The Eiffel Tower now has a glass floor.

There has been an explosion in the number of colors offered by Crayola since the crayons were introduced in 1903. Slate has an article about the colors added more recently.

First invented in 1903, the original Crayola box contained only eight colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, and black. It sold for only a nickel.

Comic Book Heaven is a short documentary that tells the story of Joe Leisner, owner of the comic book store Comic Book Heaven located in Sunnyside, Queens NY.

It’s a sad story of the store owner’s final days of doing business. Leisner wanted to get out for a while, but once he’s done you can see he misses it.

I just finished moving my site over to WordPress. Now for the fun stuff of fiddling with design, updating old entries, and making new posts.

The data visualization site, Information is Beautiful, recently published an infographic of Common MythConceptions, which borrows its data from Wikipedia’s list of common misconceptions. This is related to my earlier post on the list.

This site turned 5 over the weekend.

I’m not sure if this should be categorized as a pro-tip or a life-hack. Regardless, do not splash aftershave into your eye. – @jonathanfrei

Florida Fall has begun. Sitting outside, the wife said, “I need a blanket.” http://j.mp/1rYNyAJ – @jonathanfrei

A 12-year-old hacker uncovered a weak spot in the user age authentication process on budlight.com. There is no telling how many other alcohol-related websites have the same vulnerability.

@MikeIsaac Now all the brands are going to want to get a dog to increase their #engagement. – @jonathanfrei

You clicked ‘accept’ without reading the terms. It’s okay, nobody reads the terms. You’re in a hurry to use the app you just signed up for.

Most people accept the terms without having any idea about what they are agreeing to. Terms of Service; Didn’t Read aims to fix that by assigning rating to popular websites and apps as well as labeling and explaining various clauses their TOS.

We are a user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies, from very good Class A to very bad Class E.

So the moral is, I should just put my posts here from the beginning. If the draft isn’t working properly, there is no advantage to using it or a similar app to putting together my blog posts.

I can just put thebeginning this of each post directly into tumbler. The problem with that, however, is that after I save a draft it inserts all of the HTML tags, making it more difficult to edit later.

It will still be best for me to use a text editor before pasting it in to tumbled .

Creating homemade Halloween costumes for your children is a great way to save money. And you can come up with a one-of-a-kind invention that will one day be as terrifying as some of these monstrous creations.

Emergent provides real-time information to help you determine which rumors you’re seeing on the Internet have been verified or debunked, as well as which are still up in the air.

Emergent is a real-time rumor tracker. It’s part of a research project with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University that focuses on how unverified information and rumor are reported in the media. It aims to develop and best practices for debunking misinformation.

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Unsurprisingly, there are some incredible photos among this year’s submissions.

I’ve been thinking about trying out a standing desk and just found the perfect one.

How’s this look?

The Guardian posted an impressive video, shot from a drone, showing the Hong Kong protests from above.

Jeff Goldblum is going to sell a lot of light bulbs.