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500 prints of the Windows XP wallpaper “Green Hill” have been turned into a piece of art, called “My Favourite Landscape.” Yes, the world’s most infuriating computer error can now be cooed at in an art gallery. Ugh. Paul Destieu, the creator of such horror, used 500 prints which “sets the common bug out of…
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, you really are quite frightening! At least, you are after I’ve seen you burn down a living room in less than 60 seconds. Remember last year’s video? It gets worse. https://gizmodo.com/your-christmas-tree-can-burn-down-a-room-in-under-60-se-5434015 Gone In 60 Seconds Dry Tree vs. High Moisture Tree Fire Couch-O-Vision These demos are provided by the National Institute…
Jason Rogenes uses styrofoam and light to make these futuristic-looking art installations, proving that one person’s trash might still be that person’s trash, but can look cool with enough light inside it. The question is, if you bought one of these sculptures from him and he had to ship it to you, how would you…
When negotiations with a potential jumper went downhill last night in Swansea, police did the only logical thing: call in an inflatable castle from Bop And Bounce to break his fall. Seriously. If it sounds like something out of a sitcom, that’s because it is! Happened on The Office. This time, though, no one was…
You know you’re going to swallow whole ham, 12 gingerbread cookies and six glasses of egg nog over the holidays. It’s just going to happen. You could run 26 miles after the damage is done. But there’s a better way. A new study in the Journal of Physiology shows that exercising in the morning, before…
This week you read all about a man cured of HIV, were familiarized with hijinks propagated by UPS and eBay, and had your brains exploded by Japanese math and the Mona Lisa. Below, check out the five Gizmodo posts that burned brightest! # 5: 189,156 views The Real Da Vinci Code Discovered In Mona Lisa’s…
We’ve heard that Apple’s so secretive that it fires people just for mentioning product codenames, but Google might not be much more lenient either. Supposedly the search engine giant fires “an average of two people” per month for leaking secrets. https://gizmodo.com/apple-will-fire-you-for-just-mentioning-a-product-coden-5714356 I suppose it’d be a bad idea to ask any Google employees to email…
Watch Milena dance, stretch her legs, and use her seventeen red lasers on the disco floor. She uses them to destroy bad dancers in Miami raves. Or that’s what I want to believe, anyway. [Gizmag]
One of the major things Android can hold over the iPhone’s head? Access to awesome, free navigation. Although according to a recent job listing, Apple may be ready to give iPhone buyers free navigation of their own. Let’s speculate! https://gizmodo.com/the-best-navigation-apps-5656790 Of course, one easy track would be for Apple to just use Google Maps Navigation.…
Remember The Jetsons? How they all traveled by pneumatic tube, sucked from one place to another? These plans, concepts, and photographs show we’ve been dreaming about that idea for a long time. For more things under the ground, on rails, or sucked through a tube, take a look at 10 creepy abaondoned subway stations, impressive…
Wonder what’s going on underneath the new and improved Google Maps for Android? In a phrase, “vector graphics.” But Google explains it all in detail right here: [Google] https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-5-0-makes-old-google-maps-feel-like-paper-5714233
Word Lens, an app that translates English text to and from Spanish on the fly, is a reminder of just how powerful apps can be. But how’s it really work? It ain’t perfect, but it’s still pretty damn amazing. I pointed Word Lens at all the Spanish I could find—the taco truck down the street,…
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It’s Tron: Legacy day! Who’s excited? I know I am. Excited enough to re-watch the original last night. But let’s temper that excitement, a little, shall we? Even though it’s a childhood favorite, here are some continuity errors from Tron. For more Movie Fails, click here.
Mounting your phone near your steering wheel—you know, for GPS directions, easy music access—is a good idea. Mounting your phone on your steering wheel probably is not. This $25 GoSmart Clip puts your phone right in your eyeline while driving. Great if your steering wheel always stationary! Oh wait, do steering wheels not do that?…
The leaked internal Yahoo slide that said Delicious, my favorite bookmarks manager, was being shut down wasn’t quite accurate. Delicious says that they’re looking for an outside buyer to take them off Yahoo instead of closing down completely. https://gizmodo.com/rest-in-peace-del-icio-us-5714292 To be completely safe, you should still export your bookmarks so you have a local copy,…
As the space shuttle fades into the sunset, NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier is looking for a new job. Here’s the first time it has been used for carrying an aircraft other than NASA’s orbiter: The Phantom Ray combat UAV. https://gizmodo.com/challenger-crawling-in-the-mist-to-her-fatal-destiny-5714291 NASA’s special 747 and the Phantom Ray took off St. Louis on December 13,…
You know how much you paid for your phone. But how much did the materials inside it cost the company that built it? And—more importantly—who’s prioritizing what? Click to viewDetailed Component Breakdown Powered by Tableau We’ve seen some of these numbers before, but where this infographic from Tableau makes it interesting is breaking down the…
Everybody knows that guy who just graduated from college and still hasn’t graduated from TV dinners. Well, they say it’s better to teach a man to deep fry than to give him KFC. 1. Alton Brown’s Good Eats: The Early Years and Good Eats 2: The Middle Years; $22.50 each If there’s any pair of…
This doesn’t look like a real bike. You know that, I know that, but seemingly the Yike Bike people don’t, as it’s just gone on sale for $3,600. You might remember we took a look at the folding carbon fiber Yike Bike last year, which is more of a penny farthing than a traditional bike.…
