Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Alligators Freeze Themselves in Solid Ice to Survive Cold Snap in Southern U.S.
January 25th, 2024Via: Telegraph: Alligators are allowing themselves to freeze solid in icy ponds and swamps to survive an unexpected cold snap in the American South. The creatures were spotted submerged in ice with only their snouts poking out to breathe as temperatures fell as low as -10C across Texas and North Carolina. The phenomenon has been […]
City of Los Angeles Attempts to Find Next of Kin of Unclaimed Dead for Three Years Before Burying Remains in Mass Graves
January 5th, 2024Via: AP: Martirosyan and her colleagues spend three years investigating a case before relinquishing the deceased to a communal gravesite, a last resort in the county cemetery. Similar work is done in cities across the U.S. but in Los Angeles, with one of the nation’s largest homeless populations, the efforts are particularly difficult.
Black Friday Sale
November 24th, 2023I don’t want to do this, but I’m profoundly broke. If you’re going to spend money on Amazon during this time of deep discounts, please consider supporting Cryptogon by using this affiliate link: amazon.com It’s free to you and earns me a small commission on whatever you buy. Looking for an idea? This is probably […]
Off Topic: Cattails: A Wildwood Story
October 22nd, 2023Very briefly, if you have children who like cats, consider a new and very nice video game called Cattails: A Wildwood Story. My daughter has read all of the Warrior Cats books and tells me that the people who made the game must be fans of those books. So, if your child likes the Warrior […]
Day in the Life of a Japanese Train Conductor
August 26th, 2023There’s a lot of pleasant anachronism here. I can understand why people buy those snacks to keep the railroad alive. Via: Paolo in Tokyo:
Metal Stamping in America
August 8th, 2023I’m going to have my children watch this for homeschool and I thought some of you might like it. Via: Smarter Every Day:
Submarine Missing Near Titanic Used a $30 Logitech Gamepad for Steering
June 20th, 2023Update: “Catastrophic Implosion”: A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel. — While relying on a consumer grade wireless gaming […]
Off Topic: Which Double Edge Safety Razor Blades Should I Buy?
June 16th, 2023Apologies. I need to briefly go off topic to personal grooming. After decades of using disposable plastic razors, I decided to switch to a double edge safety razor to save money. I probably wouldn’t have thought much about it, but when the price for ten shitty plastic razors went to NZ$12 here, I refused to […]
40TB Hard Disc Drives Soon
June 10th, 2023My first hard disc drive was a Sider 10MB HDD connected to my Apple 2e. haha It’s Fall, so here’s my Apple Sider ][ hard drive spinning up and down by u/Taffer25 in retrobattlestations Via: AnandTech: Offering a brief update on the future of hard drives, Seagate has shared some fresh insights concerning launch of […]
Do You Need a New Iron?
May 19th, 2023My wife’s taste in dresses, skirts and aprons goes back about 150 years. Rather than attempting to buy clothing like that, she makes it herself using her mother’s (borrowed) Bernina sewing machine from 1982 and an iron. The iron she’d been using for the last fifteen years blew up. I tried to fix it, but […]
