Glen Tickle
Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.
‘Mystery Show’, A New Mystery-Solving Podcast Hosted by Starlee Kine
Mystery Show is a new mystery-solving podcast hosted by Starlee Kine and released through Gimlet Media. Each week, Kine attempts to solve a different mystery…
A Solar-Powered Mars Spinning Globe Desk Ornament
For anyone interested in a space-themed update to a classic office globe, ThinkGeek is offering a solar-powered Mars spinning globe. The tiny desk planet has a…
Free, An App for Easily Coordinating Plans With Friends Who Have Some Free Time
Free is an app designed to let users easily coordinate plans with their friends when they have some free time. Users can suggest a plan,…
‘A Deadly Adoption’, A Lifetime Original Movie Starring Comedians Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig
A Deadly Adoption is an upcoming Lifetime Original Movie starring comedians and former Saturday Night Live stars Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Given the comedic background…
Backstage, The Comedy Short That Opened the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
“Backstage” is the comedy short that opened the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The video features Bill Hader as the director in charge of…
MIT Researchers Discuss Their Miniature Self-Folding Origami Robot
The team of researchers at MIT who developed the miniature self-folding robot we wrote about recently discuss their creation in an article for MIT News. The robot…
How to Make a Simple Barometer Out of Household Items to Make Basic Weather Predictions
A recent episode of the At-Bristol Science Center series Do Try This at Home demonstrates how to make a simple barometer out of household items to make…
A Baseball Fan Makes an Incredible One-Handed Catch After a Bat Goes Flying Into the Stands Without Dropping His Beer
A baseball fan at a recent St. Paul Saints game made an incredible one-handed catch when a bat went flying into the stands, all without…
The Mars Curiosity Rover Photographs a Shadow That Looks Like the ‘Sesame Street’ Character Big Bird
A photo taken by NASA‘s Mars Curiosity Rover features a shadow that bears a somewhat striking resemblance to the beloved Sesame Street character Big Bird. Although…
A History of Robots That Includes Very Early Examples Like an 18th-Century Mechanical Pooping Duck
In a recent episode of The Good Stuff, host Craig Benzine speaks with robot historian Dr. Minsoo Kang about his book Sublime Dreams of Living…