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A quick YouTube search will pull up countless video reenactments of this Beastie Boys jam by suburban bros. It’s an anthem for losers—a hip hop relic realized with the brute force of cock rock. Thank Rick Rubin. You could probably write a tome about the Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, Def Jam Records and how…
The iPad’s onscreen keyboard feels better suited to shorter bouts of typing, so as an alternative to carrying around a keyboard when using it as a laptop replacement, Steve Isaac and Brad Melmon created a flexible alternative that makes its virtual keys touch typist friendly. Contrary to its name, the TouchFire keyboard doesn’t actually ignite…
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Robot Biker in Search of Robot Biker Bar Well, okay, maybe not because it’s just a robot…
Like a premature bird with stunted wings, the original iPhone’s 2G suckiness was a real sore spot in smartphone history. The hardware was great, yeah, but the speed sucked. And yet, 10 million Chinese iPhone owners still ride EDGE. Blech. Reuters reports China Mobile—which has no official deal with Apple, unlike, say, AT&T and Verizon—has…
Apparently caffeinated beverages are not teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony. Though they didn’t name specific brands of soda, researchers report that teens who over-indulged in non-diet, carbonated soft drinks per week are extra violent. They studied 1,878 kids at 22 Boston public high schools. Of those who drank 14 or more cans…
You ditched your landline years ago. Smart! Because the one thing it was good at—buzzing people into your building—can be done better with your smartphone anyway. Here’s how to have that buzzer ring any phone you want. First, you’ll need a Google Voice account. If you already have one, you’re halfway there. If you don’t…
Metalmorphosis is a 14-ton water fountain that’s shaped like a human head. On top of that, the sculpture is made with over 35 steel layers that can independently rotate 360 degrees to re-arrange its face and trip your brains out. The mirrored water fountain is made by Czech sculptor David Černý and is located in…
I don’t know when flying turned annoying for me but I absolutely hate it now. Going through security, dealing with checked bag fees and then getting stuck with an annoyingly terrible seat? Gah. Kill me. Jets doesn’t solve most of my air travel woes but it does help me figure out what the best seat…
There was a time when all a man needed for a good snowball fight was dry gloves and some fresh powder. These days you need to step up your game, with weapons specifically engineered for winter warfare like this crossbow designed to hurl balls of snow instead of arrows. It’s been a while since something…
Remember the annoying rapping crash test dummies Larry and Vince? The fact that it was Larry and Vince and not Larry and Veronica has been putting women in disproportionate danger. A recent American Journal of Public Health study showed that women restrained by a seat belt sustained injures at a rate 47-precent higher than males…
Nitrates in hot dogs have had a menacing reputation since the ’70s, and doctors are constantly telling us to drink coffee in moderation. But I have excellent news to report today: hot dogs don’t seem to cause cancer and coffee can actually protect you from it. Let’s start with hot dogs, which are near and…
Hulu just dropped a nice little (unaired) gem from SNL, parodying the recent Charlie Rose roundtable tribute to Steve Jobs. But rather than tastelessly poking fun at Jobs, the “guests” are the ones ripped—and for good reason! OK, maybe Andy Samberg’s Zuckeberg schtick is a little worn at this point—especially after Zuckerberg recently paid him…
Riding a motorcycle is a very solitary experience—that’s half the appeal. So who knew how much I would like being able to chat to other riders or even use my iPhone? Like For all the noise that comes on the open road, the G4’s microphone was good at picking up my voice from within my…
Soon you’ll be able to see the world from Lady Liberty’s vantage without ever visiting New York. The Statue of Liberty is getting a sweet 125th birthday gift: five webcams that will broadcast sweeping panoramas 24 hours a day. The webcams will be switched on Friday during a ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of the…
Halloween is just about here, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait a week to go ghost hunting. Those things scare the shit out of people year round. That’s why we’ve picked six essential tools to help you prove they exist. EMF Meter The common belief amongst ghost hunting experts is that ghosts emit…
Last month, the Pentagon gave the OK to the nation’s fleet of extremely expensive F-22 jets, despite failing to fix the plane’s oxygen deprivation problems. They decided to just see how things went. They didn’t go well: it’s broken again. https://gizmodo.com/the-f-22-is-back-in-the-sky-and-still-kinda-broken-5841894 This would be comical if it weren’t so infuriating. Langley Air Force Base’s entire…
When the first iPhone came out, the camera was an afterthought, only tossed in to feature match its competitors. Fast forward four years and it’s an entirely different story, Apple has made it a point of emphasis and the camera in the iPhone 4S sh-sh-sh-shines. But how much has it really improved? Lisa Bettany took…
Nowadays kitchen products are all endorsed by cooking celebrities — ones who can actually cook. You don’t need to know how to cook to use a George Foreman Grill. That’s the point. Latchkey kids, stoned college freshman, young professionals, all flavors of bachelors, and the just plain lazy. We all owe George Foreman a great…
There are things you instinctually don’t do. Rushing into a burning building is one. Fortunately for the citizens of Detroit, firefighters have tossed those instincts aside and with the help of Contour HD helmet cams have created an incredible video that shows what it’s like to battle a blaze. The video is part of a…
When you have a chance to hijack a live CNN broadcast about the Steve Jobs biography, what would you say? What would you do? Would you pimp your favorite Dancing with the Stars contestant? Would you scream his name so he could get more votes? That’s exactly what this freaking idiot did. What an awesome…
