One look at the wedge-shaped rows of plants and anyone could tell the circular garden was not grown under normal conditions. Plants sown in concentric circles displayed wildly different vitality and viability. More »
A possible tornado made a direct hit on St. Louis Lambert Field last night, pushing a Southwest jet away from a gate (the immediate aftermath seen in the video above), shattering windows, crushing a roof, and causing enough damage to shut down the airport. More »
How do you tell a guy is into you when he's, uh, into you? No less authority than The Onion shows us in this decidedly NSFW faux-morning show segment. Full video, with lots of sexy sex sex words, lies directly ahead: More »
This is one dilemma owners of Kindles, Nooks and iPads inevitably face: How the hell can I get my favorite author to sign that book I've got stored in my Ebook reader? Sure, you can always get him to scrawl his signature on the back of your Kindle in thick, ugly, black marker. If tacky's your style. More »
There are many, many wondrous items to be found at Japan Trend Shop: A USB hub shaped like Darth Vader; a vibrating alarm clock pillow; playing cards that look like toast. But the "Feel Good" stuff expressly designed for women? Mind-blowingly weird. » Let's take a look. More »
Google's rumored music service is allegedly going nowhere because Google's hit a wall while negotiating with record labels. AllThingsD's Peter Kafka has sources telling them that talks are "broken" (possibly because Google changed their terms last minute) and that Google is reconsidering plans altogther. More »
As if the anyone needs additional incentive to be interested in a dinosaur exhibit beyond, like, dinosaurs, the American Museum of Natural History is opening The World's Largest Dinosaurs, centered around a massive half-skin, half-dissected, life-sized Mamenchisaurus. More »
Except instead of seeming menacing, it actually comes across as neat. This is the newly erected schoolhouse for boys at the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. The structure was created by architects McBride Charles Ryan, and is blocked out in black brickwork—accounting for that polished, "carbon fiber" look. (No, unfortunately the facade isn't made of real carbon fiber.) Sitting on a normal, residential street, this thing looks ridiculously cool next to those downright ordinary houses beside it:
A good quote deserves to be remembered, and Quotebook is designed to do just that: it's a simple, elegant way to archive those scraps of language you know might be worth revisiting down the line. More »
I don't care who you are: growing up is hard. Particularly if you're growing up gay or transgendered in an unsupportive environment. But what all of these people—the Apple Employees in this video, the Google employees before them, and countless others—say is true: it gets better. It really, truly does. [AppleEmployees] More »
The Coachella Music Festival is going on RIGHT NOW. And according to LA Weekly, Coachella is trying to foil gate crashers by covering the top rail in grease. When you grab the fence, your hands will presumably slip and you'll fall on your ass. Maybe some EXTREME Simple Green will help? [LA Weekly via Daily Swarm] More »
WIRED's Nancy Miller said it very well in a recent tweet: Yes, Cowboys & Aliens, I will see you based on this trailer. #donedeal I'm with you, Nancy. Directed by John Favreau, starring James Bond and Indiana Jones? I'm innnnnn. July 29th, get your ass over here. More »
Kids today are spoiled with their iPod touches and iPads and PSPs and 3DSes. When I was their age, portable games certainly DID NOT look comparable to their console counterparts. More »
Tomorrow marks the opening of the American Museum of Natural History's long-awaited dinosaur exhibit, called "The World's Largest Dinosaurs." We talked to curator and paleontologist Mark Norell about the show - and how these super-giant animals ever stayed upright. More »
When it comes to computing, our general philosophy at Maximum PC is that bigger is better. More, speed, more memory, more power—as far as hardware goes, there's no such things as excess. Software, though... Software's a little different. Big, feature-packed utilities and applications are great, but we prefer apps that show a little restraint. More »
When the potholes get too big to dodge, you'll need a bridge layer. These gap-spanning mechs have been conquering divides since WWI (almost as long as the tanks they're attached to) and our friends at Oobject.com have 12 of the coolest. More »
If your PC's been humming along under your desk for more than a year or two, I've got news for you: Chances are inside that case, half a dozen dust bunnies are dancing around your hard drive, leeching onto your CPU fan and fluttering about your motherboard having a grand old time. This is not good. Today we'll go over how to clean out the guts of your computer, tighten, tune and oil things up to make your PC happier, healthier, and more likely to stick around longer. More »
