Franciszek Kornicki, 100, admitted he was “a little dazed” by the news that he was ahead of British fighter aces including Sir Douglas Bader in the People’s Spitfire Poll – and leading by more than 300,000 votes. Museum staff launched the online poll to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the […]
Daily Archives: September 22, 2017
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We finally have our Super NES Classic in-house. So far out of the box we’re happy to report the included SNES controllers have longer, 6-foot wires as opposed to last year’s disappointing NES controller length. Other than that it’s a pretty standard affair with power supply, manual and an HDMI […]
In February, a grizzled 50-something white man approached two Indian avionics engineers at a bar outside Kansas City. He began haranguing them about an all-too-familiar topic: their visas. After bar patrons kicked out the agitator, he returned with a gun, screamed “Get out of my country!” and shot both engineers, […]
Voters ahead of the German election described Brexit as an “awful” decision and said would back the current German Chancellor Angela Merkel because of her pro-Brussels policies. The AfD has seen a last-minute surge in the polls as Ms Merkel’s election campaign draws to a close. After populism and Euroscepticism […]
Russ and Jeff record the last regular version of the show discussing the reviews of the new Apple Watch, iPhone 8, what to expect from the iPhone X and whether or not Nintendo will make enough SNES Classic Editions for everyone. The 404 Show # 1714 Your browser does not […]
Typically, people living in the path of a hurricane receive a decent amount of warning that a storm is on its way, giving them a chance to evacuate. Forecast models are sufficiently advanced to plot a hurricane’s course with reasonable levels of accuracy. But what if we could predict an […]
Melania Trump, 47, wife of US President Donald Trump, hosted the event on Friday to harvest and replant the vegetable garden Michelle Obama rooted in the South Lawn during husband Barack Obama’s term in office. The former First Lady’s expansive kitchen garden became an internationally recognised symbol of local food, […]
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s made of sterner stuff. JerryRigEverything/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It seems a lifetime ago that the devoted foamed at the gills, as the iPhone 6 was bent out of shape in torture tests. iPhone […]