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A Hilarious Woman Photoshopped Herself Taking Pictures with Her Cell Phone Camera into Old Photographs

The awesome photographer Flora Borsi, who once showed how Photoshop would look like in real life, is up to her awesomely hilarious tricks again. This time, Borsi splices herself taking a picture with a cell phone camera into old photographs. It’s a commentary on how ridiculous we look trying to capture every waking moment through…

Most Beautiful Items: April 13-April 19, 2013

Safe to say we all need a little escape at the end of this crazy week. So rest your weary eyes on some architecture and design in the most beautiful items we found this week. Shake This Curvaceous Spice Grinder For Perfectly Pulverized Seasonings https://gizmodo.com/shake-this-curvaceous-spice-grinder-for-perfectly-pulve-5994670 If you like to be as physically involved with your…

Make your vision strobe with a toothbrush or a fart noise

Stick a toothbrush in your mouth and make the world, especially electric displays, go strobe. It’s all about how your toothbrush, or your own vibrating mouth, interacts with your inner ear. Inside your inner ear are cells that keep you from falling over. The vestibular system does a lot of jobs. The tiny hair cells…

Walking With Dinosaurs 3D is a visual feast

The movie is gorgeous, it looks like The Land Before Time in “real life,” but the best news is none of the dinosaurs talk. Wrapping up our coverage of CinemaCon 2013 we wanted to call attention to a few films that fell under the hype radar. First, Walking With the Dinosaurs 3D. The BBC series-inspired…

The world’s oldest man turns 116 today

Everyone, say happy birthday to Jiroemon Kimura! Not only is he the world’s oldest living person — he’s also the oldest man. Like, ever. Kimura was born in Japan on April 19, 1897, which places him in some pretty exclusive company; he’s one of only 12 people still alive today who can say they lived…

Producer Mark Johnson on the Galaxy Quest Sequel: “It’s not over.”

The world is full of movies that don’t need a sequel, a remake, or a reboot — and then there’s the Star Trek spoof Galaxy Quest, which left us wanting more. Flavorwire talked to Breaking Bad producer Mark Johnson, and asked him what’s up with the Galaxy Quest sequel. Here’s what he said. I wish……

Sherpa, Google’s One Today, and More

Google has some exciting things on the horizon for Android. Its foray helping with charity transparence is already in beta, and the GoogleGlass companion app is finally here, even if most people still aren’t ready to drop $1,000 bucks for the hardware. One Today: Part of Google.org, its non-profit site, One Today’s ultimate goal is…

Piki, Minibar, and More

Whether your unquenchable thirst is for knowledge or something a little more… alcoholic, this week’s set of apps will have you covered. And once you’re saturated with either, there’s even something to help you keep it all together—which you’ll be especially thankful for where the latter’s concerned. Strophes: While lyric reading app Strophes has already…

Flowboard, Cut the Rope: Time Travel, and More

This week’s crop of iPad apps helps you get your work done quick and easy so that there’s plenty of time left over for fun—which you’ll find down below as well. Enjoy. Flowboard: Photo collages and scrapbooking can be dull, arduous processes that don’t transfer well to your digital life. And most web and mobile…

Mansions and Fine Art Made Especially for Cats and Dogs

Don’t you think your pet deserves a better home? The most distinguished dogs don’t sleep in houses, but in elegant dwellings. There are also TARDIS cat climbers and canine haciendas. Here are the coolest cat and dog homes on Earth. Alabama Doghouse (via Best Friend’s Home) Doctor Mew and the TARDIS Cat Fort (via TARDIS…

The Ancient Art of Perfect Gin: Our Visit to Beefeater and Plymouth

Gin just happens to be one of our favorite beverages. It’s a versatile spirit with tons of variation between brands. And we were fortunate enough to see how two of the great gin producers of the ages—Beefeater and Plymouth—create it from scratch. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s time…

Total social collapse averted; Power Girl’s boob window is back

Obviously, there’s a lot of terrible things going on in the news recently, but take solace in the fact that the important stuff — namely, your ability to see a comic book superheroine’s breasts — is back on track, as Power Girl has returned to the suit that made (part of) her famous in the…

One of the first religions inspired by the internet

File-sharing isn’t just a good way to get the latest episode of your favorite TV show. It’s also a religion. Kopimism is an officially-recognized faith in Sweden, and has established a church in the US too. Its credo? Copying information is holy. Founded by Swedish college student Isak Gerson in 2010, Kopimism was recognized as…

And now the most horrifying Star Wars costume we’ve ever seen

Ever wonder what your favorite Star Wars character would look like with the outline of someone’s genitals against their leg? Well you’re in luck, because Star Wars body suits are now for sale. In other news, everything is terrible. Available at Costume Craze, the horror these costumes can inflict is never ending. Just think of…

Tweetdeck for AIR, Android, and iOS are all slated to disappear from app stores and die on May 7th. Say your goodbyes.

Corniche Shelves Are Slices of Nature to Hang Your Stuff From

These Corniche Shelves are quite nice. They’re like little pieces of nature that you can slap on the wall. Designed by Ronan and Ervan Bouroullec, each shelf has a little object on it—a bird, a geometric shape, a pair of peaks, and so on—that you can hang things from. A set costs $75 and there’s…

This is what a dolphin call looks like

Ever wish you could see sounds? Now you can. The picture above is the call of a white beaked dolphin. Below is the song of a humpback whale. Sounds like these – being sounds – are obviously usually heard, not seen; but the notes and tones seen here have been converted into a visual medium…

Who would win in a fight: J.K. Rowling, or J.J. Abrams?

What if the creator of Harry Potter met the originator of Alias and Lost, on the field of battle? Assume that Rowling gets to wield any item that’s introduced in the Harry Potter books. Meanwhile, Abrams gets any device from his TV shows, but nothing from Mission Impossible, Star Trek or Star Wars. Who ya…

An iPhone 5 Case That Could Potentially Save Your Life One Day

There are countless ways your phone can come to the rescue in an emergency, from first aid apps, to just being able to dial 911 on the spot. But if you’re being attacked or pursued, you don’t have time to fumble through a touchscreen UI. You need to signal for help immediately, which is easy…

Facebook’s New Logo Takes Flat and Simple to the Extreme

The latest subtle redesign to Facebook’s logo was just noticed by developer Tom Waddington. It’s hard to imagine a simpler symbol than new little favicon cube that’ll live next to the Graph Search bar on Facebook’s revamped site. Move the arrows on the slider above from left to right to see a before and after…