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How not to make a good omelet, ever

A clear sign of someone who doesn’t really know how to prepare an actually good omelet: “crack three or four eggs into a bowl, add a splash of water and a glug of milk.” That’s as disgustingly wrong as putting eggs in paella or lemon inside fresh fish. Want to learn how to make a…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Lumens and Lux: Light Words Explained in a Single Image

If you’ve ever tried to compare flashlights or lighting of any kind, you’ve probably been confronted with a bunch of confusing terms like lumen and lux that are supposed to describe how powerful a light is.We think? Well here they are explained in a single image. The above image, posted yesterday by the folks at…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How to Get Movies, Music, and More From Your Mobile Device to Your TV

There’s not much your phone or tablet can’t do these days, beyond maybe displaying their troves of mobile content on a screen larger than 10 inches. But that’s what televisions are for. And, with one of these five methods, you’ll be able to seamlessly throw music and movies from your little screen to your big…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

An App to Unload Your Leftover Food Sounds Genius

It’s a scientific fact that all food (except pizza) tastes worse the next day. That Peking Chicken is not going to be very appetizing tomorrow, which is why it’s just going to fester in the back of your fridge—until you discover the moldy box weeks later and toss it into the garbage while having a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

TweetDeck Just Got Worse and Twitter Blames Google

If you’re a heavy TweetDeck user—we are bloggers, and thus, we are heavy TweetDeck users—you might’ve noticed that notifications got way crappier this week. It turns out, it’s not Twitter’s fault, it’s Google’s. Hmph. If you use TweetDeck’s Google Chrome extension, you would’ve noticed the change immediately when it switched over because it’s so much…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Instagram Users Say They Are Being Attacked By Delicious Smoothies (Updated With Instagram’s Response)

Instagram users are reporting that they’ve been attacked by a mysterious hack that posts photos of smoothies to their accounts. (We e-mailed Instagram to see if they’ve got anything to say.) From the looks of the tweets above and below, it seems the exploit is a phishing scheme, so don’t click any weird links on…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

India Thought Jupiter and Venus Were Actually Chinese Spy Drones

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Chinese spy drone! Oh, and there’s another one! That’s what the Indian Army must’ve thought when they saw two specks of something “spying on them” in the sky. Instead, what India thought were Chinese spy drones turned out to be… Jupiter and Venus. Even more embarrassing, the…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Cocaine (NSFW)

The one in which Nick Offerman gets fired, gets drunk, and pisses all over Nic Cage’s star on the Walk of Fame. Fidlar did this, buy their self titled album at Amazon.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Test Your Typo Finding Skills in This Stressful Timed Test

Spot a typo on the Internet? Get your pitchforks, saddle up the horses, write to your Congressman and raise hell until it’s fixed. Or… just leave a nasty comment! Truthfully though, typos suck. When you’re reading something, blatant tyops (heh) can smack your eyes and snap you back to consciousness. It’s like being pinched in…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Daria Movie Trailer

I’m probably not as big a fan as some of you guys when it comes to Daria and/or Aubrey Plaza but even I have to admit Aubrey Plaza as Daria in a real life movie of Daria is all kinds of awesome. I’d actually like it if more movies and TV shows flip flopped into…

Tech News Splitsider

Google Nexus 7 Teardown: Hey That’s an Inductive Charging Coil

The ace team at iFixit has given the ol’ teardown to the new Google Nexus 7 and they’ve discovered that the rear case is very easy to open, that it’s taller, narrower and thinner and that there’s an… inductive charging coil (the first iFixit has seen in a tablet). The battery inside the new Nexus…

Tech News Casey Chan

Just a Reminder That FedEx Doesn’t Give a Crap About Your Packages

It can be FedEx. It can be UPS. It can be any shipping service, really. They all promise to get your packages to where you want them to go but there’s no guarantee they’ll treat your packages with any sort of tender, love or care. Most likely, they’ll be thrown around, banged around and destroyed…

Tech News Casey Chan

Most Beautiful Items: July 19 – 26, 2013

From an abandoned asylum that the Department of Homeland Security is moving into, to beer labels turned into animated GIFs, we posted all kinds of lustworthy things this week. So before you head off into weekend, check out the wonders of design, art, and architecture we’ve got for you. There’s a Beautiful Chair Hiding in…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Is Minecraft the next plague that will destroy kids’ minds everywhere?

Back in the 60s, the media thought rock’n’roll would destroy kids’ minds. Before that it was comic-books. Now the brain poisoning plague is Minecraft, a Lego-like construction video game that most adults can’t understand and kids are addicted to. Like crack, they say! https://kotaku.com/minecraft-is-now-mine-crack-says-local-news-everywhe-927656796

Sploid Jesus Diaz

7 Quick Tips That Will Make Your Life a Lot Easier

Need a cheap stand for your iPad? Or what about creating a smartphone stand with sunglasses? Did you know a piece of tape could work wonders on an SD card? The helpful folks at Household Hackers have continued their quick and simple life hack videos with seven new ones. I like the idea of misting…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Bubble Wrap Bike Is the Most Annoyingly Baller Way to Roll

Wow, you didn’t realize there was a way to roll down the street in style like this. THAT SOUND! It’s like a big, long continuous fart. This guy is gonna make millions. So the concept is pretty simple here. Comedian Eric Buss straps a roll of bubble wrap to the hub of the front wheel…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

These Japanese TV shows are completely insane

This talented man is showing how to evade detection by the urinal sensors. It’s just another weird moment from Japanese television, which is universally known to be very weird. But some of these shows are crazy even by these standards of weirdness.

Sploid Ken Layne

iPad Apps of the Week: Glasses.com, ARTtwo50, and More

Creating designs, patronizing the arts, and buying the glasses that help you tell the difference. Yep, this week’s best iPad apps are a real visual wonderland. Glasses.com: We’ve become a lazy, lazy people. If there’s two things that really bring us together, it’s an irrational demand for instant gratification and a desire to have as…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Android Apps of the Week: Permissions Manager, NumberSnap, and More

Never forget a face, never miss a draft, and never let apps get personal info you don’t want them to, all in this week’s best Android apps. Permissions Manager: When you install an app on Android, you’re asked to agree to a host or permissions which the software requires—but there’s no option to tweak them.…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

iPhone Apps of the Week: Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Loom, and More

Fantasy sports! Fantastic photography! A radio fantasia! All of these and more, in this week’s best iPhone apps. Yahoo Fantasy Sports: If you’re already a fantasy sports fan, chances are you’ve used Yahoo’s Fantasy Sports app before. The most notable change is the ability to take care of Draft Day entirely on your phone. You’ll…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

How not to make a good omelet, ever

Lumens and Lux: Light Words Explained in a Single Image

How to Get Movies, Music, and More From Your Mobile Device to Your TV

An App to Unload Your Leftover Food Sounds Genius

TweetDeck Just Got Worse and Twitter Blames Google

Instagram Users Say They Are Being Attacked By Delicious Smoothies (Updated With Instagram’s Response)

India Thought Jupiter and Venus Were Actually Chinese Spy Drones

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Cocaine (NSFW)

Test Your Typo Finding Skills in This Stressful Timed Test

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Daria Movie Trailer

Google Nexus 7 Teardown: Hey That’s an Inductive Charging Coil

Just a Reminder That FedEx Doesn’t Give a Crap About Your Packages

Most Beautiful Items: July 19 – 26, 2013

Is Minecraft the next plague that will destroy kids’ minds everywhere?

7 Quick Tips That Will Make Your Life a Lot Easier

This Bubble Wrap Bike Is the Most Annoyingly Baller Way to Roll

These Japanese TV shows are completely insane

iPad Apps of the Week: Glasses.com, ARTtwo50, and More

Android Apps of the Week: Permissions Manager, NumberSnap, and More

iPhone Apps of the Week: Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Loom, and More

Dreame Pocket Pro Hair Dryer Is Now Over 3x Cheaper Than Dyson’s Deal in Amazon’s Prime-Exclusive Spring Sale

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts

JBL Clears Out a 5.0-Channel Compact All-in-One Soundbar at a Record Low Beyond Its Portable Speaker Deals

Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’

Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station Is 50% Off as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes Into Its Final Clear-Out

Anker’s USB-C Docking Station With Detachable Hub Hits an All-Time Low in Amazon’s Spring Sale, Likely the Last Chance Before Prime Day

The Sadie Sink ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Rumors Just Keep Swirling

This Kindle Paperwhite E-Reader Now Costs About as Much as a Few Paper Books, While Amazon’s Spring Sale Price Still Holds

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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