So you were the UFO dogging the space shuttle this weekend? Sounds tiring, but you’re back now, so enjoy the best of Gizmodo’s weekend coverage.
• Kindly Google Tools now tells you if your ISP is throttling the connection.
• An incredible Astro Boy mural wowed Japan using 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets.
• The MacBook Air can cut cake, but Intel said the chipset inside is anything but cutting edge.
• Pretty simple: No tethering for the 3G iPhone.
• Paper towel tubes are bush league; sack up with a manly DIY lightsaber or face the wrath of Padawan bullies.
https://gizmodo.com/google-tools-will-tell-you-if-your-isp-is-slowing-down-5016514
• Addy, the infamous ULA (that’s Ultra Late Adopter, newb), debated herself about an iPhone purchase.
• NASA embraced the new hotness with Solar Probe+, which it will launch into the sun in 2015.
• Stop whining, mobile phone users: AT&T lawyer tells us that early termination fees are good for consumers.
• There are no SMART cars to be had in this Japanese vending machine. Just marketing materials. And lies.
• The Bloom bike attachment blows. Oh, it disperses seeds with soap and bubbles, too.
https://gizmodo.com/ultra-late-adopter-why-i-dont-want-an-iphone-but-wi-5015910
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