Travel Take a train-themed road trip through California and NevadaLos Angeles Times - Sara CagleLove trains? Here’s a four-day road trip for train enthusiasts that explores some of the surviving rail systems through California and Nevada. Each stop gives you a chance to travel back in time — and
France What you need to know about the French taboos you should never breakthelocal.fr - The Local There are some difficult lessons to be learned when it comes to life in France. From French dining etiquette to the conversational conventions, here's …
San Francisco, CA 21 small Bay Area towns you need to visit right nowCurbed - Brock Keeling and Lauren ConklinWhen the city grid starts to feel too much, San Franciscans are lucky to have our choice of getaways. All of the destinations on this list make perfect weekend escapes and are less than two hours out town.
Science Pushy bonobo mothers help sons find sexual partners, scientists findThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorTheir mothers are so keen for them to father children that they usher them in front of promising partners, shield them from violent competitors and dash the chances of other males by charging them while
Hot Rods This Is One Museum Exhibit We Can Get Behind – GAS MONKEY GARAGE | RICHARD RAWLINGS | FAST N LOUDgasmonkeygarage.com Bring a Trailer is bringing the nostalgia with this 1995 Hummer H1 2-door pickup. While as a whole Who’s them you might be wondering? Well, in this …
Australian Labor Party State of the states: Queensland and Tasmania win it for the Coalitiontheconversation.com - Nick Economou and Ian Cook and Maxine Newlands and Richard Eccleston and Rob Manwaring and Stewart Jackson Our “state of the states” series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states. We’ll check in …
Göbel Loudspeakers & Cables, Engström Pre and Power, Wadax Digital, Kronos Turntable, Zyx CartridgeStereophile - Jason Victor Serinus Pretty eye-catching, eh? Such was the class act from Göbel High End, who even brought their own room treatment panels to the show. I initially sat in …
Home Pavilion Shed Plansfamilyhandyman.com With its exposed rough-sawn cedar framing and paneled ceiling, this is a beautiful pavilion, perfect for entertaining or just enjoying the outdoors. …
Scott Morrison Morrison win sparks sharp lift in wholesale electricity pricestheage.com.au - Cole Latimer Wholesale electricity prices shot up on Monday after a surprise election win by the Coalition on Saturday spooked the market.
Campers Otherworldly teardrop trailer uses chicken feather composite for light, tiny car-friendly towingnewatlas.com - C.C. Weiss New Mexico-based startup Earth Traveler is developing a very different style of teardrop trailer, a skeletal archway built of lightweight composite …
Vinyl Records 12 Essential Records Loved by Audio Nerdsgearpatrol.com Listening to vinyl isn’t the easiest way to listen to music, especially by today’s streaming standards. Nor does it guarantee the highest-quality …
Play buttonMusic The Best Music Museums Around The Worldudiscovermusic.com - Laura Stavropoulos Why do over half a million people flock to Graceland every year or fly across the world to see The Beatles’ instruments in person? Music fans are not …
Travel (UK) 10 classic UK trips by public transportThe Guardian - Kevin RushbyWith a car, most of these amazing journeys are impossible or prohibitively expensive. Most of these 10 routes could be done in a day or with a single overnight, but ideally you will spread them over a
Land Rover Is This Land Rover Defender Camper the Ultimate Overlander?gearpatrol.com - By Will Sabel Courtney If you’re reading this, odds are good you don’t need an introduction to the Land Rover Defender. It’s one of the most iconic off-road vehicles in …
Adam Lambert Queen Split With Paul Rodgers Because 'He Was His Own Man'ultimateclassicrock.com - Dave Lifton Brian May and Roger Taylor recall brief period with Bad Company singer.Continue reading…
RVs Luxury camper trailer sleeps six in 215 square feetCurbed - Megan BarberHere at Curbed, we’ve often proselytized about the need for better RV design. Cliched exterior graphics consist of boring swoops, interior design isn’t much better, and overall the U.S. lacks the kind
Turntables A turntable fitting for the 2020syankodesign.com - By Sarang Sheth As a fitting companion to our favorite (and perhaps the most controversially popular) music playback device, the Elbow Cassette Player, Louis …
Play buttonTurntables Turntables and More at High End Munich 2019Analog Planet - Michael Fremer The days are over of aimlessly wandering around the MOC searching for turntables and other analog accouterments. This almost two hour video covers …
Tom Petty Tom Petty’s Daughters File Suit Against Widow in Estate FightRolling Stone - Althea Legaspi Adria Petty and Annakim Violette—daughters of the late Tom Petty—filed suit against his widow, Dana York Petty, in a dispute about the …
Phillip Island Retrenched car worker puts game-changing new limbs within reachtheage.com.au - Rachel Wells Three years ago Mat Bowtell was made redundant from a Toyota factory. He turned his hands to something far more rewarding.
Concorde Manufacturing Concorde, the World's First Supersonic Passenger Jetvintag.es - Nemo Ng Concorde remains one of the most iconic and most beautiful aircraft ever to take to the skies and as a result many aspects of its development and its …
Autos How Ford Made the Mustang Shelby GT500 the Right Kind of LoudRoad & Track - By Mack HoganA muscle car has to have the right exhaust note. Ford spent countless hours engineering the new GT500 to get the proper roar. I’m sitting in the Shelby GT500 prototype with Tom Teknos, who leads the noise,
Bob Hawke dead at 89: The Labor leader no-one could ignoreabc.net.au - By Catherine Taylor In Bob Hawke —23rd prime minster, true moderniser and Labor giant — Australia found a political leader the likes of which we'd never seen before. It …
RVs The Best Trailers of 2019Outside Magazine - Will EgensteinerThe name Cricket evokes something springy, ready for action at a moment’s notice. And at a mere 1,500 pounds, that’s precisely the Cricket’s forte. You don’t need a job-site pickup to tow it; four cylinders
Business (Australia) Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn't, and here's why nottheconversation.com - Martin O'Brien After three years of submissions, hearings and deliberations, Australia’s workplace relations umpire, the Fair Work Commission, decided in 2017 to …
West Point West Point is about to graduate its largest class of black womenCNN - By Tony Marco, CNN(CNN) — Thirty-four black women are expected to graduate from West Point next week. That will be the largest class of African-American women to graduate together in the military academy's lengthy history,
Play buttonEric Clapton Watch Eric Clapton Play Smoking Cover of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ In LondonRolling Stone - Andy Greene Eric Clapton kicked off his three-night stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday night with a killer set that included a cover of the late Doris …
Robert Plant Robert Plant Says He Sometimes 'Missed the Mark' in Led Zeppelinultimateclassicrock.com - Martin Kielty Singer retains affection for “Stairway to Heaven” but describes some of his other songs as “a bit iffy.” Continue reading…
Leonardo Da Vinci Explore Leonardo da Vinci works from Queen Elizabeth II's private collectionNational Geographic - Claudia KalbBuckingham Palace is showcasing the largest Leonardo exhibit in six decades, marking the 500th anniversary of his death. The Royal Collection’s drawings by Leonardo da Vinci don't leave their protected
Classic Rock 50 Years Ago: Crazy Horse Debut on Neil Young's 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'ultimateclassicrock.com - Nick DeRiso Neil Young needed a band that shared his vision. So, he stole one.Continue reading…
