Your personalized Xbox controller is more complex than you realize, I spoke to the man behind it

Levi Patterson lifts the lid on the sophisticated 3D-to-factory platform he's built that enables personalized designs for ...

The tale of Dallas’ flying red horse, and how an oil company’s logo became a city symbol

Billed as "a masterpiece of architectural beauty and pyramid-like strength," the red flying horse was first installed in 1934 ...

Rare Movie Ads From 120 Years of Variety: ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Clueless,’ ‘The Matrix’ and More

The story of Hollywood is told in more than 100 vintage movie ads from Variety, from 'Star Wars' and 'Chinatown' to 'The ...
GeekTyrant

How the Sound and Frequency of the THX Deep Note Heightened the Anxiety of the Audience

Anyone who has sat in a theater in the 90s and heard the THX Deep Note knows the feeling. Before a movie even begqn, the room ...
Watauga Democrat

Dear Santa: Watauga County children share Christmas wishes

Children across Watauga County have penned their Christmas wishes to Santa Claus this year, and their letters reveal equal measures of childhood wonder and creativity.
The Register Citizen

Why you should think twice before using shorthand like ‘thx’ and ‘k’ in your texts

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Fang, Stanford University (THE CONVERSATION) My brother’s text messages can read ...
Dallas Observer

‘Please Dallas My Austin’: Austin’s New, $1.1 Million Logo Looks Familiar

T.C. Broadnax is on a roll down in Austin. Just one month after Dallas’ former city manager took some heat for spending several thousand dollars on his Sweetgreen salads habit, Broadnax got to stand ...