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Kinetik: An iPhone App That Helps You Find iPhone Apps

It seems kind of weird to have an app to find more apps but with the state of the App Store at something like bajillion and two apps, you need a filter of sorts. Kinetik is an app that makes sharing apps a social thing. There’s a friend aspect to it—which might be useless if…

Somalian cave fish live on a 47-hour day

These fish are native to the limestone caverns found deep beneath the Somalian desert. As you might imagine, these are creatures of eternal darkness, and thus the terms “night” and “day” are meaningless. And that’s what makes their biological clocks so bizarre. The Somalian cave fish, or Phreatichthys andruzzii, has an internal biological clock just…

Kenny Rogers and Some Muppets: The Gambler

Ignore for a moment that I just commission an oil portrait of Kenny Rogers holding a deck of cards for my sitting room. “The Gambler” is an objectively awesome song. And the Muppets are objectively awesome. So I present to you: “The Gambler,” performed live on the Muppet Show by Kenny Rogers and the Muppets.…

The next NASA rover could bring the first microbes to Mars

There’s no way to be absolutely certain, but we’re pretty sure that no germs have ever survived the grueling journey from Earth to Mars. But the latest rover to explore the Red Planet might just take along some microscopic colonists. NASA takes a number of steps to ensure that the probes that reach the Martian…

I Want to Love This Inductive iPad Charger Mount, But…

iPort did a good thing in creating such an attractive, efficient wall mount that wirelessly charges your iPad. The only thing holding it back in my mind is that it’s so bloody expensive for what it does. iPort is basically asking you to pay twice—potentially three times—for LaunchPort, their charging system. You’ll need to buy…

Massive NASA Satellite will be making reentry. Somewhere. Sometime soon.

Well this is exciting: NASA’s 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will be re-entering Earth’s atmosphere in what NASA has described as “an uncontrolled fall” — but precisely when and where the satellite will re-enter remains a mystery. Who wants to play “guess UARS re-entry day”? “It is too early to say exactly when UARS…

Sept. 21 Could Be D-Day for AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

The government’s attempt to block the AT&T-T-Mobile merger will see its first day in court just two short weeks from now. The goal of the hearing: figure out of there’s a way to settle this all civilized like. According to the NY Times, the feds are open to negotiation. AT&T’s willing to deal, too, reportedly…

7 Tools for Being Really, Really Creepy

Summer’s dead, which means it’s time to focus on work and study. Which means you’re going to be surrounded by friends. And strangers. And strangers who might someday be friends. Oh, but what if they won’t? Let’s creep ’em out. Midnight Shot Camera People think they’re safe in the dark. They think they’re private. They’re…

Autostachic for iPad: Give Yourself a Mustache So You Can Be a MAN’S MAN

All my life I’ve wanted a gnarly mustache. But I’ve been cursed with meek facial hair that makes me look raggedy and childish instead of awesome like a 70’s porn star. This changes TODAY. Autostachic for iPad digitally enhances your photos with a mustache. What’s it do? It takes a photo of your face with…

Dell Reaches Around and Wants HP’s Sloppy Seconds

Dell’s Partner Portal is addressing a vital business development: PC industry changes. And by “PC Industry Changes” it means, “OMG, HP is totes WTFBBQ so you’d better buy a Dell, dude.” Or at least, that was my takeaway. Michael Dell tweeted that his company is to “woo” sales partners. But follow the link, and instead…

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World Famous Economist Paul Krugman Talks a Whole Lotta Shit About Bitcoin

Nobel Prize-winnng economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman engages in a verbal smackdown on Bitcoin, pointing out that the cybercurrency has experienced “massive deflation” and is creating a community of Bitcoin hoarders. [NY Times]

Shut up, haters – Apollo 18‘s monsters are awesome

There have been a lot of disgruntled rumbles about the monsters in Moon landing conspiracy flick Apollo 18. I’ve even heard people say, “Well, if those are the monsters, then I’m definitely not seeing the movie.” What the hell, people? Sure there are things wrong with this movie, but the monsters are definitely not it.…

Can you hold your breath through this entire video?

How long can you hold your breath? 45 seconds? A minute? How about five? Meet Sulbin. He’s a member of the Bajau people of South-East Asia. Also known as “the sea gypsies of Malaysia and Indonesia, ” the Bajau are basically real-life versions of Aquaman; according to BBC’s Megan Lane, “[The Bajau people] are born,…

Scrub Your PC Clean: Remove Malware in Four Easy Steps

Malware sucks. In the best-case scenario, it craps up your system with unwanted files and occasionally makes itself known in the form of a persistent pop-up window or annoying browser-based toolbar. In the worst-case scenario, malware completely takes over your desktop or laptop and ruins your life. Your system slows it to a crawl. You…

SFPD Investigating Department’s Role in Missing iPhone 5 Search (Updated)

According to CNET, the SFPD is now investigating their role in the search for the missing iPhone prototype that occurred in late July. They’re trying to figure out how, exactly, four of their officers got mixed up in all this. An internal investigation into how the officers assisted two Apple employees search the Bernal Heights’…

Daily Desired: An Office Chair Worth Dying In

The Sayl Chair is Herman Miller’s minimalist masterpiece. After long weekends, I’m overcome by the feeling that I’ll die in my office. That’s a disturbing thought, but I’d feel mighty comfortable dying in a Sayl—I’d look good, too. The world first saw the Sayl office chair last year, and we marveled at Yves Béhar’s design.…

Eric Schmidt Confirms Rumors of a Fall Release for Ice Cream Sandwich

Eric Schmidt was at some conference for enterprise business stiffs talking about nonsense involving incentivizing vendors to increase marketshare or something. But he let a juicy bit of info slip: Ice Cream Sandwich is coming in October or November. Previous rumors had suggested that Ice Cream Sandwich would come in October and Schmidt himself said…

This Is How Insanely Fast the Texas Wildfires Are Spreading

The place: North of Bastrop State Park, Texas. The time: September 5, 2011. The bottom line: wildfires spread so insanely fast that it’s terrifying. This has not been altered in any way. It’s real time. Wildfires have been roaring for the past eight days, powered by winds reaching up to 60 miles per hour. As…

Where would superheroes be without 9/11?

There’s a meme going around lately, saying that the September 11 attacks gave rise to our current boom in superhero movies. And there’s definitely some truth to it — superheroes gave us a nice escapist fantasy in the wake of a terrible tragedy, and allowed us to talk about some stuff we couldn’t have addressed…