Many of you may not know who Robert Reich is. Fix that. He's the best Labor Secretary we've had since Lewis B. Schwellenbach (I assume?), and the funniest living former cabinet member. Here, he explains what our credit downgrade means, largely in terms of casual seafood restaurants. More »
The manufacturers of the $30 Shark Shocker say that their neoprene band full of stupid magnets would repel a shark attack. They say they have tested it in this video and it "works". Really? More »
To the person who sent me this photo on the mail from an unknown location: I love you. [LuckyLobos—Thanks A!] More »
Actually it's a robot garden! Thank goodness because I know we're all sick of bumping into terrariums every time we turn around. More »
HP wasn't mincing words about their leaving the hardware game. They're doing it immediately. According to sources, the TouchPad will drop down to just $100 starting tomorrow. Everything must go! Get them while they're still... somewhat relevant? So sad. More »
According to Thrustmaster, this is the first ever racing wheel officially licensed by Ferrari for the Xbox 360. Who cares. You aren't going drive any faster because of the Cavallino Rampante on a glorified joystick. Unless you paint flames on it. More »
Sure, you could wait for the official Steve Jobs biography to come out in November. Or—or!—you could pick up a copy of the best-selling (in Taiwan) Steve Jobs Gives 11 Advices To Teenager. Easy choice? Easiest choice. More »
The inherent problem with voucher sites like Groupon is that you pay up front, so if a merchant screws you or won't accept a coupon, you're very probably stuck dealing with the voucher site. Enter Voucher Complaints. More »
After sifting through billions of data points and years of painstaking reconstruction, three researchers have made a fundamental discovery about Antarctic glaciers that promises to impact major theories in both glaciology and climate change sciences. More »
Robert Scoble did an on-air (or: on Youtube) interview and unlocked his phone while he was talking. Youssef Sarhan noticed his passcode was exposed, and wrote it up on Tumblr. Bobby, Bobby, it's time to change your password! More »
Photographer Stephen Wilkes captured New York, in day and night, in a single photograph. Well, it's actually multiple photographs taken over a 15-hour period but still, the resulting image captures all sides of this glorious city. More »
While we doubt the 3-year-old construction "hole" that's plagued Seattle neighborhood Green Lake will actually become a play area—complete with 65-space unicycle parking lot—it's really the thought that counts, and the thought here is pretty clever. More »
The PC is awesome; the future rosy! So says Frank Shaw, Microsoft spokesman, who blogged this week we're in a "PC Plus" era, not "post-PC." Embarrassingly, I thought PC plus meant the extra adware that came standard with Windows. [AppleInsider] More »
The first extended look at The Avengers just premiered at Disney's D23 Expo. Here's our spoiler-y rundown of what we saw. Here's the spoiler-free version: everything we saw looked like an awesome mix of epic, funny, and badass. More »
If "Jurassic Park" taught me anything, it's that Velociraptors are terrifyingly awesome. So hearing Sam Neil give that classic speech brings me right back to that fascination. And the terror. Don't forget the terror. [This Is Colossal] More »
"Researchers from Birmingham University claimed the designer drug, also known as MDMA, could be used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma after making it 100 times more effective at suppressing growth. Ecstasy was already known to be effective against more than half of white blood cell cancers, but previously the large dose required to treat a tumour would also have killed the patient. More »
Reports are coming in from the regions that Muammar Gaddafi and his sons have fled Libya. Al Jazeera reports that Pro-Gaddafi residents in Tripoli have gotten texts telling them to "eliminate agents with weapons." More »
Driving fast is awesome. Getting tickets sucks. But at the end of the day, probably safer. One Englishman agreed. He noticed that speed cameras are a good deterrent for speeders. Only he didn't need a camera. He used a bird feeder that looks like a camera. More »
No, these never get old and this one is great. The end is particularly funny—if you're aware that HP is considering quitting the PC business, that is. More »
Many of you in the comments remarked that 13-year-old Aidan Dwyer's breakthrough was nothing new. Fair enough. But it'd be different if someone totally disproved it. One blogger claims to have done it. Can I get an expert in here? More »
