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Holy Crap, This Insane 300 Foot Rope Swing Looks Like Heart Stopping Fun

There’s crazy things you can do like racing jet skis. There’s extreme stunts you can pull like sky diving. There’s insanity like base jumping. And then there’s this: jumping off a canyon and swinging yourself on a 300 foot rope swing. You come oh so close to hitting the canyon but pull away at the…

J.Viewz: Teardrop

J.Viewz’ mom must be so mad. He doesn’t just play with his food, he plays music with it. He first wires an eggplant, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, carrots and mushrooms to a MaKey MaKey. Tapping each piece of produce closes an electrical circuit which then sends a signal to the attached keyboard and plays a corresponding…

The T3 App: A Dieter Rams-Inspired Music Player

Apps get boring. Especially default apps. So here’s T3, a totally different music player. What does it do? Plays music from your iTunes library in a simple, beautifully-designed interface reminiscent of one Dieter Rams. Why do we like it? Most new apps seem to do the same things that others already do. So design is…

Starting in March, Pandora’s 40-hour cap on free music will apply to its mobile version, too. Listen wisely, friends.

Behold the Ugliest Shoe of All Time

The Air Jordan XX8 (just got ’em in today). Pimped by the mighty Spike Lee. Inspired by James Bond. Bolstered with carbon fiber plates: a purple eyescar sheathed in some kind of snakeskin-meets-moonscape-meets-pixelcamo footcondom. This has gotta be the ugliest shoe ever made. Amirite? https://gizmodo.com/air-jordan-xx8-first-look-hahaha-these-are-the-new-air-5965330 Gizmodoscope! Move your mouse around the photo to move the…

Celebrate Traditional Woodworking With a Joinery Poster

On this print you see 40 technical drawings of traditional joints you see in woodworking. It works as a reference tool if you’re handy, but it also makes for nice wall art. You can find it over on Brighton Exchange for $33. It’s printed on thick stock paper measuring 26 inches by 42 inches. And…

Coinstar is rolling out a feature that essentially lets you use its kiosks as PayPal ATMs. Hoarding finally pays off.

One Building Looks Like Three Stacked On Each Other

If you came across this building, you’d think you’d stumbled into Toon Town. The outlandish structure looks like a couple of buildings stacked on top of each other. The lower levels of the nine-story complex resembles a Swiss Chalet, the middle, a colorful child’s block toy, and the penthouse looks like a restored farm house.…

Shooting Challenge: Vine

Usually, we only celebrate still images in our Shooting Challenges. But what can I say, Vine is addictive, even if Jesus hates it/loves it. So for this week’s challenge, I want you to make us a Vine. Any Vine. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-why-vine-is-stupid-5979691 The Challenge Take a Vine. Make it creative. The Technique Now, just because you’re shooting…

Hardware Comes Last

Google’s Chromebook Pixel is aspirational in nearly every way. It’s designed within an inch of its life, a physical specimen worthy of Rodin. Its lines are sharp, its display is crisp. And nearly every review has had the same takeaway: It’s amazing. Don’t buy it. It’s enough to give you whiplash, or at least a…

Sergey Brin Thinks Your Smartphone Is for Girls

Hey, sweetheart, nice iPhone. Nice Android, too. It matches your Hello Kitty mug and bra. In fact, it’s downright “emasculating,” according to Google co-founder and Professional Computer Face Sergey Brin. So, stop throwing your manliness away. It takes a lot for an asinine comment at TED to surface above the asinine sea-froth that is TED…

Nate Silver Offers Up a Statistical Analysis of Your Failing Relationship

While data shows that overall happiness in your relationship fell 8 more points, there is still a 31 percent chance of makeup sex this Friday, depending on average energy levels after work and how proactive you’re feeling (see chart). However, if you just order $18 of Chinese takeout like you did last weekend, projections show…

Chrome for Android updated so that audio keeps playing when it’s in the background. We think that’s a good thing.

An Awesome 1940s Photo of Making a Cast of a Giant Fish

We don’t know much about this photo snapped in 1940. It shows Ludwig Ferraglio making a cast of a fish called Acrotus Willoughbyi but that’s about all we know. We do know a little bit about the fish’s origins, though. It was originally discovered in the Washington Territory in 1887 by Charles Willoughby, an American…

Is This Multi-Purpose Pasta Tool a Kitchen Saviour or Scourge?

Sometimes a multi-tasking kitchen tool can go too far, taking on so many tasks that it sucks at everything it tries to do. The Chef2 spoon appeared to strike a nice balance between spatula and tong duties. But this multifunction pasta prepper from Sagaform? It might be stretching itself too thin. It works as a…

These Headphones Are Your Practically-Indestructible Deal of the Day

Although V-Moda is a relatively new audio company (at least compared to AKG or Audio-Technica), they’ve made a name for themselves in a short amount of time. What’s interesting is V-Moda didn’t do it through sound quality — although by most accounts it’s very good — but rather through smart design and durability. If people…

Say Goodbye to Video Stores, Mailmen, Pennies…

The February 1989 issue of Life magazine predicted that, by the year 2000, many staples of modern American life might find themselves on the scrapheap of history. Life predicted that by the year 2000 people would need to say goodbye to everything from film (pretty much) to all-male clergy in the Catholic church (not so…

GE Is Turning a Six Flags Roller Coaster Into an F-35 Launcher

Superman: Escape from Krypton has been terrifying Six Flags Magic Mountain visitors since 1997. Once the tallest roller coaster on the planet and the first to employ a linear motor system, Superman launched riders up a 415-foot vertical track at 100 MPH. Now GE is working to convert the technology behind the amusement park ride…

It Scrapes, It Serves, and It Might Be the Most Useful Tool In Your Kitchen

Maximize your kitchen’s storage space with this clever spatula and serving tongs multipurpose tool known as the Chef2. Made from food-grade plastic it can withstand temperatures up to 428 degrees fahrenheit, and of course can be used to stir, flip, scrape, lift, turn, and serve a meal. You just need to decide what it’s going…

Kindle for iOS users: Update the app! Amazon just released an update fixing the bug that was deleting entire libraries.