Oct 31
Got a Galaxy Nexus?
Posted in: Today's ChiliGot a Galaxy Nexus? No KitKat 4.4 for you. Sorry. That seems dumb and weird since KitKat is supposed to be tricked out for low-spec phones, but it seems to be the case.
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Oct 31
Ancient myths of dragons, titans, and giants—inhuman creatures battling it out on an alien earth before mankind—are easy enough to find. Seemingly every culture has them. What’s perhaps more surprising is that many of these tales of deformed and monstrous beings, whether terrifying dragons or beneficent heroes armed for battle, often resulted from a misunderstanding of the fossil record.
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Oct 31
Man, this couple really takes the whole “till death do us part” thing seriously. This great wedding cake has both the bride and the groom decapitated. Well, two heads are better than one, even on a cake.
This is either very romantic or very disgusting depending on your perspective. Yes this was actually a wedding cake and the bride and groom held their wedding at one of Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse cinemas, which seems appropriate.
I really thought that this was how Dexter was going to end, with a grand wedding and two decapitations. See what you missed out on Showtime? This could have been your haunting final scene. Oh well, in my mind that’s how it ended.
[via The Frisky via Incredible Things via Geekologie]
Oct 31
Scientists claim there are no black holes close enough to harm our solar system. But they’re clearly not acknowledging the black holes that exist under every bed, sucking in and trapping dropped items, random clothing, and seemingly every last speck of dust in a room. There’s a solution, though, in the form of Letti Bolzan’s clever Iorca bed, which lifts your mattress to turn that under-bed void into tons of easily accessible storage space.
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Oct 31
When Bre Pettis unveiled MakerBot’s Digitizer, you couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. And, upon opening our own unit, it’s easy to understand why. When you lift the plastic unit, swaddled in black foam, out of its cardboard box, you feel like you’re stepping into the future. 3D scanning isn’t …
Oct 31
The internet has been beating us over the head with the fact it’s Halloween today, and that means lots of fake blood. But the real stuff coursing through your veins can be scary all on its own. Here are some of the weirdest and wildest things going on in the world of blood.
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Oct 31
Last night, a long bit of details on Android 4.4 KitKat appeared online via a confidential document that has leaked, and a few hours later on this fine Halloween Google rolled out the red carpet for the Nexus 5 running the next OS iteration. We’ll be seeing the Nexus 5 on November 1, and not […]
Oct 31
HTC: Android 4.4 KitKat coming to the One within 90 days, Google Play edition within 15 days
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Now that we know which of Google’s Nexus devices will be eligible for an update to Android 4.4 KitKat, other manufacturers are starting to speak up about their rollout plans as well. Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC America, confirmed to us in an interview that the company is going to aggressively …
Oct 31
The luxurious "mountain villa" built atop a Beijing high-rise is being torn down. The $4 million penthouse was built by a Chinese health care entrepreneur named Zhang Lin on the roof of an existing apartment building earlier this year, much to the chagrin of its party-pooper occupants.
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Oct 31
Residents of Rjukan, Norway, gather in the town square to celebrate their new sun mirrors Wednesday.
(Credit: Krister Soerboe/AFP/Getty Images)
Residents of a remote Norwegian village are getting their first glimpse of winter sunlight, thanks to giant remote-controlled mirrors that reflect the sun’s rays.
Nestled deep in a valley between steep mountains, Rjukan is characterized by dark, sunless days between September and March. But now, three 183-square-foot mirrors placed in the mountains surrounding the small town reflect natural sunlight down onto the town square.
Three giant mirrors erected on the mountainside above Rjukan, Norway, reflect sunshine toward the center of the town.
(Credit: Tore Meek/AFP/Getty Images)
At an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, residents of Rjukan in sunglasses cheered, waved Norwegian flags, and even lounged in sun chairs in the 45-degree weather. Smiling kids sported suns painted on their cheeks.
Prior to the mirrors’ arrival, those same residents had to catch a gondola to grab a few rays in the dark winter months. The founder of the town, industrialist Sam Eyde, had the cable car built in 1928 to take residents up the hill and into the sunlight. He first came up with the idea… [Read more]
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