Category Archives: Austin
Augmented Realty Dinosaur Zoo
Remember the augmented world crazy with Pokemon a few years back. That was peanuts to what the Bristol Zoo in England is doing. The redoing the Bristol Zoo Gardens so that you'll be able to interact w...
Oct 29, 2021
Entire Beethoven Symphony written by A.I. - Listen to it in blog.
A couple of scientists have programmed an artificial intelligence to write a symphony that sounds just like Beethoven. It wasn't easy. It took two years of working up algorithms and inputting every pi...
Oct 28, 2021 Boston Public Library / CC
Eddie Munster accused of murder.
Is Eddie Munster a murderer?!?! That's what the attorneys for Cindy Schulz Juedes want a Wisconsin jury to believe. And they dragged Eddie into court. Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster on tv, te...
Oct 28, 2021 Cameron Russell / CC
Flying Volcano In Outer Space - Pics in blog.
Flying volcano from outer space!!!! Seriously though. There's a sort of flying volcano in outer space. It's actually a comet, but not like most other comets. Mainly because it's spouting death behind ...
Oct 28, 2021
Spanx boss gives employees plane tickets to anywhere in the world they want. Video in blog.
Sara Blakely, the woman behind Spanx, just gave all of her employees first class airplane tickets to anywhere in the world they want. And she tossed in $10,000 spending money. She can afford it. Anoth...
Oct 27, 2021 Marie Sahlén / CC
Barnum and Bailey Are Coming Back - Also, video of the final, full performance they did in 2017 in blog.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming back. You'll remember that they shut down 4 years ago amid slumping ticket sales and constant accusations of animal abuse. They won't have ...
Oct 27, 2021 Bob n Renee / CC
Lost hiker won't answer phone call from rescuers because he doesn't recognize the number.
How bad are the spam calls when you're lost in the wilderness with no help, your phone rings, and you won't answer it because you don't recognize the number? You are literally in a life and death situ...
Oct 26, 2021 Adam Bautz / CC
Why the (Pumpkin) spice must flow. Science has an answer.
Science finally has an answer to why we put "pumpkin spice" in everything, including mac and cheese, this time of year. A team from John Hopkins has been studying why we humans like pumpkin spice so m...
Oct 26, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Your Grandma + TikTok Could = Free Family Trip to Jamaica
Show your grandma off to the world and win a trip to Jamaica! It's not as salacious as that sounds. Beaches Resorts wants to see how much of a "Granfluencer" your elders can be. Just post a TikTok vid...
Oct 25, 2021 VV Nincic / CC
Best Halloween Houses Around Lincoln
I ran across this article a couple days ago that lists the Best Halloween Houses 2021 in Lincoln. It's a local post on Macaroni Kid which provides local activity guides and news for families. This art...
Oct 25, 2021 Jennifer C. / CC