Leslie Horn

Flip Your Independence Day Burgers With Star Spangled Spatula

Grilling and patriotic holidays go together like stars and stripes, so New Jersey-based designer Jacob Riley-Wasserman’s Star Spangled Spatula is a perfect fit for your July 4 barbecue. The stainless steel homage to Old Glory costs $50. Obviously you’te too late to have it for America’s birthday, but Labor Day is right around the corner.…

Sony’s UHD 4K media player is now available to order for a whopping $700. It comes with 10 movies and rentals are $8 a pop. In case you forgot, this is some real rich people stuff.

This Is the Poster for the Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs Biopic

This psychedelic take on an iconic photo is the official poster for jOBs.

The New York Times has confirmed that Samsung has acquired streaming TV company Boxee. It’s not a monumental deal, but if anything the purchase will probably help Samsung slightly improve its connected TV interface.

The Dog Goldberg Machine Is the Best Rube Goldberg Machine

This might be an ad for Beneful dog food, but who cares. The Dog Goldberg Machine is just the greatest, most adorable pup-powered kibble and ball distributor ever. This video actually fulfills a fantasy of mine where my dog lets herself in and out of our fifth-floor apartment through an elaborate pulley system. Too bad…

A Cut Above the Resty: Only the Best of Etsy

There’s so much good stuff on Etsy, but there’s also a mountain of crap on Etsy. You’ve probably laughed about that on Regretsy. But a great site called A Cut Above the Resty cuts out all the DIY trash and shows you the best of the online marketplace. Anyone who’s ever gone to Etsy to…

Onion: Samsung’s New Smartphone Has Highly Disruptive Blowjob Feature

There’s nothing the new Samsung Apex can’t do. The smartphone lets you check your email, stream video, and it even sucks your dick. Seriously, smartphones these days are just full-service products. The Onion’s take on smartphone market one-upsmanship obviously takes things to an unhinged level. But at least Samsung wouldn’t be stepping on anybody’s patent.…

It Took Two Years to Get This Fog-Filled San Francisco Timelapse Right

The early morning when the whole city is still sleeping and the sky is changing from black to pink to orange to blue is the best part of the day. For his short movie, Adrift, filmmaker Simon Christen spent two years getting up before the sun to capture a timelapse video of the fog rolling…

Two Tag-Teaming PC Viruses Are Fighting Dirty

Microsoft researchers have discovered that a pair of PC viruses called Vobfus and Beebone are harder to squash when they work in tandem. Two heads are better than one, right? Vobfus and Beebone work by regularly downloading updates of each other. Vobfus, a worm virus that was first discovered in 2009, usually appears on a…

You Can Watch Live TV In-Flight on Your iPad on Southwest Now

Flying can be so very boring. But Southwest Airlines is making it a little less of a yawn fest, and it won’t cost you anything. The airline just added a free, on-demand and live TV inflight streaming service called TV Flies Free in partnership with DISH. TV content is accessible through the Dish Anywhere and…

This All-In-One Kit Lets You Grow Flowers You Can Eat

Obviously there are flowers you can eat. But be careful about digging around your garden to find some yourself. You could chomp on something poisonous and then—oops! You’re dead! But if you’ve ever wanted to deck a cake out with some beautiful blooms, this Edible Flower Seed Kit from Sarah Rainwater is a safer bet.…

A Neuroscientist Says Human Head Transplants Are Totally Possible

At least one Italian scientist is completely and totally serious that head transplants on humans might soon be possible. How the hell? In a new paper, Dr. Sergio Canavero, a member of the Turin Neuromodulation group, discusses how scientists have been experimenting with head transplants on animals for more than 40 years. But these doctors…

Kanye Got Mice Autographed by Steve Jobs and Woz for Father’s Day

Kanye West: in the last month he’s compared himself to Steve Jobs and God and he became a dad for the first time. So it’s fitting that on Father’s Day this year, he was the proud recipient of a pair of Apple mice signed by none other than Jobs and Woz, according to a picture…

This Subway Window Whispers Ads That Only You Can Hear

Do you ever feel like ads are speaking to you? Well, new talking windows ads for Sky Go—a mobile streaming service—literally speak to you using bone conduction technology. So you’re just riding the train, commuting home, and you lay your head against the window and close your eyes for a minute. Just as you drift…

A Lame Duck Is Walking Again Thanks to a 3D Printed Foot

Buttercup the duck was born with his left foot turned backwards, making it nearly impossible and extremely painful to walk. But now he’s waddling again with a 3D-printed foot. Buttercup was born in a high school biology lab in November. Because of his bum foot he was given to Feathered Angels Waterfowl Sanctuary in Arlington,…

Most Beautiful Items: June 22 – June 28, 2013

From churches to iOS glitch art, we found a wide variety of beautiful items on the internet this week. Sure, you’re on the cusp of the weekend, but before you go, take a second to binge on some of the wonders of the worlds of art architecture, and design from the last few days. Live…

This Is the Best Looking Reusable Grocery Sack You’ve Ever Seen

Storage, storage, storage. You can never have enough storage. Especially versatile, multipurpose storage, like the Pia canvas carryall. It doesn’t scream the name of some grocery store and it has a nice design. Plus, it doubles as a storage solution. I must admit I can be kind of messy sometimes. If I don’t have a…

How to Meet an Online Friend in Real Life Without It Being Awkward

You’re not looking to bang every person you meet online. Sometimes, you’re just looking for friends. But somehow, meeting someone you know online platonically has become a far more awkward endeavor than a random OKCupid date. You know her but you dont know her. Do you shake hands? Do you hug? Do you do that…

How Chupa Chups Put Salvador Dalí in the Candy Store

The Chupa Chups packaging is uncanny—you could spot the swirly, colorful wrapper from a mile away, and you’d instantly know it was the most famous Spanish lollipop in the world. David Airey, an Ireland-based graphic designer, put together this illustration that shows the evolution of the Chupa Chups logo since it first arrived on the…

This Building By Luxe Auto Designer Pininfarina Looks Like a Ferrari

Pininfarina: you may know it as the high-end Italian firm that designs fast, expensive cars like Ferraris. Now, for the first time, its designers are branching out into residential design with a condominium in Singapore. And it looks like the cars they design. Many architects have designed cars, including Frank Gehry, Bucky Fuller, and Le…