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Happy holidays everyone. Enjoy the time with your family and friends and the days off you might get. Here’s a holiday Rube Goldberg machine from Quirkology, it starts a little slow but then grows bigger and basically becomes a wonderful Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) miracle. Have fun! Stay safe! SPLOID is a new…
Designer Jesse Dean has made a career out of modding out DJ equipment like turntables in all kinds of nerdy ways. His latest, though, might be the most profound geek mod he’s ever done. Dean will mod anything. Want your Native Instruments workstation loaded with Lego? You got it. Want your Technics turntable welded together…
You might not want to admit it but your favorite action movie is pretty corny. But it’s okay! Because they’re fun and they’re ridiculous and there are explosions and they’re quite wonderful at wasting two hours. But when you only see little bits of the movie? Especially just the punchline? It gets quite embarrassing. Just…
This week’s top time capsule stories from around the world include an abundance of riches in Florida, a surprise capsule found by some rather patient people Down Under, and the old question of tech obsolescence at a school in California. Florida County Gets So Many Donations They Have To Buy A Second Capsule Sarasota County,…
Moto X‘s customizability was a big selling feature when the phone rolled out. But arguably the most recognizable feature, the bamboo back plate, wasn’t available at launch. It finally arrived this week, to the joy of people who want their phones to resemble a Chris Craft boat. https://gizmodo.com/moto-x-review-the-android-phone-for-everybody-1034784286 The natural fiber option is only available…
As far as humans are concerned, the world didn’t exist until, well, they existed. That means anything that happened before you were born is mere fairy tales and make believe conversation. But what about those words that filled those tales and conversations? When did they start existing? When were those words born? Well, the Oxford…
Gizmodoers, the holidays are upon us! And it’s a safe bet you’re either traveling somewhere, or waiting for people to travel to you this weekend. Either way, plenty of time to sit around and play with your phone. Here are some new toys to stuff your phone’s stocking. Multi-Platform Updates Plowz It’s driveway-shoveling season, and…
Ford’s Synergy 2010, an 80 mile per gallon concept car created in 1996 as part of the company’s work with the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles. [AP Photo]
The toaster oven has far more uses than your average two-slot toaster, but it also requires a lot more counter space—which is problematic if you’re stuck with a tiny kitchen. You can either go to the hassle of stashing it away inside a cupboard when it’s not needed, or trade it in for Plus Minus…
Here’s a fun way to look at the world. What if every country’s population actually matched its size? So more populous places like Japan and Vietnam that are cramped in tiny specks of land now get to stretch their feet a bit while uselessly big countries like Canada and Australia get their population booted to…
Tequila is a much-maligned spirit here in the United States. Most of us think of it as something so nasty you need to do it in a shot with salt and lime so that you’ll taste it as little as possible, or take it mixed into an over-sweet margarita. All of that is changing. The…
Reuters reports that the NSA paid massive computer security firm RSA $10 million to promote a flawed encryption system so that the surveillance organization could wiggle its way around security. In other words, the NSA bribed the firm to leave the back door to computers all over the world open. Thanks to documents leaked by…
If you’ve been on the internet in the past month, chances are you’ve seen a remarkably lifelike portrait of Morgan Freeman painted entirely with the iPad app Procreate. It’s so unbelievably similar to the photo that inspired it that many have, quite literally, been unable to believe their eyes. But is there any credence to…
Today’s the day. Winamp is officially kicking the bucket. Well the day it was supposed to, but maybe not? Either way, the peppy little player that really whips the llama’s ass has been fading into obscurity for years now, and on (probably) the day of its final demise, let’s reflect. I am gonna miss the…
Methods for staying awake during a long haul get pretty tired. Seriously, you can only slap yourself in the face so many times. So when Bertrand Piccard needed to figure out how to stay alert during a 72-hour-long test in a flight simulator this week, he got creative. Piccard is one of two pilots who…
Think you’re eating grouper? Nope, it’s Vietnamese catfish. What about cod? Could be escolar. Can you tell the difference between red snapper and rockfish? Farm-raised salmon and wild? Here’s the thing with fish: once you fillet it and get rid of its characteristics, it can get kind of, sort of hard to tell what from…
You can reserve your own custom Vine URL now by going here. This probably means web profiles for the six-second video app are coming soon.
Don’t look now! Manhattan’s becoming a trailer park, a massive subterranean object is putting Seattle’s new freeway on hold, and a documentary is being produced about one of the most famous city-ruiners of all time. It’s all this week in What’s Ruining Our Cities! RVs are ruining the Upper West Side Residents of the Upper…
Maybe it’s the wonderful accent or maybe it’s the tidy timeline the video uses but I’m definitely more captivated with watching Kurzgesagt’s animation on the history of time and the future of everything than I ever was in history class. And I loved history class. The short is equal parts fascinating and revealing mixed with…
For all the wild creativity swirling around the internet, sometimes it’s the most simple gestures that make us smile. Such is the case with this video that Nitzan Yogev shot during a snowstorm in Jerusalem. Take a look. FStoppers reports that Yogev, a photography student, decided to go on a train ride during a blizzard,…
