The top 10 songs of 2018, according to everyone

I suppose it had to happen eventually but I’m officially old. Not only have I not heard any of these songs, but I’ve never even heard of six of the artists on the list.

How Luffa sponges are made

I’ll be the first to admit that, even though I’ve seen these things a million times, I really had no idea what they were and certainly didn’t know they were grown.

Making a skate video

I had no idea skate videos were this “fake”. I can’t wait to show this to my 13-year-old skater boi.

Watch this beautiful (& terrifying) drone footage of a swimmer being followed by a trio of orcas

Yes, this video is beautiful but, if you knew anything about orcas (or even watched the video), you’d realize it’s not “terrifying” at all. There has never been a recorded instance of an orca (they aren’t called “killer whales” anymore) in the wild killing a human being. I’ve been scuba diving with them and it is an amazing experience.

How to create a crossword puzzle

While I rarely do them nowadays, I have a soft spot in my heart for crossword puzzles. My mom and I used to sit on the couch, solving them together, when I was a kid. This look into how some of them get created is fascinating.

NASA’s Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space

This is truly an amazing feat. The fact that both Voyagers are still sending back data is a testament to the men and women who worked and continue to work on and with these incredible spacecraft.

Merry Mixmas 2018

I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas music but I gotta admit, I enjoyed this way more than I expected to.

Google+ bug exposes non-public profile data for 52 million users

On the Google blog announcement of this, Google said in the second paragraph, “…We’ve recently determined that some users were impacted by a software update…” “Some users” is defined by Google as “…approximately 52.5 million…”

Population mountains

This is a mind blowing way of visualizing population and density.