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13 Yelp Reviews Of Unexpectedly Haunted Places
Yelpers find ghosts in drugstores, tattoo parlors and toy stores. A true haunted house can be easily distinguished by its excessively complicated facade (good for hiding bats), and the constant...
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Why Twitter Turned Its Back On Instagram
It's just one aspect of a giant data freeze that's going to make our favorite apps and services less awesome. The fastest way to find who to follow on Instagram is to look up your friends on Facebook...
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15 Ways To Cheat At The Olympics With Tech And Science
If you were born a mere mortal but are desperate to be an Olympic god, these (often illegal or dangerous!) techno-biological methods might help. Inject Endurance If you can't afford the $75,000 egg...
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The Best Movies From "The Dark Knight Rises" Cast On Netflix
Here are some lesser-known films featuring Dark Knight Rises personnel that would be worth your time from the comfort of your own home. If you're in the mood for a head-spinning brutal biopic...
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If You Instagram Anything, It Better Be Adorable
Here is what should be instagrammed. This lion cub sucking a bottle: Source: instagram.com This pom in cool sunglasses: Source: web.stagram.com This kitten driving a car: Source:...
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2012 Olympics Parade Of Smartphones And Digital Cameras
A new part of the opening ceremony for 2012, countries from all over the world headed to London to display their favorite gadgets, take self-portraits, update twitter, and instagram pictures of Kobe...
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Ex-"New York Times" Editor Bill Keller And The Fake Wikileaks Op-Ed
Yesterday, a link to an opinion piece by former New York Times editor Bill Keller was all over Twitter. Turns out it was a prank that fooled even the paper's lead tech writer. (Updated) Via:...
View ArticleThe iPhone 4 Design Goes All The Way Back To 2005
That “Sony-style” iPhone 4-looking mockup from 2006? It's actually based on an earlier design from 2005, codenamed “purple.” Which is a small detail, perhaps, but it shows that the Apple design...
View ArticleThis Is Probably What The New iPhone Looks Like
I've never seen iPhone parts leak so prolifically, in so many places, and have them turn out to be fake. These parts have shown up again and again and again, all independent of each other. So unless...
View ArticleThe 8-Bit Olympics
This makes me want to turn off NBC, dust off my NES and just play Track and Field for the next two weeks. Via: stellar.io
View ArticleFerrofluids Are Beautiful
Ferrofluids are crazy — a bunch of tiny magnetic particles so small they move fluidly like a liquid, but act bizarre when pulled by a magnet. Visual artists from the London-based Bose Collins show off...
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Trying To Buy Tickets To The London Olympics Is A Soul-Destroying Experience
It's terrible. Really, really terrible. Anyone watching coverage from the first two days of London's Olympics will have noticed the many empty seats. From archery to swimming, beach volleyball to...
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Senate's Top Republican Hails The Fall Of Old Media
Mitch McConnell talks to BuzzFeed about the Web, the election, and his plans to let Democrats take a few votes if he becomes Majority Leader. “I kind of like this new environment.” Senate Minority...
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The Guy Who Invented Cat Videos On The Internet Before There Were Cat Videos...
The famed French filmmaker Chris Marker died at 91 today. A lyrical documentarian (and cat-lover) whose style predicted web video. Via: sensesofcinema.com Filmmaker Chris Marker died today. You might...
View ArticleThe Google Pluspocalypse
It's been clear for a while that Google is hell-bent on making Google+ work, and its motives are both reasonable and clear — from a business perspective. But at times I find myself wondering if...
View ArticleHow The Biggest Photo Sharing Site In The World Tries To Be Better At It
In some ways, it's tragicomic that Facebook is by far the world's largest photo site, since it's never been particularly great at it — particularly from the perspective of serious photographers....
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From Food Porn To Food Mourn: The 101 Saddest Photos On Instagram
Instagram isn't just a treasure trove of happy beach memories, rainbows, and best days ever. It's the world's largest database of disgusting food photography, where delicious foods are irreversibly...
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A History Of High-Performance Olympic Uniforms
We've come a long way from t-shirts and shorts. In The Beginning, There Was Cotton Hurdlers at the 1908 Games. Source: i4.mirror.co.uk When Thomas Burke won the first Olympic 100-meter dash in 1896,...
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Freedom Of Speech Doesn't Exist On Twitter (Or Any Social Network)
A prominent journalist had his Twitter account suspended for tweeting the email address of an NBC executive. This shouldn't shock you. It's easy to think that "freedom of speech" means you can say...
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The Nail Art Intellectual Property Wars
How a big nail polish brand copied bloggers and went on to trademark their idea. An ad for Ciaté's caviar manicure. Source: fearnobeauty.com On April 10, 2012, a number of bloggers who write about...
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