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Now You Can Have Perfect Toast Without Trial-and-Error Kitchen Mishaps

This is coming from the girl who went nuts over a self-stirring coffee cup, but a see-through toaster is abso-freakin’-lutely brilliant. No more burnt toast or kitchen fires since I can see when the bread is perfectly oh-so-yummy-golden-brown. https://gizmodo.com/my-dream-coffee-cup-is-now-reality-5409726 Of course, this isn’t the first time that someone’s thought of making a transparent toaster, but…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Apple Patent Application Reveals a Bumpy Tablet

Some of Apple’s recently revealed patent applications may spoil the surprise over how we’ll interact with the Apple tablet. According to Apple Insider’s speculations, the patent applications imply that we’ll have a multi-touch gadget with tactile feedback. https://gizmodo.com/nyt-you-will-be-very-surprised-how-you-interact-with-5433476 Apparently this batch of patent applications is for a dynamic surface which can “create physical bumps or…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Y2K+10 Holiday Card

Have a Merry Xmas and a Happy Next Decade! Much love, The Last Decade. [Thanks Abie Sussman] Anna Jane Grossman will be with us for the next few weeks, documenting life in the early aughts, and how it differs from today. The author of Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By (Abrams Image)…

Tech News Anna Jane Grossman

Young Girls: Do Not Give Up Your Sexting Virginity to Half the High School Like This

Look, teenage girls of America: You have got to save your sexting virginity until you meet someone really special. Not some random “male acquaintance.” Because that’s when the police get involved. A sexting case in Plainfield, Illinois (a lesser-known site of the sexual revolution) has “exploded into the largest sexting case Plainfield police have ever…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Video: Riding This Slide Will Freeze Your Pretty Bum Bum

If you are near National Harbor in Fort Washington, Maryland, don’t miss their 15,000-square-foot Gaylord National‘s ICE! exhibit, a winter wonderland made with two million pounds of ice. And let your pretty butt freeze, swooshing down their 20-foot slide. Wheeeeee! Kind of underwhelming, I know, but it looks pretty. [Big Picture]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Seasonal PSA: NORAD’s Google Earth Santa Tracking

Okay, boys and girls: NORAD’s got their annual Santa tracking up and running here. Keep tabs on the big guy if you’re wondering when he’ll be gifting your hemisphere, or if he owes you money. [NORAD Santa Tracker]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Dealzmodo: Free Peet’s Coffee, Right Now

Sometimes, us non-Christians feel really left out at Christmas. So I’d like to personally thank Peet’s (pretty much what Starbucks wishes it was) for giving everyone the gift of free coffee today, Christmas Eve. Find your nearest store here. [Peet’s]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

TNMT Snuggie: Because You’re Never Too Old for Turtle Power

Around age 23, most men realize they’ll be stuck in normal—work a normal 9 to 5, buy a normal house and lift heavy objects with normal strength. But at least we can stay warm, dammit. [HotTopic via Geekologie]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Office Depot’s Laptop Glue Fix Fails in Predictably Epic Fashion

What’s the best way to fix a broken-off power port on an Acer Extensa? If you said “glue the sucker back in there,” you might just work in Office Depot’s repair department. You’re also, in that so-painfully-obvious-it-hurts-my-face way, real wrong. When Consumerist reader Scott sent his under-warranty laptop into Office Depot for a repair, he…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How To: Build Your Own Full-Scale Eiffel Tower

So you’ve got your 7,000 metric tons of puddling iron, your unruly 19th-century French construction crew, your Michelin starred chef and a Rosetta Stone French DVD. Today, finally, you have the final piece: Blueprints! They’re less precise than the perfectly-modeled CAD renderings people rely on now, but equally, they’re more beautiful; and perhaps not coincidentally,…

Tech News John Herrman

Underground Five-Star Hotel Fit For a Mole King

This proposed subterranean London hotel is going to put all 200 guest rooms beneath the surface of a former golf course. Sorry, CHUDs: it’s time to gentrify the soil. The hotel, designed by ReardonSmith Architects, aims to preserve the verdant appeal of its Green Belt location while at the same time offering a full range…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Gadget Deals of the Day

The gingerbread houses are built, the elves have laid down their tools, and Santa is packing all the presents in his sleigh. But Professor Dealzmodo’s students don’t get the day off for Christmas Eve, so here is today’s packed-full list. https://gizmodo.com/if-frank-lloyd-wright-built-gingerbread-houses-5420540 Top Deals: • 14″ Lenovo ThinkPad SL410 Laptop for $449.10 plus free shipping (normally…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Essential Problem with Snuggies

We all know the whole Snuggie thing is idiotic. But this comic really boils the idiocy down to its pure essence. Magnifique. [Chainsaw Suit via The Daily What]

Tech News Adam Frucci

DIY Media of the Future (1981)

What we now call user-generated content was predicted in the 1981 book Tomorrow’s Home by Neil Ardley. I dare say that this is the most accurate prediction we’ve looked at in 2009 (provided we ignore that robot arm, offering up delicious Christmas treats before it slaughters the entire family in a bloody rampage). Enjoy! The…

Tech News Matt Novak

This is God’s Thundering Subwoofer

My brother worships two things: God and Subwoofers. We were raised to be quiet, well-mannered Lutherans. But for Erik, there was nothing quiet about the gospel. In church, he sang as loud as he could. He didn’t care what anyone else thought – he was reaching out to the Lord and it was our problem…

Tech News Josh Davis

How the Apple Tablet Is Already Making People Rich

It’s understandable that Apple stock is doing well—they’ve had a very, very good year. But after a huge rally this morning, their stock it at its highest price ever. See, yesterday, something magical happened. A few minutes before the NYSE’s 4:00 EST closing, at 8:18 PM GMT (3:18 EST), the Financial Times published a rumor:…

Tech News John Herrman

V-Screen Faux-3D PSP Kit: Yes, It Actually Works

A lot of people wrote about the V-Screen 3D kit for the PSP when it was announced. Jokes may have been made! But now Ars has actually tried one, and their results are surprising: It’s not perfect, but it works. https://gizmodo.com/v-screen-adds-faux-3d-to-the-psp-5319718 According to Ars, the V-Screen uses an old trick, popular with flight sim devotees,…

Tech News John Herrman

Gifts You Can Still Buy at the Very Last Minute Online

You waited. Then you waited some more. And now it’s Christmas Eve. You should be finishing shopping right now, but you’re sitting lazily at your computer. Luckily, with our last minute gift guide, such limited exertion is not a problem. Netflix/Gamefly Subscription: Anyone who wouldn’t appreciate a year’s worth of unlimited game or movie rentals…

Tech News Mark Wilson

JVC’s Updated $800 Audiophile Wooden Earphones

JVC has updated their original wooden headphones by slashing their price as well as their size. The company claims the wood construction gives the earphones superior sound quality, in addition to superior style. https://gizmodo.com/jvcs-new-headphones-have-wooden-housings-cost-730-5138043 While the original cans went for nearly $800, the JVC HA-FX700 will come with a $330 price tag. Though the price…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Siemens Awes Autobahn Drivers With Spinning LED Christmas Star

With 9,000 LEDs, a little superglue and some holiday magic, Siemens and artist Michael Pendry teamed up to turn a wind turbine outside Munich into “the world’s biggest revolving Christmas star.” It uses as much energy as a hairdryer. The Siemens SuperStar, which will stay spinning outside Munich through January 6th, was conceived as a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Now You Can Have Perfect Toast Without Trial-and-Error Kitchen Mishaps

Apple Patent Application Reveals a Bumpy Tablet

The Y2K+10 Holiday Card

Young Girls: Do Not Give Up Your Sexting Virginity to Half the High School Like This

Video: Riding This Slide Will Freeze Your Pretty Bum Bum

Seasonal PSA: NORAD’s Google Earth Santa Tracking

Dealzmodo: Free Peet’s Coffee, Right Now

TNMT Snuggie: Because You’re Never Too Old for Turtle Power

Office Depot’s Laptop Glue Fix Fails in Predictably Epic Fashion

How To: Build Your Own Full-Scale Eiffel Tower

Underground Five-Star Hotel Fit For a Mole King

Gadget Deals of the Day

The Essential Problem with Snuggies

DIY Media of the Future (1981)

This is God’s Thundering Subwoofer

How the Apple Tablet Is Already Making People Rich

V-Screen Faux-3D PSP Kit: Yes, It Actually Works

Gifts You Can Still Buy at the Very Last Minute Online

JVC’s Updated $800 Audiophile Wooden Earphones

Siemens Awes Autobahn Drivers With Spinning LED Christmas Star

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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