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Online dating, like real life dating, can get a little skeevy because people are lame and pervy and also, lame and pervy. So to see the type of lame and pervy responses that a cute girl would get while on a dating service like OKCupid, a guy created a fake profile with a picture of…
Time Remapping Spins Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round “TimeRemapExportHD” by Adrien M and Claire B. explores the incredible, slit scan-like distortions that After Effects time remapping feature can produce. [Boing Boing] Growing Your Weed in a Pond Isn’t Nearly as Gross As it Sounds It’s called aquaponics and works on the same general principles…
Business cards are one of the few paper-specific items that managed to sneak by and still exist after the world started using computers, touch screens and well, any sort of technology. So I’ll always think of it as a scrappy throwback to simpler times. These Star Wars business cards by Mary Sue can be seen…
It’s not always super door buster TV deals that are better and even cheaper than last year, a lot of times big box stores sell the same exact items for the same exact price. Hell, sometimes they even charge more. NerdWallet took a look at Black Friday Ads and found some interesting stuff. NerdWallet took…
As we get older and theoretically smarter, we’re still pretty awful at basic tasks. Humans are mostly just dumb, I think. So wouldn’t it be great if we could be reminded with pop up messages for all of our ‘Human System Errors’ like in a computer? I think so! Pleated Jeans created a hilarious video…
You use HBO Go to watch Game of Thrones and you love it and you totally can’t live without but… do you really pay for it? Or do you use a login from a friend of a cousin of an in-law of a completely random girl? Watch this video where CollegeHumor reveals the hilarious truth…
Woodworkers are an exacting bunch, so you have to figure the most coveted storage system for wood-working tools would be a masterpiece. A century after company patriarch Henry Gerstner assembled his first tool chest, H. Gerstner & Sons is still hand-building the most excellent boxes in the world. H. Gerstner & Sons’ Pro Series 1…
As long as there have been reflections, we’ve liked sticking our faces in them, and preferably, immortalizing them in a photo. The selfie is timeless. But I can’t help but think it’s less dignified today than a century ago. Sometime between when the day he enlisted in 1915 and the day he was killed in…
To anyone who’s ever had their ability to nurture questioned, science now offers an infallible retort in the form of your lush, thriving belly button growth. The Belly Button Biodiversity (BBB), a group of scientists from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, wants to dispel the misconception…
Every smartphone comes with a timer, but you’ll soon ditch your app for Metaphys’ Nebula digital hour glass the minute you see its glowing pixels drop. Even if at over foot tall it gobbles up more kitchen counter space than it really needs to. Powered by a pair of AA batteries or a USB connection,…
No one ever wants to consider the possibility of a fire ripping through their home. But you always prepare for the worst, and with this Urban Shelf your tiny potted cactuses and various knick-knacks have a safe way to escape the flames. For $98, it also doubles as an impromptu set-piece for living room productions…
You kids and your fancy shutter glasses, your animated GIFs, your drugs and your binocular vision. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re going old school. We’re going red and blue, Biff’s friend in Back to the Future, anaglyph 3D. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-how-3d-works-5717004 The Challenge Take two photos. Post process them into an anaglyph (red and blue) 3-D…
We just got our hands on the HTC Droid DNA this morning, and our first impressions were very promising. The screen is really, really gorgeous. But, how gorgeous is it when you put it next to the other best smartphones? https://gizmodo.com/htc-droid-dna-hands-on-this-thing-is-sick-5960045 We decided to pit the Droid DNA against the iPhone 5, Nexus 4, HTC…
Nokia’s rebranded mapping service will soon arrive on iPhones and and Android devices, under the moniker of Here. For Android users this isn’t a huge deal, but for iPhone owners living in the age of iOS 6, it could change a lot. Nokia’s maps, on other platforms, have been fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-new-mapping-service-is-coming-to-ios-and-android-5960189 The apps aren’t quite…
This deliciously absurd parody of Delta Airline’s safety video starts a bit slow, but it skyrockets into laughing my underpants off altitude in a few seconds. Please, you watch. To be honest, if the original announcement said something like “and ponies are not allowed unless they fight” I wouldn’t flinch. That video freaks the hell…
Has Nintendo taken things too far? It’s 1991, shoulder pads are in, and America’s kids are NIN-TEN-PENDENT. Yeah, that’s right. Addicted video games thanks to Nintendo, which at the time controlled 80 percent of the market. The kids and parents who have been hypnotized and traumatized by cutting edge 90s graphics and an Italian plumber’s…
You come home late at night. You’re drunk. Both of your keys look the same. Oh god, oh god, you’re so wasted, you really want a taco, and damnit, which key is it? Consider the problem solved with Good Worth’s awesome little trinkets, because you’ll never forget the cannabis leaf is for the front door…
Things are exploding in Israel and the Gaza Strip, and the two Middle Eastern militaries responsible are shit-talking online. In English. On Twitter. When did the horrors of warfare start resembling angry Selena Gomez fans? https://gizmodo.com/israel-announces-war-campaign-via-twitter-updated-5960528 Brinksmanship and bluster used to take place between world capitals on encrypted channels. Now, the No, you’re gonna die!…
Now here’s a unique take on the seemingly unending supply of action sports cams hitting the market. Oregon Scientific’s ATC Chameleon packs a pair of adjustable lenses on the front and back of the camera with 110-degree fields of view. So athletes can share what’s happening behind the camera, as well as what’s in front.…
Even if you don’t consider yourself a camera ‘fanboy’ or ‘fangirl’ you’re probably still inclined to buy accessories branded for your particular hardware. Think about it, if you shoot with a Nikon DSLR would you really want to be caught with a Canon thermos? Probably not, which is why this Telephoto Lens Thermos has no…
