Verizon Jetpack 4620L: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot
Former Gizmodian Brian Lam has a site called The Wirecutter, whose singular goal is to decide which gadgets to buy or not to buy. Today, he looks at the best Wi-Fi hotspot money can buy. Having fast internet almost anywhere is a wonderful thing. Because it’s the best 4G/3G modem with Wi-Fi on the best…
The Acer S3 Ultrabook is Thinner Than Many Things, Including Your Fat Dog
Acer’s Aspire S3 Ultrabook is really thin, like, really, seriously thin. Exactly how thin is it, you might ask? At just 2.9 lbs and 0.5 inches, it’s thinner and lighter than its competitors, but that’s not too surprising considering the Aspire S3 Ultrabook is a featherweight next to, well, pretty much everything. It’s dwarfed by…
Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking
People often describe creative thinking in the form of metaphors. We talk about “thinking outside the box,” “putting two and two together,” and “seeing both sides of the problem.” But what if we could boost our creativity by taking these metaphors literally? We know our minds interact in all sorts of interesting ways with our…
What It’s Like to Live in a Sub-Machine Gun
Architizer is a blog dedicated to the past, present and future of architectural design. They scour the internet finding the best/coolest/weirdest structures people crawl around in. Today they look at floorplans which have been fashioned in the likeness of classic guns. “One can kill a man as easily with a dwelling as with an axe!”…