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Kodak is really closing out its era as a photographic monolith, opting to sell off its film business entirely. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Kodak will not only sell its print film production, but also its digital imaging kiosks, and the printers and scanners that go with them. Following its bankruptcy claim, Kodak had…
There is some really good TV coming to Amazon Prime thanks to a new partnership between Amazon and NBCUniversal. Among the new shows you’ll be able to stream are Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, and Friday Night Lights. Texas Forever. Amazon Prime is really beefing up its library. Last month it…
Instagram is great, but it’s also sequestered away in its own little pocket of the internet. A new site, i-am-cc.org, is giving you a way to make your Instagram photos free for everyone to use, for mostly anything they want. It’s simple. You just go to the website, and sign up to agree to license…
Images supposedly leaked to the rumors website Digicam Info reveal a gorgeous little camera labeled the X-E1. Is this a new retro shooter that will join Fuji’s X100 and X-Pro1? We hope so, it looks very promising—like Fujifilm built the camera for a broader audience this time. The new camera will be another compact system…
Sometimes making Star Wars merchandise that will appeal to everyone in its enormous fanbase is like shooting fish in a barrel. But come on, this mould that lets you make ice pop lightsabers that actually light up is a stroke of genius. The mould comes with four hilts in total—two of Darth Vader’s lightsaber and…
Ya’ll are a weird bunch. While the rest of the world happens upon our fine blog through, probably, the expected avenues of entry—”iphone” and “android” and “mars”—you, yes you searched some pretty strange stuff to land here. Stranger by the hour. Super strange at night. Do you recognize yourself here? blackberry is horrible its afraid…
Dictionaries exist in between a rock and a hard place: jump on new words too late and they look like a dinosaur, add in words too early and they’re made into a mockery. Words are hard, yes, but some words don’t exactly need defining like some of these just added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online.…
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully developed an electronic suture that contains ultrathin silicon sensors integrated on polymer or silk strips and can be laced through the skin and knotted just like conventional medical stitches. These smart sutures are able to precisely measure body temperature at the site…
The Amount of Lead in Licorice Red Vines Is Too Damn High Health officials in California have issues a recall for and are warning state residents against eating Red Vines black licorice twists. A recently-tested batch contained as much as 13.2 micrograms of lead per serving—more than double the daily recommended 6 microgram dosage. Anybody…
Hong Yi, the lovely artist who makes mind blowing art from everyday objects like books, coffee and basketballs, is back at it again. This time? She paints a picture of Adele using burning candles. Seriously. Who needs a paintbrush when you have hot wax, right? https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-girl-sculpt-zuckerbergs-face-with-books-5916540 I can barely light a candle without burning myself…
The Wall Street Journal has streaming coverage of the South Korean Samsung vs. Apple verdict return. The highly anticipated verdict came in only minutes ago, setting the stage for the equally hot US version of the verdict to come. The WSJ reports that the decision seems to be a more or less even split between…
It really should. We have come so far—so, so far—from the days of dumb dialup. And it’s not like the technology doesn’t exist (hello Boing, MiFi, et al.) So, why oh why is mobile Wi-Fi still so shitty? I shouldn’t turn down a trip to Maine just because I’m worried I won’t be able to…
We’ve already told you that Facebook ruined your birthday. And it’s so completely true! It’s completely meaningless now, hordes of semi-friends and quasi-acquaintances fake like they care about you. Ugh. And maybe when the wall posts first start trickling in you’re a little happy but as more and more keyboard vomit starts popping up, you…
Nestled in the heart of Duchess County, in upstate New York, Dutchess House No 1. is an aluminum clad hideaway with a surprisingly warm and cozy interior. This sustainable weekend retreat was designed by Grzywinski+Pons for a couple based in New York City. Its exterior is clad in aluminum shingles and accented with IPE wood…
Call it vapid, call it fake, call it soul sucking. Go ahead. Complain about the traffic, complain about the people, complain about the smog. You can say whatever you want but the fact is this: Los Angeles is so very beautiful. Don’t believe me? Watch this time lapse video of LA by Colin Rich which…
We’ve long known that iPhone 5 Day 2012 would be September 12th—Apple would hold an event, Tim Cook would go on stage, a new iPhone would be announced and Apple will claim that this changes everything. There were also reports that a new 7-inch iPad mini would be announced on the same day. They might’ve…
Fragrant World, Yeasayer’s new album, dropped yesterday, and if you haven’t given it a listen yet, fire up Spotify right now. This accordion/organ backed track “Henrietta” is the second single. It’s a great track—sorry if it gets stuck in your head. Not really though. Typical of Yeasayer, the song is wonderfully weird but incredibly infecting.…
Summer has been great, but as the weather is starting to change, you’ve got something to look forward too—snow. When you hit the slopes later this year, you have to look good and stay warm. It’s no surprise that Burton’s 2012-2013 collection fulfills both of those requirements, and this space-age Embark Snowboard jacket ($475) is…
The NY Times is reporting that unknown computer hackers who call themselves “Cutting Sword of Justice” have claimed responsibility for spreading a malicious virus into Saudi Aramco, the Saudi government-owned oil company that’s also the world’s largest, and destroying three-quarters of all its computers. The hackers used a similar virus as the government created virus,…
We all have that one ancient gadget that we can’t quite bring ourselves to part with. Sometimes it’s because of nostalgia. Sometimes it’s because we’re cheap. Other times, it’s because that gadget is just better than whatever is currently available. What is the oldest device that’s still part of your tech arsenal? Image via video99.co.uk
