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From Thousand Oaks to Malibu to Santa Monica to downtown LA to runway 24R. I don’t know if it’s the Rolling Stones soundtrack or what, but this LAX twilight landing is now one of my favorite aviation videos ever. [Original video—Thanks Karl!]
That Kraft cheese slice you might chomp for lunch today? It came from a mammoth subterranean dairy bunker the company uses as dirt cheap refrigeration and storage, Wired reports. Inside a 70 year old mine that’s still rocked by explosions. The cheesy compound is filled to the ceiling with 680-pound drums of sandwich wonderfulness, kept…
The best Android tablet is the Android tablet that can run Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’. And I guess that means the Nook Color, which has just received a port of Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Which you can install. Right now. Well, if you have a Nook Color, that is. Based on the Honeycomb SDK preview, the port…
As expected, AT&T’s 4G Androidphone, the HTC Inspire, will cost $100 upfront when it hits shelves on February 13th. Details on the launch below. https://gizmodo.com/htc-inspire-4g-pops-up-on-amazon-for-99-5745621 HTC INSPIRE 4G ARRIVES FOR AT&T CUSTOMERS ON FEB. 13 AT&T 4G Smartphone is the First of Many Planned for the Nation’s Fastest Mobile Broadband Network DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2011…
As a boatload more people use Google to search for results than Bing could ever possibly dream of, it’s not surprising the Bing team has been caught copying and correcting top misspelled search terms, with data mined from Google’s results. The blog Search Engine Land uses the example of “torsoraphy,” which Google corrects to the…
The thought of going someplace even colder than where I am now sounds awful, until I see the new wing of Mestia, Georgia’s airport. The frigid terrain doesn’t look too inviting, but the terminal’s space station design sure does. The new structure was built with the hopes of bringing tourists to Mestia—which might be a…
Get ready, because the snowpocalypse is back. This snow storm system is huge. NASA Goddard has released this amazing image, showing how it looks from space—bloody scary, that’s how. The image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite, operated by NOAA. In this graphic, the red and pink areas is where the most intense action is.…
Neighbors driving you crazy? Need a way to combat their caterwauling? Take this quick survey, email the last question to [email protected], and you’ll be entered to win an iPad speaker dock from iLuv. That should drown out their “band” practice. Now if only you could do something about that smell… Standard contest rules apply. Only…
At bloody last, now you can opt-out of delivery of those useless volumes of bound dead trees and CO2 known as the Yellow Pages. I would rather kill them all, but this is a step in the right direction. https://gizmodo.com/hey-yellow-pages-its-time-for-you-to-die-5567375 The Yellow Pages Association has decided it’s time stop pissing off most people with their…
This week on TreeHugger, buildings that are self-aware, lucky Zipcar members get to try out plug-in Priuses, bike video camera keeps a blackbox recording of accidents, a dress that transforms into a car, and more. Feed Your PC Granola (the Software) to Cut Energy Use The program can reportedly increase the energy efficiency of your…
Google has taken its street view cameras inside some of the world’s most famous museums. The result? A stunningly high-resolution trove of paintings that would otherwise be an ocean away. And here’s how they did it. It’s been an 18-month long journey for Google, as the company’s camera’s dutiful recorded 360 degree tours of 17…
Parents, don’t heed the call of Elecom, Griffin and countless other purveyors of simple black cases. Now that Sesame Street has iPad and iPhone cases starting at $15, your kiddywinks won’t accept anything less. [DreamGear via ChipChick via Technabob]
Considering its cold concrete and steel interiors, plus the complete lack of belongings, you’d instantly assume this Kyoto house was still being built. Yet, a family has inhabited it for a year now. Watch the odd video tour below. Would you live in this house? Judging by the video, a family with several kids lives…
Hate your wife? Want to split up? Fine! There are plenty of ways to go about that. Just don’t put your wife on a list of terrorist suspects and prevent her from flying home, the way this immigration officer did. An immigration officer tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to…
PCs, Macs and soon Android devices will be able to convert your messy scrawls to digital text using the Bluetooth receiver, when Pentel launches a supporting app for its Airpen Mini in March. [Pentel via UberGizmo]
Uh oh, our Jason Chen is going to be pissed when he sees this news. In-flight Wi-Fi’s set to get even slower, now that Gogo is giving away free Facebook access on seven of the major airlines. https://gizmodo.com/thanks-google-for-the-free-unusable-wi-fi-on-planes-t-5705458 That’s Virgin America, United and American Airlines, Delta, AirTran, US Airways, and even Alaska Airlines. Only Facebook…
I mean, really, this Nintendo DS bluetooth keyboard accessory sort of undermines the entire concept of a portable console. Who’s gonna lug this thing around with them? Like Kotaku says, just put the damn game out on the Wii. https://kotaku.com/pokemon-will-teach-you-to-type-or-you-will-die-trying-5748403 I’m going to fathom a guess and say that the vast majority of time spent…
Do you remember when everybody was worried what Apple’s iBookstore meant for apps like Amazon’s Kindle? The undercurrent of dread Apple would kneecap competing ebook stores the way it does iTunes competitors? Well, those fears may have come true. Updated. Update: So Apple’s finally offered some comment on the situation with blocking Sony’s Reader app:…
If your grandmother’s Facebook account wasn’t a tell-tale sign that the internet has come of age, here’s another: after this week, the internet will run out of new IPv4 addresses. But don’t fret, because we’re moving on up to IPv6! For those unfamiliar with what IP addresses do, they serve as the internet’s navigation system…
Similar to the way an MRI brain scan can determine whether or not you’ll be good at video games, it can also tell you how successful you’ll be in your attempt to escape the death grip of big tobacco. Doctors would have patients watch ads about quitting smoking while monitoring the medial frontal lobe of…
