Category Archives: Austin
80s horror flick Hellraiser gets remake with a twist on Netflix in October. Trailer in blog.
I'm a fan of Clive Barker books. He's like Stephen King with more detail. Hulu has remade "Hellraiser". BUT, and I think I like this idea, Pinhead is now a woman played by Jamie Clayton. Or, it kind o...
Sep 21, 2022 M P S / CC
COO of Beyond Meat road rages and bites man's nose.
A top executive at Beyond Meat got road rage and bit another man's face. Douglas Ramsey is the COO of Beyond Meats. He was in line, leaving a parking garage in Arkansas when, from what he says, the ot...
Sep 21, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Airlines still use floppy disks????
A couple of times in the last few years, I've been at an airport when the computer systems crashed causing delays and problems. Was it because they still use floppy disks? Tom Persky, the man who runs...
Sep 20, 2022 frankieleon / CC
Pumpkin Cornbread- this week's at home pumpkin spice recipe.
I've been experimenting with creating a more fluffy, less crumbly, more perfect corn bread and sharing my new recipes here over the last couple months. In my search for ideas, I came across "Pumpkin C...
Sep 20, 2022 Arnold Gatilao / CC
Nebraska in Top 10 of "Happiest States".
A new poll has reinforced our motto "Nebraska The Good Life" again. WalletHub used 30 pieces of criteria to determine which states are the happiest. Nebraska came in 9th. We did really well in the cat...
Sep 20, 2022 Rick McCharles / CC
Plastic can now be turned into diamonds using laser and pressure. It takes a billionth of a second.
Researchers have figured out how to turn plastic into diamonds. Plastic is is made from petroleum. Petroleum is hydrocarbons. Diamonds are made from carbon under intense heat and pressure. They use PE...
Sep 19, 2022 nikilok / CC
Gold coins from 1700s found under floorboards.
$250k in gold was hidden in a house! A British couple moved into a home built back in the 1700s. They were starting to tear up floorboards as part of some renovations when they found a metal pot. Insi...
Sep 19, 2022 Portable Antiquities Scheme / CC
Hoverbikes are real now!!! Demo vid in blog.
Someone has invented a hover bike! I've been waiting for this since 1983's "The Return Of The Jedi". These are quite as fast or streamlined as in the movie, but still....... They're bikes that lift of...
Sep 16, 2022 B Mauro / CC
Man makes village for mice in garden. Cuteness gets million followers. See vid and more in blog.
Mickey Mouse is jealous. A 61 year old man built an entire miniaturized village for mice in his garden. It has little houses that look like they're right out of The Hobbit. Some look more modern. One ...
Sep 16, 2022 Martyn Fletcher / CC
Save water by getting your plants drunk.
Your plants can go longer without water. You just need to get them drunk. Farmers. Start filling your pivots with some Old Natural. Seriously, scientists made sure the soil around plants was soaked in...
Sep 16, 2022 Beyond Coal & Gas Image Library / CC