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When I first heard the phrase “Lego sorter,” I expected some crazy production line robot with moving arms and a glowing red eye. Thankfully, the Box4Blox sorter works as simply as the Lego bricks it stores. Update: Okay, after seeing how many of you know about this already, I guess I could have had one…
This infographic makes me so glad that we came up with storage methods other than floppy disks. Imagine replacing your 2TB hard drive with 1,422,222 floppies. No thank you. Update: Reader Drew just noticed that the artist updated the graphic. I’ve replaced the image. Looks like the guide inconsistencies you all noticed have been fixed,…
The Windows/Apple divide has torn lovers apart for decades, and now this video explains why a Canon/Nikon relationship can never be. I’ll leave the “incompatible lens mount” jokes to you guys and gals in the comments. [Youtube, Thanks Jon.]
As we enter the holiday season, Gizmodo wants to make sure no one offends Auntie Ethel when she sees yet another Fleshlight post on the front page. To avoid the embarrassment, point your browser to gizmodo.com/tag/not:nsfw. This works with other content as well, like gizmodo.com/tag/not:apple, or not:microsoft. You can also stack not: parameters to filter…
Miss out on any Black Friday deals? Roll your own with Bing. The basically-free-money service has upped cashback rates until December 2. Check out the participating gadget sites below, and keep ‘em in mind for Cyber Monday: Highlights: AT&T — 35% cashback (iPhone excluded, unfortunately) T-Mobile — 35% cashback Dell — 20% cashback HP —…
Apple Rejected Me reads like FML, but features stories from rejected app developers instead of inappropriate innuendoes dropped by “that uncle” at Thanksgiving. Got a beef with Apple’s approval process? Sound off. [ARM, Thanks Matt.]
Psystar’s recent legal woes keep proving the company’s insanity. New documents show that these guys planned to sell at least 1.45 million Mac clones by 2011. How many did they actually sell in the past year? 768. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-is-royally-screwed-5404748 The best part is, those are conservative estimates. According to Psystar’s aggressive predictions, the company planned to…
It’s the Android Two Point Oh Oh Oh edition. True, all the fireworks from Android 2.0 and Google Navigation almost takes the boom out of everybody else’s apps, but with new definitive Twitter and running apps, it’s a good month. To see the gallery on a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/months-best-android-apps-5414320 Other Android App News…
In this exclusive, never-before-seen training footage from The Geek Squad, the horrible truth of their agenda is finally revealed. Brian Hogg is a puppeteer and a writer. He builds puppets for money at Hoggworks Studios—including the Mosspuppet and Ask Palpatine—and likes to make fun of people.
Alright, Nokia. We know you’ve ben hurting since N-Gage passed away, but apparently in your despair you forgot that Nintendo wouldn’t take kindly to a promo video featuring emulated SNES games. Oops! https://gizmodo.com/bang-bang-nokia-n-gage-youre-dead-5393789 The video has since been pulled from Youtube, but the screen grab above shows how Nokia went out of their way to…
Zagat to Go: Oh, you know what this is. Zagat’s mobile app for Android has the usual deal, which is listings and reviews for over 40,000 restaurants, hotels and other stuff like that—different from its somewhat limited compass app, Zagat nru. Zagat’s listings, unlike Yelp’s, aren’t free, so the app’s 10 bucks on the Android…
I’m not much of a photographer, but I do love me some video games. Maybe this game controller-esque DSLR concept would help bridge the gap between the two worlds. Designer Erin Fong came up with this crazy “NOVA DSLR” design, and truth be told I like it. The folding handle idea seems especially useful for…
Remember those non-existent Zune HD colors that popped up in the Zune software source code? Well, looks like some of them made it to production. The Purple and Magenta versions land on December 1. [Zune Store via @yegr] https://gizmodo.com/pink-magenta-purple-and-atomic-revealed-as-possible-5360354
The only reason VHS won over Betamax was because of porn. And HD DVD very nearly eclipsed Blu-ray (sorry to bring up bad memories) due to Sony’s reluctance to allow adult entertainment publishers onto its format. Now, Android’s 16,000 apps haven’t scared Apple yet, but an alternative app store that’s sprung up could see Apple’s…
Baltimore citizens aren’t just dealing drugs and installing wiretaps, some of them are busy using convex lenses to trap rainbows, which could be put to good use with optical computing—making hardware faster! Stronger! More powerful! And pretty on the inside. University professors coated one side of a 4.5 millimetre diameter lens with a 30 nanometre…
Langford wants to help Snitch get over his fear of looking stupid while wearing a bluetooth headset. Langford is successful, sort of. Brian Hogg is a puppeteer and a writer. He builds puppets for money at Hoggworks Studios—including the Mosspuppet and Ask Palpatine—and likes to make fun of people.
Is it too bad to say that I would actually like to live in a post-Apocalypse New York? I mean one without flesh-eating zombies or people killing each other for a bag of rotten Cheetos. One like this: Click to see the full resolution image Created by Studio Lindfors, these images show scenes of New…
I know. I’m a total dork, but these Facebook status updates by Star Wars characters made me laugh this morning. Or maybe it’s just all that turkey fat and pumpkin pie bits affecting my neurotransmitters. Check the rest at College Humor. [College Humor via Geeks Are Sexy]
Everyone knows a Quagmire or a Masuka that enjoys their gadgets as much as they enjoy themselves—or rather, they enjoy using their gadgets TO enjoy themselves. This is for them, or for you, if you’re buying under an alias. Those of you who hate the gallery format can see it all on one page by…
Fine, you’ve visited some questionable sites. One click on that Levi Johnston Playgirl spread and whammo, your computer goes all weird. Download AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.0 now—it’s the best web threat protection you can get for Windows 7. There are enemies out there…protect yourself from web threats with AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.0. You’ll be protected…
