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This Connecticut State Record-Breaking Pumpkin Grew in Just 2.5 Months

This record-setting, 1,487-pound pumpkin is the product of one Ken Desrosiers of Broad Brook, Connecticut and, as you can see, grew to that size in just two and a half months. Planted at the end of June and entered into the Durham Fair on Wednesday, this gargantuan gourd smashed the previous Connecticut State record by…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Get Windows Phone 7.5 Right Now

So you’re not one of the lucky 10 percent who are getting the official Mango update today. Fear not! You can actually force the update that Microsoft is so afraid will brick your phone or bring about the fall of mankind. https://gizmodo.com/when-youll-get-windows-phone-7-5-5844333 You’ll need access to a Windows PC and the Zune client to hack…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

These Clip-On 3D Glasses Should Not Excite Me as Much as They Do

On one hand, LG’s Clip-On 3D glasses will leave you looking like a senior citizen, a pro baseball player, or Dwayne Wayne from A Different World (take your pick). On the other, it beats wearing two pairs of glasses. I really want to hate these. I mean, they’re pretty damn ugly. But my blind ass…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Smozzy for Android: Surf the Web Without a Data Plan

It seems unpossible but Smozzy is an app that promises to let you surf the web on your Android phone without a data plan. Wait…what? Yeah. Smozzy uses a combination of SMS and MMS to pull off the trick. What’s it do? So you heard me right, you don’t need a data plan to surf…

Tech News Casey Chan

Cardboard Warfare 2 Is The Epic Sequel to Heavy Duty Paper Hell

The original Cardboard Warfare? Three and a half minutes of pure paper kickass. Cardboard Warfare 2? Twenty-five minutes of beiged paper, boxed artillery, fly-like-paper planes, bizzaro world fun. It’s the World War 2 to the original’s World War I. https://gizmodo.com/cardboard-warfare-is-hell-5578229 The flick was written, directed and edited by Clinton Jones and like WWII, includes killing…

Tech News Casey Chan

Dish Network Is Probably Buying Hulu

Business Insider is reporting that Dish Network has put in the highest bid for Hulu at $1.9 billion. $1.9 billion! That beat out both Amazon (single tear) and Yahoo (haha!) but is still technically competing with Google’s more complicated, provision filled bid. https://gizmodo.com/which-hulu-bidder-should-you-be-rooting-for-5833157 The execs at Hulu aren’t completely happy with Dish Network’s offer since…

Tech News Casey Chan

Behold the World’s Largest Flashlight

Remember the bright as hell, flashlight royalty X21? Well now there’s a version that’s 13 feet tall, weighs 176 pounds, and shoots out a mind (and eye) blowing 100,000 lumens. And it just set a Guinness World Record. https://gizmodo.com/led-lenser-x21-flashlight-lightning-review-really-rea-5840351 Made of solid aluminum and stuffed with 19 LED lamps, the LED Lensor’s giganto X21 would…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Grow Your Own Weed on an Android, But Not an iPhone (There’s No App for That)

Five of the 20 best-selling casual game apps in Android’s Marketplace involve illegal drugs. Virtual illegal drugs, of course! Guess how many are available for the iPhone? Yep, zero. Franklin Brothers (not his real name), president of Grow Brothers, which developed Weed Farmer (it’s like Farmville, but with marijuana as the only crop), blames it…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

7 Tools for Protecting Your Lawn from Old Man Winter

Fall’s officially here because the leaves that were on the trees in my yard last week are now all over my lawn. Bugger that. These seven tools will get my yard cleaned, primped, and ready for hibernation. Garden Weasel Nut Gatherer Don’t laugh, a Buckeye gets caught in a lawnmower blade and there’s a good…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Introducing the Gizmodo Guide to Green Luxury

With the help of BMW i, we’re proud to present the Gizmodo Guide to Green Luxury. Over the next few weeks, the guide will feature fahhhbulous earth-friendly accommodations, power-saving tech, and an assortment of green gadgets that will keep you feeling good and doing good. Today’s installment brings you the best and greenest in luxury…

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When We All Commute by Airplane

After the first successful powered flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903, it seemed like only a matter of time before everyone would be zipping around in their own personal aircraft. But if commuting to work via personal aeroplane was the future, how might the design of cities have to change to accommodate them? The…

Tech News Matt Novak

The New VXR WaveRunner Is More Powerful Than Some Cars

Sure, we’re talking about a Smart Car Fortwo here but even those will reach freeway speeds if you give them long enough. But for roughly the same price, wouldn’t you rather have the most badass jet-ski of all time? The 2011 VXR Waverunner is powered by a 1.8L (1,812cc) 4-cylinder marine engine—the largest ever in…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Buckycubes 2 Pack Is Your Fidgety Deal of the Day

Have you ever wanted to buy something but knew that you had absolutely no need for it so you just tried to forget about it but every time you see it again, you want to buy it even more? That’s my relationship with Buckyballs. I just can’t justify spending money on those stupid metal balls.…

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Sprint’s 4G LTE Network Could Appear in Early 2012

In anticipation of Sprint’s 4G announcements on October 7, Cnet says the wireless carrier will flip the switch on their 4G LTE network early next year, with hopes of making it available to customers in Q2 2012. Cnet cites unnamed sources in the article, but says that Sprint is currently building out the LTE network,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Skype iOS Update Brings Bluetooth Headset Calls

If you’re a very important businessperson, or just like blinking LEDS sticking out of the side of your head, Skype updated their iOS app just for you. Skype threw Bluetooth support into the iOS version of their app today for the iPhone 4 and 3GS (meh). The iPad 2 and 4th generation iPod touch are…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Buttered Pancake Floor Pillows Are My Next Furniture Choice

Man, these pancake pillows look delicious AND absurdly comfortable. They even come with pats of butter! Designers Todd von Bastiaans and Bryan McCarthy have accomplished two things: complete my bedroom decor; and make me want breakfast. $600 each. [Unica Home via Neatorama]

Tech News Kwame Opam

This Woman Had a Live Fragmentation Grenade Stuck Inside Her Face

Karla Flores was peacefully selling seafood on the street when she heard an explosion. An object hit her face, knocking her down. When she woke up she was in a hospital with a live fragmentation grenade stuck inside her face. Eight hours later, Karla had an operation that took out the deadly device that could…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Shooting Challenge: Urban Decay 3

For the past decade I have driven the same route to work, past a plot of land that was once part of an old military base. For years it was dotted with abandoned buildings, remnants of the old base. On my daily drive I have watched with interest the evolution of this field. At one…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Shooting Challenge: Urban Decay 2

Most everyone knows that Oregon City is the end of the Oregon Trail, however, most folks outside of Oregon don’t know about the huge paper mills in the heart of downtown Oregon City. The mills straddle the Willamette River’s banks and incorporate Willamette Falls — like Borg implants blooming out of a Starfleet ensign. The…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

97 Images of Our Fragile, Rotting Infrastructure

We think steel, glass and concrete will live forever. Then we look at the things we’ve built that don’t last. These 97 images from this week’s Shooting Challenge are deflating, haunting…and a bit reassuring. At least nature will go on. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-urban-decay-5842476 Winner – Urban Decay in a Decade The Bandra – Worli Sealink, a bridge…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Connecticut State Record-Breaking Pumpkin Grew in Just 2.5 Months

How to Get Windows Phone 7.5 Right Now

These Clip-On 3D Glasses Should Not Excite Me as Much as They Do

Smozzy for Android: Surf the Web Without a Data Plan

Cardboard Warfare 2 Is The Epic Sequel to Heavy Duty Paper Hell

Dish Network Is Probably Buying Hulu

Behold the World’s Largest Flashlight

Grow Your Own Weed on an Android, But Not an iPhone (There’s No App for That)

7 Tools for Protecting Your Lawn from Old Man Winter

Introducing the Gizmodo Guide to Green Luxury

When We All Commute by Airplane

The New VXR WaveRunner Is More Powerful Than Some Cars

Buckycubes 2 Pack Is Your Fidgety Deal of the Day

Sprint’s 4G LTE Network Could Appear in Early 2012

Skype iOS Update Brings Bluetooth Headset Calls

Buttered Pancake Floor Pillows Are My Next Furniture Choice

This Woman Had a Live Fragmentation Grenade Stuck Inside Her Face

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97 Images of Our Fragile, Rotting Infrastructure

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