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The Best Mechanical Keyboards To Buy

You type on a keyboard, I type on a keyboard, this if for people who love typing on a mechanical keyboard

This Algorithm Can Change the Season and Weather In Your Photos

One time I drove five hours out of my way on a road trip to Monument Valley, only to be devastated when I arrived. Instead of the bright red buttes I’d envisioned against a clear blue sky, a gray haze had settled into the valley, rendering the landscape flat and lifeless. My photographs could have…

Why does coffee make you poop?

You know it when you feel it. You’ve just sat down at your breakfast table, or settled in at your favorite café. You’re a few sips into your brew when, out of nowhere, the urge to download a brownload is becoming urgent. Just a few swigs of coffee and it can feel like you’ve mainlined…

Can you guess the subject of this photograph?

From an advertisement for Brown, Barnes & Bell (photographers in Liverpool, we presume) comes an optical illusion ca. 1890 that is half elephant man, half… well… something else. We don’t want to spoil it. Check below the fold for the big reveal. One more time. Here’s the original view: Aaaand the reveal (for those having…

Why Does Coffee Make You Poop?

You know it when you feel it. You’ve just sat down at your breakfast table, or settled in at your favorite café. You’re a few sips into your brew when, out of nowhere, the urge to download a brownload is becoming urgent. Just a few swigs of coffee and it can feel like you’ve mainlined…

What the Hell Is This Wood-Paneled Galaxy S III Turd?

The Galaxy S III is a pretty nice-looking phone. Really nice, actually. But oh man ugh what puke guh lol sigh hgggkk snort sigh WHAT IS THIS WOOD/TURD-COLORED VERSION, SAMSUNG? “Amber Brown,” apparently. But ugh. I guess the news is that the S III is coming in new colors, followed closely by the news that…

Angina Rub Could Keep You Alive After Being Fanged by a Cobra

If you find yourself in a Samuel L. Jackson movie involving airplanes but not sharks or Royales with Cheese, good news! You’ll only really need to avoid the Pythons and Boas— so long as you have some Nitric oxide lotion on you. The rub was originally developed to help with angina, chest pains caused by…

Not only is Woot offering brown Zunes for $79, but that if you already bought one in that color, you’re eligible for an extra $20 off any item worth more than $20.

Sony Ericsson K770i is Slim, 3.2 Megapixel Cyber-shot and Brown

Sony Ericsson‘s K770i Cyber-shot cellphone has been announced today: it’s only 14.5 mm thick, has a 3.2-megapixel camera with Photo fix function and is expected to launch in Europe sometime in the last quarter of this year. Hopefully it will make the jump to the US soon. Full specs and press release after the jump.…

iWalk is So Much More than Just a Prosthetic Foot

A group of MIT and Brown researchers and engineers have debuted a prosthetic foot that propels the user forward using “tendon-like springs and an electric motor,” meaning it is even more like the real thing than traditional prostheses. Professor Hugh Herr, head of biomechatronics at MIT’s Media Lab, and a double amputee himself, tested the…

Zune’s Brown Color Sucks, Analyst Says

Microsoft marketing geniuses figured out that brown is the new black (or white), painting up the Zune in a color that a lot of people associate with a brick of shit. Now here come the second-guessing analysts, and one named Rob Enderle from the Enderle Group says that Microsoft stands alone in its edgy choice…

Sony Ericsson K800i Available Soon In Brown

If the basic black and grey color of the standard K800i isn’t to your liking, perhaps you’ll enjoy the 3.2 megapixel cameraphone in something a bit more…poopy? The Sony Ericsson k800i is going to be available in brown starting September, exclusively in the Hong Kong and Taiwan region. After that, it’ll flow all over Asia,…