France Is Getting a New, Algorithmically Designed Keyboard Layout
French and English share the same 26-character alphabet, but additional accents, symbols, and punctuation make it…
Communists Oppose Naming a French Street for Steve Jobs, Suggest Ada Lovelace Instead
France has a surprisingly large number of streets named after Americans. There are streets named for Thomas Edison,…
A Firefighter Is Captivated By Flames In This Gorgeous Animated Short
In Wildfire, a firefighter is utterly captivated by the flames which surround her, and it’s an obsession that begins to…
Interesting Theory On Why French People Find English-Speakers Annoying
There exists a kind of long-standing rivalry between the French and the English (and the Americans). Some of it is…
This Simpsons couch gag making fun of the French is hilarious fine art
I would so watch a French version of The Simpsons that makes fun of itself as much as this couch gag. Hopefully, it…
French Secret Service Freaks Out About Seemingly Nonexistent Military Secrets On Wikipedia
French agents at the Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur (DCRI), apparently turning their attention to…
Peeing Frenchman Sues Google Over Embarrassing Street View Photo
Google Street View, long established as a source for photos of unaware naked people, is being sued by a man in France…
This Black Bun Darth Vader Burger Looks More Awesome Than The Phantom Menace
I'm finally jealous of the French. To promote the re-release of The Phantom Menace in THREE DEE, French fast food chain…
"Is My Son Gay?" Is One Aggressively Sad Android App
If you think your son's sexuality can be determined through any means other than actually having a meaningful,…
Skyliners Tightrope Walking Is Insane but Not Certifiably So
Some people might imeediately think of words like "crazy" or phrases like "batshit insane" when they see this…
Above France for iPad: It's Like the Tour de France Without Any of the Sweaty Cycling or Crashes
Making fun of France is as American as apple pie but it doesn't mean we don't think it's a beautiful country (what?…
The Metal War Cloud over Libya
Libya's air power is destroyed. Its ground power is (largely) blasted. All because of a persistent storm of aircraft…
Crazy Basketball Team Uses a Crazier Amusement Park Robot for Practice
Basketball practices are pretty standard: shooting drills, defensive slides, three-man weave, suicides, 17s,…
Hello? Hello?! Sorry, There's a Fish Bone in My Phone
Boy, you'd really flounder about in the aquarium phone booth, wouldn't you? It was installed by two artists for the…
This Is Absolutely, Positively the Best Way to Watch 3D Without 3D Glasses
Who gives a shit about 3D? Not me. But! I'm uber excited to see this technology hit our living room. The French have…
Schoolkids Guess the Ancient Gadgets and Get It All Adorably Wrong
Don't kids say the darndest things? Especially when they're speaking adorable French-Canadian. My favorite moment is…
French Cellphone Contracts Will Be the Death of You
Thought getting out of cellphone contracts here in the US was bad? Sorry. It's got nothing on what American-in-Paris Leo…
Nokia's Budget 3210 Is Back—Reissued by French Designers
Not content with doing over just the Motorola StarTac, French design company Lekki has reissued Nokia's 3210, which is…
French Woman Brutally Murdered Her Sister Using a Tripod
When you live in a French city famed for its annual photojournalism festival, a tripod is a murder weapon many homes…
3D Porn On-Demand Channel Sleazing Its Way Into France
Launching in France first and the rest of Europe later, the Parisian 3D porn channel will include 60 exclusive videos…