July 2008
637 posts
First Look at the "Structural Core" of the Human... →
io9
In this image, scientists reveal for the first time the solution to one of the brain’s fundamental mysteries: Does it it have a core area that organizes thought? Or is it a diffuse set…
Forget Neutron Stars, Quark Stars Might be the... →
Universe Today
So neutron stars may not be the densest exotic objects in the cosmos after all. Recent observations of ultra-luminous supernovae suggest that these explosions may create an…
35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Trooper Army Invades... →
Gizmodo
What are 35,310 Lego Star Wars Clone Troopers mini-figs doing together, apart from planning a planet invasion after breaking out of the giant Lego storage cathedrals? Raising …
Netflix Keeping Profiles! The Internet Works!... →
Gizmodo
Thanks to the uppityness of internet users, Netflix is keeping their profile scheme. Brian will be able to keep his Blaxploitation movies separate from his girlfriend’s “morbid…
Working LEGO Gun Will Make You Shoot Bricks [Lego] →
Gizmodo
One man’s LEGO is another man’s treasure, and what better way is there to guard your grand stash of colored bricks than by using the bricks themselves as a weapon? The Thriller…
Funny Gummi Lighthouses →
Boing Boing
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June 2008
169 posts
Pistachio Gelato →
Chocolate & Zucchini
When it comes to ice cream, I am hopelessly predictable.
As far as I’m concerned, if the ice cream parlor, glacier, or gelateria offers dark chocolate, pistachio,…
Cupcakes and teacups →
Cupcakes Take The Cakefrom Cupcake Envy via Flickr teacup mini cake design and coordinating cupcakes for client
Jot Dry-Erase Refrigerator →
Gizmodiva.com
Gone are the days of sticking posteds and magnets on refrigerator like a clipboard. Now you can write directly on the surface. There’s nothing so great about the product it’s as…
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula →
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In the Center of the Trifid NebulaClouds of glowing gas mingle with lanes of dark dust in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the …
Pirate cupcakes →
Cupcakes Take The Cakefrom our reader Brittany who made these for her boyfriend’s birthday and writes: I took the logo that he created and volia! Super moist yellow cake with a milk chocolate…
Cupcake interview with Aaron Landry →
Cupcakes Take The CakeI’ve mentioned my friend Aaron on this blog before; he is my Minneapolis cupcake connection. All photos here are by him. Also, stay tuned for details about a Minneapolis…
Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes from Vanilla... →
Cupcakes Take The CakeA very yummy-looking photo by Cakespy of cupcakes from Santa Monica’s Vanilla Bakeshop - see the rest of her Los Angeles Cakewalk photo set These two are from
Cupcakes from Tee & Cakes →
Cupcakes Take The CakeCupcakes from Tee & Cakes in Boulder, Colorado, photo by Flickr user dnsvm
Gizmodo & Engadget have finally overpowered gReader in a way that can no longer be abided with propensity. One of them must go, but which?
Cocoalicious Is Your Dedicated Del.icio.us Browser →
Lifehacker: Top
Mac OS X only: Free, open-source application Cocoalicious is a dedicated browser for navigating your bookmarks from social bookmarking site del.icio.us. The app provides a…
Catching up on a year of unread http://sinfest.net strips. I am reminded why I like this webcomic so much.
I can’t tell if I’ve gone up or down a size in American Apparel. Damn boobs.
WALL•Ⓔ DIY awesomeness, in legos: http://tinyurl.com/6hve7y & http://tinyurl.com/54zlmm and origami: http://tinyurl.com/3h7toc
My name is Betty and I... →
Cute Overload
[Pause] My name is—well, I’m Betty. and… I—I have a bit of a problem that landed me in the “time out” corner. You see, I strongly believe that bed linen wrinkles are OUT TO…
satiating serious solid snack munchies.
Expert Predictions on When to Get the Best Airfare →
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Wired magazine interviews Oren Etzioni, creator of Farecast, a service which uses aggregated airfare data to predict when the best time to buy your plane ticket. He offers a…
woke up exhausted, in pain and feeling like crap, which has carried through all day.
Fireball at Ayers Rock →
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Fireball at Ayers RockA weekend trip for astrophotography in centralAustralia canresult in gorgeous skyscapes.In this example recorded in March of…
Make a Pen Holder Out of Floppy Disks →
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Instead of throwing out those old floppy disks, grab a couple of zip ties and turn them into a roomy, DIY pen holder that pays homage to the old school method of data…
AirPiano single-handedly redeems air instruments... →
Engadget
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
With the introduction of the Air Guitar Rocker, we pretty much bid the art of air rockin’ adieu. No longer could we slam our belt buckles in an…
Konepan Bread Maker Turns Your Loaves into Bunnies... →
Gizmodo
Going one better than the Jesus model (the original, not Giz’s resident LEGO freak and sexy boy Diaz) is the Konepan, a bread maker from japanese toy manufacturer Megahouse. The kitchen…
yay, You Suck at Photoshop is back for season 2: http://tinyurl.com/67d8rv
the creative difference between Disney and Pixar was made excruciatingly clearer while enduring the previews for Disney’s upcoming crapfests
Sharper Image Human Touch Massage Chairs Look... →
Gizmodo
Reader Tim points out that this massage chair, seen at Sharper Image, looks really familiar. You know, we think he’s right, but we can’t quite get a grasp on it. We just hope they …
Make a lensless microscope →
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The 10 Strangest Anti-Terrorism Gadget Patents... →
Gizmodo
These are dangerous times we live in—which is why I am sure that some of America’s greatest minds are out there toiling away on new gadgets we can use to protect ourselves in the war…
King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture →
Boing Boing
A building fit for a king — in this case, Saudi Arabia???s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
In competition with some of the world???s greatest architects, Sn??hetta has won the…
Flooded London photo exhibit →
Boing Boing
Squint/Opera’s photography exhibit “depicts imaginary scenes in London in 2090, when rising sea levels have inundated the city.” They made it look like fun! Flooded London
Princeton to start publishing Kindle-edition... →
Engadget
Filed under: Handhelds
Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader has been doing pretty well as a consumer device, but we’ve always thought it had amazing potential as a textbook reader —…
Wall-E = incredible beyond words. Also, that’s the first time a movie has made me cry.
The guy a couple seats over has a Seth Rogen laugh :)
Actually, I think someone keeps tripping over a cable. If a third of the colors drop during Wall-E, there’s going to be a mutiny.
The red chip or bulb burned out for the previews. @SeanLangley and Neil are discussing cables and projectors at great length now. Nerds.
I have the most random fears. Near the top of the list: people in a restaurant singing happy birthday to me.
Today is WALL•E day! I am ridiculously excited to see a movie about a lonely robot who emits adorable noises.
Wall-E Animator Tops Everyone Who Ever Wanted to... →
Gizmodo
Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don’t ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the…
Wall-E Review: One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies in... →
Gizmodo
Wall-E might be the most sympathetic, lovable robot ever created on film. While R2-D2 was hilarious and endearing, he had the benefit of C3PO to translate for him and a cast of human…
Yahoo Mail Offers Random Subject Lines in a Click →
Lifehacker: Top
Discovered a fun little feature in Yahoo Mail this week that made me wish for the same in Gmail: the Subject-O-Matique, a random subject line inserter. When you just can’t…
M81: Feeding a Black Hole →
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M81: Feeding a Black HoleThis impressivecolor compositeshows spiral galaxy M81 across theelectromagnetic spectrum.It combines X-ray data (blue) from…
Nokia unleashes Supernova series: meet the 7210,... →
Engadget
Filed under: Cellphones
Though they’ve already been well documented (heck, they’re already on sale in some parts of the world), Nokia’s just now getting around to making its…
Kindle's Bright Idea: College Textbooks [Kindle] →
Gizmodo
Here’s one really smart idea that will convert a few Kindle-haters: textbooks. Princeton University Press join Oxford, Yale and the UC in putting some of their titles into e-book form,…
DIY Magnetic Whiteboard Speech Bubble →
Lifehacker: Top
Reader Chris Burke painted a useful and good-looking magnetic whiteboard in his office—cleverly, in the shape of a speech bubble. Burke explains: I needed a new whiteboard…
best xkcd strip ever: http://xkcd.com/442/
Panda cupcakes →
Cupcakes Take The Cakefrom Flickr user Catherien de taartenfee