Category Archives: Austin
Study suggests that dogs get depressed with the loss of other dogs.
The journal Scientific Reports is reporting that a new study shows that dogs grieve for their furry friends. They studied households that had at least two dogs where one of them died. They found, "a d...
Mar 01, 2022 malzar malzar / CC
Remember Short Round from Temple Of Doom? He's back in movies.
Remember Short Round, the kid on Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom? He was a hit in that and then in The Goonies as Data. But after that, he only had a few tv roles and disappeared after 1997. His ...
Feb 28, 2022 thirteenthbat / CC
Here are the actual Russian brands of Vodka you can boycott, not Smirnoff.
A lot of places and people have stopped using Russian vodka in protest of the invasion of Ukraine. New Hampshire's Governor actually signed an executive order telling liquor outlets to remove Russian ...
Feb 28, 2022 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC
Robo taxis unleashed in Vegas.
Driverless, "robotaxis", are now running in Las Vegas. They launched on February 24th. Right now it's a small thing with limited taxis and shuttles that get people around down town. It shouldn't be da...
Feb 28, 2022 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC
Seal helps guide man lost at sea to safety.
I honestly think sea creatures are way smarter than we give them credit for. Case in point, Scott Johnson fell off his boat off the California coast last month. His boat floated away before he could c...
Feb 25, 2022 Dave_S. / CC
Friday Feel Good Feature: A simple gesture that's everything to a dying mother.
This week's inspiring story is about the joy that the simple things in life can bring. In this case, it's about what Lisa McDonald did for her severely ill mother who has been bed ridden for a long ti...
Feb 25, 2022 Lisa Zins / CC
Woman leaves fast food burger in closet for 5 years to see what happens. Link to pics in blog.
Another person left a fast food burger sitting around for years as an experiment. I bet you can guess the outcome. Megan Condrey originally bought the burger to eat. Then she left it in her backseat a...
Feb 25, 2022 Tim Reckmann / CC
There's a new Pepsi coming. They're changing the bubbles. Explanation and video in blog.
Pepsi has new soda comping out, but it's not a new flavor or another brand. It's got nitrogen in it instead of carbon dioxide. I heard about this and naturally asked, "Why?" I mean, bubbles are bubble...
Feb 24, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Student eats rice that was left out, loses legs, almost dies because of it.
Here's a cautionary tale about refrigerating food or throwing it away instead of leaving it sit out. Recently, a Massachusetts college student ate some chicken and rice that hadn't been properly store...
Feb 24, 2022 Ruocaled / CC
Burger King's new giant burger in Japan with 4 patties and 6 slices of cheese. Video in blog.
Burger King is going crazy with burgers in other countries again. This time, it's a 4 patty, six slices of cheese monster in Japan. It's gigantic. Which, to me, makes it weird that they doing this in ...
Feb 24, 2022 Person-with-No Name / CC