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Vivre Sa Vie is not the most well known Jean-Luc Godard film. (That honor goes to Breathless. It is not the most challenging of his films either. (Try Pierrot Le Fou, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her or Film Socialisme for that.) But for what it lacks in fame or complexity, it makes…
Boeing is making a big push to outfit its airplanes with more connectivity. By 2013 all new Boeing 747-8 and 777 planes will have built-in systems so that you can make calls on your cellphone while flying. In addition, Boeing already offers a kit to make its monster 787 Dreamliners phone call friendly as well.…
We have an super cool president—last year he bought the chefs at Pennsylvania Ave. some homebrewing kits, which yielded what the brewmasters thought was some really delicious beer. And now, hail to the chief, the White House has released the recipes for the official Honey Porter and Honey Ale so you can make them at…
Apple just released a statement regarding the overall shittiness of Apple Maps and though Cupertino ducks most of the issues like false listings and a melting 3D world, it promises that the service will get better as more people use it. Hmm… https://gizmodo.com/apple-maps-vs-google-maps-a-side-by-side-iphone-compar-5944960 Here’s Apple statement in full, as told to AllThingsD: Customers around the…
Amid all the horrible horrible changes and new policies Twitter has implemented in the past six months, one of the few saving graces is that it never nixed the ability to upload animated GIFs for use as avatars. As Buzzfeed FWD points out, Twitter has claimed it would enforce the policy sooner or later, and…
As beautiful as Kenwood’s CH250 food processor will look on your kitchen counters with its brushed die-cast steel finish, it’s not all about appearances. Inside you’ll find a set of four stainless steel blades instead of just two, powered by a 500 watt motor that should in theory chop and crush in half the time.…
TechCrunch’s Alexia Tsotsis has sources at Google telling her that they hope to have a proper Google Maps iOS 6 app “before Christmas.” Not next week, not next month. Before Christmas. Ugh. That said, it could mean next week, or next month, but it’s not exactly promising. After using Apple maps, that was not exactly…
Legions of suckers iPhone users jumped at the opportunity to upgrade to iOS 6 yesterday only to discover that Apple Maps is a horrible piece of crap that doesn’t work. Some of us on staff are refusing to upgrade until there’s a Google Maps app for us to use. Maybe you can live with the…
The next time you’ve got time to kill at the airport—whether at the hands of inclement weather or a never ending security line—you can still stay productive with this laptop stand that turns your suitcase into a miniature office. When moored to your suitcase’s extended handle it creates a three-legged desk that can support a…
Apple’s maps are not off to a good start. They’re getting killed by critics and users alike. And rightly so! They don’t hold their own against last generation’s Google Maps on iOS 5. And what’s worse for Apple and its fans? Things probably won’t be getting better any time soon. https://gizmodo.com/17-people-apple-maps-has-already-horribly-misled-5944897 What Apple Maps Gets…
If you want quality wireless audio, AirPlay is the only way to go. There are plenty of AirPlay speaker systems to choose from, but on style alone the new Bowers and Wilkins A7’s handsome design has us sold. And they’re freaking powerful too. Of course, it’s a Bowers & Wilkins product so there’s a very…
Many uses for this hilly house in Poland: In the summer, you can host Slip ‘n Slide races. In the winter, you have a bunny slope. And year-round, you have a clandestine Batman-style hideout for your car. That might not have been what the art collector homeowner was going for, but he hit the jackpot…
Facebook just announced two updates to its Android apps, Facebook Messenger and Facebook for Android, with both of the updates dealing with improvements to chatting with your friends. Messenger will now hide a buddy list “hidden to the right” of the app, which can be revealed by swiping left. It works like the Facebook app’s…
Do a Google search for “Karen De Coster” and you’ll turn up a photo of her—a few photos, actually—wearing Daisy Dukes and a sky-blue tank top, her short blonde hair tied beneath a black paisley bandana. She’s brandishing a giant assault rifle, crouched on a scrubby hillside, in a defensive position, like she’s confronting an…
It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to maintain rule in the face of the intern resistance or whether you’re trying to break the chains of school oppression, there’s no brand of dart gun more trusted than Nerf. Foam wars get serious—and the losers are often the ones underarmed. Not having not enough Nerf guns is…
Putting a new spin (literally) on the adaptive snowboards that let those with physical disabilities still enjoy snowsports, the folks at Signal Snowboards worked with Crankbrothers to design what could be the world’s first snow-friendly wheelchair. Using parts from a mountain bike the creation lets a rider—in this case a good friend of the company…
Thanks to iOS 6, the iPad finally has a clock application. Too bad Apple apparently stole the design from the iconic station clock of the Swiss Federal Railway. By “apparently” we mean completely and without remorse—like a bunch of highway bandits. Look at the two side-by-side above. What a shameless rip off. The Swiss newspaper…
You can’t even buy an iPhone 5 yet, but some speedy German tinkerers at iPhone Garage have ripped the thing apart for the world’s first teardown. Underneath the hood, the phone is absolutely gorgeous in ways you’ll never even see. Just like the Retina MacBook Pro, the iPhone 5’s naked components looks like a mix…
A backup battery for your smartphone is useless without the necessary cables. So Mophie has built both a USB and a microUSB cable into its Juice Pack Reserve Micro allowing you to charge a myriad of portable devices—as long as they’re not from Apple. A multi-color LED lets you know when the Juice Pack is…
Quite a few AT&T customers are worried about the status of their iPhone 5—they haven’t yet received a shipping confirmation email, and some have been told by sales reps that they could be waiting until as late as October 15. So far, there’s no official word from AT&T. But what about you? Will you get…
