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It’s Okay To Drool Over the Eight Piece Harp Tool

Restoration Hardware’s fold away harp toolkit is equal parts beautiful and practical. Inspired by 19th century british design, the sleek instrument has a belt’s worth of in one handsome stainless steel package. It includes a Philips head screwdriver, a small saw, a corkscrew, a punch/awl, gimlet, bottle opened, and a mini-hammer. It’s $45 and definitely…

Photoset: Tumblr’s Awesome Photo Sharing Feature Gets Its Own App

The beauty of Tumblr is that it lets you share pictures in neatly arranged collections. Now you can post batches of images in that same style to anywhere using an app from Tumblr called Photoset. What does it do? Lets you upload pics or take new ones and arrange them in a photo set. Then…

New Rogue PC Software Is Mascarading as Antivirus to Scam You

There’s some new malware preying on your PC, and you might not even realize is malware at all. It comes from a rogue software group called FakeRean, and according to McAfee it poses as an antivirus, claiming it scanned your computer and you better hurry and buy this protection or your computer is going to…

Zagat Ratings Are Too Confusing for Google Users (Updated)

Google is moving away from the 30-point rating system it inherited from its acquisition Zagat last year because it’s just too complicated. Instead, it will replace the confounding restaurant rating math with something a bit more straightforward. Google says estaurants will be ranked in four levels—poor-fair, good, very good, or excellent. The Zagat system really…

Candy-Colored Cases to Clothe Your iPhone 5

Most of us prefer our iPhones in the buff around these parts. But if you like your gadget covered, Speck’s FabShell cases come in some really fun patterns for your otherwise austere smartphone. Yes, cases pack a little weight to your slender phone, but some of us have butterfingers. A poll of our office would…

Recall: Never Miss a Book/Album/Movie Release

There are new movies, books, TV shows, and albums coming out every week. The worst feeling is when you want to see a movie, but you space on it, and before you know it, it’s not even in the theaters anymore. Without a a reminder—in the form of an app called Recall—you might forget something…

Apple’s Latest Slide-to-Unlock Patent Basically Prevents Other Phones From Dragging Anything Around a Lock Screen

Apple was just granted yet another patent for slide-to-unlock, and it’s even more general than the first two. https://gizmodo.com/apple-now-owns-the-unlock-slide-gesture-5853398 The new patent throws a lot of the limitations of the others out the window, specifically the part that required an unlock gesture to move along a very specific path. Now there are just two main…

Do You Listen to DVD Commentaries?

A big selling point of DVDs and Blu-rays are exclusive commentaries from the directors and actors. They explain the reasoning behind certain scenes, or how some crazy special effects happened. Movie buffs understandably eat this chatter up. Looper director Rian Johnson even made one that you can listen to in the theater. But does anyone…

The Best Use for an Old iPod Dock

Have an old iPod dock lying around? It’s not entirely useless with your iPhone 5 and its new lightning connector. All you need is a cheap Bluetooth adapter and you’re back in business. The Wirecutter recommends the I-Wave, which you can find for about $21 on Amazon. It has a 30-pin port on the bottom…

The Best Fitness App

Staying fit is important. Even if it seems enjoyable to lie on the couch devouring hours of HBO Go on your iPad, the truth is, when you’re exercising, you’re happier—there are plenty of scientific studies to back it up. The good news: Gadgets can fit in with your gym routine. With the right apps, they…

Jetsetter‘s been updated for Passbook, joining our running list of Passbook-compatible apps.

New Pinterest-Like eBay Makes It Easier for You to Spend Money

Remember New Coke? It was wildly unsuccessful. Fortunately, New eBay ain’t half bad. Everything from the apps to the logo to the main site has been redesigned, and mostly for the better. Definitely for the more expensive. Now, everything on eBay is heavily curated—each time you visit the site, you’re going to get suggestions of…

WineRatings+: Wine Info for the Oenophile and Wine Idiot Alike

I know people who buy wine based on the label design because they know nothing about wine. And by people I mean myself, which is what makes Wine Spectator’s Wine Ratings+ app incredibly handy. What does it do? Gives you reviews of around 300,000 wines. Imparts you with a viticultural education by showing you how…

You Could Lie and Say You Found These Chairs at an Estate Sale

This scoop-back chair is a a little bit dated, like something you might find at an estate sale. But not in a bad way—in the right living room with the right decor, it has just the perfect amount of retro. They come in solids and prints, for $80 and $100, respectively. The chairs are part…

You Can Download an In-Theater Director’s Commentary for Looper, If You Hate Movies and Everyone Around You

Do you ever watch DVDs with the commentary on? Probably not that often! But Rian Johnson, director of the movie Looper, is assuming that you do, and that you want to listen to the special one he recorded and posted to Soundcloud the second time you see his movie. The second time you see it…

This Is Why Today’s Record-Breaking Supersonic Jump Was Aborted

Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the edge of space has been cancelled for the day due to high winds. Provided that the weather is all right, it will resume Thursday. https://gizmodo.com/first-human-supersonic-space-jump-aborted-updated-with-5950136 The jump was originally scheduled for 8:30am EST today, but because of bad weather it was postponed until noon and then again until 1:30pm. It…

The Way Kids Used Machines 100 Years Ago Is Shocking Compared to Today

Kids these days, swiping and tapping away at iPads, have absolutely no idea how to fix a mechanical spindle. But until around the Great Depression, children were free to work in factories alongside adults. It’s nothing to get nostalgic about. In the early 20th century, with a lack of child labor laws and limited safety…

Are You a Super Taster? You’re Almost Exempt From Sinus Infections

Does your ability to taste certain flavors give you better defense against sinus infections? Probably, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania. Humans can detect five different flavors—sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and savory. About a quarter of the population can’t taste the bitter, whereas another quarter are hyper-sensitive to even the smallest…

OKCupid Wants to Match You With a Roommate You Bone Once and Never Speak to Again

One time I went on an OKCupid date with a guy who ordered hot wings, licked his fingers, and wiped a fountain of sweat off his forehead with a paper napkin. Needless to say, I never went out with him again. It was a very dark time. And if you’re at an equally low point…

Dyson’s New Vacuum Attachment Equals No More Hairballs

Crazy cat ladies, rejoice! Dyson’s new hairball-sucking vacuum attachment should slurp all the loose strands out of your carpet without choking on a tangled mess of its own creation. Dyson’s Tangle-free Turbine tool attachment avoids typical entanglements because it doesn’t have any brushes. Instead, a pair of counter-rotating flexible thermoplastic polyurethane heads sit in their…