Watching the Red Hot Nickel Ball destroy various materials just never gets old. So here’s a Red Hot Ball of Nickel turning a box of crayons into a rainbow of destruction. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-hot-ball-of-nickel-into-a-1007593662 The spectacle pretty much speaks for itself, but you have to wonder what that giant pool of wax would look like if left…
Most of us are happy to eat ice cream straight out of the container; even scooping it into a cone seems like too much of a hassle. But a restaurant in Spain called El Celler de Can Roca has come up with a novel way to serve the frozen treat—they bake it. Or, more specifically,…
Remember Samsung’s crazy Android-powered Galaxy NX interchangeable-lens smart camera? It’s going to cost $1600—$1700 if you want the 18-55mm kit lens. And you still need to find a way to pay for a data plan. No carriers are on board to sell the camera just yet either. Oof.
A former James Bond might be the top choice to play the new Alfred to Ben Affleck’s Batman. Two young actors have supposedly read for roles in Star Wars: Episode VII. Vin Diesel offers some deep thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy and Riddick. Spoilers on the way! Top image from Guardians of the Galaxy.…
Yesterday, Twitter unloaded an update on the unsuspecting masses that introduced a thin blue line to thread conversations together. As always happens whenever something is Slightly Different on the Internet, the people revolted. Except for these few. While everyone else was busy wailing and gnashing their teeth in 140 character bursts, these brave iconoclasts have…
Meet your new Ultron. Boston Legal’s James Spader is playing Ultron, the murderous supercomputer, in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the massive sequel to last year’s superhero team-up film. So, no Paul Bettany, then?
Netflix has been making some big moves lately, outgrowing its days as a virtual Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?) to offer some seriously great original programming. Its upcoming launch into the world of comedy will pack some power too — Aziz Ansari’s Buried Alive stand-up special debuts on Netflix November 1st. https://gizmodo.com/orange-is-the-new-black-about-so-much-more-than-life-i-1219000669 While this isn’t the first…
That huge thing to the right there is alleged to be the Nokia Lumia 1520, the phone company’s first go at entering the monster phone/tablet hybrid space. According to WP Central, the Lumia 1520 features a 6-inch display running at 1080p resolution, with previous leaks suggesting it’ll arrive powered by a leading edge Qualcomm Snapdragon…
DirecTV’s spruced-up mobile app with voice control has made the jump to the Android world. Just like the iOS app released earlier this month, the app lets you do things like schedule DVR recording, and uses spoken word search to find programming. [Google Play via Engadget]
There’s a lovely little video floating on the Internet that shows various strangers in San Francisco talking about the story behind the last picture on their phone. The video ‘What’s the Last Photo On Your Phone?’ by Ivan Cash provides a touching look into something we all do all the time now: take photographs. And…
Wrinkle your brain a little bit as it tries to wrap itself around what Deja Vu actually is. This TED Education animation by Michael Molina and animated by Josh Harris tries to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. The video explains: You might have felt it — the feeling that you’ve experienced something before, but,…
In his directorial debut, Zachary Heinzerling observes the unorthodox creative method of former boxer and current Dadaist Ushio Shinohara. So what do you think the final piece actually looks like?
Hugo Barra, VP of Product Management for Android, is out at Google and will join Chinese phone maker Xiaomi. [Hugo Barra+]
I don’t even know what this is. It’s not as batshit insane as McAfee’s guide to uninstalling McAfee Antivirus which improbably makes it even weirder. Like McAfee has reached another level of ridiculousness by being more calculated in his ridiculousness. Anyways, it’s pitched as a tell all by McAfee but eventually he wants you to…
From the Lord of the G-Strings to San Fernando Jones and the Temple of Poon—for some reason, the porn industry likes to make parodies of famous movies and some people actually watch them. Check out this X-rated guide on sci-fi and fantasy movie porn spoofs and try to understand how anybody can get off on…
“God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.” Man builds Lego Jurassic Park. Twenty years ago Jurassic Park was first released into theaters, and now a die-hard fan is trying to get this official Lego set made. The set would include the iconic Jurassic Park Gate, a tour…
It’s funny. Advertising for House of Cards was plastered on every billboard and bus and subway station. Kevin Spacey would stare you down from Abraham Lincoln’s seat anywhere you turned. Arrested Development was hyped as only resurrecting the most loved TV show in the past 10 years could be. How many clips and trailers and…
This is one of the most amazing buildings you’ll ever see — or not see. It’s made entirely out of water, showering down at 30,000 liters per minute. Take a look at these pictures. Created by London design firm Random International at World Heritage Zollverein, this water building is called Instant Structure. The designers call…
Here are the jewels that’ll adorn the feet of the world’s greatest basketball player LeBron James for the upcoming basketball season. They look like they’re brilliantly cut like a diamond. They look like something Iron Man might wear in his future. They also look like something an outer space alien version of The Thing would…
There’s plenty of science fiction that looks like people involved with it were tipsy or impaired — but this might be the first space action movie that was written, directed and acted by drunk people. Star Drunk, people: the movie that is its own drinking game. As quoted by Laughing Squid: Star Drunk is an…
