Oct 15
This is the first footage from brave Felix Baumgartner’s suit camera as he descended to Earth. It starts right after the jump and shows the moment in which Felix breaks the speed of sound and spins out of control. More »
Oct 14
Xbox Music Hands On: The Perfect Music Service—If You Use Nothing But Microsoft Stuff [Video]
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We’ve known that Microsoft has been working on a music service for a while now, and we finally got a chance to check it out first hand. Xbox Music is exactly what you’d want in a streaming service and store. It’s complete in a way that Spotify, Amazon, and even iTunes aren’t. Microsoft’s new music platform is wonderful, basically. More »
Oct 14
He did it! That crazy awesome Felix Baumgartner jumped off the edge of the space, from 127,000 feet of altitude all the way back down to Earth, breaking some world records and getting vital information for NASA in the process. Watch as he jumps out of the capsule. It’s a frightening, adrenaline-fueled, historic moment. More »
Oct 13
You’ve been hanging back, waiting for the dust to settle around the iPhone 5 debut. Now that the reviews are in, you’re out. It’s time to trade in the Cupertino Kool-Aid for some Jelly Beans. Here’s how to do it right. More »
Oct 12
Faux Loko Gummi Bears: Highly Caffeinated, Incredibly Alcoholic Candy. Yeah, Candy. [Happy Hour]
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Do you remember when we taught you how to get really drunk off Gummi Bears? Of course you do. Kind of. And surely you recall our recipe for Faux Loko: The DIY Four Loko we shouldn’t have told anyone about? More »
Oct 12
Once upon a time, standing around and waiting involved exactly that: Standing around, waiting, and not doing much else. Today, any free moment is spent facedown in a phone. Stop reading this on your own phone. Right now. Look around. At this moment, you should be the only person, anywhere in sight, not looking at a phone. More »
Oct 12
Here’s the Biggest Animated GIF Party Ever—and You’re Invited to Join [Chatroom]
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We just had the biggest animated GIF party in history in Campfire, our virtual workplace. Or shall I say the beginning, because now you people have to post your own. You have to help us until there’s no computer in the world capable of powering this page. More »
Oct 12
Hats off to your laissez–faire attitude about the beautiful dinner you guys cooked up at the beach this summer. I was cracking up at the joke you made in the caption (“Looks like we’re eating outside AGAIN. Oh, well…”) under the snapshot of the gorgeous lobsters. The potatoes looked amazing fading off into the blur of a shallow focal range that ends at the saturated greens and yellows of herbs, and cornbread, and lemon garnish on the left just below where the sunset creates the lens flare that bounces off your icy bottle of beer. You must’ve literally JUST pulled that cold one from the tub or cooler I see there on the right next to your, hello, preternaturally attractive mate (unthinkable that they’re whiling away weekdays toiling over files and phone calls in a room someplace like the rest of us rubes. They could be making in one day what the rest of us are paid in a month if they would just model, already). More »
Oct 12
Here’s a brief note intended for the fanboys who ruin technology for everyone else: Look, your war doesn’t make any sense, ok? This whole fanboys vs fandroids thing, the iPhone vs Galaxy, the iPad vs Kindle Fire… who the hell cares? They’re just machines. More »
Oct 12
There’s a large contingent of photo enthusiasts online who will dismiss a photo straight away if they find out it was taken with a smartphone. The rally cry of “get a real camera” can be heard echoing through the rafters of comment sections for many websites. We think everyone should have a dedicated camera, but a good photo is a good photo, regardless of the gear used to take it. More »
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