ITotD on Summer Break
Pixabay My attempts at building a time machine having failed thus far, I find myself with too few hours in the day. So ITotD will be on a (hopefully brief) hiatus while I take care of business.
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Take Control of Your Digital Photos
Digital cameras make it easy to take way too many pictures. Need help sorting, organizing, storing, and managing them? We've got a great book for you—and Interesting Thing of the Day readers can save 30% on it.
Killer Snails
Richard Ling [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons When you think of deadly animals, you may picture lions, hippos, or even mosquitos. But watch out for the real killer: snails.
Cruise Ship Condos
Jim.henderson [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons If you love to travel and have a few million spare dollars, you can buy a condo on any of several luxury cruise ships and live there year-round, taking your home with you as you sail around the world.
The Sinking City of Venice
Julie Mac [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Flickr The water level is rising in Venice, while the buildings are sinking. An ambitious plan is underway to save the ancient city from an untimely demise.
Winds with Names
Raymond Bucko, SJ [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Flickr It's one thing to give a storm like a hurricane or typhoon a name, but it's another to assign a proper name to wind of a certain type in a certain season and location.
Solar Sails
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Outfit a spacecraft with a huge but incredibly lightweight mirror, and it can travel indefinitely, without fuel, at speeds that eventually exceed those of conventional rocket-powered craft.
Take Control of Your Digital Legacy
Do you have the equivalent of a will for all your digital possessions—photos, email, online accounts, and all the rest? If not, you should, and we have a book that shows you what to do. Plus, Interesting Thing of the Day readers can save 30% on it.
___-of-the-Month Clubs
Pixabay The Book-of-the-Month Club is still going strong after more than 90 years, despite the rise and fall of mega-bookstores (and the advent of Amazon.com). But that's not all: you can get a monthly subscription to just about anything.
Oil from Garbage
PxHere As long as we have garbage, we'll never run out of oil, thanks to a technology called thermal depolymerization process (TDP).