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Five years ago, Michigan had seven early-stage companies raise money from venture capital investors in the first quarter. This year that number climbed to 31.
The story behind this growth was more than a decade in the making, as state and local leaders crafted a policy to make early-stage investments more robust and lay the foundation for a startup ecosystem that is finally coming to fruition. Read More
via TechCrunch
After Years, Michigan’s Attempts To Build A Startup Ecosystem Bear Fruit
Though it’s not forged from Valyrian steel, master swordsmith Tony Swatton made a pretty perfect real life version of Jon Snow’s Longclaw sword from Game of Thrones. The sword’s pommel has a nice ivory replica of Ghost, the hilt is exquisitely knotted and the blade is as ginormous and intimidating as it should be.
via Gizmodo
Guy makes real life version of Jon Snow’s sword from Game of Thrones
Having just posted about a store that only sells mayonnaise, I was reminded of the “commercial” for the fictional Spatula City within the movie UHF by “Weird Al” Yankovic. In the movie, Weird Al plays a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His gambling uncle wins the deed to a […]
via Business Opportunities Weblog
Spatula City
The American Museum of Natural History Research Library announced it has digitized and made available online its entire collection of more than 7,000 historical photographs. This massive archive was previously difficult to access, especially for those not in proximity to New York City. According to the Museum, its goal was to create digital representatives of the original photographs that maintained their integrity. They scanned the negatives whenever possible and scanned prints only when there were no negatives. Learn more
via News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
American Museum of Natural History photo archive now online
Lage Manufacturing made this one off Aliens M41A Pulse rifle. It is a M-11 in 9mm shoved into the body of a M41A Pulse Rifle. They used a Remington 870 AOW/SBS for the grenade launcher portion of the Pulse Rifle. The actual movie prop was based off a Thompson M1A and a Franchi SPAS 12 […]
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via The Firearm Blog
Aliens M41A conversion. Yes it shoots real bullets
If Firefox has been feeling sluggish for you lately, you might be able to cut down on some of those UI hangs with an about:config tweak.
The Mozilla team is working on a number of performance tweaks for upcoming versions of Firefox, one of which is the use of a new HTTP cache that should fix some UI hang issues. It isn’t enabled by default yet, but will be soon—and you can enable it right now with an about:config tweak. To do so:
about:config into Firefox’s address bar and press Enter.browser.cache.use_new_backend flag and double-click on it.1 to enable the new cache. (You can flip it back at any time by changing it back to 0).I enabled it and while it hasn’t been a silver bullet, it seems to have helped decrease the number of times the browser screeches to a halt. Check out the link below for more info, and while you’re digging around in about:config, check out some of our other favorite tweaks.
Mozilla Firefox New HTTP Cache Is Live! | Mayhemer’s Blog via @tarasglek
via Lifehacker
Speed Up Firefox By Enabling Its New HTTP Cache
Homemade spreadable butter is surprisingly easy to make. With only a few ingredients and a bit of time, you can save over half the cost of the tub you get at the grocery store—and control the end quality and taste.
All you need are two sticks of butter (salted or unsalted) and 1/2 cup of Canola oil. Live Pretty’s directions say to whisk these with a stand mixer, but you could instead use a food processor, hand blender, or just a regular kitchen utensil and elbow grease.
If you don’t like Canola oil, substitute with real extra virgin olive oil. That’s one of the benefits of homemade: You know exactly what goes into it and can customize the flavors with herbs, special salts, or other ingredients.
You’ll save a few bucks too. $1.10 for the DIY spreadable butter versus $3.79 for the store kind (your mileage may vary).
You might never need to buy spreadable butter again.
Homemade Spreadable Butter | Live Pretty via WonderHowTo
via Lifehacker
Make Your Own Tastier and Cheaper Spreadable Butter