Seeing Nintendo characters as The Avengers is pretty fun
Here's a fun mashup that combines two things most people who enjoyed childhood video games and comic book movies: Nintendo characters as The Avengers. Mario is Iron Man, Pikachu is Thor, Luigi turns into the Hulk, Link as Captain America and so on.
OK people, this guy just won the best little planet photo ever contest
Photographers, you all can give up because astrophotographer Göran Strand just won the best little planet photo ever contest with this amazing photo featured in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day: The equinox night on the above Lake Storsjön in Jämtland, Sweden, with auroras and all.
PC Parts Galore, Sol Republic Headphones, Grid-It Organizer [Deals]
Need some upgrades for your PC? Newegg has several promo codes good for flat discounts on a huge variety or peripherals today.
Hot air balloon flies underground into Earth for the first time ever
When you hop into a hot air balloon, you expect to fly up. Not anymore.
For the first time ever, a hot air balloon was successfully flown down
and underground into the Mamet Cave in Croatia. Even better, it was a
70-year-old man who accomplished the feat, dipping down nearly 700 feet
into Earth.
How Star Wars Turned Toys And Action Figures Into A Cultural Phenomenon
To hordes of fans who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy, owning the action figures was a fantastically hands-on way to connect with the big screen blockbusters. Plastic Galaxy is a new documentary that tells how those collectibles came to be—and ultimately changed the toy industry forever.
20% Off Combo Wall Charger + Backup Battery: The Fluxmob Bolt ($48)
Fluxmob is offering Gizmodo readers 20% off Bolt, a pocket-sized combination wall charger and backup battery. Get Bolt for just $48 using promo code Gizmodo20 and say goodbye to hunting for an outlet in public and desperately trying to conserve your phone's battery.
The most iconic photos in history recreated in impressive live action
German
camera brand Leica celebrates the 100 anniversary of their first camera
with this beautiful homage to photography: An emotional and impeccably
shot commercial recreating the most iconic photographs in history.
Steel From the Demolished Bay Bridge Will Be Reborn as Public Art
With
the shiny new span of the Bay Bridge complete, California is now in the
throes of a second, parallel construction project—or deconstruction
project, really. The old Bay Bridge span, some 58,000 tons of steel and 245,000 tons of concrete, must come down. This week, officials decided that some of the bridge's steel…
Tink: Sounds Good
If you're not paying attention to Tink
yet, now is a perfect time to remedy that. Her latest, "Sounds Good,"
will leave you baffled that this hotness is coming from someone who's
only 19.
If Michael Bay directed a Bond movie it would be like this crazy TV ad
I remember seeing the Peugeot 205 GTi everywhere
in Europe when I was a kid. Thirty years later, the French carmaker,
launches a modern version of their classic urban automobile with an epic
ad that seems extracted from a James Bond movie directed by Michael
Bay.
Is David Lynch preparing a new Twin Peaks? (Hello Netflix?)
Twin Peaks
marked a before and after in TV history: For the first time someone
used film production values to TV, with perfect script, direction,
acting, and cinematography. Laura Palmer's murder took over the world
and, over time, it became a masterpiece. Now, we may get lucky and get a
new season.
90 Percent of New York City's Subway Stations Are Falling Apart
The New York State Comptroller just released a report on the condition of New York City subway stations. It's bad. It's really bad.
Pregame Like a Pro With the Best Tailgating Gear
Sure, you could
celebrate the victories and lament the losses of your favorite sports
team in front of a gigantic HDTV. But wouldn't you rather sip those ice
cold brewskis and munch on delicious grilled meats a little bit closer
to the action? The tailgate party is still one of America's favorite
pastimes, and you…
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Rugs That Look Like the Earth As Seen From Your Window Seat
There's
something about seeing the developed world from 20,000 or so feet
that's absolutely mesmerizing—like a fascinating map you can't stop
poring over, despite knowing it by heart. Architect Florian Pucher has taken those magical views and recreated them as hand-tufted wool rugs.
Homestar Runner's Back With the Most Bulbous Music Video This Year
Aside
from a brief glimmer of a teaser this past April Fool's Day, the
Homestar Runner website has been a ghost town last updated in 2010. That
all changed today, when Strong Bad and Coach Z dropped (drapped) what will undoubtedly be the best music video this year.
This Levitating Furniture Isn't the Finale of a Vegas Stage Show
Were
Penn & Teller to finish their popular Vegas magic show by simply
rolling out this furniture set and relaxing while reading the paper,
there would still be a standing ovation. Because Lago has managed to
create the illusion that this sofa, chair, and coffee table are all floating—and you'll want to believe, even…
How Close Are We To A Two-Hour Marathon?
On
Sunday, from the moment 30-year-old Dennis Kimetto breasted the tape at
the Berlin Marathon at 2:02:57 to set a new world record by 26 seconds,
conversation in certain circles turned to what this meant for the
assault on a sub-two-hour marathon.
How I Learned to Love Supertalls (And Why You Should Too)
The
New York skyline is defined by two things: height and change. While
Manhattan's new buildings have always tended towards tall, the current
wave of projects pushing the city back to the top of the global totem
pole are "supertalls": skyscrapers standing over 1,000 feet. This is a good thing.
So You Want To Ride Your Motorcycle Around The World
Want to go the long way round? Or just find some forest trails and go motorcycle camping? This is where you get started.
Let's Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
First, for your Friday afternoon enjoyment, here is a video of every Tim Allen grunt from Home Improvement at 25 percent speed. It's one hour long and I hear anyone who watches the entire thing gets a free chainsaw.
If Only Windows 10 Actually Came With a New Everclear Album
People were SO MAD
when Apple dropped a fresh load of free U2 into everyone's iTunes; the
merry band of middle-aged Irish men just aren't cool anymore, man. When
Microsoft unveiled Windows 10, they pulled in some real rock star power for a powerhouse album drop that cannot be denied. Welcome back, Everclear!
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