On this day
June 3
15 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- What does your beach towel say about you?
For a few hours at the beach, your towel becomes a flag.
2024 2 years ago
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- Olympic coverage on discount
Today I bought a one-year subscription to Peacock for $20. 100% of the reason is for the upcoming Summer Olympics. One of the tech blogs I…
2021 5 years ago
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- Your age, minus the sum of your kids’ age
As your kids get older, you continually get younger.
2020 6 years ago
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- Minecraft and Star Wars custom wrapping paper
Every year for my niece’s and nephew’s birthday, I make custom wrapping paper. This year I did a Star Wars theme and a Minecraft theme. When…
2019 7 years ago
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- Google Translate voice speaks at different speeds
The audio in Google Translate is so helpful. If you click the audio icon, you can hear the word spoken. Didn’t hear the word the first…
- Estonia exhibit in Chicago Daley Plaza: June 2-5, 2019
Two of my favorite things have crossed roads. The Chicago Picasso and Estonia. While walking to work on a Monday morning, a giant photo Arvo Pärt…
2013 13 years ago
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- Three things not to do when asking for money
The 15-year-old blogging platform Xanga is about to shut down. To revive the site, they are asking users for $48/year. However, Xanga demonstrated three things not…
2011 15 years ago
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- I like…
The season of “I like notes” has started! While waiting for the train, there was a giant block of cheese standing behind me. These cheese was…
2009 17 years ago
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- 72 cool LEGO creations of steampunk, tanks, robots, hardsuits and vehicles
A selection of photos from various flickr groups on LEGO steampunk, tanks, and war. Some of these creations are just so COOOOOOOOL.
2008 18 years ago
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- MLB.com has become less secure
Major Leauge Baseball’s website doesn’t allow you to have a password over 10 characters. They used to allow you to go beyond 10 characters, but now,…
2005 21 years ago
2004 22 years ago
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- How many things can you make out of a plastic bottle?
The plastic bottle. How can we use it for other purposes? I want to make some art using a platic bottle. Using just stuff from my…
- What does Destro and Devastator have in common?
The voice behind Destro and Devastator were both played by Arthur Burghardt! No wonder why you never saw them both in the same room at the…
2003 23 years ago
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- sleeping and deadlines
A typical day for Thomas Jefferson started early, because, in his own words, “Whether I retire to bed early or late, I rise with the sun.”…
2002 24 years ago
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- wedding rings
I was on the bus this morning and was looking at the wedding ring of the lady sitting next to me. Wedding rings look weird. This…