the cost? [...] The post Speaker Cables DO Make A Difference…BUT! first appeared on Steve Huff Hi-Fi and Photo.

Anybody want to ride their bicycle from the Twin Cities to Duluth? Let’s go! It’s about 170 miles from Minneapolis proper to the lift bridge. It’s real flat. Mostly bike path, but a couple stretches of road. A reasonable rider can do this in about 13-15 hours. Come on… do it! This is what I typed into the “About” section of a Facebook event called “Bike to Duluth!” in hopes …

Google’s recent release of NotebookLM has stirred up quite a buzz, particularly its podcast feature. At first glance, it might not seem revolutionary—after all, we’ve had AI tools that can engage with uploaded documents for a while now. And it does not require much fancy prompting to create a dialogue which then be converted into […]

Kimberly Ann Miletta certainly found a way to profit from publishing. As president of Phoenix Books of Beverly Hills, Ms. Miletta embezzled $1.3 million from the company and from the owner’s personal bank account. From 2013 to 2018 Miletta used her company credit card, which she alone controlled, to make personal purchases, including spa treatments, clothing, veterinary bills, and designer handbags. She would then pay the credit card out of …

Blue Origin is set to debuts its second human-rated suborbital tourism vehicle – named RSS Kármán line. An uncrewed verification flight window opens on Monday, October 7 at 8:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time. New Shepard (NS-27) will fly 12 payloads—five on the booster and seven inside the crew capsule. The vehicle is designed to enable […]

October 4, 2024 Have you started autumn shopping? I’m NOT buying anything this fall – I don’t have enough space in my closet for what I already own! These closets are not working out as I had dreamed… But let’s see how our heroines are doing – they always inspire me! We are inspired by the above painting, although it isn’t working out as I had envisioned – it turns …