Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Crazy Camera Zoom Finds an Airplane From Miles Away

It’s a bird? It’s a… wait, yeah, it’s a plane. But the only reason you’d know that there’s a plane flying above you is because you randomly pointed your ridiculously powerful 200x zoom camera towards the sky and managed to spot an airplane flying through. The zoom is so strong that you know exactly what…

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How a Pop-Up Book Works

I enjoyed this portrait of pop-up book artist Matthew Reinhart because, well, pop-up books are awesome and will never stop being amazing no matter how old I am, or how far technology advances. But also because he explains the technical aspects that go into making a pop-up book, like the v-folds he uses to make…

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Why Americans and the British Spell English Words Differently

Have you ever wondered why Americans and Brits spell English differently? How are colour and color the same word? Centre and center? What’s up with that? It’s all thanks to Noah Webster (yeah, the Webster of Merriam-Webster). When America gained independence, Webster wanted to simplify unreasonable spellings that were handed down from the British. Webster…

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BASE Jumping Off a Balcony of a Skyscraper Above the Clouds Is Pure Crazy

The 75-story Sulafa Tower skyscraper in the Dubai Marina is so tall that it’s essentially above the clouds. So this guy is not just BASE jumping off a super high balcony, he’s also jumping straight into a cloud of fog below. That thick blanket of mystery basically covers the world, hiding everything that’s underneath it…

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Why the Heck Does This Hummingbird’s Face Look Like a Shiny Purple Octopus?

Man, this Costa’s hummingbird legitimately looks like it has a shiny purple baby octopus attached to its face like the facehugger in Alien. I mean, look at how wacky it looks, it almost seems as if the octopus was digitally slapped onto the face. But it’s not. It looks that way because male Costa’s hummingbirds…

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Here Are All the Coolest Sneakers From Movies

Featuring sneakers in movies is a fun way to blend fiction and reality and adds another layer of geekery to any film (what are those?). But the best movie sneakers either give them a personality of their own, like the Nike Mags in Back to the Future or the Reebok Alien Stompers in Aliens. Or…

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The Process of Making These Rare Traditional Noodles Is Fascinating

These traditional Chinese Suomian noodles have been made in Nanshan Village for over 300 years, and supposedly there are only 300 people left in the world who know how to make them. That’s because the process of making these noodles is a little bit more unique than making your typical noodles—it can sometimes look more…

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Watch This Badass Cameraman Make Crazy Jumps Off Buildings While Filming

Meet Gimbalninja. He’s a crazy athletic cameraman who somehow pulls off the same extreme stunts that the people he’s filming are doing—while filming them. This means he runs around doing parkour off structures and holding a camera mounted onto a gimbal rig all while he’s chasing down the other stuntpeople for the perfect shot. This…

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Watch Humans Stack Themselves Into an Impressively Tall Human Tower

Watching seven levels of humans stack themselves on top of each other is obviously a little bit absurd but it’s also pretty damn impressive. They’re 40 feet in the air and the only thing preventing the humans on top from smashing the humans on the bottom is, like, some hand holding. I don’t particularly like…

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Hurricane Matthew Looks Frighteningly Huge from Space

Damn. Here’s a view of Hurricane Matthew from the ISS and it is truly frightening to see, because the storm seems to stretch itself all over the planet and the eye is so well defined. The category 4 hurricane’s impact on Haiti could be catastrophic, with winds hitting 140mph—so let’s hope everyone down there can…

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Seeing a Medieval Viking Ulfberht Sword Get Made Today Is So Damn Awesome

Medieval Viking Ulfberht swords are some of the most famous swords in history because they were so obscenely strong that it’s almost unbelievable that bladesmiths in the 9th century were even able to make them. Made from crucible steel, the swords stood out from everything from that time period. Hell, the process of forging these…

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Fun Photo Series Puts the Size of Random Huge Objects in Perspective

This wonderful photo series comparing the size of things by Kevin Wisbith is a really fun way to earn some brain wrinkles, because it gives you a better sense of the true size of random buildings, ships, machines, and other objects. You get to see things like the Death Star hover over Florida in space,…

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Watching Wacky Pizzas Get Baked Totally Melts My Mind

I don’t really think pizza needs any more toppings beyond some sauce (preferably marinara) and some cheese (preferably mozzarella) but if you’re one of those weirdos who enjoys silly things on their pizza like cauliflower, grapes, potatoes, and shrimp, you’re gonna love this video where ten wacky pizzas get baked right in front of you.…

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Classic Paintings Side-By-Side With Movie Shots That Look Just Like Them

Seeing these film shots from Empire of the Sun, Lost in Translation and Sexy Beast next to the paintings of Norman Rockwell, John Kacere and Marc Chagall is like seeing double. The film version are close versions of the original art. It’s obvious that Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Sofia Coppola get their inspiration from…

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This Guy Makes Hilariously Absurd Video Yelp Reviews of Restaurants

Who knew that Yelp reviews could be art? Toothpix takes advantage of the 12-second videos that Yelp allows its reviewers to post on its site to create totally absurd short films about popular restaurants. It’s truly glorious. Instead of reading a review recommending a specific dish or looking at a poorly lit photo, you end…

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These Are All the Buttons F1 Drivers Press During a Race

Racing Formula One is like being inside a fighter jet that’s zipping through impossibly winding roads at 200 MPH. There’s a lot going on. Piloting a powerful race car through the twisting roads requires a steering wheel that can control and handle all those changes on the fly. It also makes for a steering wheel…

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This Old-Ass Commodore 64 Is Still Being Used to Run an Auto Shop in Poland

Hell yeah. We need to learn a lesson about needless consumerism from this auto repair shop in Gdansk, Poland. Because it still uses a Commodore 64 to run its operations. Yes, the same Commodore 64 released 34 years ago that clocked in at 1 MHz and had 64 kilobytes of RAM. It came out in…

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Movie Shots Side-By-Side With Other Movie Shots That Look Exactly the Same

It’s not an accident when movies look like other movies. Even when it comes to movies that you wouldn’t immediately associate with each other like Pulp Fiction and Moonrise Kingdom or Full Metal Jacket and… Moonrise Kingdom, it’s obvious that the directors are respectfully paying homage to the works that came before. But still, it’s…

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Watching the Movement of Colorful Coral Is Really Something Special

Dang. This is some truly gorgeous footage. The time lapse captures the slow movement of coral in all its glory. You can see the spectacular colors, track the balletic movement, and just watch these sea animals (that look more like alien creatures or otherworldly galaxies, mind you) come alive. I basically lost myself watching it.…

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Which Supporting Character on The Simpsons Has Spoken the Most Words?

If you include the main cast, it’s fairly obvious who has the most lines: It’s Homer, by hundreds of thousand of words, followed by Marge, Bart, and Lisa all bunched up pretty close together. But what if you just count the words spoken by the supporting cast from season one to twenty six? Which supporting…

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Crazy Camera Zoom Finds an Airplane From Miles Away

How a Pop-Up Book Works

Why Americans and the British Spell English Words Differently

BASE Jumping Off a Balcony of a Skyscraper Above the Clouds Is Pure Crazy

Why the Heck Does This Hummingbird’s Face Look Like a Shiny Purple Octopus?

Here Are All the Coolest Sneakers From Movies

The Process of Making These Rare Traditional Noodles Is Fascinating

Watch This Badass Cameraman Make Crazy Jumps Off Buildings While Filming

Watch Humans Stack Themselves Into an Impressively Tall Human Tower

Hurricane Matthew Looks Frighteningly Huge from Space

Seeing a Medieval Viking Ulfberht Sword Get Made Today Is So Damn Awesome

Fun Photo Series Puts the Size of Random Huge Objects in Perspective

Watching Wacky Pizzas Get Baked Totally Melts My Mind

Classic Paintings Side-By-Side With Movie Shots That Look Just Like Them

This Guy Makes Hilariously Absurd Video Yelp Reviews of Restaurants

These Are All the Buttons F1 Drivers Press During a Race

This Old-Ass Commodore 64 Is Still Being Used to Run an Auto Shop in Poland

Movie Shots Side-By-Side With Other Movie Shots That Look Exactly the Same

Watching the Movement of Colorful Coral Is Really Something Special

Which Supporting Character on The Simpsons Has Spoken the Most Words?

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