Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) began singing as a child in the 1950s at her father’s church in Detroit. Reverend C.L. Franklin became her manager when she was 12, so she could sing on the “gospel caravan ...

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I’m a UX researcher, yoga teacher, dog parent, and Jersey Girl living in Brooklyn. Hopefully without it being too cringy, ...

Mary Lucia Thao Darst is a filmmaker, writer, and musician. She holds a DPhil in Music from Oxford University and an MA from Columbia University. She is a writer with the Austrian Economics Center, ...

Earlier this year I made a bet with Craig Mod. He felt sure that robots would soon be able to play basketball better than humans. It’s a reasonable prediction based on the fast advancements in robots ...

Multi-charger Options for European Plugs. Four years ago I mentioned these travel extension cords with multiple plugs that I use when taking a checked bag to Europe, but this time ...

P.T. Barnum was 70 years old when he turned his most popular lecture into this book in 1880. By then, he’d already built America’s most famous museum in New York, introduced General Tom Thumb to ...

For the past 8 years Popurls has been my daily first stop on the web. This single page now replaces my need to directly read Digg, Reddit, Delicious, Furl, Slashdot, BoingBoing, NewsVine, Metafilter ...

A set of 110 double-sided cards that provides 200+ prompts to increase creativity and get creators unstuck. Each card, drawn at random from an exquisite box, offers two unexpected, provocative prompts ...

Weird Love by Joe Gill (author) and various artists IDW 2015, 160 pages, 7.6 x 9.9 x 0.9 inches ...

Fruit flies can materialize in even the most spotless kitchens. Until recently, I had no idea that they could be dealt with in a safe, effective, and cheap manner using apple cider vinegar and dish ...