TechSpot

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...
AOL

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn’t sick leading up to ...
AOL

Billy Strings Says He's Still in 'Denial' Over His Mom's Shocking Cause of Death: 'It Was Just Unnecessary'

"It was just unnecessary," he said on the Dopey podcast. "Didn't need to happen." Billy Strings thought the worst of his mother’s struggle with drug addiction was behind her. So when she died of ...
The New York Times

50 Pianos Rumble With the Sound of ‘11,000 Strings’

Performances in N.Y.C. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous ...
Vulture

Plucked, Bowed, and Hammered: Georg Friedrich Haas’s 11,000 Strings

If you’ve ever spent a few hours in the woods at night, when bugs click, trees grumble, creatures of indeterminate size and ferocity trundle through the undergrowth, and coyotes howl in roving choirs, ...
NJ.com

Best of Dear Abby: The house we inherited from my fiancé’s mother comes with strings attached, of course

DEAR ABBY: My fiancé and I have been together for 14 years. A few months ago, his mother told us she had inherited a home that had belonged to her parents, and she wanted to gift it to us. I was ...
The Conversation

Ancient Incans of all classes used coded strings of hair for record keeping – new research

Sabine Hyland receives funding from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Museum and the University of St Andrews Impact Fund. The people of the ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Gives ‘King of the Hill’ Theme a Bluegrass Makeover

Even change-averse Hank Hill would approve of this update: Billy Strings and his band have put their own spin on the King of the Hill theme song for the show’s Hulu revival. The new 10-episode season ...
MLive

Billy Strings joins Dead & Co for ‘Wharf Rat’ on Jerry Garcia’s birthday in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Billy Strings joined Dead & Company on stage, delivering a musical nod to Jerry Garcia on the rock legend’s birthday. Billy Strings, 32, a native of Ionia County, Michigan, opened ...
WhatsOnStage

Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings

After captivating millions of Bridgerton fans worldwide, Candlelight: Best of Bridgerton on Strings is making its grand return to London! Dearest reader, Lady Whistledown extends an exclusive ...
Yahoo! Sports

How tennis stars get the rackets, strings and tensions they need for Wimbledon success

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — On the first day of Wimbledon, Ed Day, a university student from just outside London, ran 17.5 kilometers across the All England Club. Those kilometers took him from the ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Billy Strings review: Bluegrass artist honors late mother in moving Rupp concert

Billy Strings honored his late mother during an introspective Rupp Arena concert. The setlist blended original songs with gospel, bluegrass, and rock covers. Strings balanced emotional tribute with ...