If people had talked this much about Kin while it was still alive, it might have stood a chance. Oh well! The battle continues to rage over who gets the write the final chapter in Kin's history. More »
Violence and Abuse - Road Rage - United States - Prevention - Brit milah
I already know what you're going to say: "But I don't have a macro lens!" Keep in mind, this lead shot by Shooting Challenge alum Shayan Rostam was taking with a Olympus FE-370 point and shoot. So no excuses! More »
Photography - Arts and Entertainment - Business - Recreation - Guns
T-Mobile just announced the Motorola Charm and it's just like what we saw, an ugly but sort of interesting Android phone. But if you can get over its looks, it's the first Android phone that channels the Moto Q form factor. More »
T-Mobile - Android - Motorola - Motorola Charm - Smartphone
Android (2.2) with Chrome/Firefox: For certain web searches, your desktop is better than Android, but you still want that data on your phone. Install Chrome to Phone and you can shoot links, Maps, and copied text directly to your Android phone. More »
Android - Firefox - browser - Google Chrome - Handhelds
By now, we've seen plenty of iPad stands—expensive ones and cheap ones, musical ones and ones made of wood. But this pencil and rubber band contraption is kinda like the Baby Bear's porridge: just right. Or is it? More »
iPad - IPhone - Business - Shopping - Apps
July 4th is the only day each year when Americans gather in mass to celebrate the simple pleasure of blowing things up (...and independence). The 200 entries in this week's Shooting Challenge do justice to this strange, wonderful tradition. More »
Photography - Business - Arts and Entertainment - Photographers - Portrait
Unless you're a 50-foot hipster, I'd advise you to stay away from the world's largest skateboard. On the other side, if you and your forty friends feel suicidal, I'm sure it will be fun till the very end. [Thanks Tom!] More »
Skateboard - Boarding - Sports - Shopping - Parts and Accessories
Have you heard? It's really goddamned hot outside. Are you unfortunate enough to not have air conditioning? Well, build yourself an AC unit on the cheap to get you through the next couple of days. More »
Do it yourself - Shopping - Home and Garden - Business and Economy - Construction and Maintenance
Where to go when you need a regularly scheduled "chat about Mac" experience? The Apple Friend Bar, of course! The venerable Onion News Network uncovers the key details in this investigative video report. More »
Apple - Macintosh - Articles - IPhone - Onion News Network
The official word on the crappy upload speeds AT&T customers were seeing all around the country: A software defect. It looks like Alcatel-Lucent's equipment blew up, which crippled HSUPA performance. The bad news? The "appropriate software fix" is still coming. More »
IPhone - Windows - Accounting - Open source - GIMP
Not all of us can afford the infrastructure costs required to support a small army of trained, captive dolphins/dachshunds for the few times a year we have the chance to go diving. Luckily, some PhD candidates invented the AQUA2. More »
Robotics - Companies - History - Robot - Industrial
If this video—showing Mario Bros. projected over a sidewalk—isn't the best use of camera motion tracking technology in the entire history of camera motion tracking, I don't know what is. [Thanks Steve Hemmerstoffer!] More »
Video game - Games - Platform - Mario Games - Nintendo
Can you see it? It's inside the gold ring between the United States Cyber Command and the American bald eagle. A secret hexadecimal code. The key to all America's secrets. Or their favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd's song. [Updated]. More »
United States - Cryptography - United States Cyber Command - Math - Communication Theory
Best Buy employee Brian Maupin got internet famous last week with this iPhone 4 versus HTC Evo video. Which made Best Buy upset enough to suspend and threaten to fire the guy. Today, Maupin was granted a stay of termination. More »
IPhone - Best Buy - Smartphone - Handhelds - YouTube
Can a digital pinball machine capture the charm of the classic game? Nike's machine, which uses a giant LCD screen as the playfield, a soccer ball-style pinball and virtual Nike shoes as flippers, comes pretty darn close. More »
Pinball - Games - Coin-Op - IPhone - Video game
In a public plaza in Oosterdokskade, Amsterdam, DUS Architects installed the Unlimited Urban Woods. On the outside: a non-descript white box with a few square meter footprint. On the inside: a forest as far as the eye can see. More »
Amsterdam - Netherlands - North Holland - Shopping - Travel and Tourism
With over 20 episodes in Avatar: The Last Airbender's first season, we knew M. Night Shyamalan would have to cut a lot to adapt it. But what ended up on the cutting room floor could have really helped this film. More »
Last Airbender - Television - m night shyamalan - Movie - Arts
Happy Independence Day! Before doing your constitutionally mandated duty of blowing things up—or watching things get blown up by professionals, if you live in a boring state—make sure you're caught up on these finer points of fireworks safety. More »
firework - Pyrotechnics - Technology - Safety - Associations
