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Per Quartz, HP’s board is considering maybe possibly breaking the company up. Will nobody think of the printers?!
Beanbags are just fine, sure. But Kumeko has built a better beanbag, and it’s called the Snug Chair. Ever wanted to be swaddled like a baby? Ever wanted to chill out inside of a paddled shell that adjusts to your body position? Or, how about sleeping inside of a laundry basket? The last one, maybe…
Bizarre human being and Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes has the honor of creating the next installment in Jack White’s record label’s, Third Man Records, fantastic Blue Series. The coolest part, though, is that some of the 7-inch, three-song singles are going to be printed on old medical x-rays. The pairing of song and bone isn’t…
The staff at your local airport responsible for getting your bags onto a plane in a timely manner are particularly skilled at damaging and destroying even the most rugged of suitcases. So why not beat them to the punch with pre-distressed luggage that looks like it’s already been through countless flights—at least two. Available in…
Securing at least an honorable mention for the most over-the-top smartphone accessory, the BowBlade promises to turn aspiring iOS and Android archers into modern day Robin Hoods (or, sigh, Katniss Everdeens) who are never in risk of accidentally sending an arrow flying dangerously off-target. The rectangular bow uses flexible, swappable blades instead of a taut…
The cops pull over a car doing 75 in a school zone. The driver is behaving errratically, so they pull him out of the car for a search and bingo: a small bag of white dust in the perp’s pocket. But what is it—baking soda, cocaine, arsenic? To find out, they rely on this series…
If coffee’s part of your daily routine, it makes a lot of sense to carefully choose the gear you’re touching on a daily basis. If you’ve got your brewing setup down, that means you should upgrade your mug. And there are few better travel mugs than the Contigo West Loop Travel Mug. Gizmodo alum Joel…
Apple is selling special 69 cent songs for Valentine’s Day. 69, GET IT?!??!! Actually song pricing is in no way related to anything sexual. iTunes regularly sells 69 cent songs, and that pricing decision is between Apple and record companies. This is just that regular list with some thematic art and a wink, wink, wink.…
Redbox Instant is officially coming to Xbox 360 and it’s the exclusive “gaming and entertainment console launch partner.” If you’re currently in the beta for Redox Instant, expect an email in the coming days. The combination disc/streaming service costs $6/month for just streaming, $8/month for streaming and four DVDs from a Redbox kiosk and unlimited…
Silicon Valley wasn’t always the buzzword-flinging, startup-sprouting tech Mecca it is today. And PBS’s latest installment of the “American Experience” series looks back 10 years before the phrase “Silicon Valley” had even been coined, when eight young physicists decided to shed their corporate shackles and found the Valley’s first startup, Fairchild Semiconductor. The documentary mainly…
Parents, please don’t get confused. This is not the captain’s chair in your Honda Odyssey. But actually, that’s sort of the aesthetic One Nordic Furniture is going for with the Hai Chair. The company combines the look of flat packing furniture with high-end design. So think of the mid-century piece in your living room merging…
What kind of photos can you get out of a cardboard box wrapped in some paper? You’d be amazed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to scrap together your own cheap lightbox. The results were fantastic. WINNER: Headless I built the lightbox on Saturday. I shot a bunch of very pedestrian things. On…
5DMark III Canon 24-70 f2.8L ISO 1250 1/160 f10 When we moved into our office we installed a white cyc stage for our use and for use by friends and clients. I haven’t had much chance to actually use the stage myself and was waiting for a good Shooting Challenge to submit to; this seemed…
The U.S. Navy just released this stunning photo of sailors participating in a flight deck scrubbing exercise aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), a Nimitz-class supercarrier that is currently undergoing sea trials. But what the hell are they scrubbing? Is the carrier caught in a blizzard? No, that is not snow. In this exercise,…
There are already a handful of iOS apps that can turn your iPhone into a tape measure (minus the tape) in a pinch, but Incipio’s new Rugged AR Case promises a usable level of accuracy when it comes to measuring distances of up to 20 feet. The secret is a removable triangular augmented reality marker…
The Instagram feed that you look at constantly on your phone is now on the web. In recent months, Instagram has made it possible to view photos and profiles online, but that glorious feed available through the app has remained chained to your mobile device. Get psyched, because that’s changing. When you head over to…
Apple has added a new section of the iBookstore called Breakout Books that highlights up and coming self-published books from “emerging talents.” Titles are grouped into genres, like sci-fi, mysteries & thrillers, and romance, just like the books section of your local grocery store. Here’s a synopsis of one such title, Bridesmaid Lotto by Rachel…
Most of us love the light shows splashed across the sides of buildings for Christmas or Columbus Day or other events. They’re adorable! Here’s Improv Everywhere taking a timeout from the usual business of, well, confusing everyone around them to put on a light show for Grand Central’s 100th birthday. The 135 performers used 270…
It may pain you to add girth to the iPhone 5’s slender frame, but when a little more junk in your iPhone’s trunk means double the battery life, it’s hard to say no. The new Mophie Juice Pack Helium case promises to do just that and be about 13% lighter than the iPhone 4’s Air…
So you decided to jailbreak your iOS device and now the baked-in weather app is borked, right? Yeah, sometimes these things don’t always work out that smoothly but it could have been a lot worse. Now, a fix is being worked on but in case you haven’t downloaded one of a bajillion other weather apps,…
