Entries by shep

The St. Louis Accent

Before there was a Hot in Herre, there was Highway Farty and carn on the cob. No, I’m not having a stroke, I’m referring to the dialect that I heard as a child growing up in St. Louis. Citylab recently had a post explaining the St. Louis accent. The most stereotypical St. Louis pronunciation is […]

Harlem Globetrotter Uses Rube Goldberg Machine for Trick Shot

As if the Harlem Globetrotters weren’t awesome already, check out this video of a Globetrotter nailing a trick shot using a Rube Goldberg machine. If that interested you, on World Trick Shot Day in 2017, the Globetrotters were in St. Louis to make the shot from on top of the City Museum.

Prevent Dock Following in macOS

I love macOS, I really do, but sometimes there is a feature that exists that makes me wonder what Apple was thinking. The current frustration I’m facing is Dock following. It is horrible and the only way to disable it is to turn off other useful features. For those not familiar with Dock following, it […]

Saved by the Bell: The Game

No, you are not dreaming. There really is a Saved by the Bell board game and it looks amazing. Well, it looks like it would be fun to play once or twice until your friends stop playing with you because you know way too much about the TV show and it is no longer fun […]

40 Years of Hip Hop

Those who know me know that I love hip hop more than any other genre of music. I love when stuff like this comes across my screen. Check out this video celebrating 40 years of hip hop in 4 minutes. Hat tip Kottke. Over 150 songs from more than 100 artists representing 40 years of […]