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Mr. Skin’s Gadget Guide for the Nip Slip Aficionado

Mr. Skin, champion of celebrity nudity and high-def video alike, put together a gadget gift guide with that site’s readers in mind. It’s kind of funny, kind of creepy and oddly professional, all at the same time. The guide includes pocket camcorders, webcams, zoom lenses, DVRs and Blu-ray players, all positioned as somehow related to…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz Dec 15

Google Nexus One’s Hardware Components: Looking Good

Thesearethedroids.com has a running list of the hardware components in the Nexus One, gleaned from the Android 2.1 ROM. Read onward for lengthy and confusing chipset names! * Proximity Sensor/Light Sensor: Capella CM3602 per sensors.mahimahi.so in Nexus One ROM Dump. * Accelerometer: BMA150 3-axis Accelerometer per sensors.mahimahi.so in Nexus One ROM Dump. * Magnetic Compass:…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Dec 15

The Thinnest Macbook Pro Is the Best Love Card for Fanboys and Fangirls

Here is the most thinnerest and cutest Apple Macbook Pro you can buy. It is 4.25 x 5.5 x 0.01 inches, and it only costs seven United States rupees! I’m so late with my xmas cards this year, but I must get this handmade card for someone who just bought herself a new Macbook Pro.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 15

12 Beautiful Staircases That Could Easily Kill You

The guys at Oddee have put together a list of 12 of the most “creative” staircases that designers have conjured up. Creative…yes. Deadly…you bet. My personal choice for the deadliest staircase has to go to the Samlot. It can kill or maim you in two ways: either you fall off it completely or you over-step…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 15

Google’s Nexus One May Be Coming on January 5th

Reuters is reporting that, according to an unnamed source, the Nexus One may be subsidized by T-Mobile. A site called Android and Me is claiming that T-Mobile will sell it for $199 with contract, starting on January 5. A January release date sounds reasonable based on what we know about the phone so far, and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 15

Number of Kids Dying Under TVs Increasing as Flat TV Sales Go Up

Once upon a time—when I was a little kid playing in the small living room where my siblings and I played Lego—we almost died. Our huge ITT color TV tried to kill us with all its wood-paneled power. https://gizmodo.com/this-secret-underground-facility-guards-all-lego-sets-e-5018990 Sergio, my youngest brother, bumped against the piece of furniture that supported the TV. The heavy…

Television Jesus Diaz Dec 14

Necky: The Snuggie For Your Neck

Are you so stupid that scarves confuse you? Jesus Christ. Well, the Necky was designed with you in mind, you idiot. [BuyNecky via Jezebel] https://jezebel.com/introducing-the-necky-the-snuggie-for-your-neck-5426078

Tech News Adam Frucci Dec 14

Red Ring Monster Is What Keeps Big Kids Up at Night

Not much scares me these days. But the fearsome Red Ring monster, a horrible creature that can strike at any time? That one makes me need a night light. [Project Page via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/the-rrod-is-a-monster-of-a-problem-5425702

Tech News Adam Frucci Dec 14

What Is This?

It’s not a still from Tron 2, and it’s not an LED dreamcatcher. It’s way less obvious and far more cool than those. https://gizmodo.com/tron-2-trailer-video-makes-pants-wet-worldwide-5029479 This is one of photographer Samantha Tio’s Conveyance series, which uses long-exposure night photography to explore traffic patterns in Asia. We’ve enjoyed night photography before and are avowed fans of slow-shutter…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 14

When Meeting the President, Put Your Phone in a Basket With a Sticky Note

Before going in for a meeting with the President of the United States, you must put a sticky note with your name on your phone and leave the device in a basket outside. Don’t believe it? There’s a video. This video shows cabinet members leaving their phones in a basket before entering a meeting with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 14

Do We Honestly Think People Like Those Below Would Join a Pet Mouse Dating Site?

And you thought your dating site was niche. This concept dating service for pet mice owners lets singletons meet other like-minded individuals, and if their mice “get on” then with any luck, so should the humans. Presumably membership at this ultra-exclusive dating site would gift each user with the Rotastak-esque tubing device for transporting your…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 14

Urban Monsters Love To Stretch Out Their Tentacles Across The Cityscape

We love Joel Prittie’s urban monster art, especially this image of a giant tentacle monster sprawling out on a Hong Kong rooftop. He also does creatures riding in tanks, and Octo-bots at play. Check out some more. See more of his monster awesomeness here. [Joel M. Prittie Awesome Blog] Octo-Bot and big brother. Awesome! Rooftop…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 14

Eternal Ice Drop Makes for a Perfect Cognac

On-the-rocks drinkers can be very particular about their ice. Creating perfect ice spheres is one way to ensure that you don’t sacrifice flavor—this Ice Drop is another. Created by the team at 5.5 designers for Hennessey cognac, the Eternal Ice Drop is basically a spherical piece of glass with frozen water inside. The spherical shape…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 14

Fighting the Bad Guys in Your Undapants

The Big Picture has published the first part of a 2009 photo retrospective. These are my favorite shots, starting with this image of a soldier fighting in his “I love NY” pink underpants against the Taliban. Go to the Big Picture for the rest of the series. [Big Picture]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 14

Your 5-Year-Old Knows More About Doctor Who Than Catherine Tate

David Tennant and Catherine Tate participate in a new Doctor Who-themed outing of quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks… and Tate’s only just realized that "Who" isn’t the Doctor’s last name. Plus see a scary new "End Of Time" clip. Here’s the latest clip from "The End Of Time Part 1". As some of the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 14

This Giant Crashed Cellphone Ad Campaign Has Me Confused

Matt says that using a headset will provoke accidents too. This advertising showing a giant crashed cellphone says otherwise. I say that you should not use cellphones while driving, period. What do you think? [Direct Daily]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 14

20 Greatest SF Movies Of The Past Decade

The past decade has seen a lot of bloated special-effects brain-sucks… but it’s also seen some of the best science-fiction films ever. Superhero films came of age, apocalypses ruled, and interstellar adventures came back. Here are the decade’s 20 greatest. This is, of course, just our opinion, and feel free to disagree in comments. We…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 14

‘Princess and the Pea’ Alarm Clock Makes It Impossible to Stay in Bed

This homemade "Princess and the Pea" alarm clock is hooked up to a compressor that will literally toss you out of bed if you hit the snooze button. Not exactly subtle, but it sure is effective. [ProjectPage via Make]

Tech News Adam Frucci Dec 14

San Francisco Bay Area Interns Wanted

It’s time again to look for those lucky people who want to intern for Gizmodo in the SF Bay area. The position is a lot like our previous New York intern positions, except for the obvious location thing and something different we’re trying out. We’re looking for one of four different types of interns: https://gizmodo.com/new-york-intern-needed-5411147…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 14

Microsoft Beats Xbox to Pieces for Getting an RRoD

Nic H tells us that this is how his Xbox was returned after being sent to Nurse Microsoft. If that’s really true, then it looks like Microsoft is getting brutal on Xboxes that dare get an RRoD. Geez. What the hell is Microsoft using to punish misbehaving Xboxes? This thing looks worse than the one…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 14

Mr. Skin’s Gadget Guide for the Nip Slip Aficionado

Google Nexus One’s Hardware Components: Looking Good

The Thinnest Macbook Pro Is the Best Love Card for Fanboys and Fangirls

12 Beautiful Staircases That Could Easily Kill You

Google’s Nexus One May Be Coming on January 5th

Number of Kids Dying Under TVs Increasing as Flat TV Sales Go Up

Necky: The Snuggie For Your Neck

Red Ring Monster Is What Keeps Big Kids Up at Night

What Is This?

When Meeting the President, Put Your Phone in a Basket With a Sticky Note

Do We Honestly Think People Like Those Below Would Join a Pet Mouse Dating Site?

Urban Monsters Love To Stretch Out Their Tentacles Across The Cityscape

Eternal Ice Drop Makes for a Perfect Cognac

Fighting the Bad Guys in Your Undapants

Your 5-Year-Old Knows More About Doctor Who Than Catherine Tate

This Giant Crashed Cellphone Ad Campaign Has Me Confused

20 Greatest SF Movies Of The Past Decade

‘Princess and the Pea’ Alarm Clock Makes It Impossible to Stay in Bed

San Francisco Bay Area Interns Wanted

Microsoft Beats Xbox to Pieces for Getting an RRoD

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