Casey Chan

What the Hell Is This Weird Shiny Object on Mars?

The Mars Curiosity Rover has been busy snapping photos (selfies too) of Mars and found something… strange. A small, shiny, metal-looking “protuberance” sticking out from the red planet. Is it some secret lever to open up a world where Martians exist? Or some random space junk? We don’t know. You can see it in the…

The Hilariously Scientific Medicine to Cure a Hipster

It’s very likely that if you’re reading this, you may be afflicted with Hyper Involuntary Panic Stress Tension Elevation also known as HIPSTER. Or maybe if you’re not, you know someone who is. Here’s the most hilarious way to cure them: Unpretentiousil. This spoof ad drops the science of being a hipster and how it…

How Many Heartbeats Does Each Species Get in a Lifetime?

Have you ever wondered how many heartbeats an average person has in their lifetime? What about for cats or dogs or other animals? Turns out because of metabolic rates and size of different species, each animal gets around a billion beats. Around being the operative word, of course. Humans and chickens are outliers in that…

Watch the Entire Pirate Bay Documentary TPB AFK Right Here for Free

Fittingly, The Pirate Bay documentary TPB AFK (which stands for The Pirate Bay—Away From Keyboard) is available to watch online for free. It’s not piracy though! The filmmakers put it on YouTube, made it available on The Pirate Bay for torrenters and has offered it as a digital download too. Makes total sense, right? You…

Did Bing Maps Capture the Top Secret U.S. Drone Base in Saudi Arabia?

This past week, reports have come out about a top secret US drone base inside Saudi Arabia. The base was built two years ago, had been used for dozens of drone attacks in Yemen and was originally hidden by the news until it was revealed this week. Now, Bing Maps may have found it, reports…

The Future Is Going to Be Hilariously Hovering

This animation, called The Future by Alex Goddard, is pretty much perfect. Everything is going to hover. In fact, I won’t believe we’re in the future until more things start hovering. My favorite part of the clever animation was when hoverboards are still only ‘coming soon’. [Alex Goddard Vimeo]

That Awful Privacy-Killing CISPA Bill Is Coming Back to Haunt Us

We thought we killed all those awful, horrible destroy the Internet-type bills in SOPA, PIPA and CISPA. We might’ve been wrong. Like a zombie looking for human blood or a sore loser demanding a rematch, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and Rep. Mike Rogers plan to re-introduce CISPA to the House later this year. The problem with…

Is Listening to MP3s and Vinyls Better Than Listening to Live Music?

Here’s something that should have an obvious answer for most people (some crusty folks like me who avoid large crowds and loud sounds would beg to differ), is listening to MP3s and vinyls better than listening to live music? LIVE MUSIC DUH! If you don’t listen to live music, you don’t love music. If you…

A Facebook Bug Pretty Much Took Down the Entire Internet

If you thought the Internet freaked out for a little bit and every site you went to was down, you’re not alone. Major websites were down: CNN, Huffington Post, ESPN, Gawker, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, etc. were all broken. Why? Because of a glitch with Facebook. Developers at Gawker said that the glitch started with…

Which One Has More Usable Space: the 128GB Surface Pro or the 128GB MacBook Air?

Everyone’s been making fun of the Surface Pro for being so stingy on hard drive space. The 128GB version of the Surface Pro only has 90GB of free space (originally reported to be 83GB but since boosted). Where the hell did the other 38 gigs go? Well, you could ask the same question to the…

You can find older tweets on Twitter search now. Before, search only showed week-old tweets. Now, Tweets will never die.

Watch This Video To Remember Everything the Internet Loved Last Year

It’s already February of 2013 but who the hell cares. This video is the best summary of 2012 that you can ever find. It splices, chops and combines all the videos we fell in love with on the Internet into an epic tale of ridiculously awesomeness. If someone went to sleep on December 31st, 2011…

Here Are the FBI’s Official Tips to Avoid Being Sexually Extorted Online

Because of recent “sextortion” cases that involved using the ol’ Justin Bieber Ruse (that’s a real thing), the FBI decided that they should put out a few official tips to inform the online collective on how to avoid sexual extortion. What is the Justin Bieber Ruse? Well, Christopher Park Gunn (a guy recently sentenced to…

Watch Every Super Bowl Commercial Mashed Up Into One Super Long and Fun Commercial Remix

If you need some entertainment tonight or are going through football withdrawals or are punishing yourself for eating five too many wings on Sunday or are just missing the hell out of big and cheesy and conversation-inducing commercials, check this out: it’s a mash up commercial that uses nearly every commercial that was used in…

A Father Gave His Daughter a $200 Contract to Stay Off Facebook

If your kid is spending too much time on Facebook, what should you do? Cut the Internet? Annoying for you. Restrict their access? Not realistic. Ground them? Haha. What about give them a signed contract that promises them 200 bucks if they stay off Facebook for five months? Sounds like a plan! Paul Baier, a…

Rumor: The PlayStation 4 Will Cost Over $400

Everybody is expecting Sony to announce the PS4 on February 20th that it’s a forgone conclusion at this point. Now rumors are coming out about the price of the next generation system. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun is reporting that the PS4 will retail for over $400. Expensive? Specifically, the Asahi Shimbun reported a 40,000 yen…

Boeing Is Redesigning the 787 Dreamliner’s Battery So It Can Fly Again

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which has been grounded for weeks now, may soon have a chance to fly again. Boeing has proposed a redesign for the bursting in flame batteries that would minimize the risk of fire. It’s not a permanent solution but it would get the 787 in the air for the time being.…

Oh Hell Yeah, You Can Buy Weapon Shaped Pillows for Your Next Pillow Fight Now

It’s been over a year since we’ve seen these excellent weapon shaped pillows and if you’ve spent that year in pillow fight detente with your bed partner, we totally understand. But no more. It’s about to get on and fluffing feathery. You can buy the weapon shaped pillows now. Originally designed by Bryan Ku, the…

The Smallest Car in the World Is Painfully Tiny but Ridiculously Cute

On the BBC show Top Gear, host Jeremy Clarkson showed off a car so damn tiny that it hurts to ride it. Or well, it looks pretty painful at least. Called the P45, the car is more like a go kart than a real car but it’s cute in a ridiculous way. The helmet serves…

The Federal Reserve Said It Was Hacked

The Federal Reserve said that one of its internal websites had been hacked today. It’s unclear who did the hacking but the Feds say that the hackers were not able to do any serious damage. Reuters says that, “no critical functions of the central bank were affected by the intrusion.” The internal website that the…