Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Remix Their New Single Using An 8-Bit Plugin and 45...
Releasing an album is a brutal, labor-intensive process, rife with sleepless nights and self doubt. For Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the Detroit indie pop band whose latest EP, Patterns, came out on April...
View ArticleYou Could Control Google Glass With a Wink
When was the last time you winked? When was the last time you winked and didn't immediately regret it? It's probably been a while, but Google's aiming making winking cool again(?), by hard-coding some...
View ArticleNetflix's Updated iOS App Comes With a Shiny, New Intuitive Design
While it may not be quite the total overhaul some were hoping for, Netflix has just released a not-quite-major but definitely more convenient update to its iOS app. The biggest change comes with a...
View ArticleGoogle Might Change Google.com and Make Using the Internet Way Better
As a fashionable internet denizen, you do not use a homepage, probably. You open a new browser window or tab, and you're met with your Chrome apps, or Safari favorites, or whatever the hell Firefox is...
View ArticleListen to All the Bleeps and Bloops of Hollywood's Fake Computers
You computer probably makes a bleep now and then, maybe the occasional bloop. But the giant, glowing, blinking machines of Hollywood fame have a much larger library of bings, pings, and whistles....
View ArticleWhere the Toys Come From: Inside Hasbro’s Model Workshop
Designing toys takes sketching and planning and imagining, sure. But what's even more impressive is the actual making—still a much more industrial and craftsmanlike process than you'd imagine. It...
View ArticleThis Glowing Orb Keeps Your Laptop Running Cool in Extreme Conditions
The easiest way to keep your laptop running at peak efficiency is to just keep it cool and comfortable. Its processor can get pretty toasty crammed in that ultra-thin housing, so Thermaltake's created...
View ArticleOne of the World’s Greenest Commercial Buildings Opens Today
Happy Earth Day! Wait, you didn't know it was Earth Day? You probably aren't alone. The 43-year-old fauxliday has declined in popularity over the past few years, perhaps because it's been so thoroughly...
View ArticleHere's a Skinless, Laughing Elmo to Terrify You Forever
We took a trip to Hasbro's toy factory, which you can read about here, but there the most indelible image we came away with was this animatronic Elmo, without his plush skin, laughing us into a shallow...
View ArticleThe 8 Types of Shovels Everyone Should Know
Humans have been digging in the Earth since the dawn of the Neolithic Revolution, some 12,000 years ago. While the earliest agriculturalists had to make do with shovels crudely fashioned from animal...
View ArticleTurn Your iPad Mini Into the Perfectly Sized Desktop Arcade
There are already numerous arcade accessories for the iPhone and iPad, but this iPad Mini version seems to strike the perfect balance of compact size versus playable controls. The Arcadie cabinet docks...
View ArticleHow Canned Food Conquered the World—And How It Almost Didn't
The BBC has a wonderful dive into the history of canning, tracing its origins from a technology designed to help expand and sustain the British Empire, to a miracle commodity of modern capitalism. And...
View ArticleThis Baratza Burr Grinder Is Your Deal of the Day
The most important—and expensive—coffee gadget for a home cupper is a burr grinder. Good coffee requires even extraction, and no matter how many fancy coffee makers you own, if you're not using a burr...
View ArticleThe Most Useful Multitool Your Electronics Have Ever Seen
Forget your SOG, your Leatherman, your Gerber, your Victorinox, even your Wenger. You can fill them with every known tool and accessory under the sun, but they'll never come close to being as useful as...
View ArticleA Cheat Sheet of Every Single Gmail Keyboard Shortcut
Do you use Gmail a lot? Then you need to see this graphic with all the keyboard shortcuts that can make like a million times easier. It comes complete with visualizations of each action, for some...
View ArticleTangible Alarm Smartphone Dock: Shove to Snooze
It's early morning. Your phone is screaming at you. Unless you open your eyes and seek out place to touch, it'll never stop. But the Tangible Alarm could bring back the eyes-closes snooze-button...
View ArticleArchaeologists Are Unlocking a 1900-Year-Old Burial Chamber's Secrets—With...
Teotihuacan, an ancient, abandoned city about an hour north of Mexico City, was once one of the largest cities in the world. It collapsed in the centuries ago (thanks either to an internal uprising or...
View ArticleHow to Take Pictures—From the International Space Station
During his time aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Chris Hadfield has taken and shared some of the most amazing photos of our planet on his Twitter account. And in this video clip, he...
View ArticleEat Away Your Carbon Footprint With This Eco-Friendly Edible Spoon
The idea of an edible utensil isn't exactly new, but nothing's been quite as convenient (and non-sticky) as Triangle Tree's brilliant if not entirely appetizing-appearing Eco-Spoon. This overgrown...
View ArticleNew Netflix Family Plans: $12 for Four Simultaneous Streams
Oh, hey, Netflix is getting wise, finally. In its quarterly money-talking-numbers session, CEO Reed Hastings let out that Netflix is going to introduce a new $12 per month plan for families that lets...
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