2014

Social Media Honors Novelist Gabriel García Márquez, Who Died… In 2014

Have you seen all the heartfelt remembrances of Gabriel García Márquez, best known for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude? Yes, García Márquez is dead. But for some reason a lot of people on social media think he died sometime in the past week. The Colombian author died in 2014. Social media sites like…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 24

10 underrated movies you probably missed in 2014

The funnest and maybe even best movie of 2014 that nobody saw when it came out but when they finally watched it all agreed was the funnest and maybe even best movie of 2014: Edge of Tomorrow. Seriously, even if you don’t like Tom Cruise, you’ll enjoy the movie. Here are 9 other movies that…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 7

This is what a movie made of all the superhero movies would look like

French graphic designer and editor Michael Deleau put together this trailer for all the superhero movies released in 2014. It all combines so naturally and seamlessly that it really highlights how all these movies use the same visual language—albeit with different end results, of course. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 7

Cool slow motion shots from movies, TV shows and music videos in 2014

Good riddance, 2014. And to celebrate turning a new calendar year, Evan Puschak, the Nerdwriter, put together this nifty look at how movies, TV shows and music videos used slow motion in 2014. It’s interesting to see all these different types of films and shows use the same effect and question if they are even…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 31

Our 10 Favorite Outdoor Destinations Of The Year

Adventure travel in the outdoors on a tech blog? Hey, we do occasionally use a camera. Whatever, IndefinitelyWild went to some pretty cool places during our first seven months; here’s our favorites. Hana The girlfriend and I spent a week bumming around Maui’s bejungled eastern side, sleeping on a secret beach, getting our food from…

Tech News Wes Siler Dec 30

2014 in one insane minute

NSA leaks, Ebola, ALS ice bucket challenge, terrible earthquakes, Nicki Minaj twerkin, and the rest of 2014 condensed in a one-minute Animation Domination High-Def video. Pop an Ambien and wait 10 minutes before you click play. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 30

The 7 Most Important UI and UX Ideas of 2014

This year, we saw Google introduce a sweeping new design language to overhaul is long list of products. We saw independent designers building their own hardware. And more than anything, we saw experimentation on a huge scale—resulting in one of the most eventful and interesting years for UI and UX design in recent memory. End-of-year…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 30

The most stunning movie shots of 2014 compiled in one video

Editor Jacob T. Swinney put together this video with the best cinematography of 2014. The list only includes movies that have been released theatrically in the US, like Interstellar, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nymphomaniac, and many more. Here is the whole list: Interstellar Nightcrawler Locke Godzilla Under the Skin Birdman Snowpiercer Foxcatcher Inherent Vice Fury…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 26

The Best Data Visualizations of 2014

It’s always tough to pick my favorite visualization projects. I mean, it’s a challenge to pick and rank your favorite anything really. So much depends on what you feel like at the time, and there’s a lot of good work out there. Nevertheless, I gave it a go. These are my favorites for the year,…

Tech News Nathan Yau - Flowing Data Dec 22

The best National Geographic readers’ photos of 2014

National Geographic just announced the winners of their 2014 Photo Contest and they are truly amazing. There are plenty more on their website. Places category Winner Photo and caption by Triston Yeo. The thermal spas in Budapest [are] one of the favorite activities of Hungarians, especially in winter. We were fortunate to gain special access…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 18

The Edits We Made to Wikipedia in 2014

The world made more than 100 million edits to Wikipedia in 2014. In this video, the online encyclopaedia uses just the text, images and videos uploaded to its pages in the last 365 days to recap what happened in the world this year. As well as being a pertinent reminder of what happened in 2014—both…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 18

All of 2014 Conan O’Brien show in one insane supercut

I’m a big fan of Conan O’Brien (and Andy Richter) and this supercut of his show at TBS is a great sample of their particular brand of hilarious absurd humor. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Dec 16

Everything That Happened on Twitter in 2014

Each year, Twitter rounds up the biggest events that its users have been talking about—and 2014 is no exception. Can you guess the biggest Twitter event of the last twelve months? Twitter’s round up suggests that—somewhat depressingly—the biggest thing to happen on the social network all year was Ellen Degenere’s selfie at the Oscars. So…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 11

The best pictures from National Geographic’s Photo Contest 2014

Everybody knows what the best thing about the end of the year is. It’s easy. No, it’s not Christmas presents. Or seeing family over the holidays. The best thing about the end of the year is National Geographic’s Photo Contest. It’s a tradition where we get to see just how awesome the world around us…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 28

Moto X 2014 Hands-On: Better, Smarter, Bigger

Here at last! The Moto X was one of our favorite phones from last year, and now the sequel is here. It’s called… the Moto X. Guess the X+1 thing was just a codename. Labels aside, we’ve spent a good half day with the new Moto X, and so far it lives up to the…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 5

Moto G 2014 Hands-On: Bigger Bang For the Same Buck

Guess what Motorola’s top-selling phone of all time is? Nope, it’s not the Razr, it’s last year’s Moto G. For 180 bucks off-contract and unlocked, it was a hell of a lot of phone. Well, the 2014 model is here, and it’s bigger and better, and it costs just the same. The new Moto G…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 5

HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition Review: Great But For that Camera

Android purists have a common refrain they like to bust out every time a beautiful new piece of hardware comes out: “If only it ran pure Android!” in F-sharp. There’s a pervasive belief that unpasteurized Android—and only unpasteurized Android—directly from the great teat in Mountain View is all that’s needed to transform a good phone…

Reviews Brent Rose May 9

All the winter storms of 2014 in one NASA time-lapse video

I don’t want to jinx this but it seems the sun may be here to stay at last. NASA seems to agree, because they have released this compilation video of all the winter storms as seen from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-East satellite. I hate you winter. You won’t be missed. SPLOID is…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 27

An Early Look at Ikea’s Light, Cheap, and Portable 2014 Collection

Ikea is already the gold standard for furniture that moves well, but this year its designers are pushing the art of nomadism even further. Images of Ikea’s new PS collection have arrived, and its name—On the Move—says it all. Just a few weeks ago, Ikea announced the untimely demise of its super-popular Expedit shelving system,…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Mar 12

14 Design Trends for 2014

Just as we did a year ago, I’m kicking off 2014 with a list of design trends I expect to gain ground over the next twelve months. The world of interactive design is an extreme fluid in terms of what’s determined as a staple of good design from year to year. It should go without…

Tech News Gannon Burgett - The Industry Jan 15

2014

Social Media Honors Novelist Gabriel García Márquez, Who Died… In 2014

10 underrated movies you probably missed in 2014

This is what a movie made of all the superhero movies would look like

Cool slow motion shots from movies, TV shows and music videos in 2014

Our 10 Favorite Outdoor Destinations Of The Year

2014 in one insane minute

The 7 Most Important UI and UX Ideas of 2014

The most stunning movie shots of 2014 compiled in one video

The Best Data Visualizations of 2014

The best National Geographic readers’ photos of 2014

The Edits We Made to Wikipedia in 2014

All of 2014 Conan O’Brien show in one insane supercut

Everything That Happened on Twitter in 2014

The best pictures from National Geographic’s Photo Contest 2014

Moto X 2014 Hands-On: Better, Smarter, Bigger

Moto G 2014 Hands-On: Bigger Bang For the Same Buck

HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition Review: Great But For that Camera

All the winter storms of 2014 in one NASA time-lapse video

An Early Look at Ikea’s Light, Cheap, and Portable 2014 Collection

14 Design Trends for 2014

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All Hell Breaks Loose in a Tease of the End of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2

NASA Administrator Says Odds of Finding Alien Life Are ‘Pretty High’

The ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie Did Rosalina Dirty

Wisconsin Remains a Gooning Sanctuary State After Governor Rejects Age Verification Bill

The Artemis 2 Astronauts Are Now Farther From Earth Than Any Have Gone Before

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