Treat Your Face to a Great Shave, Cheaper Hard Drives, and More Deals
The WD My Passport Ultra is one of the most popular portable hard drives on the market, and the 1TB model is only $60 today, which is within $5 of the lowest price ever. [WD 1TB My Passport Ultra Portable Hard Drive, $60]
Seeing surfers at 1000 FPS is like watching a sea monster swallow people
If you're not convinced that the ocean isn't just one giant sea monster, here is some evidence for your fantasy theory: this video of surfers surfing at 1000 FPS. Come on, the ocean totally looks like a monster here! More reasonable view: it's a really amazing surfing video captured gloriously in beautiful slow motion.
Android Cofounder Andy Rubin Has Left Google
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Android cofounder Andy Rubin is leaving Google to launch a hardware startup. Rubin had recently been tapped to head up a top-secret robotics division at Google.
The Dad Rock Version of The War of the Worlds
On this very night in 1938, a radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds may or may not have caused mass hysteria for American listeners. But there's another War of the Worlds that scared me much more as a kid. For me, there's the HG Wells version, the Orson Wells version, and the rock opera version by composer Jeff…
Time-lapse: How a professional artist carves a pumpkin
We all carve pumpkins these days. But not many (none?) get to the level of detail and perfection as Marc Evan, from Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, who in this time-lapse video turns an illustration by artist Tara McPherson into a low relief sculpture on a pumpkin. Beautiful final result.
This Could Be the Year You Quit Wasting 91,980 Minutes Behind the Wheel
Each year the average American spends 1,533 hours driving a car — 64 full days of getting from point A to point B. That's equivalent to watching every episode of Breaking Bad 32.6 times (don't put it past me). As a driver, it's your duty to own this potential, and lots of car companies are already willing to help you…
Someone's Finally Making A Gaming Laptop With A Mechanical Keyboard
There are a few key things that keep PC gamers tethered to their desks, one of them being the awesomeness of having the "click clack" of a quality mechanical keyboard punctuate their gameplay. Impressive as they may be, laptops haven't been able to replicate that experience...yet. MSI to the rescue!
Shooting Challenge: Halloween Costumes
It's the greatest holiday of the year. You get to freak people out, and you get unlimited candy for it. So for this week's Shooting Challenge, photograph a fantastic Halloween costume.
The Life Aquatic trailer in the style of Kubricks' The Shining
It's hard to turn an optimistic movie as full of light and absurd humor as Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou into a dark horror movie that tells the story of a man turned mad-man in the style of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining—but our video magician Iván Róbert did it. Check it out:
The Surprisingly Low-Tech Way NASA Decides When to Blow Up a Rocket
When the Antares rocket exploded seconds after launch on Tuesday night, NASA was able to account for all its employees very quickly after the failure thanks to a clearly very well-practiced protocol. The launch gave us a peek into the processes that dictate every rocket launch, and one of them was particularly…
iPad Air 2 Review: When Thin Actually Means Something
Gadgets get thinner every year. That's a given. But the iPad Air 2 crosses a threshold where thin makes a difference.
Land Chris Hadfield's Space Photography on Your Coffee Table
Is there a person left on the internet who hasn't yet swooned over astronaut Chris Hadfield's jaw-dropping images from space? Here's a chance to have them in your home: The former ISS commander has collected some of his photographs into a book.
At Least One CurrentC Store Is Going to Offer Apple Pay
Midwest retail chain Meijer is refusing to go along with the coalition of retailers that have ditched Apple Pay in favor of their own vastly inferior alternative. At least one company cares about its customers.
Why Everyone Wants to Kill the Mouse and Keyboard
In the past few decades, everything about our computers have changed. The screens. The guts. The size, weight, and materials. The software itself, of course. But one thing has stayed exactly the same, frozen in time from the early days: The tools we use to tell them what to do. So it's odd that we're so desperate to…
Airlines Are Pursuing a Business Strategy of Torturing Passengers
Some years ago, the airline industry set itself on the path towards its current record profits by shrinking seats more, and more, and more. What does the future hold for airlines? More shrinking seats.
This Documentary Explains the Crazy Reality of Living on Mars
Do you want to go to space? Of course you do, and the fun thing is you (probably) can—if you have a shitload of money. The good news is that space tourism is getting cheaper and easier, so it's entirely likely that you might be able to afford it one day. But you probably don't want to say goodbye to Earth quite yet.
Five Best Battery Chargers
Your nominations are fully charged and now it's time to find a winner. Check out the contenders and then head for poll.
Why Cybersecurity Threats Are About to Get Much, Much Worse
Let me state the obvious just to get it out of the way: our nation's cybersecurity sucks and everybody knows it. The president knows it. The Pentagon knows it. And, worst of all, the hackers know it, too. That's why I'm so alarmed by a new Pew Internet survey that says we'll likely get hit with a deadly cyberattack by…
A Gold Moto 360 Just Appeared (and Disappeared) on Amazon
A couple weeks back, we reported on the curious disappearance of a Gold Moto 360 on one of Motorola's promotional material. Now, that disappearing act has reached its natural conclusion: With the blinged-out wearable briefly reappearing on Amazon.
IKEA Sit/Stand Desk Review: I Can't Believe How Much I Like This
Standing desks are not cheap. Or at least, the extremely handy motorized ones aren't. That's why everyone—including this desk-agnostic blogger—freaked out when IKEA announced that it would sell a sit/stand desk powered by electricity for less than $500. Finally, a healthy desk option for the masses. Finally!
Seth Rogen Is Woz
Variety is reporting that Seth Rogen's got the part as Woz in Jobs, the upcoming Aaron Sorkin-penned take on the Apple icon. Christian Bale had already been cast in the title role, and this new addition... it's surprising, but kinda great.
This Handsome Brick Facade Is Insulation That Snaps on Like Lego
We all like the idea of saving energy, but actually retrofitting an old house is a loud, messy, and expensive headache. So the Dutch company Energiesprond has come up with a way to make houses carbon neutral with easy, snap-on insulation and solar panels. It doesn't hurt that houses come out looking quite handsome,…
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