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Maybe there is something you own that’s very special to you, passed on from someone who was also special t you—but maybe you don’t appreciate this object very often. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll photograph an heirloom. The Challenge Capture a photo of an heirloom. The Technique Many of you will likely be working…
It looks like many of you really don’t like this SOPA thing! And best of all, you’re actually doing something about it: US Senate contact pages are being hammered so hard, they’re crashing. Mark Begich (D – AK)? His site’s down completely. Barbara Boxer (D – CA)? Her is loading like it’s hosted on a…
It appears a clever hacker named AppleGordon managed to install Siri on his iPod Touch by restoring it from an iPhone 4S backup. Which sounds maybe a little too good to be true? AppleGordon claims that when he plugged his brand new iPod Touch into his computer, he restored the saved backup of his iPhone…
The number of lenses available for mirrorless pro compact snappers is dwarfed by those available for Canon SLRs. But there’s no reason to feel inferior now that Conurus’ Canon EF lens adapter for Sony’s NEX cameras is finally available. As long as you’re not completely reliant on autofocus, which is rendered unusable with this adapter,…
When I was in college a microcassette recorder was the state-of-the-art way to record a lecture. But now, this novelty digital recorder that’s only made to look like a microcassette makes me feel terribly old and dated. Instead of capturing recordings on metallic tape wound around a couple of spindles, this version uses solid state…
Senator Marco Rubio has had a change of conscience. The legislation abomination known as PIPA, birthed in part from Rubio’s Floridian law-womb, just officially lost his support. Keep up the pressure, everyone. Citing “legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet and about a potentially unreasonable expansion of the…
OMG why is wiki down?? How will I do my homework? WTF is this??? JESSIE have u seen this?? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE WAR OF 1812 STARTED OR WHY OR WHAT IT IS?? I’m angry on Twitter. Herpderpedia chronicles what must be a very difficult day in the life of the uninformed, as countless…
No, this snow truck is not jack-knifing, the trailer is supposed to do that. It’s the TowPlow and it clears snow-bound lanes in a flash. Are you listening Seattle? The TowPlow is a steerable trailer-mounted plow pulled behind a 350HP tandem axle snow truck. It can swing out to one side and is equipped with…
This Fredo & Pid’jin comic strip is so absurd that it made me laugh. Seriously. Come on, people. SOOOPAMAAAAN! No? Ok, screw you guys. I’m just trying to light up the mood here as the Goebbelsian politicians take our freedom away. [Fredo&Pid’Jin]
This tweet from the RIAA’s Senior Vice President of Communications is just about the most asinine thing we’ve read all day. Way to totally trivialize an issue that millions of people care passionately about. Updated below We understand that SOPA blackout day is probably a bummer if you’re the mouthpiece for the RIAA, but here’s…
A scanner can be a useful tool for road warriors, but traveling with one of those all-in-one office machines is just impractical. Instead, consider the svelte iConvert which easily stashes in your carry-on and digitizes documents directly into your iPad. The scanner’s front feeder adjusts from 2 inches to 8 1/2 inches wide for handling…
Digital Globe has directed one of their Worldview satellites to the island of Giglio, Italy, to see how the Costa Concordia shipwreck looks from space. It’s surreal to see the ship peacefully sitting there on its side. Especially because it’s not. The ship is now moving, in fact. All rescue operations have been halted as…
The SOPA Blackout may be spreading across the internet today, which includes Wikipedia. But as Giz comrade Mark Wilson points out, there’s one Wiki entry you can actually navigate to: the Stop Online Piracy Act page (DUH!). But if you really need to get to the rest of Wikipedia, all hope is not lost, as…
Today, taking a break from hurling racist slurs and GIFs at one another, the internet is taking a symbolic stand against SOPA and PIPA—two awful laws that would ruin the web. Behold the blackout rebellion. Giants like Reddit and Wikipedia (plus The Oatmeal’s excellent animated approach) are taking part in the blackout day to show…
I know many may disagree, but these colored famous photos are much more powerful than the black and white originals. The perfect coloring takes away all the stylization of the black and white and pushes the violence right into your eyes. Unlike those old colored classic movies colored by Turner, which were horrible, these are…
Nobody wants to use a wired mouse anymore, but the tradeoff is the added weight of a battery needed to power their wireless functionality. Not so with Genius’ new DX-ECO mouse, which uses a lightweight capacitor instead. It won’t give you quite the same wrist workout throughout the day, but its built-in “gold capacitor” can…
Kinect launched a little over a year ago. I’ll bet you can’t name very many games for it, and if you can, they probably fall in one of two or three categories: sports/exercise and dance, and they’re prooooobably not exactly AAA titles. And not for lack of trying, but Microsoft’s had little success convincing “core…
Not too long ago, Samsung launched a bigger battery for the Galaxy Nexus, bumping its capacity to 2100mAh. But why stop there? This hulking great 3800mAh beast might even see your handset last two full days. There are no firm numbers on how long Seidio’s giant battery case will keepyour phone going, although it’s definitely…
I keep forgetting about how damn huge some drones are. Most people think they are tiny, like toy planes. As this photo of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk shows, they are actually big. Big as in pretty damn huge. This image was taken at last year’s Seoul Air Show, in South Korea. I have…
Sometimes, art isn’t exactly what it seems. This picture, for instance, disappears completely if you switch the light off that’s shining through the plexiglass airplanes hanging from the ceiling. It really is a beautiful piece. I love that the idea builds on the concept of the toy planes that used to hang from our bedroom…
