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Tech NewsSploidAwesome supercut turns Breaking Bad into badass rap song
I can’t imagine the amount of hours Dutch editor Matthijs Vlot spent making this: A fantastic supercut that transforms bits of Breaking Bad dialogue into a cohesive rap song that actually makes sense. Check out Matthijs Vlot’s website to watch more of his neat supercuts. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Is How Touchscreens Actually Work
Touchscreens are everywhere these days, and even though you’ve probably heard people mumble about the relative benefits of capacative screens compared to resistive ones, you might not actually know how they work. This video explains. Greg Foot describes how reisistive screens work, before explaining how Apple swung the market in the other direction, to favoring … Continued
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Tech NewsSeth MacFarlane Made a Christmas Album And It’s Actually Very Good
Technically, right now is the exact moment when the few of us who genuinely love Christmas music can flip the switch on the carols, firing up the jingle jangle jingle with reckless abandon. Should you be one of those people, I have an album all ready for you to blast at top volume. And the … Continued
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Tech NewsPlanes, Trains, and Automobiles Is the Ultimate Thanksgiving Flick
If you are going to sit down tonight and watch a post-turkey movie with the assemblage of humans who share your genetic matter, I highly recommend Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The 1987 John Hughes flick is funny and touching. Watching John Candy play a well-meaning but obnoxious slob is like watching Michael Jordan play basketball … Continued
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Hear the Windows XP Text-to-Speech Converter Sing The Piña Colada Song
Remember Microsoft’s Sam? He was the text-to-speech converter that came bundled into Windows XP. And now he’s decided to have a go at the The Piña Colada Song. You should listen to this, it’s great. The rendition of Rupert Holmes’ Escape—often known as The Piña Colada Song—was put together by British musician Joshua Ryan who … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch How the World’s Largest Solar Farms Get Built
Large-scale solar plants are monstrous construction projects, that cover hundreds or thousands of acres of land in photovoltaic goodness. This amazing video shows how they go from concept to reality. When it’s finished, this 550-megawatt plant, called Topaz Solar Farms and situated in San Luis Obispo County, will contain more than 8 million PV modules. … Continued
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Tech NewsJimmy Kimmel’s The First Black Friday Ken Burns Parody Is Perfect
Black Friday has become as much an American holiday tradition as decking the halls, trimming the tree, or watching football. So it only makes sense that Ken Burns’ latest documentary, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel, tells the story of the nation’s very first unofficial shopping holiday that followed the first Thanksgiving. As people will inevitably be … Continued
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A paper doll Jayne Cobb to dress up of your very own
Okay, so it’s magnets and not paper like the dress-up-dolls of your childhood, but now you can stick your very own Hero of Canton on the fridge – and dress him as you see fit! This cute little magnet set comes with Jayne in naught but his underpants (insert your ‘I’ll be in my bunk’ … Continued
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Start Burning Off That Turkey With This Wood and Leather Weight Set
Rarely does fitness gear prioritize form over functionality (understandably) and that’s why most of the time exercise machines and ellipticals are hidden away in a basement workout room. But wouldn’t you be more inclined to exercise if your workout gear was in the living room next to the TV? This stylish set of woo and … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy It’s A Lot Harder To Spill Beer Than Coffee
I think it’s well known that beer is one of mankind’s greatest inventions. But aside from the perfect taste, and ability to make in-laws seem magically more tolerable, it turns out that beer also has its very own built-in anti-spill mechanism. Scientists from Princeton University noticed that liquids with a foamy top — like latte, … Continued
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Turkey Does Not Make You Sleepy After You Eat It
Turkey does not make you drowsy after you eat it. Now to be clear, turkey does contain tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid which the human body doesn’t naturally produce, but is essential to proper body function and, thus, must be acquired from food. The reason tryptophan is tied to drowsiness is that it is … Continued
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Does Lego no longer promote creativity?
Yesterday BBC News’ ‘Magazine’ section posed an interesting question: has Lego’s growing success stifled the toymaker’s imagination-driven products? It’s an interesting debate, and you often hear the nostalgic ribbing of adults who tend to chime in ‘back in my day, you had basic bricks and nothing else, you made whatever you want!’ whenever Lego is … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Science Behind Dark and Light Meat
White meat vs dark meat is a long-running battle for the Thanksgiving ages, with no clear winner likely to be determined soon . (Just kidding. White meat is better. Obviously.) But have you ever actually wondered why different delicious turkey parts have different colors? DNews does an excellent job of explaining in this video. In … Continued
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Tech NewsThis RC Carbon Fiber Glider Looks Like a Stealthy Paper Airplane
The Power Up 3.0 was the first paper airplane that actually let you steer and fly your folded creation like an RC toy, but in terms of durability it was still just made of paper. With the Carbon Flyer you lose the ability to fold your own craft, but since it’s made from incredibly strong … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe five worst Thanksgiving turkey cooking disasters
Fried turkey is delicious but if you don’t know how to cook it properly you could end up burning your house down. Here’s proof in the form of five fiery GIFs, the most violent fried turkey disasters on the internet. This is a very dangerous operation. If you want to try it, be very careful … Continued
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Tech NewsLaser-Etch Your Pumpkin Pie To Create a True Thanksgiving Masterpiece
To guarantee a chorus of oohs and aahs when you bring your pumpkin pie to the table today, why not consider first putting it under a laser-cutter—with the intensity dialed back—to etch a beautiful design on its surface? For the vast majority of Americans who don’t have a laser-cutter at home you’re just going to … Continued
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Hear Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s cameo in Good Omens‘ Radio Drama
The first ever dramatisation of Good Omens is coming to BBC Radio 4 next month – and the BBC have finally lifted the lid on when you’ll be able listen to it, as well as a brief teaser starring the two writers themselves. The BBC will run the six-part adaptation over the Christmas week, kicking … Continued
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The Syrian Electronic Army Is Ruining Thanksgiving With Popups
The Syrian Electronic Army, a group of pro-Assad-regime hackers, has decided to celebrate today by infesting a bunch of popular news websites with cheery Thanksgiving popups informing people that they’ve been hacked (spoiler: they haven’t). While the SEA has claimed to have ‘hacked’ a series of websites — which include big names like Forbes, The … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Scientifically Proven Way to Break Off the Biggest Wishbone Piece
Challenging a sibling or cousin to a wishbone breaking contest is as much a Thanksgiving tradition as stuffing, pumpkin pie, and awkward family conversations. And thanks to some important research recently conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan, we now have some actual strategies to help ensure you always break off the biggest piece … Continued