Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

The iMac G4 Lamp Is As Cute As A Luxo Jr

This DIY iMac G4 lamp from Etsy is like Apple’s version of the Luxo Jr. All of the lamp’s parts come from a recycled iMac G4 and the overall result is just as cute, useful and brimming with character. Call me crazy but $125 doesn’t seem too expensive here. [Etsy via Notcot]

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Android Apps November 5th

Twitter for Android: The official Twitter app for Android gets an update and it’s now more like Twitter for iPhone. Which is actually a good thing! What’s new? @brbarrett says: https://gizmodo.com/twitter-for-android-update-catches-up-with-ios-version-5680929 As part of the update, you can now pull down to refresh your feed, swipe across a tweet for options like sharing or replying,…

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The Easiest Way To Dress Up As Steve Jobs For Halloween

Sadly, iWear is fake. But oh it would be magical! Packaging a black mock turtleneck, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers is remarkable. The glasses (sold separately) are a great touch. You’ll feel incredible, amazing, and phenomenal. Apple just re-invented clothes. If you didn’t catch on, that’s how people talk when they wear Apple clothes…

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This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

This is a Google Maps Satellite View of Yucca Flat, one of the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. Over 739 nuclear tests were run between 1951 and 1992 which has left the region scarred and pockmarked to this day. Yucca Flat is known as the “most nuclear blasted spot on the face of the Earth.” And…

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Concept Butter Package Packs A Butter Knife In The Lid

Single servings of butter are almost always a pain to use. This concept packaging would revolutionize single serving butter because you don’t need a butter knife. The lid of the package is the butter knife. I want this so bad. The idea is really simple theoretically could be extended to anything that’s served in single…

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A Typography Geek’s Dream Bookshelf

The Aakkoset bookshelf from Kayiwa might not be the most efficient way to store your things, but the alphabet shelf sure would get a typographer excited. Look at how useful a well constructed ‘W’ can be! The Aakkoset bookshelf can double as a room divider and if you don’t want to clutter the letters, you…

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Google Co-Founders Wanted Steve Jobs To Be CEO of Google

When Sergey Brin and Larry Page were first looking for a CEO to run Google, they met with Steve Jobs. The Google co-founders left that meeting wanting the CEO of Apple to become the CEO of Google. According to interviews in Bloomberg’s documentary series, Game Changers, that’s who the two boywonders wanted as their head…

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Why Is There a USB Drive Sticking Out of This Wall?

Across New York, there are USB drives embedded in walls, buildings and curbs. The idea is to create an anonymous, offline file-sharing network in public space. The drives are completely public and anyone can plug in to drop and download files. Seriously, you can plug the USB drive into your laptop. Like that guy right…

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Ootini! 4 Year Old’s Jawa Costume Is Adorable

Here’s another contender for kid costume of the year: a homemade Jawa costume for a 4 year old complete with brown hoodie and glowing yellow eyes. It’s so cute, yet so “real”. https://jalopnik.com/no-criminal-can-escape-lil-robocop-5676187 What an awesome parent. Hopefully father has only shown her the good Star Wars. [Reddit via Geekosystem]

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Apple Sues Motorola Over Multitouch

Earlier this month, Motorola sued Apple for pretty much everything phone-related: MobileMe, the App Store, location based services, antenna design, and so forth. One thing Moto didn’t mention however, was multitouch. So guess what happened? Apple decided to sue Motorola right back, filing two patent infringement lawsuits that cover six patents regarding, you guessed it,…

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The Best Video Games Right Now

Fall is here and the weather is slowly getting colder. What does that mean? It’s time to stay inside, get warm and play some video games. Here are the best video games available right now. **Click on the game titles to read Kotaku’s full review for each game** https://kotaku.com/review-fallout-new-vegas-5670346 Fallout: New Vegas Fallout: New Vegas…

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This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s hallowed app round up: the NBA, gametime’d; Zombies, taken back into time to be killed; videos, easily watchable on your iPhone; Johnny Cash, in black and white on your iPad; your food, beautifully photographed, and so much more! iPhone To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-october-29th-5677062 iPad To view these…

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Android Apps October 29th

pvz: pvz is a Plants vs Zombies clone which to say it’s a ripjob of the ridiculously fun and popular tower defense game. It’s made (or I guess stolen) from some Chinese developer but the gameplay is still just as addicting as the iPhone version even though it’s considerably less polished. There’s only a few…

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iPhone Apps October 29th

Age of Zombies: Age of Zombies was a game on the PSP and it’s bringing its 16-bit zombie killing awesomeness to the iPhone. You play as Barry Steakfries and travel through time to prevent the bad guy from releasing zombies that want to kill the world. It’s a twin-stick shooter that looks really good and…

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iPad Apps October 29th

Headspin: Storybook: It’s a pop-up styled storybook game that’s gorgeously illustrated and surprisingly fun. The premise of the game is to make each illustration symmetrical—basically, make it so that the right page mirror the left page. When you find items that don’t match up, give it a tap to re-orient it. There’s multiple objects in…

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Adobe Air Is Coming To TVs

Adobe is going to bring their updated Adobe Air 2.5 software platform to televisions, smartphones, tablets and desktops. That means theoretically an app designed for Adobe Air can now be spread across nearly every screen you use. Along with support for popular desktop and smartphone OS, Adobe Air has living room aspirations as well: Adobe…

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A Microscopic Snapshot Of Cancer Cells Multiplying

This is a picture of two cancer cells splitting and dividing to become four cancer cells. Even though it looks stunning, I hate it. To think that those little clouds and wisps have so much power is just terrifying. Yahoo! Green actually has a whole set of microscopic images that can’t be seen with the…

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Brand Logos, Simplified

The images in the picture may just look like circles and dots but they’re really simplified logos of famous brands. It’s amazing how the strongest brands can be seen even through basic shapes. How many brands do you recognize? Google, Target, and NBC are pretty easy. Dunkin Donuts and Subway too. If you want to…

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How To Unlock All The Stages In Angry Birds

In the Android version of Angry Birds, you can unlock the different worlds of the game without having to beat each level. And since some of those pigs are impossible to smash, you’ll probably end up doing this. Here’s how to do it: 1. Go to a World Select Screen 2. Center a locked world…

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Sony Kills The Cassette Walkman On The iPod’s Birthday*

After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman. In a poetic twist, the official death of the Walkman lands on the iPod’s 9th anniversary.* UPDATE: Only dead in Japan The Sony Walkman was introduced on July 1, 1979 in Japan and it was a major breakthrough…

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The iMac G4 Lamp Is As Cute As A Luxo Jr

Android Apps November 5th

The Easiest Way To Dress Up As Steve Jobs For Halloween

This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

Concept Butter Package Packs A Butter Knife In The Lid

A Typography Geek’s Dream Bookshelf

Google Co-Founders Wanted Steve Jobs To Be CEO of Google

Why Is There a USB Drive Sticking Out of This Wall?

Ootini! 4 Year Old’s Jawa Costume Is Adorable

Apple Sues Motorola Over Multitouch

The Best Video Games Right Now

This Week’s Best Apps

Android Apps October 29th

iPhone Apps October 29th

iPad Apps October 29th

Adobe Air Is Coming To TVs

A Microscopic Snapshot Of Cancer Cells Multiplying

Brand Logos, Simplified

How To Unlock All The Stages In Angry Birds

Sony Kills The Cassette Walkman On The iPod’s Birthday*

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

JBL Boombox 3 Speaker at 40% Off Is Now Even Cheaper Than Renewed Units on Amazon

Elizabeth Olsen Promises She Knows Nothing About Her Marvel Future

NASA Rover Finds Glowing, Ruby-Like Crystals on Mars for the First Time

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset