Casey Chan

My Shoe Heaven Is in This Store

Am I alive? That’s what I thought when I saw pictures of this Sneakerology store in Sydney, Australia. See I have an inordinate amount of love for sneakers and shoes, and this store layout—which is very museum-like—is perfect The shoes are organized in a shelving system that alternates shoes and a white box light (that…

Pioneer’s AppRadio, the iPhone Controlled Car Audio System, Is Available for $400

Pioneer’s AppRadio, which put your iPhone and car audio system in harmony with one another, is now available for $400. The companion app has also been updated to include access to the iPhone’s Contacts, Calendar and Photo apps. https://gizmodo.com/pioneer-appradio-imagine-your-entire-car-stereo-system-5805638

Why Did a Peeping Tom Hide Inside the Toilet of a Porta Potty?

Police are looking for a man in Boulder, CO who hid inside the toilet (er, cesspool) of a porta potty and spied on people while they handled their business. He was apparently covered by a tarp and a complete lack of hygiene. The filthy peeping tom was discovered when a woman went to the restroom…

A Bionic Dog Exists: This Dog Has Four Prosthetic Legs

At just five weeks old, Naki’o lost all four of his paws in freezing water. Now, amazingly, he’s become bionic. He’s the first dog to be outfitted with four prosthetic legs. Because of the frostbite, Naki’o’s paws were rendered into rounded stubs. To move he had to crawl around the veterinary clinic. Christie Tomlinson, bless…

All the Disgusting Pictures the FDA Is Going to Put on Cigarette Boxes

In an effort to curb smoking, cigarette boxes will now come with these graphic images of holes in throats, lumpy tumorish lungs and more. They’re supposed to act as a warning label on the dangers of smoking. Some work better than others. Come September 2012, smokers will carry one of these 9 images like a…

Hitachi G-Connect: A Wireless Hard Drive and Router for Your iPhone and iPad

Like the Seagate GoFlex Satellite hard drive before it, Hitachi’s G-Connect can act as expandable wireless storage for your mobile device. It can store 500 gigs and even has an ethernet port to turn itself into a router. https://gizmodo.com/seagates-new-hard-drive-transfers-media-to-and-from-you-5802169 The ethernet port is especially convenient because it could do Time Capsule-esque duty: give you storage…

China Is Banning Electric Bikes Because They’ve Killed Too Many People

Electric bikes are going to be banned in Shenzen, China on July 1st because they’re too quiet. Seriously. According to China, electric bikes are said to have caused more than 15% of accidents resulting in 64 people dead and 233 injured. Wtf? If you’ve ever been to China and hell, even if you haven’t, you’d…

Grillz for iPhone: Make Your Teeth Bling Like Rappers

At one point in time, I seriously thought I was going to get some grills—you know, put gold caps and jewelerize my teeth like the rappers. Luckily, I didn’t have to spend the money because this Grillz app for iPhone makes me feel like I already have them. What’s it do? It’s an app that…

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Why Red Wine Is So Good For You

We’ve all grown up hearing that red wine is sooo good for us. Was it a lie parents told us so they could drink more? Nope, they were right. So what’s red wine’s little secret? The answer lies in a polyphenol compound known as resveratrol. Though much more studies need to be done to get…

A Newspaper Scented Candle Probably Smells Like Death

Print is dead, or something like that. So honor it with this newspaper-scented candle! The candle has hints of guaiacwood, cedar, musk and spice and that somehow combines to re-create that grey lady newspaper smell. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve always hated that newspaper smell. That scent always reminded me of a…

Pictures Were Amazingly Recovered from a Camera That’s Been in the Ocean for 4 Years

Peter Govaars stumbled across this camera frame (SD card attached) on a California beach. Curious about its whereabouts, he cleaned the card, plugged it in and found over a hundred photos taken in June 2007. That’s 4 years ago. I can’t believe an SD card could still be readable after years and years in the…

Watch This Guy’s Steering Wheel Frighteningly Fall Off In the Middle of a Race

In the middle of a drag race, the steering gearbox inside this funny car broke off. Like, literally. It makes for a terribly amusing few seconds as you watch the driver panic and hold on to an invisible steering wheel. Thankfully, everyone was okay! The fun starts around the :18 second mark.[BuzzFeed]

Sometimes, I Wish I Was This Tiny and Food Was This Big

Can you imagine if hot dogs were as long as bridges, french fries as tall as apartment buildings, and oreos as big as your living room? That’s the world photographer Christopher Boffoli created. That’s the world I want to live in. Boffoli used miniature figures and took pictures of them doing menial tasks on top…

A Kissing Mask Is Like Training Wheels for Make Out Sessions (NSFW)

On one hand, this kissing mask made by artist Didier Faustino forces you to make out at the exact distance, angle and open mouth to minimize slobber and maximize perfect form. On the other hand, it’s, um, fucking ridiculous? Called the Doppelgänger, it’s a 3D-printed, two way mask with a glory hole for your lips…

Discovr Apps for iPhone: A Lovely Web of App Recommendations

The App Store has something north of a bazillion apps lining its digital shelves, making it incredibly hard to find the good ones. Discovr Apps thinks it can help by drawing each app’s “family tree” of related apps. What’s it do? It’s an iOS app search tool that recommends apps to download. But unlike other…

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You can either search for an app or click on the app icons Discovr features The recommendations tree can grow quite humungous And it can be incredibly useful! Here’s how it works

Dishwashers Are Trying to Kill Us

Dishwashers are boss at cleaning dishes without getting your hands wet. They’re also a perfect home—because of their hot and moist temperature—for black yeast to grow. Black yeast, as you can probably imagine, is very not good. Black yeast is rarely found in nature but apparently thrives on the rubber lining of dishwashers. Though dishwashers…

Facebook Saved a Woman’s Life

Cindy Lincoln was folding laundry when she fell and broke her femur. Because she was in immense pain, Lincoln couldn’t reach a phone. Instead, she logged into Facebook and posted a help message that saved her life. The phone was in the kitchen, the laptop was in the room she was in. Her decision was…

A Knife That Karate Chops Your Food

I’ve karate chopped meat and produce before hoping that my inner black belt would be able to slice it up. Sadly, it never does. But! With Gama Go’s Karate Chop Knife, I’ll never feel wimpily inadequate again. HI YA, you lettuce! $12 [Gama Go via Core77]