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It’s probably not a good idea to secure your valuables in a safe that could be easily circumvented by a toddler. Even if it does have a working combination lock. So we’ll just file this papercraft safe under educational novelty. And if you’ve always been curious how a combination lock works, or if you’re an…
We all have our favorite times to power through work; some of us are up at the crack of dawn toiling away, while others feel more productive when the sun’s setting. But a new study suggests that out best ideas actually come to us when we’re not at our best. Researchers have been studying how…
Last week, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings spoke vaguely of wanting Netflix to be part of your cable package. Now Reuters cites unnamed sources saying Hastings might actually be negotiating that deal under our noses. Netflix joining forces with the very cable companies is a weird notion, but ultimately makes sense. Studios, networks, and even the…
Classy? Tacky? There are plenty of ways to describe this leather clad cooler that Orvis is selling, but affordable isn’t one of them. With a $1,000 price tag it had better guarantee to raise your social status a few notches. One thing’s for certain, it’ll blend in perfectly with Apple’s “Wild Wild West” iOS 5…
You know at least one person who can recite all the lines to The Holy Grail. You He can’t get enough Monty Python. His need is so great that watching the newly released Blu-ray isn’t enough—he needs simultaneous, synced Monty Python on his TV and his iPad What does it do? Monty Python: The Holy…
For months, the US Government has issued court orders in order to seize and shutdown sites—even when the domain names are registered abroad. Now it has made its position on domains perfectly clear: If it ends in .com, .net, .cc, .tv and .name, we can seize it. Under “Operation Our Sites,” the United States has…
Miami recently broke ground on the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, which incorporates a planetarium, science galleries, and a wildlife center. But its most striking feature is a shark-filled aquarium with an underwater viewing window located on the atrium’s ceiling. It looks like the city just bought out and converted Dr. Doom’s old…
Listen, I’m not here to judge how you spend your time online. But if you conduct business or activities that you’re pretty sure are considered illegal in this country, you should probably be prepared for the repercussions. Whether you’re innocent or guilty, one day the feds might take a real interest in what you’ve been…
On March 6th, 1912, Nabisco produced the first ever Oreo biscuit at its factory in Chelsea. The cookie has since changed childhood, sandwiches, and sweets forever. We salute you Oreo, on your 100th birthday. Thank you for everything you’ve done. The oft-imitated Oreo formula by now seems part and parcel with our knowledge of the…
Still have any doubts about how amazing the iPad HD’s 2,048 x 1,536-pixel Retina-ish display is? No more: check out these amazing comparison shot of the incoming iOS game Food Run. Expand the image to see the difference. Food Run is entirely drawn with vectors, so you it can scale to any resolution. On the…
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first Oreo cookie rolling off the factory line. And while March 6th, 1912 is certainly a momentous day to be remembered, it can’t hold a candle to September 24, 1981. That’s the day I invented the Deca-Oreo. Many said it couldn’t be done—well, only one person, and she…
LulzSec Leader Betrays All of Anonymous According to the FBI, you’re looking at Sabu, the head of LulzSec, and the de facto King of Anonymous-easily the most notorious and influential hacker alive today. More » How the Feds Turned LulzSec’s Leader Against His Own Sabu, the most notorious hacker alive and de facto leader of LulzSec,…
On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, to the South of Newfoundland. 1,517 died. Everyone knows an iceberg hit it, but scientists are now showing new research that points at the ultimate culprits. The first culprit was the Moon. According to Donald Olson and Russell Doescher, a team of astronomers…
Every week you create work in the extremely limited confines of a Shooting Challenge. But this week, you took photos however you wanted, creating art from your own perspective. Here’s what you do when you can do anything. Winner: The Beachcomber Last night was probably one of the greatest nights of my life. On the…
Yesterday, Sabu was a ghost—the spirit of Anonymous, having guided the group through its most powerful and infamous hacks. Now he’s Hector Monsegur, a 28-year-old unemployed Puerto Rican father of two from the New York projects—and a snitch. Here’s what we know: Sabu is Puerto Rican Sabu, unlike many of his cohorts, was not just…
It was THAT kind of day in Austin on Sunday – PERFECT. Springy. Sunny. Breezy. Not too hot. I spent the afternoon at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. This was a close up of one of the water features at the Wildflower Center. I took A LOT of pictures and ended up going with this…
Apple has an event tomorrow, and it will be the Biggest Consumer Technology News of 2012. It will likely remain the Biggest Consumer Technology News of 2012 until Apple’s next event, which may then overtake it. Here’s what to expect. First and foremost, it will be universally acknowledged as Very Important. How important? Here is…
I love rolling shots. I took this shot of a 1st generation Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 while barreling down a freeway in Oakland,CA a few minutes before sunset. A few members of my local 3000GT community came over to help me with my own car, and afterwards we set out to take some pictures at a…
We know the FBI pressured LulzSec leader Sabu into giving up vital info one some of the most active hackers in his collective. But how does Anonymous feel after this most recent, and hugely significant, turn of events? They’re not happy. [View the story "Anonymous Reacts to Sabu’s Betrayal" on Storify] The thing to take…
Verizon has finally let a bunch of smartphone and tablet owners exhale, giving up the full list of current devices that will be getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. There’s 14 devices in all. See if yours made the cut. Currently the Galaxy Nexus is the only Verzion phone with Ice Creamy goodness,…
