Everything You Need to Cut The Cord, Night Vision, and More Deals
If you're looking to cut the cord from your cable provider, you'll need
at least a good streaming box, and an OTA antenna. We've got you
covered on both fronts today.
Celebrate Mike Nichols, Watch The Graduate
Director, comedian, and EGOT-winning badass Mike Nichols died yesterday. Nichols got his start in comedy, first as an improviser and then as part of a duo with the equally legendary Elaine May.
This is the stuff that some of my nightmares are made of
I have some kind of innate deep fear/repulsion against birds and especially flocks. Watching this massive group of little winged velociraptors taking off some kind of poplar tree—there are so many that the tree is deformed by their weight—is my idea of hell.
This is how you fold the perfect paper airplane
I
used to flip the end of the wings of paper airplanes upward and breathe
on the head of the airplane to make it fly farther. According to John Collins—the maker of the paper airplane with the world record for the longest distance—I was doing it wrong. This video shows how to do it properly.
Talking Heads Wrote the Best Anthem For a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
It's the cassette tape that everybody should have in their earthquake go-bag: The single "Life During Wartime" by the Talking Heads.
Google Just Gave You a Good Reason to Quit Spotify
I
signed up for Spotify three years ago, the day the service launched in
the United States. $400 in subscription fees later, I'm still a member,
and I've never regretted the money for a second. But for the first time
since joining, I'm actually tempted to leave. YouTube Music Key might
just win me over.
The gates of hell just opened in Russia (again)
A
potash mine in the Perm region, Russia, has collapsed, leaving behind a
gigantic sinkhole in the middle of an abandoned town. It's scary but
that's not the real bad news: a connected mine just few miles away sits
right underneath a town full of people and houses and experts say it may
collapse too.
This AWESOME Mario Kart Lego is the blue shell of builds
A collaboration between 6kyubi6, 74louloute and fujiia
celebrates the awesomeness that is Mario Kart. Even though this game
makes you hate your friends, these pals somehow made this build come
together. All of my favorite characters are represented and nearly all
of the weapons of destruction were built.
Did Ben Franklin want the turkey to be our national symbol?
It's one of those Thanksgiving fun facts I loved repeating when I was a
kid: Ben Franklin liked turkeys so much that he wanted them to be our
national bird, instead of the bald eagle. It's a popular fun fact. But I was shattered to learn as an adult that this little nugget of trivia isn't quite true.
Half of a Teapot Is Actually the Perfect Amount of Teapot
Have
you ever filled your teapot up more than halfway in your life? Oh, you
have? Well, not all of us are constantly having wild parties with dozens
of friends for whom to make tea. The rest of us are usually only making
one or two cups—and that's who the design team at the Dutch studio Droog made this teapot for.
One Year Later, Should You Get An Xbox One Or A PS4?
People ask us all the time whether they should buy a new-gen console? Should they get an Xbox One? A PS4? For a year, we've told people to not bother with either. Now, we think you should make the leap, especially if you're a console-only gamer. But which one to get?
How to Use Satellite Imagery to Predict the Market
You can do some crazy shit with satellite imagery. What kinds of crazy shit? Well, for one, a startup's spying on the shadows of half-built skyscrapers in China and then selling the data to investors who want to predict what the real estate market. That's crazy!
Ikea Is Reissuing Amazing Old Designs From the 1950s and 60s
Ikea is over 70 years old, which means the company has survived through
dozens upon dozens of design trends, from stuffy conservatism in the
late 1940s to the craziness of the 60s. Wonderfully, the company is now
plucking classics from its archives to sell in some stores.
1959:
Airbnb already provides reimbursement for property damage, now they've added liability insurance
that will protect both hosts and their landlords should anyone get
injured during a stay. The coverage is automatic and goes into effect in
January; U.S. only for now. [Airbnb]
Tell Us Your Worst Experiences Trying To Cancel Cell Phone Contracts
Here's a sad story: a UK woman brought her husband's ashes to a T-Mobile store
after they refused to cancel the dead man's contract. That's an extreme
case, but indicative of the nightmare some people have to go through to
close an account. Have you ever had a hard time canceling a contract?
Tell us about it.
The Next Prius? What It's Like To Drive Toyota's $57,000 Hydrogen Car
Hydrogen
fuel cells are a cool technology that were perfected to enable humans
to go to the moon. Now that they're perfected even more, they're
enabling humans to go to work or the liquor store, and, incredibly, this
is progress. The Toyota Mirai is an example of this remarkable
progress. Funny looking, maybe, but it…
Waiting to buy the excellent Basis Peak activity tracker until it gets smartwatch notifications? They're coming in mid-December. Also, the Peak will now stream your heart rate data via Bluetooth to Strava, MapMyRun and Endomoto apps. [Basis Blog]
Hey, Jim Webb, If You're Running For President At Least Get an HD Camera
Former Senator Jim Webb announced that he's
forming an "exploratory committee" yesterday, the first step on a long
road to probably running for president. He did so in a video that looks
like it was filmed in my high school TV studio.
I Went Camping With Bear Grylls, And Survived
"Hey,
you want to come camping with Bear?" That's a pretty random email to
get on a Thursday morning, and it contained no other details. So, I said
yes, packed a bag and hopped on a plane to New Mexico. Here's what
happened over the next few days.
You'll Soon Be Able to Pay to Make Google Ads Disappear
Google just announced a new internet subscription service called Google Contributor, essentially a paywall for web publishers to provide ad-free content for a $1-$3 contribution.
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