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“All of them” is not a valid option when deciding what sort of music your band will perform. Otherwise, you get something like this from Argentina’s Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas. Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas (IKV) is comprised of Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur. The two formed IKV in 1991 and produced seven albums…
Somewhere in between the honor of getting a bronze statue of yourself and the shame of re-creating your sexual organs in plastic is this awesome gummy bear yourself service. You can basically create a gummy replica of yourself to eat. It looks absolutely delicious. FabCafe in Japan is offering the service for approximately $65 (6,000…
Say it with me now: Hahahawwwwwhahah. This awesome toddler is named Jude and this video shows what he’s actually doing when his parents shut off the lights and try to make him sleep. It’s punishingly adorable. Jude’s parents came up with the hilarious idea to see what their kid does when he’s “trying to sleep”…
Here’s another off the wall pants idea from Naked and Famous Denim, the craziest jeans company in the entire world: Thermo-chromic denim. Jeans that change color depending on the temperature. Meaning if you get hot in certain areas (yeah, that too), the pants get whiter. Naked and Famous have made its name in being the…
If you use Tumblr or Facebook or Twitter or any site like that, you’d know that they’re all complete time sucks. Hopping onto Tumblr is especially dangerous because of all the rabbit holes you can crawl into—food, tasteful nudes, fashion, tasteful nudes, animated gifs, tasteful nudes, virally reblogged reblogs and other stuff like tasteful nudes.…
Our friend Masashi Togami, the founder of Team Back to the Future, has a new BTTF project on Lego Cuusoo: Doc Brown’s Jules Verne Train. Like the soon-to-come-to-market Lego Back to the Future DeLorean, this model-created by Sakuretsu-is extremely well designed and fully functional. Sure, the train doesn’t actually fly, but it moves. It’s fully…
Stopping by CNBC earlier today, SnapChat‘s CEO Evan Spiegel made the vague semi-announcement that the notorious tween sexting app is currently experimenting with “this really awesome new ad format.” Whatever that means. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-way-to-sext-5966591 As with any hyper-popular app, the move to paid advertising was inevitable, but given SnapChat’s self described focus on “ephemeral media,” it’s…
The masses of the tech world will, more often than not, refuse to agree on anything. But there are still those few bits of magic that mysteriously and periodically bring joy to almost every single disgruntled cynic out there. Everyone, that is, except you. For me, it’s Temple Run. I’ve downloaded both versions, forcing myself…
Slime on your TV, slime on your tablet. Nickelodeon just launched a fun new iPad app. What does it do? It’s essentially a second screen experience. You can watch full episodes of your favorite Nick shows (if you’re a cable subscriber), see exclusive videos, play games, and more. Why do we like it? We might…
The coast is clear now, but for a while there, Google’s two-step verification system wasn’t keeping you as safe as you thought. In fact, it was providing an avenue for folks to get in. App-specific passwords were propping your door open. The exploit was found—and reported—by Duo Security, which is publishing its data now that…
There never seem to be enough places to hang wet towels and face cloths in the bathroom. So it’s baffling to think it’s taken this long for someone to come with the Branch—an enhanced shower curtain ring that brilliantly adds a pair of hooks. It’s currently just a concept that Quirky is considering making, which…
This video will restore your faith in humanity but, before you watch it, you need some background information. This video was recorded in Spain—my home country. You probably have heard that it’s suffering a terrible recession. The situation is terrible: six million people without a job, corrupt politicians everywhere, gangster banks repossessing homes after receiving…
You might feel like you’re always losing your keys. This bull has a magnet in its nose to hold onto them for you. It mounts directly to the wall and comes with a keychain that you’ll want to put your keys on. It’s $8, and it shouldn’t surprise you that it comes from Gamago, purveyors…
It’s bad news if you’re a rabid Legend of Zelda fan. It turns out there’s only one of these brilliant Hylian shield backpacks available from Ivana Roso’s Etsy store. So if you’ve got $60 to spare, and are quick on the ‘Add to Cart’ draw, you can snatch it up and save your own princess…
Punxsutawney Phil has deigned us worthy of an early thaw so there’s no use procrastinating on your spring cleaning—even if your kitchen is dirtier than a roadside truck stop Blimpie’s. Here’s how to make your kitchen sparkle using supplies that’re already there (or at least should be). Stainless Steel Stainless steel is throughout the kitchen…
Have one of those 7 million jailbroken iDevices? Like it that way? Then wait, stop, don’t touch anything. iOS 6.1.3 is poised to ruin your day, and there might not be any going back. https://gizmodo.com/evasi0n-jailbreak-has-unshackled-close-to-7-million-ios-5982790 iOS 6.1.3 is only in beta right now, so the matter isn’t that urgent, but it looks like when it…
Scientists have found proof of a sunken continent in the Indian Ocean. According to a study published in Nature Geoscience, the continent “was separated from Madagascar and fragmented into a ribbon-like configuration by a series of mid-ocean ridge jumps during the opening of the Mascarene ocean basin.” Its name is not Atlantis, though. According to…
After some of the best years of my life, I’m leaving Gizmodo. I love this staff like family, but it’s time for me to move on. We’re going to need a new fearless leader. Job requirements: • At least TK years experience in design and tech journalism. • You work like TK [wild animal]. •…
When folks started screaming about the Chromebook Pixel’s absurd starting price, this is what they were talking about. Never mind the fact you can pick up a Chromebook for $250 any day of the week — for $400 from Best Buy, you can pick up a fully-fledged Photoshop-and-Word-capable 11-inch Asus Touchscreen Laptop running Windows 8.…
Perfectly solving a problem that most of probably didn’t realize we had, a Polish company has created the Miior—a full-sized bathroom mirror that extends from the wall so you don’t have to lean over the sink to get a closer look. Until now the solution was to simply have a smaller mirror on hand you…
