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I was fairly certain I was in favor of California’s Prop 19—A.K.A. “Legalizing It”—but this informative vision of a post-19 California full of stoners taking over the local Denny’s and couch-bound bears seals the deal.
Sure, you could wait for Nike to get moving on those self-lacing sneaker patents. But wouldn’t you rather own the Nike Air Mags worn by Marty McFly himself? Pretty soon you’ll have your chance. The kicks are being included in this Hollywood memorabilia auction on November 6, along with the Sports Almanac stolen by Biff,…
I appreciate Eric’s sentiment—echoed by Choire—but have come to disagree. All art is artifice; all feelings are legitimate; faux or no, if it provokes it’s fair. Sometimes you must linger a while before setting off again. [Photo: Nikola]
It’s not often (ever?) that a convention center is anything worth being excited about, but Ireland’s new Convention Centre Dublin uses ingenius engineering and an omniscient mother brain to monitor and adjust itself. The result? Zero carbon footprint. Every aspect of the CCD’s design has been finely tuned to prevent waste—despite possessing enough space for…
A penny saved is a penny earned. So why not save more than a few with a round of deals on a 14″ Lenovo G460, a SanDisk microSDHC Card, or a free issue of The Economist’s Intelligent Life Quarterly for your iPad? Top Deals: • 14″ Lenovo G460 Core i3 Laptop for $599 with free…
It’s time to multi-task! Take this short survey, email the last question to [email protected], and you’ll be entered to win a Samsung BD-C5500 Blu-ray disc player. This nifty lil’ guy makes your tube internet accessible, so you can watch Karate Kid and email that important memo—gasp—at the same time! [Rules]
When you live in a city, it’s easy to forget that we are surrounded by the greatest show in the Universe: The Universe itself. This sky comparison chart is the sad proof of that. Sadly, missing the awe-inspiring show of all those planets, stars, and galaxies dancing around us is the price humans had to…
Take a close look at this Romanian Samsung Galaxy Tab. See the Porn button? That’s 100% real. But you shouldn’t pack your bag for Bucharest quite yet. Mobilissimo first pointed out the oddity, wherein the Home button promises some heavy NSFW action. But! It’s helpful to know that “Pornire” is a Romanian word for “start,”…
Men’s magazine and fashion fixture Esquire is the newest glossy on the block to give itself an iPad makeover. As has been the case with other mag-to-tablet conversions, interactivity is being pressed: inline footnotes, movable photos, and added video content. Feature wise, the iPad October issue doesn’t seem to be any radical departure from past…
Google is getting even more daring (and bandwidth-hogging) with their doodles, with today’s logo celebrating John Lennon’s 70th birthday being their first to feature video. It’s a clever embedded YouTube of Imagine, one of the greatest songs ever written. Hopefully the logo has appeared on all international Google search pages, with the message in Imagine…
It comes as no surprise that someone would want to leak the independently-produced report on Foxconn’s treatment of its workers, but the contents are bloody appalling. Apparently 1,736 workers were surveyed, with stories of overtime and even violence. Workers from nine cities were questioned by over 60 volunteers from 20 universities in Hong Kong and…
Jets, spacecraft, and giant robots—some people build amazing things in their garages. Makes you feel a little self-conscious about that “cherry” 1981 Malibu and the stack of National Geographics you keep threatening to put on eBay, doesn’t it. What else is your neighbor hiding? Take a peek at these Rube Goldberg Machines, home theaters, clever…
Before worrying about your iPod dock’s future (and the whole of China’s accessory ecosystem being thrown into disarray), listen up: I don’t think we need to worry about the iPad and iPhone eschewing the humble 30-pin connector. Apparently back in June, Apple filed a patent for MagSafe power connectors being added to iPads and iPhones.…
The materials for YouTube Illusionist BrussPup’s latest feat are simple: an iPad loaded with some images and a transparent sheet striped with black bars. But when the two are combined, those images come to life like you’d never expect. [YouTube]
Heads up, iPhone users! Last week Australians found a bug in Apple’s iOS the hard way. Or maybe the soft way: They overslept as their iPhone alarms failed to go off because of a glitch triggered by daylight saving time. 55% of 4,500 users polled by the Sydney Morning Herald experienced the bug, which only…
Nitroglycerin, first discovered in 1846, is the explosive essence of dynamite. Even slowed down 600x, the reaction—detonation—is so violent, so fast, it still happens in less than the blink of an eye. [BBC]
If you were waiting for the BlackBerry Storm 2 refresh—which was supposed to fix the wrongs in that ball of SureCrap that is the Storm 2—you may be out of luck. It looks like RIM is canceling it. According to a BBleaks’ source, RIM has killed their 3.7-inch display refresh. Thank you for your hard…
One of BGR’s sources reports that the Galaxy Tab will launch on Sprint on November 14th for $400 on-contract and $600 full price. There’s no word yet on other carriers—the Tab will also be offered through T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T—but it’d be surprising if pricing and availability differed dramatically among the four. If it holds…
I hope the concrete isn’t heavy enough that it’d rip the nail right out of its hole, because this “4th dimension clock,” as its Taiwanese designers named it, is going straight to my living room wall. [Designboom]
The NYT, WSJ and USA Today, are building special tablet-y apps for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, hoping to easily port the app over to other Android tablets. And the WSJ, knowing its core audience, wants all up on the BlackBerry PlayBook. There’s a bit of tit-for-tat going on, the WSJ reports, saying that “In some cases,…
