Most tripod heads, be it ball heads or pan/tilt heads, are pretty similar, with only minor differences in how they control camera movement or how well they’re built. The Platypod Platyball, on the other hand, is an odd duck. It quite literally turns the typical ball-mount design on its head and adds a bevy of intuitive features—at the cost of a steep learning curve.Traditional ball-head tripod mounts usually have a flat, rotating base, allowing the camera to pan horizontally. On top of that is a ball joint that can be tilted in any direction, typically with a knob to tighten…
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[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the Season 3 finale of Barry, “starting now.”] It has always been a tricky thing, calling Barry a comedy, but the show may have left that word behind for good. The third season of the Emmy-winning HBO series has been awfully focused on consequences — or, more importantly, the ripple effects of a person’s actions in life, especially when those actions involve the death of another. And while we’ve been seeing those ripple effects all season long, primarily in the form of people trying to kill Barry (Bill Hader) as revenge for his…
How female sex workers are reclaiming their on-screen image 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json = JSON.parse(event.data); } else { json = event.data; } } catch (ignore) {} var…
The paleo diet is inspired by the eating habits of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, becoming a popular diet in recent years for weight loss and a more natural way of eating. Using the paleo diet for weight loss is effective mostly because of the unprocessed nature of the foods it encourages you to consume, which are often naturally low in sugar, salt and saturated fat. The diet cuts out most grains, legumes, potatoes and dairy products, relying heavily on fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds and lean meat and fish. As a result, the paleo diet is fairly low-carb and has…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Ava the Hunted? Ava the Hunted is a continuation of the first novel in my “Legends of Ava” series. It takes place in a world much like our own, except society has devolved into a brutal, Mad Max type of environment. Many of the trappings of our current world are still there, such as buildings, roads, utility poles, etc. But everything is overgrown. Broken down. Buried under the shifting, arid, hot environment of a world that has nearly run out of water. And in this bleak environment there is…
Riverdale is ending. That much we’ve known for a few weeks now. However, fans can take solace in the fact that they still have the remainder of Riverdale Season 6 and the entirety of Riverdale Season 7. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa opened up about the decision to end The CW drama. “We were thinking seven years was going to be our run. And when that was formalized, I don’t think it caught anyone by surprise … I will say, the confirmation came as we were plotting literally the last episode of the season,” the…
Studying mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a neural circuit and a neuropeptide — a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells — that transmit the sensation known as pleasant touch from the skin to the brain. Such touch — delivered by hugs, holding hands or caressing, for example — triggers a psychological boost known to be important to emotional well-being and healthy development. Identifying the neuropeptide and circuit that direct the sensation of pleasant touch eventually may help scientists better understand and treat disorders characterized by touch avoidance and impaired social…
Henry Cavill’s relationship with girlfriend Natalie Viscuso has been going strong for over a year now. While the two have kept most parts of it private, they’ve shared little glimpses here and there of their partnership.In November 2021, Viscuso shared her latest tribute to the Justice League actor. “I am so, so proud of you, Henry. You truly are the greatest man I have ever known,” she wrote. “The Hollywood Reporter did an incredible job with this cover story—it really is a great read. SO PROUD I’m literally crying. 🤣” This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able…
Realme Narzo 50 India launch date is set for today (February 24). The brand has set up a dedicated microsite for the phone’s arrival in the country and plans to hold a live event at 12:30pm today to launch the phone. This will be the third smartphone in the Realme Narzo 50 lineup and the handset is coming to India five months after the Chinese company launched Realme Narzo 50A and Narzo 50i in the country. Realme has confirmed that the upcoming Realme Narzo 50 will be powered by a MediaTek Helio G96 processor and will sport a display with…
Bo Burnham found a memorable way to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his award-winning Netflix special, Bo Burnham: Inside. On Monday, the 31-year-old performer took to social media to announce he was sharing 63 minutes of previously unseen footage that had been recorded for Inside, which Netflix released on May 30, 2021. The footage is entitled THE INSIDE OUTTAKES and was posted to YouTube, where Burnham explained that the segments were filmed from March to May of 2020, and that he edited them over the past two months. “A year ago today, i released a special called inside,” the Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous alum wrote. “I’ve spent the last two…
The perverse delights of Jonathan Demme’s cult classic Crazy Mama 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json = JSON.parse(event.data); } else { json = event.data; } } catch (ignore) {}…
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Viewers may be about to say goodbye to Ted Lasso forever. Brett Goldstein, who writes on the Apple TV+ juggernaut while starring as Roy Kent, said in an interview with Sunday Times that the end is nigh. “We are writing it like that,” he told the outlet when quizzed if Season 3 would be the end. “It was planned as three. Spoiler alert — everyone dies.” While there has yet to be an official announcement from the streaming service, the cast and creatives have been vocal about the show ending after three seasons. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in 2021, co-creator…
Theoretical physics is full of weird and wonderful concepts: wormholes, quantum foam and multiverses, just to name a few. The problem is that while such things easily emerge from theorists’ equations, they are practically impossible to create and test in a laboratory setting. But for one such “untestable” theory, an experimental setup might be just on the horizon. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Waterloo in Ontario say they’ve found a way to test the Unruh effect, a bizarre phenomenon predicted to arise from objects moving through empty space. If scientists are able to observe…
Being a fashion editor comes in handy more than you’d think. I’ve helped friends and family assemble outfits for job interviews, only to be offered the job afterwards. Coincidence? I think not. I’ve sourced sold-out items on resale sites for those desperately seeking them, and I’m always happy to debate more significant investments. Above all else, however, my decade-long experience working in fashion is most valued by brides-to-be and their mothers when it comes to finding not the wedding dress, but the mother-of-the-bride dress. I’ve been a bridesmaid a handful of times and a guest more often than I can count,…
Laptops have become an essential tool for learning. Whether you’re attending classes from home or just getting your homework done, a laptop can be an ideal partner for a student of any age. Buying the right laptop that fits your budget and requirements is a major challenge; considering how the market is flooded with options. To help you out, we’ve selected some of the finest budget laptops that you can buy. We’ll also tell you about a payment method that can help break down your purchase into smaller, easy-to-manage payments.ASUS VivoBook 15 (X515JA-BR381T) If you are looking for a laptop…
The Pitch: What Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story did for music biopics, Netflix’s American Vandal did for the true-crime docuseries. For two glorious seasons of adolescent dick and poop jokes painted with all the forensic seriousness of Making a Murderer, Tony Yacenda (who also directed episodes of Dave and real-life true crime doc Trial by Media) and Dan Perrault perfectly threaded the needle between the melodramatic trivia of teenhood and the over-the-top mechanics of true crime. After that show’s unceremonious cancellation, Yacenda and Perrault are back with another pointed critique of the documentary format and the juvenile antics of manchildren. This time, the question is: What…
Il Buco review – “Beguiling voyage to the centre of the Earth, Italian-style.” 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json = JSON.parse(event.data); } else { json = event.data; } }…
Research supports what Darwin said in 1872 – dogs express emotions in a way recognisable to humans. Governments must do more to protect them, says Jules Howard Society | Comment 25 May 2022 By Jules Howard Michelle D’urbano THIS year marks the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, the third of his major works on evolutionary theory. One of his chief assertions was that dogs, like many other animals, express emotions, including fear and anger, in a way recognisable to humans. That, bluntly, they feel things like we do. You would be…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write State of Need: Virgil Jones Mystery Thriller Series (Book 14)? That’s a great question, and my answer remains rooted in the fundamentals of telling a story that takes place across a series of books where each individual novel is a part of a larger, overarching tale. And don’t worry… I never resort to cliff-hangers! Each book stands on its own, but when you get to the end (if I’ve done my job) you’ll want to know what happens next in my character’s lives. All of my books are weighted…
Twisted Metal has cast its iconic character, Sweet Tooth, and you’ll recognize him and his voice. Peacock has announced that Will Arnett, who was already on board as an executive producer, will voice Sweet Tooth in its live-action adaptation of the PlayStation game series. His character is described as “a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses ‘Lost Vegas’ as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.” You can see…
(a) Gestation lengths (days) and (b) proportion of sex-reversed male (XX male) Carinascincus ocellatus offspring for high-elevation (blue) and low-elevation (red) C. ocellatus females held in ‘thermoregulation’ (long, 10 h; short, 4 h) and ‘no thermoregulation’ (high, 33.0°C; medium, 29.5°C; low, 26.0°C) experiments. Credit: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2022). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0689 A team of researchers at the University of Tasmania working with a colleague from the University of Canberra has found that a species of lizard can switch from female to male prior to birth. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B,…
Photography courtesy of Getty Images The Olympic athlete went viral after walking the red carpet. By Jillian Morgan Date May 4, 2022 Leave it to the Met Gala to bring together all the Kardashian-Jenner ladies, cast members from Bridgerton and Euphoria, and some of music’s biggest names (Lizzo topped all of our best dressed lists, if we’re honest). A guest list this glamorous is no accident. Anna Wintour’s pride and joy (outside the pages of American Vogue) is all about creating viral moments. And while there was plenty of fabulous fodder on the steps of the Met, it was one…
Bitcoin has failed to show a constant performance this month, bagging highs on some days and registering losses on others. With a 2.05 percent dip, Bitcoin opened trading at $39,150 (roughly Rs. 29 lakh) on Indian exchange CoinSwitch Kuber on Thursday, February 24. Similar losses of around two percent struck BTC on foreign exchanges as well, it seems. As per Binance and Coinbase, Bitcoin is down by 2.36 percent. The world’s most valued cryptocurrency is trading at $36,663 (roughly Rs. 27.5 lakh) on international exchanges.Ether stands struggling alongside Bitcoin in a loss-ridden state. Dented by losses of around 5.30 percent,…
Steve Jones, the guitarist who carried the Sex Pistols through the punk band’s ’70s heyday, has candidly revealed that he’s tired of the group’s music and no longer really listens to it.The English musician and radio personality, now 66, added that he’d prefer to hear veteran jazz-fusion rockers Steely Dan instead.That’s what Jones (pictured above in 1978) brutally offered in an interview surrounding the premiere of FX’s Pistol. The limited series, now streaming on Hulu, dramatizes the Sex Pistols’ rise, with Australian actor Toby Wallace (Babyteeth, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart) portraying Jones.In preparing for the role, Wallace spent time…
After years and years of waiting, Dwayne Johnson’s long-promised debut as a DC Comics hero is finally almost here. The dude looks like a superhero just walking around on an ordinary day, so maybe that’s not such a big deal. Still, this Black Adam movie has been a long time coming.Based on the trailer, it seems like the flip side of Shazam. Where that movie was a bubbly, energetic, fun movie about a kid gaining superpowers, Black Adam is about a dark, grief-stricken anti-hero with the same magical abilities. And where Shazam treats everything like a goof, Black Adam basically never smiles, at least…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Recently, I’ve been looking for board books translated from another language into English. I am surprised it has taken me a long time to find titles that fit what I’m looking for. To clarify, I am not interested in bilingual or language learning board books at this time (although those can be awesome too — check out these 7 Spanish-English board books, bilingual books for kids, or 21 fascinating bilingual books for kids). What I am looking for are board books that were written…
Happy Pride Month! Streaming services and networks have a slew of Pride programming coming out in June 2022. From brand-new releases to in-season shows you know and love, we’ve compiled a Pride Month programming guide so you don’t have to. Some exciting new releases include Discovery+‘s The Book of Queer — a Drunk History-like series showcasing LGBTQIA+ history — and Trixie Motel, a documentary series from beloved RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Trixie Mattel. Peacock‘s Queer as Folk reboot also debuts this month, as does Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang‘s new Hulu movie Fire Island. Some on this list aren’t…
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water. The suitcase-sized device, which requires less power to operate than a cell phone charger, can also be driven by a small, portable solar panel, which can be purchased online for around $50. It automatically generates drinking water that exceeds World Health Organization quality standards. The technology is packaged into a user-friendly device that runs with the push of one button. Unlike other portable desalination units that require water to pass through filters, this device utilizes electrical power…
With an enormous sperm whale to feast on, Svalbard polar bears gain access to more than just the bear necessities Life 25 May 2022 By David Stock Ryan Atkinson/Disneynature Images Disneynature POLAR bears roaming the Arctic wilderness are finding it harder to get an easy meal. As sea ice declines due to climate change, it forces bears onto land, away from their main diet of seals. So, when a dead sperm whale washes up on a beach in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, it is a bit of a gift. “Luck in Svalbard comes in the form of manna from heaven,”…