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Ben Newman, also known as the Spudman, spends as much time posing for selfies these days as he does selling jacket potatoes from his van in the middle of Tamworth.His shop is the latest viral sensation on TikTok and has seen people travel from all over the world to try his food – jacket potatoes with classic toppings such as butter, cheese and beans – although Newman isn’t quite sure why.He joins the likes of Binley Mega Chippy, Get Baked and Wakey Wines as one of a number of businesses to have seen a huge influx of…

The world is awash with people who absolutely feel entitled to make everyone’s life worse. From outrageous demands, to just nasty behavior, some folks make their own delusions everyone’s problem. So every now and then, a hero rises and makes them regret acting the way they do.A woman shared the hilarious story of her father taking a gassy bit of revenge on a rude couple. After a huge meal, they spotted the offending couple in an elevator they were taking, so the father decided to enact justice. Netizens applauded his…

Sometimes, or–hell–most of the time, you need something simple to remind you of life’s simple pleasures. The newly-announced X100VI camera from Fujifilm can capture some of those golden moments with some impressive depth of color. Still, the $1,600 digital camera and the return of the still-popular X100 lineup itself feels like a small treasure, one that’s both nostalgic and fully capable of capturing the small moments in full detail. If single-lens, faux physical, and all digital are your preferred ways to shoot, the…

Playing a role where your body is artificially enlarged, you’re constantly attached to tubes, and you spend large portions in a mystery liquid is obviously not easy. But that’s exactly what Stellan Skarsgård had to do not once, but twice, to play the evil Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films. And while the actor admitted the process was “hell,” it seems as if it was worth it.Andor Episodes 1-3 Review“I went through hell, yeah,” the Andor actor told io9. “But it was a very friendly hell. It took eight hours of…

When AirPods first launched in September 2016, it was magical. Wired earphones were a thing of the past, and despite looking like you had toothbrush heads in your ears (you’ve seen the memes), the wireless earbuds quickly became the hottest tech product of the year.I started working at my local Apple Store the following year, ready to tackle the Genius Bar and fix any problem thrown at me. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me, it was the start of my long journey in dealing with crusty human bodily fluids from the speaker…

While deployed, my wife remained at our home in Texas. The A/C broke in the middle of summer. They told her that the temperature wasn't hot enough to constitute a repair. When she showed them pictures of the thermostat reading over 100 degrees indoor they finally said that they would send a repairman but that I needed to be there because I was the primary name on the lease although she had power of attorney. I threatened to sue. A/C was eventually Jerry-rigged (the repair guy told her that he was paid to do the bare…

Quite frequently, actors and other famous folk can seem like they are never nervous or even remotely intimidated by working with those in their chosen profession who have even more recognizable names and have been in the game for way longer. So, it’s nice when people like recent first time Oscar nominee Emily Blunt open up about their anxious moments at work and how they got through them. Blunt recently revealed that she had big nerves while making The Devil Wears Prada, but co-star Meryl Streep gave her confidence in a…

In King Lear, confronted with the figure of his cruelly blinded father, Edgar wonders whether matters are as bad as they imaginably could be. He concludes, however, that “the worst is not/So long as we can say “This is the worst.”’ The very fact that he has language, and the capacity for judgment, is itself proof that he has more to lose. Edgar’s words, in this most archaic of Shakespeare’s plays, feel horribly prophetic of the slaughter bench of modern history, as if the events of the 20th century were designed to test…

Welcome back to the Connected States, the project that involves me living in a van for a year, driving around and telling stories. After going live last week I was absolutely overwhelmed by the positive response. I received so many tips, well-wishes, and offers of help that I haven’t been able to respond to them all yet. It was truly moving,Former NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin on the “Overview Effect”When we last left off I was in Iowa City, Iowa, which is not a very creative name for a city, so I moved on. By that point,…

Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: red hoodJason Todd takes on gentrification and gunfire in Red Hood: The Hill #1. Will he survive the burbs? More than his street cred is at stake.Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:27:08 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Red Hood tackles gentrification in "Red Hood: The Hill #1" out on 2/13/2024. Jason Todd dons the Red Hood to keep gentrified Gotham suburb safe. The comic explores crime-fighting amid gentrification and rising property values. LOLtron…