Angels, in some paintings, are portrayed as strong creatures, radiating majesty and glory. In other paintings, angels are portrayed as cute innocent babies, blowing bubbles and playing harps, displaying beauty and goodness. But I believe that both of them are inaccurate portrayals.
If the qualities in both of these portrayals are true, then angels should radiate majesty and glory, but at the same time display beauty and goodness. And these qualities are present in the humble cat.
Being drunk is such an interesting state to be in. I believe that no one has experienced the same thing when they were in this state.
Perhaps what’s interesting about this is how people reveal a different side of them when they are drunk. Some people become creative, while others become apathetic. But if there was something common to drunk people, it’s the way they give the people a reason to laugh.
See 50 of these funny drunk people moments over at The Mind Circle.
There are times when you don’t need to make your child hold the real thing for him or her to understand how you use the object. Sometimes, a creative approach, and a child’s highly imaginative mind, is enough. It has many benefits, too. Not only do you put your child away from harm and the danger of breaking the real thing; you also give him or her a toy to play with.
Sydney Piercey recycles and repurposes her excess cardboard into delightful replicas of everyday items for her children to enjoy. Starting as a few projects (a quarantine hobby) for the amusement of kids in her neighborhood, it soon shifted as Piercey’s young daughter drew interest in the creations as well. Piercey’ love of creativity and engineering kicked in further as she started brainstorming different types of items to construct and materials to use.
“We buy dog food, beer, baby wipes and the like in bulk, and these boxes turned inside out become perfect for creating appliances out of,” Piercey tells My Modern Met. The pieces not only afford her with ample opportunities to continue in a day to day practice of sustainability—something that she’s committed to—but also adds an entertaining spin on early childhood education.
Check out Piercey’s creations over at My Modern Met.
Photographs were meant to immortalize unforgettable moments — funny, shocking, historic, and romantic moments that you could look back from. Of course, we don’t just photograph ourselves. We photograph nature and animals, too, and their moments could also be as funny and as shocking as ours.
A husband and wife were moving some boxes outside their apartment in Winter Haven, Florida. Suddenly, the husband spotted an alligator lurking inside a storage shed. Alarmed, his wife immediately called 911.
A few moments later, Deputy Mark Trexler arrived on the scene, and he managed to wrestle with the alligator, which apparently was just an inflatable pool toy.
Many video game companies recently have been releasing remakes of their respective games, such as Capcom with their Resident Evil 2 and 3, and Square Enix with their Final Fantasy VII Remake. Now, it seems that Ubisoft has done the same, as they recently released a trailer for their remake of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time game. Unfortunately, people were disappointed by the aforementioned game, and you can see that disappointment in the comments section of the video.
One person from the comments said that the remake, which will be released on PS4 next year, looks like a PS3 or an Xbox 360 game.
One of the best ways to make people remember is by giving them a picture of yourself with your name on it. That practice, however, is not much done today because everything is digital. But there still are ways to make people remember you, such as this one. It’s a bit annoying, though.
Yep, you can now get your face printed on a pancake. Well, you can get your face printed on a dorayaki, which is a Japanese traditional pancake usually filled with red bean paste.
The face dorayakis were launched by Japanese retailer li na stores in a bid to help people stay in touch with each other during the pandemic, according to 9Gag.
Anyone can get their face – or anyone else’s face for that matter – painted on the round treats, and you can even get text printed on them too.
When this reporter asked Elon Musk how his son is doing, Elon was confused as to what or who the reporter was talking about.
“How’s X Æ A-12?” asked the reporter.
“Sorry?” Elon replied, not recognizing what the off-cam reporter was talking about. The reporter then repeated his question.
“Oh, you mean my kid!” replied Elon with a laugh. “That sounds like a password,” he remarked.
Musk and the reporter both laughed it off, thankfully making it much less awkward than it had the potential to be.
He added: "He's great! I think next time I am going to bring him, maybe come back in a few months and bring him along."
But how does one properly pronounce X Æ A-12?
When Joe Rogan asked Musk how to pronounce the baby's name on his podcast back in May, he tried to clear things up a bit.
Speaking on the show, he said: "I mean it's just X, the letter X. And then, the Æ is, like, pronounced 'Ash'. And then, A-12, A-12 is my contribution. Archangel 12, the precursor to the SR-71, is the coolest plane ever."
Speaking to Bloomberg, first-time mother and musician Grimes - real name Claire Elise Boucher - confirmed that the little guy's nickname is 'Little X'.
Yep, that makes sense. Sounds like a rapper, or maybe a wrestler.
Well, I guess I’ll just stick with the nickname. What about you?
... And they’re more fun to watch than the countless dance videos and harmful pranks that you see on the app.
Classical music is very underrated today, and so it is always a welcome thing to see classical music stuff in mainstream media.
Classic FM has compiled some of the classical music TikTok videos so that we won’t have to search for them on the app. See the funny clips over at the site.
And it’s that time of the year when the smiles from the children’s faces turn into frowns, as they realize that it’s time to go back to school. Gone are the days when children would just wake up, eat, and play, and here come the days of school work and early mornings. But not all people are frowning because it’s back to school; some welcome it with open arms and a happy face — the parents.
See the pictures of these happy parents over at Sad and Useless.
Teaching our kids how to cook may just be one of the best and most valuable things that we could pass down to them. In teaching them how to cook, we not only teach them how to prepare food for themselves; we also teach them the value of discipline and hard work. But it doesn’t stop there.
Cooking also gives kids a real-world application for the things they are learning in school, [like] the STEAM subjects: Science, technology, engineering, art, and math… When we make a salad dressing, we combine acid and oil to make an emulsion. When we bake, we can see chemical reactions happening in front of us. A skilled educator can find so many ways to connect cooking with various scientific concepts.
So not only do kids learn how to make, and then eat good food, they also learn something about the world around them.
Artificial intelligence has indeed become so advanced over the years that it’s become scary.
Whether it’s a great pencil sketch, or a not-so-great one, this software clearly doesn’t play favorites, as it can create photorealistic human faces from both types of sketches. This software, called DeepFaceDrawing, was developed by a group of researchers from China. This kind of technology could prove useful for the police force, such as when identifying suspects.
Home is the place where a person can rest, de-stress, and have a moment of peace. But sometimes, the place in which we call “home” can be more stressful than any other place, including the office, because of the countless household chores that we have to do. Ever since this realization, we humans have tried to figure out ways that would make chores a little bit easier.
One of the concepts that has prevailed over the years is the concept of house automation, or a smart home. But for Cheng Zhang, it would be very difficult to have such a home.
"In order to have a smart home at this point, you'd need each device to be smart, which is not realistic; or you'd need to install separate sensors on each device or in each area,"
This is why Zhang and a group of scientists developed a device that could move the concept of a smart home closer to reality.
The device, called VibroSense, uses lasers to capture subtle vibrations in walls, ceilings and floors, as well as a deep learning network that models the vibrometer's data to create different signatures for each appliance—bringing researchers closer to a more efficient and integrated smart home.
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The device showed nearly 96% accuracy in identifying 17 different activities across five houses—including dripping faucets, an exhaust fan, an electric kettle, a refrigerator and a range hood—in five houses over two days, according to the paper. VibroSense could also distinguish five different stages of appliance usage with an average accuracy more than 97%.
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Among other uses, the system could help homes monitor energy usage and potentially help reduce consumption.
Learning how to fish is perhaps the most valuable skill that we can learn in this lifetime. As the old proverb goes, “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,” but “teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” But of course, learning something new takes time, and fishing is no exception.
It’s already been half an hour since this kid started fishing, and it seems that she hasn’t caught anything yet. According to her mother Marsha who took this photo…
“Time after time she would throw her line out and then…. much to her surprise she caught herself!”
She might have been frustrated because she did not catch any fish, but hey, her catch is much more valuable than all of the fish she could have caught at that time.
Good diet and exercise is what makes us fit. But this formula is not exclusive to humans; it can be applied to animals, too. This device for chickens is a great example of balance between diet and exercise.
Alison McNeice of the Featherheads Bird Rescue in Hobart, Tasmania, created an amusing chicken enrichment exercise wheel. This merry-go-round of sorts featured hanging cucumbers and ears of corn that rotated in an endless circle, which kept the birds motivated to keep moving in pursuit.
“Here is a chicken exercise wheel that I made last year. Chicken enrichment is important, too!”
