A Touching Surprise 85th Birthday Party | Cup of Jo — Complete with a balloon drop.
New $50 Y2K-Inspired Compact Camera Looks Thin In Form and Function — Another cheap digital camera wants to be the next big thing.
Kylie Minogue Was a Surprise Guest for Madonna and Nick Cave Within 24 Hours — Experience the duality of Kylie in a weekend full of surprises
This Book's First Sentence Blew Me Away | Cup of Jo — What’s your favorite first line in a book? First, here are a…
The No-Cook Trader Joe's Dinner I'm Making on Repeat | Cup of Jo — Remember winter? The way it just kept on going until, like, last…
Charli XCX Attempts American Accent Again In New 'I Want Your Sex' Clip — Charli XCX’s wonderful new album Music, Fashion, Film is still the talk of the town, but she also has a role in Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, which hit theaters Friday (July 31). To celebrate the…
dude spent a year owning only 27 items and the wildest part wasn't what he got rid of, it was what he bought back? 🤔
What Are Your Top Ways to Eat Potatoes? — <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://cupofjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_0503.jpeg" alt="" width="1536" height="2048" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-363687"…
Have a Fun Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? We’re planning to play a…
Building Gin: Simple Over Easy — Manu Martínez-Almeida — A stalled startup in 2014 became Gin: a Go web framework shaped by simple-over-easy design, a radix-tree router, and an API that still works ten years later.
Our Edit: Nordstrom Anniversary Sale | Cup of Jo — When I was 18, I used all my babysitting money and pizza…
US Iran Talks Face Persistent Impasse — Bloomberg Economics analysts Denise Pellegrini and Becca Wasser say the US and Iran remain far apart on key issues, with intermittent strikes and negotiations likely to define the conflict for the foreseeable future. They say technical…
Honey Spoon 🍯 #honey — Honey Spoon 🍯 #honey
What Childhood Lessons Can You Never Give Up? | Cup of Jo — This made me laugh...
Which Summer Fashion Calls to You? | Cup of Jo — Pop quiz! By the lovely Grace Farris.
Litter-Robot EVO review: A mostly-reliable litter box for apartments that should be cheaper — The most compact Litter-Robot does a lot of the basics right, but has some blind spots.
No Spanish reading crisis? — 66% of Spaniards read for pleasure; 75% of 14-24 year olds
Sony 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS sample gallery: what the budget telephoto delivers in the real world — It's slow, but doesn't come with the GM price tag or bulk.
26 Award-Winning Photos Show the Good and Bad of How We Interact With Nature — Powerful photos that aren't always easy to look at.
Outfit Math for Summer | Cup of Jo — Today is the fourth day of summer, and the boys have already…
I threw out 200 things last month and somehow my apartment still looks exactly the same. turns out the problem wasn't the stuff!
Have a Delicious Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? Toby and I are meeting…
Google just casually disrupted the open-source AI narrative… — CodeRabbit CLI can fix your agent’s code before it ever opens a PR - https://coderabbit.link/fireship Free forever for any open source project. Last week, Google surprised us all by shipping their latest micro model
Fisherman's Mysterious Photographs Capture Essence of Selkie Folklore — Selkies shapeshift between seals and humans.
Channel Update: I Quit Tech. — Channel Update: Ex-Google TechLead quits tech. Ace your coding interviews with ex-Google/ex-Facebook training. https://techinterviewpro.com/ 💻 Get access to 100+ programming interview problems explained: https://coderpro.com/ 📷 Learn how to…
Mosquito Season | Cup of Jo — The other day I felt a familiar tickle...
How Great Are These Wedding Photos?! | Cup of Jo — “Being a wedding photographer is like reading a really good book every…
Massive 3,200 Megapixel Camera Will Take 700 Photos Every Night for 10 Years — 10TB of photos every single night for a decade.
The Vacation Dress I Can’t Stop Thinking About | Cup of Jo — Do you ever pack a pretty dress for a trip? Sometimes I’ll…
Have a Lovely (Long) Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? Twelve-year-old Anton and I are…
Democrats gain momentum in pivotal US Senate and governor’s races in Texas — James Talarico leads Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, signalling a potential shift in the Republican stronghold.
Is This the Most Joyful Way to Get to School? | Cup of Jo — Every Friday morning, we wait with our first grader at the corner…
How Would You Envision Your Wedding? | Cup of Jo — Speaking of weddings, if you’re not married — or if you had…
My Fix-Everything Smoothie Recipe | Cup of Jo — Three years ago, I was interviewing author Virginia Sole-Smith for her Beauty…
Fujifilm's QuickSnap Film Camera Series Gets a Pair of New Models — Fujifilm's one-time use QuickSnap series gets in the adventurous, monochromatic spirit.
Have a Relaxing Weekend. | Cup of Jo — 12 fun links, including a summer dress and beautiful beach.
The tiny smart home sensor that everyone should have (even if you don’t have a smart home) — Prevent thousands of dollars worth of damage? Yes please.
Why a Flip Phone? - Commodore — A flip phone with the apps you need: WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram. Music, podcasts, maps, rideshare, a camera for the moments worth keeping.
3 hilariously pointless Home Assistant projects to try this weekend (Jul 3-5) — Dumb projects for your smart home.
Figuring It Out | Cup of Jo — Sometimes while watching my daughter I can't help but...
The 'Tincture' of Time | Cup of Jo — Primary care doctors like me talk a lot about “the tincture of…
Toby's Pro Tip for Restaurants | Cup of Jo — Last night, Toby and I went to a neighborhood restaurant… And, when…
What's Your Favorite Way to Use Chickpeas? | Cup of Jo — Today, we’re excited to kick off a new food series: one ingredient,…
Our Holy Grail Hair Products | Cup of Jo — Last month, our team shared our skincare routines. (It was SUCH a…
Resumption of oil exports: Will Yemen recover its economic lifeline? — Yemen has proven oil reserves estimated at three billion barrels, but the security environment hinders its export.
Have a Fun Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? My friend is throwing his…
One chair, one window.
Against All Oddities: My Eagle is a Nest of Surprises — My half-lifelong dream of procuring an AMC Eagle has been realized, as you may have read. When it finally came, fulfilment came more easily than I thought, figuratively rolling out of its nest and falling to my feet. Of…
How to Do Anything | Cup of Jo — 40 favorite posts, including how to find a truly great book, pack for a trip, and give yourself compliments.
9 Genius Tips for Secondhand Shopping Online | Cup of Jo — Do you like to thrift online? My friends swear by it, but…
Nikon Cuts Camera and Lens Sales Projections Amid Slow Start to the Fiscal Year — Nikon remains optimistic in the long-term health of the photo industry, though.
Resist the technocrats — <p><img src="https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/3e4212a3-8404-4663-95fb-1b8fb9655e93/essay-panos_00388630.jpg?width=1200&quality=75&format=auto" alt="Black and white photo of people in suits walking down a polished corridor in an office or conference…
watched someone pare down their apartment to 100 items and the most surprising part? what they kept vs what had to go
there's a database of every children's book ever banned in the us, searchable by reason and year.. the reasons get strange.
Adobe Acquires AI Upscaling Specialists Topaz Labs — A significant gain for Adobe.
What's The Best (Non-Physical) Compliment You've Ever Received? | Cup of Jo — Has anyone ever given you an especially memorable compliment? A few years…
Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are…
Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo — What are you up to this weekend? Our AC is broken, so…
Google clearing out official Pixel 10 cases ahead of Pixel 11 launch — Ahead of next week’s Pixel 11 launch, Google is clearing out some of its official Pixel 10 series cases with...
Choosing a Romance Novel | Cup of Jo — Please share what you're reading now in the comments! By the lovely Grace Farris.