Casey Chan

Why Steve Jobs Wanted an Official Biography Written About Him (It’s for His Kids)

When Steve Jobs official biography was announced, everyone wondered why the notoriously private Steve Jobs would let Walter Isaacson, the author, interview him over 40 times, let Isaacson talk to family and friends and pretty much have unprecedented access to Jobs’ entire life. Turns out Jobs had a very personal reason. Isaacson saw him a…

How Does an Entire Bridge Go Missing?

Police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania are scratching their heads right now. Why? A 50-foot long, 20-foot wide steel bridge just disappeared. How? Apparently, some very bold criminals just up and stole it. Stealing a bridge, as you’d imagine, is a pretty complicated crime. This isn’t some 90s era magic trick people. The local police…

This Climbing Robot Cockroach Gives Me More Heebie Jeebies Than a Real Cockroach

Whenever I see a cockroach scampering around I don’t even think, I just stomp the shit out of it. HOWEVAH. If I saw this freaking robot cockroach climbing my walls, I’d shriek and freak out like a little baby. This thing is seriously scary. This vertical climbing robot is called the CLASH and was designed…

Remember the Toys You Played With As a Kid With This Video

I am completely jealous that Micaël Reynaud still has all the toys he grew up with. Seriously! Watch this video and see the typical 80s baby toy lineup: Transformers, Hot Wheels, Gobots, Lego and more. It seamlessly morphs from one toy to another. I think it’s more surprising that Reynaud still has these toys (who…

These Google Designed Nikes Are Proof That Google Has No Taste

The Nike Air Mags, though not the prettiest shoe, represent a sort of nostalgic geek beauty. These Google designed Nike Dunks though? Just plain fugly. Even the geekiest, worst-dressed Googler would never be caught dead in these. Sure, I get that it’s a complete gag gift of a shoe but still! Larry freaking Page’s mug…

SwipePad for Android: A Better Way to Switch Apps

I’ve always found it a little bit annoying to switch apps with my Android phone. The stock task manager/app switcher list is cumbersome. SwipePad isn’t. You just take your finger, swipe from a corner of your screen and it’ll magically launch a very slick app switcher. Pick your app and BAM. Switched. What’s it do?…

SwipePad App Gallery

Woz Remembers Steve Jobs

Here’s a video of Steve Wozniak, the cheery man who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs (and Ron Wayne), talking about Steve Jobs’ passing. Woz said he found out Steve Jobs died when a reporter called and asked him if he had heard the news. At that point, he instantly knew what that meant. Few knew…

Happier Days: Steve Jobs Goofing Off with Photo Booth Back in 2005

Here’s an amazing series of pictures of Steve Jobs playing around with OS X’s Photo Booth back in 2005. They’re absolutely lovely, showing off a side of Jobs that so few of us knew. Good to see, on a day like this. The pictures were taken in the office of Mike Matas, the creator of…

This Dog Food Commercial Has Sounds Only a Dog Can Hear

Commercials have become so effective at focusing on what us human people want that we can’t stop watching them. Oh scantily clad women. Oh short attention spans. Dogs can join in the braindead fun now too, there’s a commercial made with sounds only a dog can hear. A Nestlé Purina PetCare commercial airing in Europe…

Back in Time for iPad: See the History of the Universe in 24 Hours

I’ve said many time before that the best iPad apps are those that combine coffee-table styled books with the fluid nature of the iPad’s interface. Back in Time is just that, it’s the story of the entire history of our universe made interactive on the iPad. What’s it do? The app takes you back in…

Back in Time App Gallery

T-Mobile’s Daily Pay As You Go Plan Will Be the Best Phone Plan for People Traveling to the US

TmoNews just got leaked info about T-Mobile’s new pay as you go plans and it confirms the new $60 ‘unlimited’ plan (up to 2GB of data). That’s okay. What’s more exciting is the daily pay as you go plan and the new $30 unlimited web and text plan. The daily plans are especially good for…

If You Went to #OccupyWallStreet, Someone Might Be Looking to Bone You on Craigslist

There are so many protests and demonstrations going on in #OccupyWallStreet that it’s hard to keep track of who’s standing for what and what or who is bending for who. One thing for certain though: with a lot of heated, young-ish rallyers jumbled together, there seems to have been a ton of missed connections. Catch…

Watch and Learn Everything About the Amazing Placebo Effect

The placebo effect is so strange and mysterious, how can fake pills trick ourselves out into feeling better? This video explains all the interesting properties of a placebo, like how one placebo can be half as effective as aspirin while another placebo can be half as effective as morphine. Watch it. [Laughing Squid]

Possible Nexus Prime Picture Shows Off a Super Curved Screen (and Phone!)

Yesterday, Samsung released a cryptic video teasing next week’s Android Unpacked event. The end of the video shows a suuuper curved phone with the tagline, “Something BIG is coming.” Hello Nexus Prime? We’ve been expecting the Nexus Prime, the next great Android phone that’ll introduce Ice Cream Sandwich with it, for quite a while now…

Proof That There Is Such Thing As an Extremely Nice and Helpful TSA Agent

Was it rude of me to assume that all TSA agents were baby eating, power tripping assholes who were put on earth to make your life miserable? Whoops! Turns out they’re not all like that. In fact, some of them can even be extremely helpful and go beyond the call of duty to make your…

Pre-Order the iPhone 4S from Your Old iPhone with AT&T’s Upgrader App

AT&T is set to release an AT&T Upgrader app for the iPhone 4S. The app is supposed to simplify the upgrade process by letting iPhone owners know what type of upgrade they’re eligible for, how much the iPhone 4S will cost and then let them place their pre-order, all through the app. If you don’t…

The First Free iPhone Is a F*cking Rip Off

Even though Apple just announced the brand new old iPhone 4S, Apple will still be selling the iPhone 4 for $99 (expected) and the iPhone 3GS for…FREE. Cool! That’s the first time an iPhone has ever been free. Too bad it’s a complete rip off. Please don’t buy the iPhone 3GS. Please, please, please, please…

Apple Fixed the Antenna Problem for the iPhone 4S (Hopefully)

Apple just announced the iPhone 4S and it looks exactly the same as the iPhone 4! Does that mean it’s plagued by the iPhone 4’s notorious attenuation problem? No, not anymore. This time around, they fixed the antenna. What did they do? According to Phil Schiller, there are now two antennas on the iPhone 4S…