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Transforming Lamp Morphs Into a Table For Emergency Cocktail Parties

How many times have you been embarrassingly caught off guard when a cocktail party suddenly appears in your living room and there’s no place for guests to put their drinks? It’s a horrifying thought, but thankfully there are industrial design students like Christina Sicoli who are creating solutions to the problem. Most of the time…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Trap Door Colander Will Revolutionize Your Kitchen

Teflon? Self-cleaning ovens? Even the paper towel pales in comparison to the brilliant innovation that is this plastic colander with a trap door release that lets you easily dump its contents into a bowl after it’s completely drained. Can someone get the Nobel Prize people on the phone, they’re gonna want to see this. Best…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Higgs Boson, Secret Islands, RIM-Colored Lenses, Apple iGlass, Dark Matter

Just because the Fourth of July fell in the middle of the week doesn’t mean there wasn’t any news. And there was some big news. Whether it was the discovery of the Higgs boson, secret military islands, hidden magnetic portals, and the first look at dark matter, a lot happened this week. Read about it…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Talking Comic Books Take All Of the Imagination Out Of It

We’re not ones to hold back the march of technology, even when it comes to our beloved comic books. Having them electronically delivered to our beautiful retina display devices is a dream come true. But we can’t help but raise an eyebrow at Valiant Entertainment’s new talking comic book cover. Created for issue #1 of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Wooden Train Dining Table Redefines Playing With Your Food

You know those wooden Brio train tables you see at toy stores? The one’s designed specifically for children that are set so low to the ground that grown ups who are still young at heart can’t possible use them? That ‘problem’ is exactly what these TrackTile dining tables were designed to solve. Created by Paul…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What To Do When You Lose Your Wallet

Your wallet is packed tight with the essentials of your daily life. Your money. Your credit cards. All the points accrued from so many sandwiches at SUBWAY®. You can’t lose all that! Inconvenience aside, a lost wallet means the keys to your life could be in the hands of a crook. Here’s how to get…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Nine Bar Bets You’ll Never Lose

You know what’s better than an evening bar crawl where you drink yourself silly? An evening bar crawl where you recoup every last penny you spent on booze with this series of nine pub bets you’re always guaranteed to win. They were cooked up by R. Paul Wilson, the writer and host of one of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Sacrilege: Coca-Cola Will Soon Be Sold In Bottle-Shaped Eco-Friendly Plastic Bags (Updated)

Apparently in many parts of Central America, expensive soda drinks like Coca-Cola are served up in plastic Ziploc bags—instead of glass or plastic bottles—so they’re more affordable. And so the iconic and highly recognizable shape of the Coke bottle isn’t lost, the sugar water maker has created these Coca-Cola bags as a low-cost alternative to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Swimmable Mermaid Tails Are an Embarrassing Way to Drown

Monika Naumann’s three daughters simply adore all things mermaid. And, fortunately for the daughters Naumann, their mother will do whatever it takes to ensure her girls have their hearts’ desire. It doesn’t matter that mermaids aren’t real! If they want to be little Ariels, they will be little Ariels! In fact, for $250, Monika Naumann…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Jerry Seinfeld Gets Coffee, Stan Lee Drops In, and The Doors Smoke the Hollywood Bowl

There is Nothing But Bacon in This Burger (Except for the Fried Egg) Saints alive, there is not a munchie on the face of the planet that can withstand The ‘Merica from Slater’s 50/50, a three-restaurant Southern Californian burger chain. It builds on the success of its 50/50 burger (half ground beef, half ground bacon)…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watch This Adorable Handmade Trailer for Tiny Wings 2.O

iOS developer Andreas Illiger’s handmade trailer for the soon-to-be-released update of his super popular game Tiny Wings is a charming, old-school tribute—a tiny music box and a spool of illustrated paper—to a celebrated achievement of modern technology. The simple recreation of a game one usually sees in digital form puts into perspective just how far…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Kiss My A$$

It’s refreshing when people stay true to themselves, isn’t it? Especially when that self is an amusingly angry comedian who hates everything and isn’t afraid to sing about. Denis Leary, ladies and gentlemen! He’d like to share some opinions about Amurrica. Nothing against the guy’s work in Rescue Me and other dramatic roles, but would…

Tech News Splitsider

Is There a Single Good Reason to Leave Voicemail?

Why do people leave voicemail? To annoy me? Us? There is absolutely no point, as far as I can tell. If you want to tell me something, and I’m not picking up my phone, send a text. At this point, voicemail is nothing more than an anxiety inducing surprise package. A red bubble of the…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Are You Comfortable With Airlines Researching You on Google?

According to the London Evening Standard, British Airways is beginning a program in which employees google the faces of passengers for upcoming flights so that they may immediately greet them upon entry to the airport gate/airplane. Some feel this is an invasion of privacy. But is it really that big of a deal? [Evening Standard…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Frank Ocean: Sweet Life

“Sweet Life,” a song just as warm and woozy as this weekend is destined to be, was released today off Frank Ocean‘s forthcoming debut album Channel Orange. But you’re keepin’ it surreal, whatever you like Whatever feels good, whatever takes you mountain high Keepin’ it surreal, not sugar-free, my tv ain’t HD, that’s too real…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

When Applying for a Tech Job, Don’t Be a Racist Asshole (Updated)

Justin Ching works on different tech-related products around the silicon valley and needed a web designer. He interviewed David Bernett, and kept him in consideration for the position afterwards. Then Bernett sent him a horribly racist email, invoking Asian slurs, for reasons unknown to all other parties involved. Bernett’s short email read as follows: Dear…

Tech News Adrian Covert

House of Cedar, Modernized 18th Century Church, and More

It might be so hot you can’t even think. The good news is, you don’t have to, because you can just gaze at all the lovely things in this week’s round of most beautiful items. From a raindrop installation to a constellation lampshade, there are plethora of pretty things for you to take in. Marine-Inspired…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Is Thunderbird Dying?

TechCrunch has published an internal Mozilla email which says that the company will all but abandon its Thunderbird email client to the open source masses. Is this the end for the world’s biggest open-source email client? In the email, the Thunderbird project’s manager says the company doesn’t think it’s worthwhile to invest resources in a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How KA-BAR Was Born

While KA-BAR was made famous in 1941 by its Fighting Utility Knives, which were carried by Allied armed forces in WWII, it has actually been making edged tools for over a century. Common Machine takes a brief, albeit insightful, look at the history and production techniques of America’s most famed knife maker. [Gear Patrol]

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Gabi, Foap, and More

You might have been thrown off this week by a Wednesday holiday, but we’re still on track with a fresh round of best iPhone apps. Inside you’ll find a way to make some extra cash, a sports rules guide to prepare you for the Olympics, and much more. Swaag.it: When you look good, you want…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Transforming Lamp Morphs Into a Table For Emergency Cocktail Parties

Trap Door Colander Will Revolutionize Your Kitchen

Higgs Boson, Secret Islands, RIM-Colored Lenses, Apple iGlass, Dark Matter

Talking Comic Books Take All Of the Imagination Out Of It

Wooden Train Dining Table Redefines Playing With Your Food

What To Do When You Lose Your Wallet

Nine Bar Bets You’ll Never Lose

Sacrilege: Coca-Cola Will Soon Be Sold In Bottle-Shaped Eco-Friendly Plastic Bags (Updated)

Swimmable Mermaid Tails Are an Embarrassing Way to Drown

The Stoner Channel: Jerry Seinfeld Gets Coffee, Stan Lee Drops In, and The Doors Smoke the Hollywood Bowl

Watch This Adorable Handmade Trailer for Tiny Wings 2.O

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Kiss My A$$

Is There a Single Good Reason to Leave Voicemail?

Are You Comfortable With Airlines Researching You on Google?

Frank Ocean: Sweet Life

When Applying for a Tech Job, Don’t Be a Racist Asshole (Updated)

House of Cedar, Modernized 18th Century Church, and More

Is Thunderbird Dying?

How KA-BAR Was Born

Gabi, Foap, and More

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2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

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