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Let’s face it; no one takes better pictures of themselves than superheroes getting ready for a poster. But how do they get the perfect set-up every time? Like this. We’ve seen famous photos taken as selfies before, but there’s something so satisfying about seeing our heroes give in to that most unctuous of vanities. Besides,…
It took two months for Solar Impulse, the little solar-powered plane that could, to make it from Washington state to New York’s JFK airport. Two months of 45mph speeds, multiple stopovers, and cursing at clouds. But after surviving all that time and distance, the flight’s triumphant finale was cut short by a torn wing. Late…
If the only Vines and Instagram videos you’re looking at are the ones your friends are making of their cats, you’re missing out. There’s a whole world of snapshot auteurs out there that can make you laugh, think, and feel six (or 15) seconds at a time. And Vinstavids has done you the service of…
We’ve all got that record, the one we discovered early on that completely changed the way we look at music. Mine was Operation Ivy’s 1989 effort Energy, and I’m proud to say that—I think—it still holds up. I loved pretty much that whole album to death, but it was “Sound System” that really blew my…
Rendering CGI faces that look close to real is hard, but we’re starting to see hardware that can pull it off. Then, the problem becomes the source material; you’ve got to have models that look good enough to pass for real. For that, a new kind of facial scanning is going to come in handy,…
Regardless of what you think of its icons, iOS 7 is a big design shift for Apple, and it’s here to stay. When the new OS finally hits consumer phones everywhere, it might be a little surprise for some, but there’s one demographic it’s really going to flummox: babies. The clip pretty much speaks for…
With Google Reader finally dead and gone, it seems like as good a time as any to rethink the way we all look at the web. There’s a whole wealth of browsers and widgets and apps and extensions out there that will try to alter your browsing experience. Some of them will change your life,…
Happy Independence week. There were a lot of explosions, but some other things managed to happen too, and we’ve rounded up a festive smattering of them. Consider it GizBQ sampling plate. I’m talkin’ about an exploding-building-GIF salad, some iOS7-calendar-icon-rant slaw, some hot, takin’-good-care-of-your-smartphone-battery burgers, and more. Dig in. How To Take Care of Your Smartphone…
There are plenty of things that can make a ghost town, from dam projects, to nuclear disaster. The folks over at BuzzFeedVideo put together a rundown of some of America’s finest—and most unsettling—from a town built on a hellish inferno, to a city buried beneath Seattle. So take a look, and appreciate the ruinous beauty.…
There’s something to be said for dropping the cameras and just watching fireworks, but for Redditor AJ192, watching the pyrotechnic show through a viewfinder really paid off. Taken at an explosive celebration in New Mexico, it’s definitely a one in a million shot. What a beautiful way to get lucky. [Reddit via Laughing Squid]
You’re never going to use the borked trial versions of all these programs that came preinstalled on your new laptop or smartphone, so why should they continue taking up precious hard drive space? Here’s how to cut the deadweight out of your operating system. Bloatware is installed your device for the manufacturer’s benefit (read: cash…
It should come as no surprise that the RIAA, of all organizations, plays particularly fast and loose with its DMCA takedown requests. But thanks to a ridiculous blitz, the RIAA just had its 25 millionth link removed from Google search results. And it’s not slowing down. According to TorrentFreak the RIAA hit its 20 million…
Mornin’! Welcome to Saturday! Before you put that piping hot cup of coffee to your lips, why not try some piping hot coffee for your ears? It’s not as bad as it sounds. Who doesn’t like a little aural pleasure? Using what is quite possibly the most technically sophisticated coffee setup known to man, sound…
In a world where seemingly every physiological foible is being reclassified as a disease or an addiction (looking at you, husky sex addicts) it was really only a matter of time until the biological mechanism behind assholism surfaced. As this documentary by December Works explains, it’s not your fault that you’re a poorly-socialized, narcissistic, self-serving…
We’ve all said it or thought it or joked about it or believed it at one point in our lives. That damn, we were in the middle of nowhere. But that corn field or dark stretch of the highway hardly qualifies as nowhere. True nowhere is actually in Idaho. Visual Statistix created this wonderful map…
This is fantastic. Distort measured people’s reaction time by making them catch a falling ruler to see how quickly (or slowly) their brains can translate what they see into what they do. Putting the video to slow motion emphasizes how silly our reaction times can be. Some of us are so slow we might not…
Any advanced Internetter knows that the best way to enjoy the pure Internet is to get an ad blocker. It zaps away all the excess and gives you the meaty good stuff. However, it looks like companies are figuring ways to circumvent ad blockers… by paying them off. Google is reportedly paying one of the…
You could see Philippe Handford’s weird tree sculptures as somber reflections on life and the natural world and blah blah blah trees are alive, man. That’s fair, but really, this art is kind of funny too. Imagine walking down a trail in northern England and stumbling upon this tree. I kind of want to talk…
If you love the look of plants on your desk, but have a nasty habit of killing them through neglect, consider this faux greenery as an alternative. What look like tall blades of grass are actually unfortunately-named Pooleaf pens with long wisps of silicone coming off the end. They’re just $5 each, which isn’t too…
One of the very great pleasures of being an (imbecilic) adult is going to department stores to buy something painfully mundane and taking a detour through the toy department. YOU CAN BUY ALL OF THIS STUFF. It’s there, for you, to buy, and you don’t have to ask anyone’s permission. I’ve, uh, been at Target…
