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From the MC Escher School of Modern Dance, we present a man and his hat. And his bright red jumpsuit. And his clones. Ayaka Nakata directed this 2008 animated short.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is a damn fine phone. It’s fast, it’s big, it’s thin and it’s completely deserving to be in most people’s pockets. But apparently that’s not enough for Samsung. Samsung has gotten caught cheating benchmark tests to make itself look better. Basically, the S4 is specifically tweaked to be better at benchmarking…
It’s almost become not crazy to predict when the world will end because so many crazy people do it all the freaking time. But look, we’re all still here. Nothing has ended. The world is still here. To keep track of all the crazies, information design agency Accurat created a graphic to show just who…
You just finished a delicious meal. You’re itching to move on to the next spot to get more drinks. Or you’re hoping to wrap up your meal so you can pay the sitter. Or maybe you just want to get the hell out of the restaurant just because. Whatever it is, you spend a snail’s…
In the 1970s, a sporty disco-white car that turned into a submarine was the kind of hybrid required by James Bond. In those pre-computer movie days, filming a submariner car required a real submarine car, which was built for The Spy Who Loved Me but then lost for decades. https://jalopnik.com/how-a-guy-found-a-1-million-james-bond-car-in-a-100-s-965516125
The sky is blue! Only when it’s not gray. Or purple. Or red. Or orange. The clouds are white! Only when they’re not gray. Or even darker than that. Basically, the clouds and sky can be anything. But can the sky be a creamsicle orange bubbly thing that looks like we’re on an alien planet?…
Sure is tough to finish a bottle of wine! Why, there must be about four glasses of wine in a bottle. If you’re having dinner with more than one person, it’s basically impossible to imagine not finishing a bottle of wine. This new $300 device solves a problem no-one has ever had. [Photo via Shutterstock.]…
Most people think Lego is a toy for kids, but many adults love to create their own models. In fact, architects and designers use it to sketch concepts in 3D. The Lego Architecture Studio is for them: it contains 1,200 monochromatic bricks selected by and for architects—and architecture lovers. https://gizmodo.com/unleash-your-inner-frank-lloyd-wright-with-lego-952041035
Earlier today, visitors to the Chicago Tribune’s homepage were greeted not with traditional lead story or splash image. Instead, there was an adorable kitty, a placeholder headline, and the word test over and over again. While it was a welcome break from the the usual gloom and doom, it was also very clearly a mistake.…
Karl Pillemer interviewed 1,500 people ages 70 to 100 years for his book 30 Lessons for Living. This was their biggest regret by a wide margin, the most important lesson: Don’t waste countless hours of your time in a job you don’t really like. https://lifehacker.com/the-most-important-life-lesson-older-people-want-younge-963838889
Dying to get a first-hand look at some of the greatest exhibits places like the Museum of Flight, Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, and Tillamoook Air Museum have to offer, but don’t have the time or money for a cross-country flight history tour? Thanks to ACI Cockpit360, that last part won’t matter in the slightest.…
With all the giant flops from Hollywood this summer and all the potential new flops coming in 2014, movie insiders including Steven Spielberg are saying a major industry collapse is coming soon. Are we sick of these superheroes, finally? [Photo by Mark Anderson via Flickr.] https://gizmodo.com/is-hollywoods-glut-of-big-budget-blockbusters-doomed-t-967544709
The MacBook Air is an incredible laptop for many reasons, none of those being “good for gaming”. But this geek hero just straight up refused to accept the limitations of the 11-inch MacBook Air, and made it hum like a gaming laptop—with the help of a little creativity. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-2012-review-still-the-best-laptop-for-regu-5923184 The MacBook Air stinks at gaming…
With marriage itself so unaffordable and put off by so many people until the middle of adulthood, it’s no surprise that plenty of traditional wedding gifts end up being redundant. People already have a bunch of consumer junk. So now the newlyweds just want your money, in large bills. https://jezebel.com/newlyweds-dont-want-your-stupid-presents-they-want-co-953276444
There are plenty of ways to open a nice bottle of wine, but they all involve the avoidable decision to finish the bottle (or risk the weird-tasting leftovers). We can do better than this, people. A new opener from Coravin aimed at connoisseurs lets you drink one glass at a time, by performing what amounts…
Everybody could use some good news on days and centuries like this one, so it was welcome indeed when a very cute cat greeted readers of the Chicago Tribune website for a few glorious minutes today. Why not make every day Caturday? Because American Business hates fun. https://gizmodo.com/the-chicago-tribune-has-made-the-best-internet-mistake-964073520
Let’s leave out the cable shows and the entire Cinemax suite and focus on plain old broadcast television prime time. What’s the most masturbated-to program in the world? The answer is also the secret behind David Hasselhoff’s global fame. https://deadspin.com/searching-for-the-most-masturbated-to-tv-show-of-all-ti-962942967
The new skunkworks project from Swiss retailer MiCasa—MiCasa Lab—is all about giving scientists, engineers, and crazy people a safe space to work on the types of projects that might otherwise go unsupported due to a lack of “practicality” or “commercial viability” or “any reason for existence whatsoever.” And thank god it does—otherwise we might never…
This freakish “radish” was plucked from a Japanese vegetable farm, and news of the green-haired homunculus quickly made the mysterious entity a national hero in Japan. Doubters say the Radish Man is not able to walk without assistance, but photos suggest otherwise. https://kotaku.com/how-a-japanese-radish-became-an-internet-hero-959300090
Amazon just released a new update to its Kindle app for iOS, and it basically just told Apple to go f*** itself in the process. The Apple App Store bible absolutely forbids in-app purchases unless the company is willing to give Apple a 30 percent cut, but Amazon has finally found a way around this…
