A Fascinating Archive of Evidence String Boards

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November 10, 2025

A Fascinating Archive of Evidence String Boards

Shawn Gilmore compiled a fascinating archive of the prolific use of evidence string boards featured in popular culture.

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A Grand Tour Inside the Famous Guinness Brewery at Saint James Gate in Dublin, Ireland

Get ‘Er Brewed met with Guinness global brand ambassador Padraig Fox to take a grand tour inside the brewhouse at St. James Gate in Dublin.

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A Wearable 'Emergency Subwoofer' That Can Go Wherever More Bass Is Needed

Philip Kaplan created a wearable "Emergency Subwoofer" that is very portable, allowing it to travel wherever more bass is needed.

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How a 'Sampling Period' Leads to Better Development of Specialized Skills

David Epstein explains how a person can use a "sampling period" to develop specialized skills in an animated TED Talk.

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But what can you actually DO about the proclaimed ‘AI bubble’? Billionaires know an alternative…

Sure, if you held your stocks since the dotcom bubble, you would’ve been up—eventually. But three years after the dot-com bust the S&P 500 was still far down from its peak. So, how else can you invest when almost every market is tied to stocks?

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