This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Internet Troll
As much as we all complain about trolls, have you ever really taken the time to get to know one? Or, better yet, to get to know Patton Oswalt’s hilarious rendition of real-life, under-the-bridge type internet trolldom? You should! You can: The rest of this week’s top web comedy videos, including TMI, Fifty Shades of…
A Handheld GPS For the Wilds
The Wirecutter’s singular goal is to decide which gadgets to buy or not to buy. Today, it takes a hard look at a portable GPS for wandering the wilderness. The Garmin GPSMAP 62s is a great GPS for an outdoorsman/woman. Selling for around $373, it’s a piece of gear that offers a balance of cost…
The Victorian Hugos: 1891
The Hugo Awards are given to the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. Unfortunately, they’ve only been awarded since 1953. That’s where this column comes in – Jess Nevins will be awarding honorary Hugo Awards to the best novels of the Victorian era… and beyond. Science fiction was hardly unknown to…
Airports Will Steal Summer’s Heat to Thaw Frozen Winter Runways
The winter months are some of the busiest travel times of the year, but they’re also the most likely time for an airplane to be delayed. The culprit? Icy runways. Wouldn’t it be nice and efficient if we could take some of the excess summer heat, save it, and use it to thaw out airports…
