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How to Deal With Common Lawn Problems

How to diagnose lawn problems like grubs, dog damage, dry spots, moss, and more

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This MMA Badass Braved the Fukushima Evacuation Zone Just to Feed Stray Dogs [Fukushima]

Enson Inoue is a 5 foot 10, 210 pound, MMA heavyweight championship-winning, black belt-wearing, thrower of fists, knees, and other jabbing appendages. He also loves dogs enough that he risked massive radiation to help abandoned animals. This guy is good. More »

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Playstation Vita Is Finally Up for Pre-Order... in Canada? [Unconfirmed]

Engadget is showing off a new Playstation Vita ready to be pre-ordered at Best Buy, but in the Great White North. The dates indicate a March 2012 release. Meanwhile, the UK can expect the console to drop on October 28. More »

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I Wish the Street Fighter Games Looked As Amazing As This Stop-Motion Movie [Video]

Real life fights are painful and destructive! And video game fights are usually frustratingly difficult. So instead, watch this incredible stop-motion animated bout between Ryu and Ken. It almost feels like you're getting kicked in the skull. More »

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How Ordinary Girl Scout Cookies Can Be Morphed Into Incredible Graphene [Science]

Next time you're inhaling an entire box of Girl Scout shortbread cookies, just think of the potential you're wasting: a full $15 billion worth of graphene. At least, that's the estimate given by a team of Rice University researchers working on a dare. More »

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Designer Tablet Sports Trendy Looks, Last Year?s Software

Apple’s minimalist aesthetic and modern design philosophy make the iPad’s sleek look tough to beat. One French fashion label is up for the challenge, with a new tablet that you can’t get off the rack.
Haute couture designer Pierre Cardin now offers an Android tablet device of its own, the first designer tablet to be [...]

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Artist Prints Pictures On 3D Objects to Create ?PhotoGraphy? [Video]

While they aren't nearly the biggest images to be taken by a pinhole camera, the pictures photographer ShiKai Tseng capture are equally impressive. He employs 3D objects as the film for his 2D images in a process he calls, "PhotoGraphy." More »

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Demolition begins...

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Phony Concrete Tests Might Make Key NYC Structures Less Safe than You Thought [Engineering]

The New Yankee Stadium, the LaGuardia control tower and the Lincoln Tunnel have two things in common. They are key NYC public facilities and they may have problems that could affect their structural integrity. More »

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Kitchen designs

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Carl Sagan's Cosmos Sequel Coming from Seth MacFarlane [Video]

This came out of nowhere: Fox has ordered a 13-episode documentary series that will follow up on Carl Sagan's Cosmos. The producers will be Dr. Sagan's wife—the amazing Ann Druyan, who was a Cosmos co-writer—and Seth MacFarlane! More »

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Sprint Conquers Low-End Phones With Fast, Cheap Android Device

If you can’t beat ‘em with power, beat ‘em with price. So goes the philosophy on Sprint’s latest Android smartphone release.
Sprint announced Friday the Samsung Conquer 4G — Sprint’s first 4G-ready smartphone to launch on its WiMax network — for $100. Add to that a mail-in rebate redeemable shortly after release, and the phone ends [...]

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Pixel-Perfect Plywood Portraits

Tomi of Finland (no, not that one) cuts these amazing pixelated pictures from plywood using nothing but an electric router. Well, an electric router which is steered by computer controlled servo motors and can cut the perfect-sized hole time after time.

The plywood is painted black before beginning, and then as the CNC router tirelessly carves [...]

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Designer Tablet Sports Trendy Looks, Last Year?s Software

Apple’s minimalist aesthetic and modern design philosophy make the iPad’s sleek look tough to beat. One French fashion label is up for the challenge, with a new tablet that you can’t get off the rack.
Haute couture designer Pierre Cardin now offers an Android tablet device of its own, the first designer tablet to be [...]

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The Aroma Lid Makes Your Coffee Smell and Taste Great [Science]

Coffee from your favorite donut shop has a problem. It doesn't taste as good as it should because the lid traps in the wonderful aroma. Taste is 95% smell, so you're really missing out. More »

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Missile Defense Has Cost the US More than the Entire Apollo Program Combined [Weapons]

The Apollo program was long, arduous, tense, and very, very expensive. America's missile defense ambitions have been all of these things too. The Apollo program put humans on the moon. Missile defense has been a colossal failure. The cost? Equal. More »

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Rdio for iPad: Finally, A Really Good Streaming Music App for the iPad [Video]

Spotify may be stealing all the hype and pub for streaming music services but let's not kid around here, Rdio still makes the best music apps across any platform. They just released their iPad app and it's as great as you'd expect. More »

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Ode to a tree

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Vonage Is Giving Away 15 Free International Minutes to Downloaders Of Its Free App [Apps]

To suck people into downloading their free app, Vonage is giving away 15 minutes' free international calling. Thereafter, you can pre-pay for bulk minutes, with the approximate cost being $2 per 15 minutes—billable to your iTunes. More »

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Skype's Next Focus Is Windows Phone [Video]

Now that the iPad app is out of the way, Skype's next priority is Windows Phone. And the software company is not wasting any time. More »

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Projector Lenses the Size of Pencil Lead Are Big News for Smartphones [Guts]

Sharing pictures of your kids used to be easy—whip out the wallet-sized photos and pass. Now, you pull out your phone and squint. With these new millimeter-cubed projector lenses, squinting, like wallet photos, may become a thing of the past. More »

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Chimney...sweep!

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America's Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill [Video]

In 1938, Ralph Hull founded a mill in the rural Oregon Coast Mountains. Lacking enough current to even light the workshop, Hull used steam power to supplement his energy needs. And today the mill still does—as the last steam-powered commercial sawmill on the continent. More »

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Naked and Famous' Glow in the Dark Jeans Look Rad...ioactive [Fashion]

Naked and Famous, the Canadian jeans company, has remixed their standard pair of selvedge denim by coating it in glow in the dark resin. Wear it and you'll look like you work at a nuclear plant gone awry...or Kanye West. More »

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This Is the Most Stupid Conversation That Ever Took Place at NASA [Design]

Hillary Greenbaum has the story of the two NASA logos: The classic and current Meatball and the discarded Worm. It details the most absurd conversation between NASA Administrator Dr. James Fletcher and Deputy Administrator Dr. George Low: More »

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How to Build a Bench With Hidden Storage

Corral your garden hoses with a handsome piece of outdoor furniture that cleverly conceals them under a lift-open seat

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A Wine Rack That Helps You Flash Those Fancy Labels [Design]

Rather than display your wealth in an ostentatious manner, or hide all your valuable wine away in a dank cellar, Vin de Garde's Nek-rite is a fine compromise. Bottles nestle on bike spoke-like holders, flashing the label at passersby. [Nek-rite via BlessThisStuff via BornRich] More »

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When Facebook Will Actually Matter in Politics [Humor]

Look, I don't care how many of you Like the debt ceiling compromise or write on Ron Paul's wall. Facebook's not going to have any real political impact until we start being able to measure candidates by the quality of their FarmVille trades. [The DougHouse Diaries] More »

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Behold the Greatest 404 Error Page on the Entire Internet [Video]

Ah, shit! 404 error! This website is broken! I'm pissed! Someone fix this website! This is a pain! How do I find what I'm looking for! Argh! Oh wait, this is actually cooler than most other websites. More »

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How Many of Your Facebook Friends Know Your Actual Birthday? [Qotd]

Outside of my immediate family, I have no idea when anyone's birthday is without the aid of Facebook. And you probably don't either. David Plotz at Slate wanted to see what would happen if he celebrated three birthdays in July. More »

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ICloud.com Goes Live, Betas and Price Plans Revealed

Apple’s iCloud.com Web site has gone live, allowing developers to test out the online version of MobileMe’s replacement. At the same time, beta versions of the iWork suite for iOS and iPhoto have also been made available. And inevitably, many details have already leaked to the web.
ICloud is Apple’s new “sync” service. When you create [...]

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Best of 10 Uses for Common Household Products

Put extra materials—and even stuff destined for the trash heap—to work in your home with these ideas from TOH's 10 Uses column

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These Are Some Angry Boobs [Crafts]

I usually shun anything to do with the over-hyped Angry Birds franchise, but this game-inspired undergarment was just too good to pass up. More »

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How to Fix a Door That Sticks

See how This Old House general contractor Tom Silva tightens up and pares down a door swelled by summer's humidity

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The Alleged iPhone 5 Clone Caught on Video [Video]

Jesus is going to wax his balls and everything else if the iPhone 5 doesn't look like this: Just 7mm thick, with smoothed curves like the iPhone 3GS. Here's a closer look at that fake iPhone 5, now on video. More »

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iPhone Maker Foxconn Employs 1M Robots to Do Grunt Work

Foxconn has a reputation as maker of our much-beloved iDevices. It also has a reputation for inhumane living and working conditions for employees in its Shenzhen-based plants. One way to potentially fix that tarnished image: Replace some of those workers with robots.

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Why Stores Price Items at .99 Cents [Money]

I always thought it was so unscrupulous store assistants were forced to ring a $9.99 product through the till for the 1 cent change, instead of pocketing the note for a $10 item. But here are some more ideas: More »

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Why More People Watch Mobile Video at Home Than on The Bus [Video]

Smartphones and tablets are supposed to be mobile devices, but the freedom to watch movies on the go is apparently lost on many people. More »

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Facebook Pregnancy Announcements Are a Terrible Idea [Facebook]

As someone who lost two babies I can't imagine anything worse that announcing a pregnancy on Facebook. But that's what Zuck and his cronies just did. More »

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WriteRoom Takes iPad Text Editor Crown

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This Is Probably Motorola's 4G LTE Atrix 2 for AT&T [Gadgets]

Harbingers of AT&T's impending LTE network are starting to pile up. To go along with images of a presumed Atrix sequel from Motorola, PhoneArena is reporting a leaked internal screenshot that shows it being tested in areas where AT&T will roll out LTE first. More »

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You Should Never Ever Buy Knock-Off Crayons [Art]

On the left, a fine selection of Roseart crayons left in the sun for over 12 hours. Barely a trickle, I'm sure you'll agree. On the right, the damage of just 3.5hours' sun on a pack of Crayolas is evident. More »

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Legally Dubious Aerial Drone Records Your Wireless Conversations [Surveillance]

A model airplane hobbyist and an Air Force vet decided to put their combined skills to use by creating a spy drone. But it's not just any spy drone—it's designed to record private phone conversations. Great. More »

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Why Is iPad Head Girl Stalking Around New York City? [Video]

If I saw this girl walking by on the street, I'd be perplexed, too. I like it. But turns out it's all part of a viral marketing campaign by Hearst Corporation to get you to buy... Cosmo for Guys? Ugh! More »

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Collapsible Shot Glass, The Elegant Alcoholic?s Best Friend

This 3-ounce collapsible shot “glass” will hold 1.7 ounces of liquid, allowing you to take a hit of espresso in the morning, a sip of wine with lunch and a shot of Scotch any damn time you like. The stainless steel rings collapse down and fit into a small metal keychain-able case, and should you [...]

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Guess the Cities That Have Been Kaleidoscoped On Google Maps [Google]

Google Maps mash-ups are just the breast, aren't they? Especially when they're as time-sucking as James Bridle's Rorschmap, which turns satellite images of the world into kaleidoscopes worthy of being stuck at the end of a plastic tube. More »

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Heaven Opened Above This House [Image Cache]

Nature is truly awe-inspiring. Clouds clashing in the oncoming storm. A rainbow in the distance. Seriously, how lucky to have taken this shot. [Digg] More »

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Intel Wants Your Phone to Play Nice With Your Car Alarm [Security]

The LoJacks and Clubs of the world would like you to think they have you covered should someone make off with your vehicle. But more security never hurts. So Intel is developing an app that'll let you know if your car's in trouble. More »

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Intel Wants Your Phone to Play Nice With Your Car Alarm [Security]

The LoJacks and Clubs of the world would like you to think they have you covered should someone make off with your vehicle. But more security never hurts. So Intel is developing an app that'll let you know if your car's in trouble. More »

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Honor Your Dead Loved Ones by Stuffing Their Ashes in a Bullet and Shooting It [Wtf]

Sometimes, the best way to remember those who've passed on to the great unknown is to look at photographs. Or write a poem. Or leave flowers at their headstone. Or shoot them out of a gun. More »

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Icelanders Write the First Web Constitution, Trolls Surprisingly Get No Amendments [Government]

After what I'm sure was an enormous editorial process, Iceland finally finished drafting their constitution, the first ever to be written on the internet. And I am shocked to see that there is nary a dick pic in sight. More »

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The Best Videos of the Week [Video]

Maybe you were out enjoying the cooler temperatures all week and couldn't check your favorite Gawker Media sites. Or maybe you're about to leave for the weekend and need one last visual fix. Well, whatever the case, we've got you covered. Here are some of the most amusing and entertaining videos we watched during the week that was. More »

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PayPal Fights Back By Giving 1,000 Anonymous IPs to the FBI [PayPal]

Looks like it's PayPal's turn in this volley. After Anonymous started an anti-PayPal campaign last week in response to all the recent arrests, PayPal has come back with what they believe are the IP addresses of those responsible for last year's DDoS attacks on their servers. More »

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The Most Amazing But Least Effective Way to Pickpocket Somebody Is to Use Chopsticks [Video]

How good are you with chopsticks? Probably good enough to pick up sushi but probably not even close to Miyagi-ing a fly, right? Well check this out, this guy managed to pickpocket a phone with chopsticks. More »

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Start the Day With an Nice Cold Glass of Whiskey [Alcohol]

Imagine pouring these into your morning bowl of cereal. Genius! Titled "Ecohols" by designer Jorn, I can see this turning into a whole new food group. [Fubiz] More »

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Top Stories: Friday July 29, 2011 [Total Recap]

AT&T Chokes Unlimited Data Dead. Dead Dead Dead.
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This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: If Billy Nye Were in Breaking Bad [Video]

I love mash-ups enough to be genuinely concerned that they're almost exclusively musical. But hopefully, if we're all very lucky, this convergence of Bill Nye and Breaking Bad will usher in a new era of wonderful—and hilarious—television tie-ups. More »

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Book Of 'Roadside Prostitutes' Made Entirely With Google Street View [Sex]

Mishka Henner went online to find out where men sought prostitutes, and then he visited — on Google Street View. The result is No Man's Land, a self-published book of photography, showing women, mostly alone and often scantily clad, in Spain, Italy, and Romania. More »

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Top Stories: Friday July 29, 2011 [Total Recap]

AT&T Chokes Unlimited Data Dead. Dead Dead Dead.
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Chimney...sweep!

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Sad Time Warner Cable CEO: We Aren't Selling Enough Porn [Blockquote]

Although the experience of sitting on your couch for an HD porn viewing is unparalleled, most members of our species will go the quick and dirty laptop route instead. Time Warner Cable's CEO is peeved! They need that porno cash! More »

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Toilet 2.0 Concept Flushes the Competition

It had to happen eventually, and here it is: Toilet 2.0. Nope, it’s not a toilet designed specifically for number twos, but it will handle those admirably, as we shall see. No, the Toilet 2.0 concept is a smart, modern take on the old-fashioned WC.
First, it is lighter, stronger and thinner than porcelain thanks to [...]

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This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: If Billy Nye Were in Breaking Bad [Video]

I love mash-ups enough to be genuinely concerned that they're almost exclusively musical. But hopefully, if we're all very lucky, this convergence of Bill Nye and Breaking Bad will usher in a new era of wonderful—and hilarious—television tie-ups. More »

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China's First Ever Aircraft Carrier: It's Aliiiiiiive! [Image Cache]

China's readying its aircraft carrier debut—a gently owned Russian vessel that's being refitted for serious sea cruising. The progress has been slow (it's a gigantic aircraft carrier, to be fair), but has reached a milestone: lights on. More »

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MIT Creates Sun-free Photovoltaic Power, Hammers Another Nail Into Lithium-ion's Coffin [Science]

Oh MIT, we can always count on you to come up with the most clever, little inventions. Just the other day you created goo-powered batteries to replace lithium-ion and now you've gone and found a way to make photovoltaic electricity without sunlight! More »

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The Batman Equation [Image Cache]

I never had any idea math could be so delightful. Can anyone replicate and verify this for me with a graphing calculator? More »

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25 Thrifty Ways to Create Outdoor Dining

See how creative design and clever repurposing can transform a sliver of the outdoors into a comfortable—and affordable—area for open-air entertaining

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Goodbye kitchen fireplace...

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As Landslides Destroy Everything in Their Path, South Korea Tries to Recover from Horrific Rain [Video]

The torrential rains in South Korea have set off flash floods and landslides throughout the country, killing 41 people and sending 12 missing. It's horrible out there and with landslides like the one above, it's hard to feel safe. More »

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Tiny, Pirate-Hunting Helicopter Is the Newest Terrifying Way to Get Tased [Video]

You thought the semi-auto shotgun taser was scary? Ha! Have fun avoiding a nice zapping with the Shadowhawk, a 7-foot mini-copter that shoots stun batons at bad guys. Or shotgun shells and grenades. More »

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The mudroom

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Garmin Forerunner 610 Runs Fast But Touched Me In a Bad Place [Review]

Getting into shape is hard! A good gadget can distract you from the drudgery of exercise. Like the Forerunner 610, a shiny and impressive watch to make you forget about that aneurysm as you delve into its mighty feature set. More »

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BBC Launches Subscription-Based International iPlayer for iPad

The BBC has launched the international version of its iPlayer app for the iPad. The app, which lets users stream and download the Beeb’s TV shows, is free and available in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
The app differs from the local, UK-only version quite [...]

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A Canoe That Can Fit Inside a Backpack [Video]

Ori Levin designed a full sized canoe that's completely collapsable and can be stored in a bag that's only 5 x 9 x 28 inches big. Basically, you can have a boat in your backpack. More »

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The Best Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

This summer has sucked. There aren't any good songs out, it's hot as balls all the time, people are getting murdered, nobody can fix the debt ceiling, my back hurts, and everyone has a pretty new MacBook Air except me. I'm sick of it all. You know what would be nice? To be a kid again. Carefree. Innocent. Ever-healthy. Optimistic. I really want to just bounce around in a god damn inflatable castle all day—that's what I really want. Luckily, I can make that happen for just $150. I'm going to buy this, blow it up on my roof, and just bounce around all damn day, bouncing, and bouncing, and sobbing, and bouncing. So long, suckers. -SB More »

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The Best Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

This summer has sucked. There aren't any good songs out, it's hot as balls all the time, people are getting murdered, nobody can fix the debt ceiling, my back hurts, and everyone has a pretty new MacBook Air except me. I'm sick of it all. You know what would be nice? To be a kid again. Carefree. Innocent. Ever-healthy. Optimistic. I really want to just bounce around in a god damn inflatable castle all day—that's what I really want. Luckily, I can make that happen for just $150. I'm going to buy this, blow it up on my roof, and just bounce around all damn day, bouncing, and bouncing, and sobbing, and bouncing. So long, suckers. -SB More »

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New Liquid Biomaterial Can Rebuild Faces Without Surgery [Science]

Doctors are testing a new liquid polymer that can be injected under the skin, molded and sculpted, then set in place with a LED array. Ultimately intended for use around the face, it sounds like a plastic surgeon's worst nightmare. More »

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Scientists Say Earth Killed Her Beloved Dinosaurs With Oceans of Lava [Science]

It wasn't just an asteroid come down from the heavens to destroy the former masters of the planet. No. Our Earth Mother knew their time had come, and unleashed oceans of lava to scorch the lands that dinosaurs once roamed. More »

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Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo System Sounds Better than Your new One [Home Theater]

If you fashion yourself as an audiophile and just threw down a decent wad of cash on a new A/V receiver, you probably won't like hearing that the receivers of yesteryear produce comparable sound. Why is that? Technological advancement, ironically. More »

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6 Tools for the Urban Indiana Jones [Toolkit]

Whether you're taking in the sights of the Big Apple or spelunking the Catacombs beneath Paris, you'll need to be just as prepared as if you were in the wilderness. Explore the urban jungle to your heart's content with these six hiking tools. More »

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iSwifter Heroically Wants To Replace Flash With HTML5 On Your Mac [Video]

I've really started to hate Flash. It either slows down or breaks everything on my PC. So Mac users should be happy to hear that iSwifter, the app that lets iOS users play with Flash content, could soon be replacing Flash on their computers. More »

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Goodbye kitchen fireplace...

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The mudroom

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Starting the journey?

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Judge Gives Embryonic Stem Cell Research the Green Light [Science]

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth just ruled that funding for embryonic stem cell research doesn't violate federal law, clearing the way for more study. This is huge news for doctors, patients, and President Obama. Sucks if you're a religious conservative. More »

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The Flash-Less and OLED Touchscreen-Less Olympus E-PL3 Will Cost $700 [Cameras]

I crave the flagship E-P3 like I've never craved a micro four thirds before, but at $900/�800 I fear it's something I'll have to think over very carefully. The next step down, the E-PL3, has just been priced at $700—a good two hundred notes cheaper, but is that inbuilt flash worth the extra cash? Not to mention the OLED touchscreen? Something to ponder when it goes on sale in September. [TechCrunch] More »

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How to Build an Outdoor Bar Cart

Offer guests cocktails and brews by wheeling out this dedicated serving station

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China Preparing Its First Space Station Module for Launch [Space]

China is close to launching its own space station. They are preparing the first module, called Tiangong-1 ("heavenly palace"). It will be first of many and it will launch later this year. More »

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Starting the journey?

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Flexible Bike Racks Look Great, Probably Aren?t

We all know that a cable — even a hardened one — is just about the worst bike lock you can use. I learned this lesson some years ago when I lived in London. I came out of the pub to find my D-lock on the ground, still intact and looped through the ends of [...]

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The Best Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

I once wanted to be a parkour master. Not to be mistaken with polka, Parkour is the whole thing where you can dodge obstacles, leap boundaries, hurl yourself across great distances or drop down from extreme heights and not suffer injury. But nobody told me that you shouldn't try leaping from a 20 foot building on your first attempt. Let's just say it didn't end so well. More »

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Handy Meter Measures Water Straight From the Faucet

One sure sign that the news-desert of August is almost upon us is that concept designs outnumber real new products. With this in mind, take a look the the Handy Meter, a digital measure for your faucet that looks more useful than some of the real gadgets you can buy in your local department store.
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Toyota?s Prius Bike With Thought-Controlled Gear Shifters

Remember Firefox? No, not the bloated open-source web browser, but Craig Thomas’ sleek Soviet fighter plane which had thought-controlled weapons systems. Wouldn’t it be cool if somebody, somehow, did that to a bike?
It turns out that somebody has. Toyota, in cahoots with Saatchi & Saatchi, Parlee Cycles and the boffins at Deeplocal, has come up [...]

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Japanese Nuclear Emergency Director: You Have No Right to a Radiation-Free Life [Video]

This footage, from a recent meeting of indignant Japanese citizens and feckless Japanese government types should be a little shocking. Sadly, it's just more of the same—ineptitude and inaction. Buy denying the right to avoiding radiation? OK, shocking. More »

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25 Thrifty Ways to Create Outdoor Dining

See how creative design and clever repurposing can transform a sliver of the outdoors into a comfortable—and affordable—area for open-air entertaining

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How a Hacker Bootlegged the Slot Machine Industry [Gambling]

No one sets out to be an international slot machine kingpin: it just sort of happens. Our friends over at Wired took a look at Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, who went from a Cuban engineering student to the head of a multi-million dollar bootlegging scheme. More »

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The Producers

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How to Mash Up Songs Live Like a Boss [Video]

Watch as Chris from Ithaca Audio mixes a whole bunch of songs in real time using Ableton Live and an Akai APC40 live control surface. Like a goddamn boss. If you can't identify all the songs, here's the list: More »

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Handy Meter Measures Water Straight From the Faucet

One sure sign that the news-desert of August is almost upon us is that concept designs outnumber real new products. With this in mind, take a look the the Handy Meter, a digital measure for your faucet that looks more useful than some of the real gadgets you can buy in your local department store.
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The mudroom

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How to Upgrade Your Home on a Budget

How a couple of hands-on homeowners took a bungalow from dilapidated to delightful, using home-center finds

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25 Thrifty Ways to Create Outdoor Dining

See how creative design and clever repurposing can transform a sliver of the outdoors into a comfortable—and affordable—area for open-air entertaining

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iCam Bypasses Clunky Factory-Installed Camera Interfaces with an iPhone [Cameras]

Zeki Ozek wants to complement your current camera with an iPhone and eliminate SD cards, clunky factory-installed interfaces and whatever else attaching Apple's smartphone to the back of your rig might accomplish. More »

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LG Lineup Leak Lists Looming Line of Android Smartphones [Leaks]

A recent LG leak has delivered not one but five upcoming Android smartphones and one Mango-equipped one. Life is good, if you're in love with LG. More »

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Top Stories of the Week [Total Recap]

The OS X Lion Survival Guide
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This Delightful USB Desk Bell Could Result In Violence [DIY]

Get me this DIY USB Desk Bell for my desk immediately! I plan to place it on said desk and use it to command an army of interns to do my bidding and/or a Pavlov's Dog activity involving coffee. More »

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Carabiner Key Snaps On and Off, Fast

There’s no stopping serial inventor Scott Amron. After a list of innovations including the water-fountain toothbrush, the Endo fridge magnet and the painful-sounding Split Ring, he has finally solved the annoying problem of quickly putting keys onto a ring.
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Apple > Gas, Soon [Blip]

Not in the hilarious sense, of course, but in market cap. Turns out the iPad-pumping, MacBook Air-refreshing Cupertino company is on track to surpass profit-happy Exxon Mobil as "most valuable company" if the iPhone 5 is a hit. "If." [Electronista] More »

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Horrible Idea Nightmare Phone Runs Windows 7 (Yes, the Desktop OS) [Crap]

Here's something that shouldn't exist: the Fujitsu F-07C smartphone, which is really not smart at all, as it runs a full version of Windows 7. Not Windows Phone 7. Windows 7. On a 4-inch screen. Can this be reversed? More »

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Holy Shit: MAUL Semi-Automatic Shotgun Shoots Taser Cartridges and Is Called MAUL [Guns]

Most tasers are pretty lackluster. Yeah, your victim will collapse to the ground, writhing in a heap of electro-shocked Luke Skywalker pain. And maybe die. But wouldn't it be better if you could shoot the taser out of a shotgun? More »

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The Week's Best Android Apps [Video]

Sketchbook Pro: It's the uber-popular Autodesk SketchBook Pro that's already invaded iPads, iPhones and Androids but now on Honeycomb tablets as well. It's a canvas for you to draw and paint on, with virtual tools and brush styles that can be really used to create art. You can save up to six layers per file and export files to photoshop for further working. Great for professionals who want to use their tablets for ideas and amateurs like me who can only hope to draw a straight line. $5 More »

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MacBook Air Makes Room for Baby Thunderbolt

A quick peek under the hood of Apple's new MacBook Air reveals the company's diligent efforts to squeeze in its brand-new Thunderbolt technology.

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This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: The Dark Side of Being a State Farm Agent [Video]

You know those State Farm commercials, the ones where all some sad sack has to do is sing the jingle and their insurance agent pops up out of thin air? Man. How miserable if you're that agent. More »

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That's One Sexy-Looking Mobile Police Station [Design]

When you call the police they usually send a cruiser. In Germany, the day could soon come that sees the Polizei sending the whole damn station to your door instead. More »

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Only Tiny Prick Idiots Would Pay $7,500 for the World's Most Exclusive E-Mail Address [Dumb]

Look, I know some people are rich beyond belief. They use $100 bills for toothpicks, stitch money together for blankets, whatever. But even if you're THAT rich, you're a complete idiot for paying $7,500 for an e-mail address. More »

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Apple > Gas, Soon [Blip]

Not in the hilarious sense, of course, but in market cap. Turns out the iPad-pumping, MacBook Air-refreshing Cupertino company is on track to surpass profit-happy Exxon Mobil as "most valuable company" if the iPhone 5 is a hit. "If." [Electronista] More »

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The Week's Best iPad Apps [Apps]

Sktch: Everyone and their brother has downloaded a brushes-based drawing app for their iPad. Those apps are fine, but if you're looking for a something outside the box, you need to check out Sktch. Sktch was designed by several digital artists and published by CreativeApplications.Net. It includes 16 presets that let you draw circles, meshes or network-style compositions based on a blank image or a photo from your camera roll. You can even view your creation in 3-D mode and change the x, y and z-axis of your creation. The resulting drawings are angular, abstract and immensely captivating. $2 More »

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Do We Turn the Volume Up to Hear Louder Music, Or to Feel the Vibrations? [Video]

One of the James Dyson Award entrants, Stefan Zwegers, thinks it's the latter, which is why his Sensible Music invention turns bass into vibrations when listening to music through headphones. More »

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MacBook Batteries Are Totally Hackable. Wait, What? [Hackers]

One security researcher discovered the password protecting the microcontroller in MacBook batteries is not unique for every notebook and is easily hackable. It could brick your battery, or worse, install malware that's nearly impossible for the average person to scrub. More »

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This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: The Dark Side of Being a State Farm Agent [Video]

You know those State Farm commercials, the ones where all some sad sack has to do is sing the jingle and their insurance agent pops up out of thin air? Man. How miserable if you're that agent. More »

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The Best Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]

My body? A temple. I treat it as such. My long, sinuous arms, oiled each morning as I emerge from my bath of teak oil and herbs. My legs, powdered with ground brick and dried with a fox's hide. My regimen: taxing. I demand much from myself because I provide much from myself. Every inch of my frame proves effort, determination, and a perfect tan. I look like a lacquered Japanese cabinet. Inside this cabinet? Five hundred small mech figurines, intricately painted. The scale? 1:30, of course. My body is a Japanese cabinet. More »

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How to Make a Hypertufa Table

This rugged stuff can weather spilled drinks, sticky hands, and even harsh winters. Use it to make a versatile outdoor table that will last for years

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How Long Does It Take for Coke to Go Flat? [Video]

There's few things worse than a glass of flat Coke. OH WAIT, a glass of Pepsi is far worse. But anyway! An incredibly bored person wanted to find out exactly when Coke went flat so he timed it. More »

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Dear Apple, Can You Just Buy Hulu? Please? [Desired]

Hulu needs owners who aren't ancient and terrible. Apple needs a streaming video service that isn't ancient and terrible. So based on those unconfirmed reports that Apple is interested in buying Hulu, I have only one demand: DO IT. More »

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Clearing the land?

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How to Make a Hypertufa Table

This rugged stuff can weather spilled drinks, sticky hands, and even harsh winters. Use it to make a versatile outdoor table that will last for years

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I Hope Colgate Sees This Clever Toothpaste Tetra Packaging [Concepts]

Smart packaging is always appreciated, particularly when it's for a product that we all use several times a day. Well, I hope you do anyway. Moving the paste-opening to the corner reduces packaging, and increases paste usage. Very smart, Sang Min Yu and Wong Sang Lee. [Yanko via Technabob] More »

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Watch Humans Electrocuting Themselves With Dog Collars [Video]

When I said that the world doesn't need dog collars, a few individuals said that it doesn't really hurt—that dogs really didn't really noticed. Well, as this video of testing on humans shows, dog collars do indeed hurt. More »

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