In much of America, front doors are vestigial remnants, as most people enter their houses by driving into their garages and entering, usually through a mud room. This has always been a design problem; the car is, after all, a moving living room with a comfy adjustable chair, and the garage is… a garage. And none of the chairs in our living rooms are as comfortable or as adjustable as those mobile barcaloungers....
Stargirl just finished its run on The CW, but the show’s ending hinted that another Arrowverse spin-off might be in the works. However, a disappointing update has emerged.Stargirl was one of the victims of The CW’s recent cancellation spree of DC superhero shows. The Brec Bassinger-led series was enjoying its three-season run, but its highly-teased Season 4 was eventually axed midway through its current run. Despite that, Bassinger revealed that the finale that aired on December 7 featured an alternate ending, pointing out that it featured “a lot of beautiful closure” for the Arrowverse series....
In “Birdhouses of the World,” author Anne Schmauss (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014) offers readers a fascinating, “stop-you-in-your-tracks” tour of birdhouses crafted by designers and bird enthusiasts all around the world, including the eclectically quirky Winestone Birdhouses seen above. Of course, not all bird species will live in birdhouses — only cavity nesters are interested in making their homes inside tree trunks and other hollowed out spaces. Sadly, due to deforestation and human encroachment, these cavity nesters are becoming more and more scarce....
Fans are finally getting a steady dose of news concerning Marvel Studios’ Phase 4 slate once again as release dates shift and projects restart filming. In the immediate future, the comic book movie studio has amped up the hype with the upcoming release of WandaVision on Disney+,along with filming nearing completion for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as well. There are even potentially bigger entries set to release in theaters, notably with Black Widow kicking off Phase 4 on May 7, 2021, followed closely by both Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals the next few months after....
WandaVision was a series filled with twists, turns, and surprises from beginning to end. However, by far the biggest shock moment of the series was Evan Peters’ surprise appearance as — what turned out to be — a fake version of Wanda’s deceased brother Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver. ADVERTISEMENT However, what would the writers have done if they were unable to get Evan Peters for the role? That’s a question that the series’ creator answered in a recent interview....
While Warner Bros. Discovery continues bringing delays and cancellations for various projects across the DC Universe, there are still a couple of major superhero movie releases set to drop in the near future. Both Aquaman and Shazam are in line for follow-ups to their original solo movies, with Shazam! Fury of the Gods set to close out this year and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in line for a March 2023 debut....
Grace Jeffers explains that, while trees are renewable, forests are not. The John Deere feller buncher is an amazing machine; its giant saw blade can slice and dice a forest that took 4,500 years to grow in just one hour. Architect Maya Lin made a video showing what would happen if you let this machine loose in those places we know and love, noting that 90 acres of rainforest are lost every minute, that deforestation threatens half the world’s species, and that it is responsible for 20 percent of global warming emissions....
Nearly a quarter-century ago, Wesley Snipes helped usher in a new era of superhero movies with the first film in the Blade trilogy, bringing Marvel’s premier vampire hunter to life. Now, the anti-hero is set to make his long-awaited arrival in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Mahershala Ali takes over the role for Marvel Studios’ own version of Blade. Thus far, there is very little information known about where Marvel Studios will take Blade, although that picture could become clearer over the next few months....
When I first started talking about the idea of going “off-pipe” and bringing composting toilets into our homes, commenters scoffed, saying “Composting toilets are NEVER going to make it into the main stream market. Debating it is silly.” and “No one will want this inside their house. I know this, because I still have a few teeth in my head and a few friends in town.” But lots of people do; last year I stayed in Laurence Grant’s house near St....
We love things made out of wood. We’ve written about awesome things built out of trees and wanted to expand on one particular entry that grabbed our attention: bikes! There’s something special about wooden bikes, something marvelously anachronistic. We’ve all grown up taking it as a matter of course that bicycles are made of metal — or if you have enough money, carbon and other synthetic fibers — but wood?...
We’ve all probably been guilty of this recycling no-no at least once — discarding a disposable coffee cup or food takeout container in our bin. While you may be thinking you’re doing your part to help, your optimistic recycling may actually be hurting the process. Depending on where you live, there are some items that simply aren’t recyclable, including varieties of paper, glass and plastic. Check with your city service provider to know specifics, but here’s a list of items that generally are not recyclable, along with suggestions on how you can dispose or reuse them....
Use these recommendations to create a wardrobe that feels as great as it looks. Is building a more sustainable wardrobe one of your goals for the New Year? Perhaps you want to get away from buying fast fashion and start investing in higher quality pieces that fit you perfectly. If so, you should become familiar with the 7 Rs for sustainable fashion. While the following concepts are likely familiar to anyone who’s done reading on this topic, I love the way it is presented by Kelly Drennan, founding executive director of Toronto-based Fashion Takes Action....
When hard-shelled algae called diatoms fossilize, they create a sedimentary rock that is easy to crumble called diatomaceous earth. According to the National Pesticide Information Center, diatomaceous earth makes up 26 percent of the earth’s crust by weight. What do we like about it? It ticks off all our boxes: it’s natural, it’s easy to use, has multiple uses, it doesn’t cause cancer (unless you stick your nose in it and breathe in for one hour every day - but that’s the case for any powdery substance that you breathe in for long periods of time) and, as far as we can tell, it isn’t being over-exploited....
Arrowverse boss Greg Berlanti has switched up his Hollywood management amid the DC management shakeup that has placed James Gunn and Peter Safran at the head of the franchise’s movie, television, and animation endeavors. For the last decade, Greg Berlanti’s infamous Arrowverse has unfolded across six series and seven blockbuster crossover events. This all made for arguably the most connected DC story ever brought to screens, but alas, all good things must come to an end, as The CW franchise now seems to be winding down....
Over the last 14 years since its inception, the MCU has introduced dozens of heroes, each of which brings something new and unique to the Avenging table. After Moon Knight, the supernatural is all the rage right now in the Marvel universe, which began when 2016’s Doctor Strange introduced audiences to the magical side of the franchise.Every hero has their own fighting style to suit their unique power sets; Captain America bashes enemies with his shield, Iron Man shoots repulsor blasts, and Doctor Strange uses intricate hand gestures to cast spells and open portals....
Margot Robbie returned to the role of Harley Quinn in 2020’s Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, or Birds of Prey, depending on who you ask. The title was changed from the 11-word original because it underperformed at the opening box office ($33 million domestically), and this was an effort to improve the marketing. The movie pinned Quinn against Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask in an R-rated action-comedy driven by a recent breakup with Jared Leto’s Joker....
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness seems poised to reveal tons of surprises as it unravels the Multiverse like never before. The upcoming MCU sequel’s use of alternate realities has led many to believe that it will showcase a plethora of cameos similar to what other crossover films like Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home did. Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch previously commented on how the sequel will match No Way Home’s performance, saying that if the film “brings off the level of ambition" it exudes, then their movie will “have a success on the level of Spidey....
One of the most surprising parts of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was just how low Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch fell. No longer did she feel like the Avenger she once was—by the time the movie started, thanks to both the influence of the Darkhold and her grief, she had become the movie’s main villain.Not only does she take down all of Kamar-Taj, but her entire end goal revolves around killing a child (Xochitl Gomez’s America Chavez)....
Tailings are a type of rock waste from the mining industry. When a mineral product is mined, the valuable portion is usually embedded in a rock matrix called ore. Once the ore has been stripped of its valuable minerals, sometimes through the addition of chemicals, it is piled up into tailings. Tailings can reach immense proportions, appearing in the form of large hills (or sometimes ponds) on the landscape. Tailings deposited as large piles can cause a variety of environmental problems:...
The argument regarding practical and visual effects has been raging for years. Many believe the industry currently over relies on VFX, leading to messy final products like Black Panther’s last act. They also fear that practical effects are in danger given how easy it is to just go with computer-generated images. Thankfully, there are at least two franchises helping keep the practice alive: Star Wars and The Guardians of the Galaxy....
