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The 1983 Punk Rock Record With a Digital Music Video For a B-Side
The B-side of Chris Sievey’s 1983 single “Camouflage” sounds like an unlistenable malestrom of noise. It’s not an avant-garde song; it’s a program for the ZX-81 computer, and if you could load it correctly, it gave you a (very rudimentary) computer-animated music video, coded in the grooves of a vinyl record. This neat little tidbit … Continued
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Amazon Phone, Ikea Hacks, Electric Harley-Davidson, and More. Yo.
Happy solstice, friends! The longest day of the year is a fitting end to a week with Amazon’s new Fire Phone, the first electric Harley-Davidson, a scuffle between Ikea and its most popular unofficial fan site, and of course, Yo. Missed something? Here’s the best stuff we wrote this week. Don’t rush, you’ve got all … Continued
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It’s iPhone 6 Rumor Season: Here’s an Alleged Shot of a 5.5-Inch Screen
iPhone rumor time comes as predictably as moose mating season, and like pheromone-crazy moose, leak-hungry tech bloggers will mount just about anything that looks like it could possibly be iPhone related. Here’s the latest: a purported 5.5-inch (14cm) display, published by 9to5Mac earlier today. The images, provided to 9to5Mac by the generally reliable Sonny Dickson, … Continued
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Train Strikes, Airbnb, Homogeneity: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week
A train strike has paralyzed France, Airbnb has screwed San Francisco’s housing market, a lack of diversity has wrecked Austin, and two Southern California mayors fucked up, in two very different ways. It’s our joyously optimistic look at What’s Ruining Our Cities! A train strike is ruining France Called the worst strike in 13 years, … Continued
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How to Print From Anywhere
Americans just aren’t printing as much as we used to. Where once we’d churn out driving directions, movie tickets, or school reports, these documents almost always stay in the digital domain. But for those occasions that you do need to print something, here’s how to make sure you can do it from anywhere, without a … Continued
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Before and After the Southern California Fires
Last month, a drought, heat wave, and dry Santa Ana winds combined together to exacerbate fires in southern California. Here’s a pair of satellite images of the San Diego region in May, separated by just eight days and far too much fire. Southern California on May 9 and May 17, 2014. Image credit: NASA Up … Continued
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This Could Be Our First Look at Mozilla’s Chromecast Competitor
Ever since Chromecast and Roku hit the market, rumor has said that Mozilla was working on a more open, tinkerer-friendly type of streaming dongle. This week, Mozilla developer Christian Heilmann tweeted a photo that sure looks like a nearly-finalized product, and GigaOM got to play with a prototype. Casting’s about to get open-sourcey. GigaOM’s Janko … Continued
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Wristbands That Translate Sign Language Into Speech Would Be Awesome
A student team working with Google has come up with an ingenious way to translate signing into spoken word: electronic wristbands that measure the wearer’s muscle activity, recognizing sign language symbols and speaking them through an Android device. It could quite literally give signers a voice. Update: As it turns out, this concept is completely … Continued
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These DIY Office Supply Weapons Definitely Won’t Get You Fired, Nope
You graduated from middle school and found your way to a desk job, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave rubber-band-powered projectile launchers behind. YouTube’s mist8k is here to show us how to build three weapons of mass distraction, using stuff you’ve already got at your desk. Now (goofing off at) work can be … Continued
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Clever video makes movie characters take selfies in famous movie scenes
This is silly in an I’m not exactly sure why this exists but it still made me giggle kind of way. TNT Russia stitched together movies to make famous movie characters look like they’re taking selfies as they go about the scene. It emphasizes how awkward the act of taking a selfie is and laughs … Continued
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I can watch this machine spit out and bend metal tubes forever
There’s just something about tube bending machines that I can never get enough of. This video of the Sharpe Nissin CNC tube bender machine is basically hypnotizing me. As the tube pops (poops?) out of the machine, it gets bent and shaped perfectly. I can’t imagine what history would think of all the cool toys … Continued
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Nest Just Bought Security Camera Company Dropcam For $555 Million
It looks like it’s full speed ahead at Nest: Just a few days after putting its Protect smoke and CO alarm back on the market, the company announced it will acquire Dropcam for $555 million. Eventually, Dropcam could become the eyes and ears in Nest’s constellation of smart home systems. The five year old Dropcam, … Continued
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15-year-old prodigy girl draws amazingly well and trains falcons too
This is the amazing Emka Klučovská, a 15-year-old Slovakian who draws amazingly well. Her birds illustrations are perfect—and so are her superheroes and monsters. And on top of that, this awesome girl is also a falconer (although she’s holding a golden eagle in this photo.) Here’s some of her work. Other illustrations and 3D artwork … Continued
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Why We Climb: An Inside Look at the World of Mountaineering
In light of the recent tragedies on Mt. Everest and Mt. Rainier, IndefinitelyWild is going to give you an inside look at the world of mountaineering in this series, “Why We Climb.” Why We Climb Stories: https://gizmodo.com/what-it-takes-to-be-a-professional-mountain-guide-1600711770 The series will pose the titular question and explore the human passion, motivation, and psyche required to conquer … Continued
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That Time Jason Biggs Played the Creator of Bitcoin on TV
Ever since the advent of streaming TV, I’ve always had a show that I put on in the background during chores. Recently, that show has been The Good Wife, which I picked pretty much solely because it was streaming for free with Amazon Prime. Little did I know that I had stumbled upon the Best … Continued
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Reframe Roundup: This Week’s Best Photography Posts
Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It’s called Reframe, and it’s where you’ll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuff related to the crafts of photography and videography. What the Histogram on Your Camera Actually Tells You … Continued
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Wolf Parade: California Dreamer
Canadian band Wolf Parade’s “California Dreamer” is one of those songs that sounds like a warning — a cautionary ballad that Los Angeles exists as a town intent on swallowing people whole. Accurate or not, it was a warning I personally didn’t heed. “This city doesn’t belong to you anymore, California dreamer,” lead singer Spencer … Continued
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Hey have you heard? Summer officially starts tomorrow. That means tomorrow’s the longest day of the year, which means you’ll spend even more daylight hours staring furtively at your smartphone. At least give your app folder a breath of fresh air with these, our favorite new apps this week. Android Email by Google Gmail is … Continued