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Frans Hofmeester filmed his adorable daughter Lotte every week, from when she was a baby to how old she is now (12 years old), and stitched all the videos together to make this amazing time lapse video that shows what growing up looks like. Hopefully he’ll be able to continue this awesome project of his…
Daniel Suelo quit money 12 years ago and has been living in a cave in Utah and survives by eating wild food and roadkill. He has no job, doesn’t take welfare and doesn’t ever use money. The BBC took a closer look at Suelo’s life and talks to Mark Sundeen, the author who wrote a…
Is functional but ugly Craigslist trying to ditch its terribly outdated layout for something prettier? A job listing on Craigslist (where else?) for Craigslist is looking for hands-on Senior UI/Front-End/Usability Engineers to improve the Craigslist user experience and develop new products and features that’ll make users swoon. That’s literally what the job listing says. But…
Hacker Loktar_Sun has discovered how to easily unlock your iPhone 4S—and any other iPhone. The unlock will free you from your carrier’s tyranny, which is great news, especially while traveling or switching companies. We have tested it and it works. You will only need a jailbroken iPhone. The rest is painless: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-4s-and-ipad-2-finally-get-an-untethered-jailbrea-5877909 IMPORTANT: Before starting,…
Here’s how you know your phone’s camera is powerful. If it has 41 freaking megapixels. Here’s how you know to trust your powerful camera phone. If it’s used to make a commercial about itself. Yep, the Nokia 808 PureView was used to make a commercial about the Nokia 808 PureView. A clever way to see…
Witness these people speed flying down the Mont Blanc. It takes ten minutes of pure joy and freedom to go from its summit to its base. I saw the whole video wishing I was one of them—with every cell in my body. [Thanks Jan!]
Some haircuts are so iconic that you already know who the person or character is from just seeing their hair. It’s like a brand logo, an identifier, a part of who those characters are. Made by graphic designer Patrícia Póvoa, it’s shockingly easy to figure it out which makes it sort of a commentary on…
Check out this puggle—a pug and beagle mix—sidestepping on a treadmill. Like a boss. Why? Because he’s a puggle sidestepping on a treadmill, that’s why. If I tried to do this I would smash my jerkface against the ground. [The Dogs]
Here’s a list of tips, advice, rules and just things to know about photography from Eric Kim, a street photographer who also holds photography workshop classes. I think the gist of it is to keep taking pictures always. Here’s the full list: 1. Just because someone has an expensive camera doesn’t mean that they’re a…
Along with making it rain, Scrooge McDuck’s money swim is a definite sign of excess in success. The question is though, how much money does one need to pull off the money swim? The Billfold tackled the question and came up with a giganto number. Using an estimate on the height of coin piles and…
Set to the tune of Don McLean’s American Pie, Karen Chang sang an epic song announcing her resignation from Microsoft that included quips about making “cells and numbers dance”, “long lines of code” and where she’s going next. Everyone who resigns from their job should be forced to do a song and dance number like…
Even though most of the civilized world has stopped playing Draw Something by now, there was a moment where everyone was drawing. Even if you sucked at drawing. This video shows 15 different types of Draw Something players, which one are you? [YouTube, Thanks Jhon!]
It might look like it claimed the lives of an entire drawer full of barbecuing tools, but Tom Dixon’s simple Stamp Lamp actually starts life as a boring flat sheet of zinc-coated steel. The intricate grooves and flaps that diffuse the bulb’s glow are created using the same metal stamping machines that churn out parts…
A technique known as tilt-shift photography can turn everyday scenes into miniature wonderlands. But at this point the trick is as tired as vintage filters, so photographer Valentino Fiadini did just the opposite with these miniature Lego rooms—photographing them to look like life-size locations. https://gizmodo.com/tilt-shift-coachella-video-turns-concertgoers-into-tiny-5666567 At first glance you might think this looks like a…
Two studies by psychologists from the University of Surrey show that men who flirt at work don’t do it with romantic intentions, but out of pure boredom. It also seems that they are emotional dimwits. The study, presented at the British Psychological Society’s annual conference, collected the answers from 200 men and women on different…
Starting next month the salvage operation for the capsized Costa Concordia will begin, with American and Italian companies being chosen to work together to bring the $600 million cruise ship back to port in one piece. Initially, plans to just dismantle and scrap the entire ship were thrown around, but now an Italian company, Microperi,…
If you think recent elections are getting too personal, just wait until 2040 when today’s Facebooking frat brothers and sorority sisters start running for office. Forget economic issues, we want the candidate to explain this naked picture involving a horse and a handle of vodka. If you think the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street…
You probably don’t need another reason to avoid buying cheap knock-off electronics on the street or eBay. But in case you were tempted by a surprisingly sweet deal on a neck massager, here’s an important PSA to stay clear of them. This poor elderly Chinese woman from the country’s Sichuan province thought she was going…
Artist Doug Aitken’s new house is designed to bring the outside world in, with accents like plant prints on the walls, and extensive use of greenery throughout. But the eyes aren’t the only thing his home appeals to. Buried in its concrete foundation are nine geological microphones sensitive enough to pick up and amplify the…
Watch this monster mowing and cleaning machine in action. I want to drive it and go wild with it. Clean every filthy thing in sight in New York, from traffic signals, building and parks to hipsters, hipsters and hipsters. Everything. Someone in the comments said “I can’t believe I watched this video in its entirety.”…
