Adam Frucci, Author at Gizmodo

Action Figure Museum Turns a Nerd’s Bedroom Into an Art Gallery

Kevin Stark has a bit of an obsession with collecting action figures. But instead of hiding his nerdy hobby, he’s turned it into a business by opening The Toy and Action Figure Museum. In 2000, Kevin somehow convinced the town council of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma that they needed a museum or tourist attraction, and that…

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China’s Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go

If you’re a criminal in China, you’ll want to avoid its new death buses, vehicles that carry out executions while streaming live video of them, then provide some privacy for organ harvesting. The buses, of which over 40 are currently in use, are replacing firing squads as China’s preferred method of execution. The buses provide…

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Fashion Aims at My Demographic with Legos and Retro Gaming

I’m not a big follower of couture fashion, but that might just be because it hasn’t been targeted to me. Yeah, that’s the reason. But including Lego and video games might change that. Lanvin, a French clothing designer, has a new series of ads out that are right up my alley, involving crazy Lego guns,…

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Segway-Powered Sledding Guarantees Your Kid Will Grow Up Fat and Lazy

This is the second best parenting via Segway photo ever, because I don’t think anything will ever be able to beat this one. [Break via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-weve-become-woman-pushes-baby-on-segway-263440

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Gadget Deals of the Day

Did you hear? The stimulus passed! Free curly fries and somewhat discounted gadgets for everyone? God bless America! Cellular • Firefly Unlocked Kids GSM Phone [includes 30-Minute Phone Card] for $4.99 (normally $30). Computing & Peripherals • Lexmark P315 Snapshot Photo Inkjet Printer for $29.99 (normally $130 – valid today only). • OCZ OCZSSD2-2C120G 2.5″…

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50 of the Most Insane Things Never Seen on Google Street View

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to make up some things you’ll never, ever see on Google Street View. As per usual, you came through in spades. First Place — Kevin Foster Second Place — Johan Karl Third Place — Brook Boley

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VLAD Uses Sticky Tentacles to Stop a Car Whether the Driver Likes it or Not

Sometimes, you need to stop a moving vehicle and you don’t want to smash it into a wall. Enter VLAD: a device that fires out a sticky web to stop vehicles in their tracks. VLAD stands for Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device, and it’s a new gizmo designed to stop car chases and the like without…

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Oregon Trail Gets a Japantastic Facelift, Coming to the iPhone

For a certain generation, Oregon Trail was one of the first video games they every got hooked on. And now it’s coming to the iPhone, albeit in a form that looks more like Hokkaido Trail. On the one hand, I love Oregon Trail and would love to play it on my iPhone. On the other…

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Thief Cleans Out a Desk, But Leaves the Zune Behind

How do you know your brand is in trouble? When people are embarrassed to even steal a Zune. Oh, Microsoft. I’m so sorry. [CollegeHumor]

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It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star’s Laser

Blowing up a planet is no small feat, but the Death Star’s laser manages it easily. But the energy consumed is a bit much. Like a full week’s worth of the sun’s total output. Yes, in order to blow up a planet the size of earth, you’ll need to harness about 2.2 x 10^32 joules.…

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Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy ‘Viral’ Ad

You’ve probably seen Improv Everywhere’s amazing Frozen Grand Central video — it’s gotten over 15,000,000 YouTube views. Apparently, so has Sony, because they totally ripped it off without asking permission or giving credit. Weasels. In this spot, a bunch of easily-entertained commuters talk about how awesome it is to see models pretending to be mannequins…

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Old Circuit City Stores to Be Used as Schools?

Welcome to Circuit City High School, where you’ll get expelled if your grades are too good so they can make room for dumber kids that are cheaper to educate. Yes, with hundreds of Circuit City stores all across the country set to be left vacant in the very near future, the question has arose about…

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Gadget Deals of the Day

Cheap video games and free Pop Tarts! All you need now is cheap booze and weed and you’ve got your weekend all planned out. Gaming: • Guitar Hero 2 Bundle for Xbox 360 for $19.99 (normally $49.99). • Super Mario Galaxy on Wii for $34.99 plus free shipping (normally $46.99). • Tomb Raider Anniversary on…

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Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes

Gmail’s latest Labs creation is one of the best yet: panes that let you create separate inboxes using filters and labels. Anal-retentive over-organizers of the world, rejoice! Want to have a pane just for emails from your family? Or from a particular mailing list? You can easily split up threads from different people or groups…

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Where’s My Menupages iPhone App?

One of the biggest holes in the iPhone App Store is a lack of a menu database app. And now that New York Magazine has purchased Menupages.com, it’s time for them to fix that. Menupages is a straightforward site: it holds thousands of menus for restaurants in various cities. In New York, it’s invaluable. I…

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Combining a Laptop with a Suitcase Ruins Both Things

The “Poor Man’s Netbook” is a laptop (it’s got a 14.2-inch screen, so I don’t understand the netbook label) built into a suitcase. It deftly robs both objects of their purposes simultaneously. I really don’t quite understand the motivation behind this thing. You go and make a laptop bulkier and harder to transport, all while…

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Create Some Unlikely Things You’d See in Google Street View

We’re always finding strange things in Google Street View. But there are some things that, chances are, we’ll never, ever see using the service. Let’s change that. https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-car-hits-a-deer-records-entire-ordeal-on-g-5141974 For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to come up with some ridiculous things that we’ll never see using Google Street View. I’ll leave that pretty…

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Darth Vader’s Theme Played on a Hard Drive is Dorkarificrue

Normally, hearing your hard drive make this much noise is frightening and unsettling. It still is in this video, but for totally different reasons. Click to view[LiveLeak via The Daily What]

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I Played Xbox 360 on a 269-Inch TV and You Didn’t

Last week, I got to play Xbox 360 on the world’s largest, highest resolution screen. At 11 feet tall and 120 feet long, it was ridiculous. It made Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma look like a toy. https://gizmodo.com/150-inch-tv-in-action-itll-melt-brains-and-empty-walle-5056828 I was lucky enough to be invited on as a guest on CollegeHumor’s video game show, Bleep Bloop. Apparently,…

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Hopside Down Glass Will Really Confuse You After a Few Beers

The Hopside Down glass is an optical illusion you drink beer out of: a glass with a bottle inside. The only downside is that it screws you out of a full pint. [ProductPage via NerdApproved]

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Action Figure Museum Turns a Nerd’s Bedroom Into an Art Gallery

China’s Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go

Fashion Aims at My Demographic with Legos and Retro Gaming

Segway-Powered Sledding Guarantees Your Kid Will Grow Up Fat and Lazy

Gadget Deals of the Day

50 of the Most Insane Things Never Seen on Google Street View

VLAD Uses Sticky Tentacles to Stop a Car Whether the Driver Likes it or Not

Oregon Trail Gets a Japantastic Facelift, Coming to the iPhone

Thief Cleans Out a Desk, But Leaves the Zune Behind

It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star’s Laser

Sony Blatantly Rips Off Improv Everywhere For Crappy ‘Viral’ Ad

Old Circuit City Stores to Be Used as Schools?

Gadget Deals of the Day

Gmail Gets Twice as Useful with Multiple Panes/Inboxes

Where’s My Menupages iPhone App?

Combining a Laptop with a Suitcase Ruins Both Things

Create Some Unlikely Things You’d See in Google Street View

Darth Vader’s Theme Played on a Hard Drive is Dorkarificrue

I Played Xbox 360 on a 269-Inch TV and You Didn’t

Hopside Down Glass Will Really Confuse You After a Few Beers

U.S. Considers Ban on Chinese Air Bags Blamed for Deaths of 10 People in Survivable Crashes

Samsung’s New Frame TVs Look Even More Like Actual Paintings

You Can Now Watch Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sleep With the Perfect Accompaniment

5 Things You May Have Missed During NASA’s Historic Launch of Artemis 2

Artemis 2 Day 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo

Lucid Recalls 4,000 Gravity SUVs for Faulty Seat Belts That May Not Actually Work During a Collision

Ninja Blast Max Hits Its Lowest Price and Now One of the Cheapest Portable Blenders Worth Buying

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Is a Beautifully Executed Dystopian Nightmare

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?