In the era of peak TV, it is no small feat for a series to reach 100 episodes, let alone 200, but it is an achievement that “Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan considers more of an “industry milestone than something our audience truly cares about.” Therefore, Levitan and co-creator Christopher Lloyd didn’t feel the pressure to go physically all-out … Read more
I just wrote another check to my contractor. What do I care? It’s Bitcoin money. Better spend it now before it all disappears. Still, I do wonder what he does with it all. His guys have been working on my house for a month, and the only thing that seems to have changed is my … Read more
If you want to be dynamite in the bedroom, you might need dynamite in your pants. A topical gel containing the explosive nitroglycerin could be used to treat erectile dysfunction after research found that it was successful in some men. In a study of more than 200 men suffering from impotence, the gel was found … Read more
Blend Into Space [Photo: courtesy designstudio PESI] If you had told me that all these furniture pieces and accessories were part of the sets of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, I would have believed you. These wireless charging surfaces by South Korean design studio PESI–which include tables, trays, containers, mirrors, speakers, and alarm clocks–all feel like they … Read more
It seems as though every year since I graduated from Texas A&M, I have been asked how to get poinsettias to rebloom. It doesn’t take long into the discussion before the gardener knows the task is more than formidable. On the other hand, the Christmas cactus, so rare in beauty, is actually easy to grow … Read more
We have superseded them,” says the interior designer. “Theirs was a very basic 1960’s interpretation of the future. Today, technology is so much more advanced than we could have predicted.” We may not have Rosie the Robot on-call, but thanks to advanced technology, we live more efficiently than our grandparents. “We live in a 1930’s … Read more
We have some baddish (well actually very bad) news. Dave Gorman has called time on his stand-up comedy show Modern Life is Goodish. But in a blog announcing his decision, Gorman has explained there’s no hard feelings – the workload was just too crazily intense and completely unsustainable. And there was no way around it. That … Read more
Every home has a distinctive décor style. Here are top ten décor styles that are popular around the world. Does your home have one décor style or a mix or two or more? Read on and decide. Modern: A house that is all clean, sleek lines, airy and lacking in clutter is a modern home. There’s … Read more
GenslerA rendering of tiny homes for the homeless in San Jose, California. Although the total number of homeless Americans has slowly decreased over the past decade, homelessness has risen in large cities across the country. Certain spots in these areas are often dubbed “tent cities,” where it’s common for the homeless to live in encampments under highways or parks. In San … Read more
In October 2014, a junior IT worker sitting at his desk in Moscow noticed something strange on his computer. Kaspersky Labs, the Russian cyber security company he worked for, had accessed sensitive data taken from a computer in Baltimore, thousands of miles away from its offices but a stone’s throw from the headquarters of America’s … Read more