Category Archives: Austin
AI versions of dead people- company creating them to talk to, see.
A company called You, Only Virtual, is creating Artificial Intelligence chatbots that are modeled on people that have died. This way, you can still talk to that dead person, sort of. The company scans...
Jul 24, 2023 Frederico Cintra / CC
Real tips to winning a lottery, like that Mega Millions (almost a billion) Tuesday night.
Mega Millions is up to $820 million. Last week I mentioned that whenever the machine picks my numbers, I don't hit a single one. So, I picked all my own numbers, off the top of my head, for last Frida...
Jul 24, 2023 Whitney Donohue / CC
NASA sending craft to $10 quadrillion asteroid soon. It's full of gold and silver. Maybe we mine it?
There's a 173 mile wide asteroid floating around just past Mars that could be worth 10 quadrillion dollars. That's a 10 with 15 zeros behind it. We've known about it a couple years. What's new is that...
Jul 21, 2023 NASA on The Commons
Man proposes at woman's graduation. People are calling him selfish.
A man proposed to his girlfriend right after she accepted her degree at her college graduation. Is he romantic or a thoughtless moment stealer? There's a video of this making the rounds on Twitter. Th...
Jul 21, 2023 Mary-Lynn / CC
New type of Twinkie and Pineapple Pepsi - news and reviews.
There's a new food/ flavor mix that is, finally, not a limited time special. Hostess is taking two of its existing products, Twinkies and Ding Dongs, and creating a hybrid of the two. The end product ...
Jul 20, 2023 Jenn Durfey / CC
Didn't win the lottery? I blame the machine overlords.
I'm never letting the machine pick lottery numbers for me again. I have never, ever gotten a single number when letting the machines pick. Not once in my life. It got frustrating enough to me that I m...
Jul 20, 2023 Whitney Donohue / CC
Man and dog rescued after 3 months lost at sea. Vid of oddly bureaucratic rescue in blog.
A man was recently rescued after drifting at sea for 3 months. But at least he had his dog with him. Australian Timothy Shaddock had been lost at sea after a storm damaged his catamaran. Remember what...
Jul 19, 2023 Enrique Dans / CC
Hawaiian Hot Dogs With Grilled Pineapple and Teriyaki Mayo recipe - Happy National Hot Dog Day
Today is National Hot Dog day as well as National daiquiri day. Two things that are terrible for our bodies, but we absolutely love. That said, here's your supper homework for tonight. You're going to...
Jul 19, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
750 lb sea lion escapes tank, falls on woman. Caught on vid.
Yesterday it was dolphins attacking swimmers. Today, it's a giant sea lion that literally fell on top of a woman, from above her head, almost squishing her. Are there skydiving sea lions, you ask? No....
Jul 19, 2023 Kathleen Franklin / CC
Woman hit by duck while riding roller coaster.
A woman was hit by a duck while riding the 93 mile per hour, Millennium Force roller coaster at Cedar Park in Ohio last week. She wasn't injured and the duck survived. After the collision, the duck en...
Jul 18, 2023 Jeremy Thompson / CC