Casey Chan

Report: Microsoft Wants to Buy Nook for $1 Billion

TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft, which has already made an interesting $300 million investment in Nook, wants to double down and buy the whole darn thing. Specifically, Microsoft wants to pay $1 billion to acquire the digital assets of Nook Media LLC—that would be the separate Nook company that spun off from Barnes & Noble…

Kids Trying Food for the First Time Is the Most Adorable Thing

Do you remember the first time you ate an olive? It probably turned you off from anything that had an olive in it until you started drinking martinis. Such is the way certain foods are when you’re young. Anything vegetable related? Bleh. Anything too strong or spicy tasting? Ahh! But as you grow up, you…

What A First Person View of a Lightsaber Duel Looks Like

If lightsabers ever become real, and let’s be honest some genius will dedicate his entire life into making that happen, I hope the entire world will be well practiced in how to handle them. Sure the ballet of Star Wars characters fighting in light sabers looks great (or ridiculous), but when you get an up…

Pulling Your Parachute While You’re Still on the Plane Is Not Fun

Wait for it. Wait for ittttt. Waaaitttt forrr itttt. Waai… and then boom, there it is. This poor guy accidentally deployed his parachute too early. So early that he was still on the plane. As you can imagine, he immediately got sucked out of the plane. It’s like a scene from the movies, the parachute…

Texting People Who Leave Their Numbers Public Is Awful and Great

Trolls are the worst but funny trolls are shake-your-head enjoyable. You can’t help but appreciate their mastery of that craft. Textastrophe is the perfect example of that. He texts people who leave their numbers in public and weaves an epic conversation that makes clowns, Moonbounce renters, movers and other poor innocent bystanders regret ever putting…

Haha This Guy Can’t Stand Up Straight While Using the Oculus Rift

It’s definitely true that Oculus Rift VR goggles are capable of wonderful miracles for a 90-year-old. As for normal people? We can barely keep our heads on or even stand up straight. This poor guy strapped himself to an Oculust Rift roller coaster simulation and almost destroyed the entire room trying to stay balanced. It’s…

Is This the New Google Maps?

Google is supposedly working on a redesign of Google Maps that’ll kill the all familiar sidebar and replace it with a full screen map. It’s a cleaner look that already makes the current constricted layout seem dated. The unofficial Google System blog reports that in addition with a full screen map, Google will also add…

Syria Is Completely Cut Off from the Internet Again

As the country has done before, Syria cut off the Internet for all its citizens earlier today a little before 3PM Eastern Time. As in all Internet access has completely disappeared. Google’s Transparency Report, which shows traffic to Google, reveals that Syria pretty much no longer exists on the Internet. Back when the Syrian government…

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

You love the Internet. You’re not alone, obviously. That guy in the cubicle next to you is on the Internet too. That girl checking her email while walking down the street loves the Internet too. Your mom who messages you on Facebook, yeah, she’s on it too. Everybody uses the Internet. But what is the…

Windows Blue, an iterative update to Windows 8, will be released later this year says Microsoft.

These Pictures of a Car After a Car Crash Are Horrifying

Car crashes are completely awful things. Shattered glass, twisted metal and thousand pound machines reduced to child’s playthings. And that’s not even considering the possibility of accidental deaths. Photographer Nicolai Howalt captured the horrors of a car crash by photographing the silent disaster of the aftermath. Howalt says: Several of the images are vividly abstract…

What Abstract Art Would Look Like in Real Life

Fantastic artist Flora Borsi, who once hilariously photoshopped herself into old pictures, imagines a world where abstract art models are actually real people. Like if the features and characteristics that were exaggerated in classic art pieces actually existed. Flora took four famous portraits from 20th century painters and re-created them as if they were real…

You Can Actually Buy a Flask That Looks Like an iPhone

Every self respecting person needs to own a flask but the problem with flasks is that they almost always look like, well, the owner of the flask has an alcohol problem. If you’re trying to sneak alcohol into anywhere, you’ll always get caught with a flask. But! If your flask is shaped like an iPhone,…

The US Senate Just Passed That Internet Sales Tax Bill

That massive online sales tax hike that senators were pushing through? Yeah, it’s looking more and more likely. The US senate just held a final vote on the Internet Sales tax issue and it passed 69-27, getting support from both Democrats and Republicans. The way online sales tax works right now is that states can…

Making Your Own Pen Is So Beautiful It Might Be Worth It

Things I’ve considered making on my own: a computer, a coffee table, a treehouse, mayonnaise and a few other things. Things I’ve never considered making on my own: toilet paper, socks, phones and pens. But maybe I should reconsider that last one. Making your own pen is such a beautiful process of machinery porn that…

The World’s First Entirely 3D Printed Gun

If you think that piece of plastic above is just a toy, you’d be wrong. It’s an actual gun. That fires standard handgun bullets. That’s 3D printed. Yes, printed. It’s the first entirely 3D printed gun, previous 3D printed weapons have just been specific parts. Welcome to the future. The 3D printed gun, called ‘The…

How Much Hair, Sweat, Pee and Poop Do Our Bodies Make Every Year?

Prepare to be grossed out. You know how you go to the bathroom every day, cut your nails every few weeks and cut your hair every month? Did you ever think about what all that totals up to? What about all those times you’ve cried or drooled or worked up a sweat? It adds up…

NASA Chinese Scientist Was Accused of Being a Spy Because…Porn

If you work at NASA, there are a few things you should never ever do. The first: never be Chinese and bring your NASA-issued laptop to China because they’ll think you’re a Chinese spy exposing secrets. The second: if you do bring your NASA-issued laptop to China, don’t download porn on your NASA-issued laptop. Chinese…

Why New Phones Are Just Like New Girlfriends

When you get in a new relationship, things start out amazing. You discover new things together. You expand your horizons. You spend as much time as you can together. You love to hold them. It’s all very exciting! But am I talking about a new relationship with a person… or a phone? CollegeHumor poked fun…

How to Be the First to Know When Arrested Development Is on Netflix

The Internet is all about being first. Who wants to be second? You want to be the person who screams FIRST. You want to be the douche who calls something that popped up an hour ago OLD. You want to know immediately when the new episodes of Arrested Development will be uploaded to Netflix. Here’s…