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The 17 Worst College Football Uniform Designs, Ranked

We’re on the brink of a new college football season, and a new chance for schools to trot out flashy new uniforms—and make tons of cash in the process. As the season kicks off this weekend, who’ll be wearing the most stomach-churning jerseys? Uniform culture is a lot like fashion culture in general. You’ve got…

Five tips to get rid of your TV cable mess

Lifehacker has five great tips that will help you clean up the rat’s nest of cables behind your television. The best alternative, however, is to get rid of all those dumb cable boxes and stream everything from your computer to a wireless TV or projector. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-clean-up-the-birds-nest-of-cables-behind-your-t-1218074485

Watch a Red Hot Nickel Ball Destroy a Box of Crayons

Watching the Red Hot Nickel Ball destroy various materials just never gets old. So here’s a Red Hot Ball of Nickel turning a box of crayons into a rainbow of destruction. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-hot-ball-of-nickel-into-a-1007593662 The spectacle pretty much speaks for itself, but you have to wonder what that giant pool of wax would look like if left…

A Physics-Defying Appliance That Bakes Up Hot Ice Cream (Say Wha?)

Most of us are happy to eat ice cream straight out of the container; even scooping it into a cone seems like too much of a hassle. But a restaurant in Spain called El Celler de Can Roca has come up with a novel way to serve the frozen treat—they bake it. Or, more specifically,…

Remember Samsung’s crazy Android-powered Galaxy NX interchangeable-lens smart camera? It’s going to cost $1600—$1700 if you want the 18-55mm kit lens. And you still need to find a way to pay for a data plan. No carriers are on board to sell the camera just yet either. Oof.

11 People Who Actually Love This Twitter Update

Yesterday, Twitter unloaded an update on the unsuspecting masses that introduced a thin blue line to thread conversations together. As always happens whenever something is Slightly Different on the Internet, the people revolted. Except for these few. While everyone else was busy wailing and gnashing their teeth in 140 character bursts, these brave iconoclasts have…

Aziz Ansari Stand-Up Special Is Netflix’s Next Big Premiere

Netflix has been making some big moves lately, outgrowing its days as a virtual Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?) to offer some seriously great original programming. Its upcoming launch into the world of comedy will pack some power too — Aziz Ansari’s Buried Alive stand-up special debuts on Netflix November 1st. https://gizmodo.com/orange-is-the-new-black-about-so-much-more-than-life-i-1219000669 While this isn’t the first…

This Huge Thing Is Allegedly Nokia’s Lumia 1520 Phablet

That huge thing to the right there is alleged to be the Nokia Lumia 1520, the phone company’s first go at entering the monster phone/tablet hybrid space. According to WP Central, the Lumia 1520 features a 6-inch display running at 1080p resolution, with previous leaks suggesting it’ll arrive powered by a leading edge Qualcomm Snapdragon…

DirecTV’s spruced-up mobile app with voice control has made the jump to the Android world. Just like the iOS app released earlier this month, the app lets you do things like schedule DVR recording, and uses spoken word search to find programming. [Google Play via Engadget]

What’s the Last Picture You Took on Your Phone?

There’s a lovely little video floating on the Internet that shows various strangers in San Francisco talking about the story behind the last picture on their phone. The video ‘What’s the Last Photo On Your Phone?’ by Ivan Cash provides a touching look into something we all do all the time now: take photographs. And…

What Exactly Is Deja Vu?

Wrinkle your brain a little bit as it tries to wrap itself around what Deja Vu actually is. This TED Education animation by Michael Molina and animated by Josh Harris tries to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. The video explains: You might have felt it — the feeling that you’ve experienced something before, but,…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Cutie and the Boxer

In his directorial debut, Zachary Heinzerling observes the unorthodox creative method of former boxer and current Dadaist Ushio Shinohara. So what do you think the final piece actually looks like?

Hugo Barra, VP of Product Management for Android, is out at Google and will join Chinese phone maker Xiaomi. [Hugo Barra+]

Here’s Crazy Person John McAfee in Another Bizarre YouTube Video

I don’t even know what this is. It’s not as batshit insane as McAfee’s guide to uninstalling McAfee Antivirus which improbably makes it even weirder. Like McAfee has reached another level of ridiculousness by being more calculated in his ridiculousness. Anyways, it’s pitched as a tell all by McAfee but eventually he wants you to…

Did anyone really watch any movie in this ridiculous porn spoof guide?

From the Lord of the G-Strings to San Fernando Jones and the Temple of Poon—for some reason, the porn industry likes to make parodies of famous movies and some people actually watch them. Check out this X-rated guide on sci-fi and fantasy movie porn spoofs and try to understand how anybody can get off on…

Orange Is the New Black: About So Much More Than Life in Prison

It’s funny. Advertising for House of Cards was plastered on every billboard and bus and subway station. Kevin Spacey would stare you down from Abraham Lincoln’s seat anywhere you turned. Arrested Development was hyped as only resurrecting the most loved TV show in the past 10 years could be. How many clips and trailers and…

Nike Lebron 11: Shoes That Look Like Space Rock Diamonds

Here are the jewels that’ll adorn the feet of the world’s greatest basketball player LeBron James for the upcoming basketball season. They look like they’re brilliantly cut like a diamond. They look like something Iron Man might wear in his future. They also look like something an outer space alien version of The Thing would…

How to Create an Automatic Lawn Mower That’ll Mow the Lawn for You

You don’t even need to buy a Roomba lawn mower, all you need to do to rid yourself from the chore of mowing lawns is to make the lawn mower mow itself. How? Be like this guy who strapped his self-propelled lawn mower with rope to a stake in the middle of the yard. The…

Fed up man turns landline into hotline, earns $465 from telemarketers

Here’s a fun idea to get your revenge on telemarketers: a man turned his landline into a hotline, earning $465 in the process. But here’s a better idea: disconnect your landline already and don’t pick any cellphone calls from anyone who isn’t in your address book. http://gawker.com/man-gets-upper-hand-on-telemarketers-by-turning-landlin-1216908284

Unbelievable Google Street View Captures a Space Shuttle Flyover

When Google’s army of Street View vehicles takes to the streets, there’s no telling what those wandering eyes will see. Still it’s hard to believe that a Google Street View camera captured a space shuttle flying over the New Jersey Turnpike towards New York City. We’ve seen our share of spectacular flyover images, but nothing…