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For the watch-lover with the wealth of a Rockefeller, the Buben & Zorweg V12 Python doesn’t just wind your watch. It’s really a bar, weather station, and humidor that turns your watches into works of art. Housed in fine Italian leather and walnut and lit with LED lighting, your dozen or so watches are guarded…
You see this guy? Andrei? You see his smug face? Wanna know why he’s so smug, aside from being a “beer lover and brewer”? His Twitter username is A. Just A. He is one Twitter’s 26 alphabetical superstars. I’ve always been proud of my number-free email address (as opposed to my middle school AOL screen…
The 1982 Kids’ Whole Future Catalog is just bursting at the seams with amazing advancements from the world of yestermorrow. From space hotels and universal language translators to factories in space and schools in the sky, this catalog fed the imaginations of countless rugrats in the 1980s. Today we have an excerpt from the catalog…
Apparently Patrick McCarthy, a vice president of sales at Microsoft, has an odd side project: Convincing people that buying his money-scented perfumes and colognes will make them feel more confident. McCarthy claims that he had the brilliant idea for this venture when he “went to his ATM and noticed how much he enjoyed the scent…
Yes-oh-yes-oh-yes! You can now finally port your own mobile phone number over to Google Voice. Only catches are that you’ll have to pay $20 and have to deal with potential early termination fees being assessed by your current carrier. Updated. Definitely worth the trouble for those who have been itching to use their current mobile…
I’d never want to suggest that Nikola Tesla isn’t awesome—he’s a badass—but I have serious doubts anyone could use his ideas for an ionization machine to create 52 rainstorms in the middle east, like these guys claim. The Abu Dhabi-based Meteo Systems says that when air humidity is above 30%, you can use their Tesla-inspired…
Click to viewVera Silva, a Portuguese flight attendant, was on a flight to Barcelona, doing her normal flight attendant thang, when a familiar voice came over the loudspeaker. It was her boyfriend! He had a camera crew and a pressing question… [Telegraph]
While testing iOS 4.3 Beta 2, I came across a mysterious error message proclaiming PHOTOSTREAM_NO_NETWORK_WIFI. Thanks to 9to5 Mac digging into the iOS file system, that message makes some sense now: It may be referencing Apple’s new media streaming service. https://gizmodo.com/ios-4-3-beta-2-and-new-pre-release-apple-tv-software-no-5738055 Apparently there are several more references to a “Photo Stream” and a “Media Stream”…
Much like Type n Walk shows you what’s on the other side of your phone while you text, MegaReader creates a transparent backdrop for ebooks. Let’s read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn in front of a tree growing in Brooklyn! It’s the first heads-up display of its kind for an iOS ebook app, and works…
I consider myself a master chef. When it comes to steak, I can cook, season, and eat like a pro. But I feel like my kitchen swag is lacking due to my knife collection. Enter these all-black cutlery wonders. Each Stelton Pure Black knife is made from a single piece of steel and coated in…
Problem: When you’re shooting video with your iPhone, you have to record continuously, lest you miss the magic moment. Precorder quietly records the whole time, so you can wait for the action and then add a few seconds of build-up. What is it? Precorder, iPhone, $1. A replacement for your iPhone’s built in video-shooting app,…
Jailbreakers out there should already know pretty well that when you’re updating to new iOS firmware, you’re kissing your jailbreak goodbye. Now, thanks to Saurik, Cydia’s newest feature lets you re-download those apps without a problem. With this Cydia update comes “Manage Account.” This feature lets you keep track of your packages and app purchases…
Remember those awesome four and five finger multi-touch gestures we saw when we first used the iOS 4.3 Beta on our iPads? Turns out that they won’t be available when iOS 4.3 goes public: https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-ipads-new-secret-tricks-5732010 This feature will not be enabled in iOS 4.3 for customers, but [Apple is] providing this preview to gather input…
Eudora Welty once said, “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” It’s also hard for the moment to run away if it’s extremely tiny, as is the case with this iPod Nano turned diminutive digital photo gallery. The installation (if you can call it that) is the work of Mint Digital, a software…
When Hugh Hefner tweeted last night that Playboy’s entire back catalog was en route to the iPad—even the naughty bits!—it got the internet tittering about the potential of a Playboy app. But my friends, we’ve been snookered. Turns out Hef wasn’t talking about an app at all. What is coming to the iPad is Playboy’s…
This Twitter app is so bonkers, I don’t even know where to begin. *deep breath* Ok, so it has MONSTERS and like POKEMON, your monsters ATTACK your followers’ monsters and…oh god, I miss the days of Twitter SMS. The app itself is a free download, but you can pay for monster eggs inside the game…
A new update just brought Vudu’s collection of HD streaming movies—some 4000 of them in all—to Boxee Boxes. More movies! Never a bad thing. These ones arrive in 1080p with Dolby Digital surround sound, and they’ll cost Boxee owners $6 a pop for two night rentals (or $2 for regular old SD movies). The Boxee…
iOS 4.3 Beta 2 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center along with new pre-release Apple TV software. We’re taking a look and will let you know what’s new since the last beta. [Apple—Thanks, Mike!]
When frenchman Louis Mantin died in 1905, he mandated that his house be sealed up for a century, then reopened to the public as a museum. And now it is, effectively becoming a time capsule for all to see. The French mansion, located in the town of Moulins, is full of artifacts and pieces that…
On Monday, authorities located and defused a bomb left on an MLK parade route in Spokane, WA, later stating that it was “likely capable of inflicting multiple casualties.” But an anonymous official suggests the device was capable of much worse. http://gawker.com/5737287/backpack-bomb-found-on-mlk-day-parade-route Hours before the MLK Day parade was to start, three city workers spotted the…
