Articles by adam.ewing

It’s cold outside. Another Winter storm is coming. You’ll probably be confined to the house for a day or two. What to eat? Here’s a favorite that is ridiculously easy with only three ingredients, but it takes a while. The ingredients you need are: 1 lb bag of dried pinto beans 1 lb diced ham Salt pork, get the block, not the sliced. The sliced will work but is more trouble to remove. Use a ham hock if you can’t find salt pork. That’s it. If you’re feeding more than four of five people...

Back in 2013, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) started a program for travelers known as PreCheck. The goal of the program was to make the security process easier for frequent US travelers, and after using it myself for 4+ years I can confidently say it’s a must-have item. PreCheck costs $85 for 5 years of access, giving members access to separate security lines in airports around the US. These special lines are almost always shorter than the “standard” lines and they also...

People around the world have started to travel again after COVID slowed things down significantly in 2020. As an avid traveler myself, I thought it would be interesting to round up the ten busiest airports in the world. Some of them were obvious (looking at you, Atlanta!), but I was really surprised at just how many them are in China. It will be interesting to see what this list will look like in 2021 with travel back on the rise. Use the NEXT button below to navigate through the top 10.

In 1930, the Indiana Bell Building was rotated a full 90 degrees in order to allow for construction of a second building. Even more impressive? The building was rotated without disturbing the people working inside, allowing normal business to continue throughout the course of the rotation. The move took an entire month, and the building moved at a breakneck pace of 15 inches per hour. Since the crews didn’t have access to the technologies we have today, most of the moving power came from...

An astronaut team of 4 civilians successfully touched back down in the Atlantic ocean Saturday (9/19) evening after orbiting Earth for three days. The mission, known as Inspiration 4, consisted of a data engineer, a community college professor, a physician assistant, and a billionaire that financed the operation. None of the crew members are professional astronauts, making it the first ever mission to go to orbit without a professional astronaut on board. The Crew Dragon capsule carrying...

You may have succumbed to the griddle craze that’s taking over the wish lists of backyard chefs, or maybe you’re old school and are sticking to the propane or charcoal grill. Either way, there are some tools you’ll need to impress anyone that will be eating your creations.

COVID restrictions have made travel to and from Mexico more difficult for the average traveler, and after a recent trip I thought it would be worth noting some of things you’ll need to make the trip easier. I had a great trip, but there were significantly more hoops to jump through than my normal international travel. I compiled a list of the 10 most important items you need to ensure your trip goes as smoothly as possible.

Shortly after writing the article about Jeff Bezos’ then-upcoming trip to space, Sir Richard Branson caught headlines by announcing he would also be going to space. Not only that, he was going to beat Bezos to space by a week as a passenger on Virgin Galactic’s spaceship. Now that both billionaires have successfully experienced weightlessness, it’s time to determine which billionaire “won”. Virgin Galactic takes a much different approach to spaceflight than Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin...

As the Tokyo summer Olympics approach, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the most successful Olympian of all time: American swimmer Michael Phelps. He’s competed in 5 Olympic games over the course of his career, starting at the young age of 15 in Sydney, Australia. While he didn’t win any medals in Sydney, he more than made up for it in the next 4 Olympics, winning 28 total medals. Out of those 28 medals, 23 of them are Gold, and 13 of those gold medals are for individual events...

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, recently announced he would be taking an 11 minute ride into Space on July 20th. This flight comes just two weeks after he formally steps down as the CEO of Amazon on July 5th, the ecommerce empire he built from scratch over the course of 25+ years. The space flight will take place aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, shuttling Bezos and 3 other passengers just over 62 miles - past the Karman line - into space for a few minutes of weightlessness...

Everyone beer drinking has their favorite “cheap” beer. Whether it be at a time of need or you’re just craving something cheap, big gas station beers are hard to beat. After some debate about which of these beers was the best, we decided to set up a blind taste test with 10 different beers. We realize malt liquor may not technically be beer, but for the sake of the test we went ahead and included some anyways. Experiment setup: Beers were poured into glasses numbered 1-10. Participants did...

There’s been a lot of hype recently about chicken sandwiches at fast food restaurants. They’re all claiming superiority, but only one sandwich can be the best. You probably don’t care enough to try them all, so we did it for you. Yes, we’ve missed a few, but who really eats the old version chicken sandwich at the 3rd tier chain? Based on our long-term love of fried food and our lack of fear of fast food, our rankings follow. We usually order the sandwich with mayo only. No pickles, no...

Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force recently released renderings of the B-21 Raider, the next generation of stealth bomber. The Raider, named after the Doolittle Raiders for their surprise attacks on Japan during World War II, will be the most technologically advanced bomber in the world. One of the renderings released shows a wide, sleek aircraft with a flying wing design resembling that of the B-2 Spirit. The Air Force plans to use the B-21 to replace their aging fleet of B-1B Lancers...

Tired of spending hours mowing your lawn? Honda might have the answer with their Mean Mower V2, a 200hp lawnmower that goes 0-100mph in 6.29 seconds and has a top speed of 150mph. While it may not look like a traditional lawnmower, it can still cut grass and can allegedly do so at speeds up to 50mph – just think of all the time you would save. Unfortunately, Honda is not expecting to bring it to mass market. At an estimated cost of over $120,000/mower, we can’t say we blame them. Honda UK...

It’s no secret that first round draft picks get paid serious money, and this year was no exception. The 2021 NFL Draft added 32 new players to the league in the first round, and even the 32nd pick is set to make $11.2 million. Each rookie gets a 4 year contract, and the total contract value is split out between a signing bonus and yearly salaries. The difference of a few picks can mean the difference in millions of dollars in contract value for the rookies. We compiled a list of all the...

Mega mansion developer Nile Niami recently unveiled his latest listing: a $340 million property in Bel-Air. The home comes in at a modest 105,000 square feet, making it the third largest home in the US. The structure sits on a 5-acre plot of land with panoramic views of the much less properties below. Construction took over 8 years and 600 laborers to complete, and it’s easy to see why. While the size is impressive in itself, the house has a long list of amenities that are sure to interest...

As Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk continue to trade back and forth for the title of “Wealthiest Person Alive”, we thought it would be interesting to compile a list of the 10 most successful businessmen in the world. We used Forbes real time data (live as of 4/1/2021) to make the list and excluded heads of state with unconfirmed/estimated net worth’s (ex: Vladimir Putin with an estimated net worth of $80-200B).

British man George King, also known by his very appropriate nickname “Daredevil”, recently scaled a 400ft skyscraper in Spain. The building, 4-star Melia Barcelona Sky hotel, is in the middle of Barcelona and is known for its glass walls. King managed to climb it in around 20 minutes, which is an impressive feat in itself. Even more impressive? He did it with no safety gear. No ropes, no lifelines, or anything other than his bare hands and some chalk. He posed for a picture when he...

I spent years working on a dual monitor setup and just recently purchased an ultrawide monitor to replace them in my home office. The monitor I bought is an 34” Acer CB342CK (3440x1440) with a 21:9 aspect ratio, and I only use it for “standard” office work (no video editing, photoshop, gaming, etc.) so some of the more expensive options weren’t necessary. I managed to buy it certified refurbished for $280, which seemed very reasonable given the cost of other similar options. The main factors...

On February 20, 2021, United Airlines flight 328 made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Denver due to an engine failure. Flight 328 was 4 minutes into its flight to Honolulu when the right engine failed and caught fire. 20 minutes later, the pilots successfully landed the plane back at Denver International Airport without any injuries or deaths. Debris from the failure covered a radius of at least a mile, damaging structures and vehicles on the ground but miraculously avoided...