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Video of Gigantic Goldberg Machine Runs for More Than 20 Minutes

More than 1,300 nutters participated in the Mother of all Goldberg Machines, the biggest chain reaction this side of Big Bang, the 11th Annual Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction organized by the MIT Museum. The event was led by famous artist and chain reaction creator Arthur Ganson, who counted with smaller Goldberg machines brought by…

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Images of the Boeing 737-500 Accident Aftermath

Back home for the holidays after a two-day JFK-London-Malaga-Madrid odyssey due to bad weather, missing flights, and losing my bags. Happy to be alive, however, after seeing these shots of Saturday’s 737 crash in Denver. There’s still no reason why the Boeing 737-500 went off the runway at takeoff. Fortunately, everyone survived, although two of…

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Lego Santa Crab Will Eat Your Cookies, Drink Your Milk, Kill You

Dear Kids. You all have been bad. You’ll be all dead tomorrow night. Merry Xmas, Lego Santa Crab. P.S. Check out my other cool pics. I rock. You don’t. Ho Ho Ho. Ho. [Andrew Colunga via Neatorama]

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Crazy Japan Builds Crazy Highways to Drive People Crazy

This road smashing into a building and emerging out on the other side is the most “normal” highway in this album of Japanese infrastructures collected by Dark Roasted Blend. Here are our favorites. Absolutely nuts. Although other structures around the world can rival these, the concentration in Japanese cities is simple astounding. Head to DRB…

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20 Years of Photoshop’s Interface Evolution Doesn’t Show Much Evolution

Once upon a time there was a program called Photoshop, created by the Knoll Brothers. Twenty years and eleven versions later, it basically remains unchanged. Except for the damn bloody tabs. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-cs4-photoshop-and-illustrator-review-verdict-ki-5113036 It’s not only the tool palette. It’s the entire user interface, which has remain basically the same since the 90s, after its creation…

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Last-Minute Xmas Tree Ideas Include Alcohol, Doughnuts, and Other Office Supplies

If you don’t have a Xmas tree yet, don’t worry, because here we love procrastinators—the leaders of tomorrow. Here’s a catalog of last minute ideas, including my personal favorite: The Doughnut Xmas Tree. [pfadvice]

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PlayStation Home Voice Chat Restored, Screws Sex Chats with Reality Again

After cutting down the voice chat feature in PlayStation Home, Sony PlayStation Network’s Abigail Murphy says that their new 1.05 update brings the feature back but limiting it to users’ personal spaces and clubhouses: PlayStation Home update 1.05 is scheduled to be released on December 22. With this new update, users will be able to…

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How the Dual Display Works In the IBM ThinkPad W700

If you were curious about how the secondary display works in the new dual display IBM ThinkPad W700 laptop, take a look a this video. It looks pretty sleek and sturdy to me. [Uberbin] https://gizmodo.com/crazy-ibm-thinkpad-w700ds-has-integrated-secondary-disp-5113768

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iPhone Clone Is Absolutely Perfect Until You Turn It On

Behold, the new ePhone. An iPhone clone so perfect, so uncannily identical, so curvaceously exact, that it’s only one letter and a logo away from being the real McCoy. Until you turn it on. Then you realize this is nothing more than yet another clone, even while it looks like a perfect, logo-less clone of…

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Brain-Implanted Bionic Sex Stimulation Chip Is Probably Not Needed

Scientists are working in a new brain-implanted sex stimulation chip that will make you (even more) horny than what you already are. Apparently, according to Oxford University researcher Professor Aziz, it was discovered by accident: A few years ago a scientist implanted such a device into the brain of a woman with a low sex…

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Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?

PopSci’s Adam Weiner did some calculations to see if young Kirk could survive the car jump in the new Star Trek trailer. Adam’s wrong. We have the real answer in our own video. According to Adam, he would have needed to apply a force of 3,900 Newtons with his fingers to stop from falling. His…

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R2-D2 Battalion Dances In Preparation to Earth Invasion

I don’t know why people insist on assembling massive robot armies, even if they are R2-D2. Sure they are cute dancing, but one day they will get fed up and kill us all. [starwarsblog]

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The Multitouch Mighty Mouse

Following Apple’s patents on multitouch applied to mice, MacBlogz has created this simple prototype of how a multitouch Mighty Mouse could look like. I specially like the fact that it’s aluminum and its profile. The fact is that the current nipple in Apple’s mighty doesn’t work very well. At least two of mine, which lose…

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Weirdest Bug Uncovers Rotating Gesture on iPhone?

The weirdest thing happened to me. I was showing some photos in the iPhone to a friend and, for some reason, we discussed touch gestures in the new MacBooks. What happened next blew my mind. I was passing the photos very quickly, pinching in and out, sliding, using various fingers… the works, all very quickly,…

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Majel Barret: The Voice of the Enterprise Dies

Glad Joel posted this, because I almost missed it: Majel Barret joined her husband Gene Roddenberry Where Many People Have Gone Before. Maybe you think you don’t know her, but you do. You have heard her voice many times: She was the voice of the Enterprise’s computer. She died yesterday age 76. https://gizmodo.com/star-treks-enterprise-boldly-went-42-years-ago-today-5046570 The First…

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MobileMe Rescues iPhone from Thief

Once upon a time, a guy named Rob got his iPhone 3G stolen at the dry cleaners. Thankfully, he was subscribed to MobileMe, which at the end saved the day. Or so he says. According to Rob, after getting his iPhone stolen he went to the Apple Store to buy a new one. He proceeded…

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Kosher Machine Only Serves 24/6 Because It’s Shomer Shabbos

This is a kosher vending machine located at the E-Walk Theatre on 42nd Street, in Manhattan, NY. It sells hot tasty nosh, but only 24/6. Why? Because it’s Shabbos, that’s why. In case you don’t know what Shabbos is: Shabbat or Shabbos is the weekly Sabbath or day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh…

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Luxury Caravan Has Sports Car Parking Dock In Its Belly

Poor Madoff scandal rich victims. Pity them, because now it’s their time to scale back to a trailer park. Probably in this luxury caravan, with its own built-in parking dock for their red sports car. http://gawker.com/5109572/the-hedge-fund-hustler-victim-list Looking at how tacky and yacht-like it is, I bet they will feel at home. Plus, they will be…

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Which Is Worse: Microsoft Office 2007’s Ribbon or Adobe CS4’s Tabs?

Which do you hate most, the dumbstastic Adobe Creative Suite 4 tabbed interface or the flabbymoronic Microsoft Office 2007’s ribbon? Ready. Set. Fight! https://gizmodo.com/adobe-cs4-photoshop-and-illustrator-review-verdict-ki-5113036

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Crazy IBM ThinkPad W700ds Has Integrated Secondary Display

The new IBM ThinkPad W700 has an integrated secondary display. Foldable, 10.6 inches of it, with 768 x 1,280 pixels and LED backlight. Color us impressed. The amazing feature list doesn’t stop there. Not only you won’t have to wait to get that tri-screen MacBook Pro-ok, you will have to wait for that, because this…

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Video of Gigantic Goldberg Machine Runs for More Than 20 Minutes

Images of the Boeing 737-500 Accident Aftermath

Lego Santa Crab Will Eat Your Cookies, Drink Your Milk, Kill You

Crazy Japan Builds Crazy Highways to Drive People Crazy

20 Years of Photoshop’s Interface Evolution Doesn’t Show Much Evolution

Last-Minute Xmas Tree Ideas Include Alcohol, Doughnuts, and Other Office Supplies

PlayStation Home Voice Chat Restored, Screws Sex Chats with Reality Again

How the Dual Display Works In the IBM ThinkPad W700

iPhone Clone Is Absolutely Perfect Until You Turn It On

Brain-Implanted Bionic Sex Stimulation Chip Is Probably Not Needed

Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?

R2-D2 Battalion Dances In Preparation to Earth Invasion

The Multitouch Mighty Mouse

Weirdest Bug Uncovers Rotating Gesture on iPhone?

Majel Barret: The Voice of the Enterprise Dies

MobileMe Rescues iPhone from Thief

Kosher Machine Only Serves 24/6 Because It’s Shomer Shabbos

Luxury Caravan Has Sports Car Parking Dock In Its Belly

Which Is Worse: Microsoft Office 2007’s Ribbon or Adobe CS4’s Tabs?

Crazy IBM ThinkPad W700ds Has Integrated Secondary Display

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

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

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