Glen Tickle
Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.
A Paleontologist Critiques a Series of Dinosaur Toys to Point Out Inaccuracies
Dr. Paul Olsen, a paleontologist and professor at Columbia University, critiques a series of different dinosaur toys and points out inaccuracies in a recent episode of…
Punk Singer Catches and Drinks a Beer While Crowd-Walking During a Performance
Punk singer David Achter de Molen from the band John Coffey caught and drank a beer thrown to him while crowd-walking during a recent performance at the Pinkpop…
A Quadcopter-Mounted GoPro Camera Captures a Beautiful Aerial Wedding Video
Photographer Zachary Nelson of Jerry Rig Everything has posted a beautiful and surprising example of aerial wedding videography using a GoPro camera mounted to a…
‘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…