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This Gizmodo Writer Used To Make TV Ads, And We Are Here To Embarrass Him
By yanko at 30 January, 2012, 4:00 pm
You guys know Brian Barrett, he’s a Senior Editor on the US edition of Gizmodo. GIFs made from his commercial appearances make the rounds in our internal chats all the time, so we thought we thought we’d let you guys in on the fun. So please, sit back, and bask in his boyish charm. On the above: I was actually gonna get my brother booze for Christmas this year after seeing this commer …
Read More >>The Best New Tablet
By Hong Kiat at 12 January, 2012, 8:30 am
Vizio’s first tablet entry wasn’t great. But the 10-inch M-Series the company just debuted at CES? Looks like second time’s the charm. Vizio’s being cagey about M-Series guts, but in our hands on the tablet the tablet was peppy and responsive chewing through an alpha version of Honeycomb. Apps loaded quickly and videos played smoothly. Integrated stereo speakers on the top …
Read More >>Here’s Amazon’s 2011 Christmas Damage Report
By Hong Kiat at 29 December, 2011, 10:57 pm
Chances are the holidays have driven you mostly insane by now, so Amazon has gone ahead and packaged its Christmas shopping postmortem (they sold lots of Kindles!) with some goofy facts that will appeal to the infantile mush that was once your brain. Here are some of the more charming/pertinent bits: Amazon customers purchased enough copies of Walter Isaacson’s “Steve Jobs” boo …
Read More >>The Amazing Type-Writer App Adds Nostalgia To Your Notes
By AutoBlog at 28 October, 2011, 6:40 am
You can probably change the font in your favourite writing app to something with gratuitos serifs and retro charm, but it still won’t come as close to recreating the feel of working on an antique typewriter as The Amazing Type-Writer app does. (more…)
Read More >>Recycling As Art And Lighting
By yanko at 9 October, 2011, 3:00 pm
Before you go tossing that coffee cup or plastic spoon into the rubbish or even the recycling bin, why don’t you send it along to artist Christian DuCharme? The man’s made a name for himself making lights from discarded utensils. (more…)
Read More >>Pixely ’90s Cursors Make Retro-Wonderful Tablet Styluses
By Engadget at 9 September, 2011, 3:40 pm
There was a lot of charm to the bygone experience of using a computer in the ’90s; I remember the nuances of my modem’s soothing screech better than the hook from “I Want It That Way” (which is reallyreallyreally well). And the goofy pointer finger cursor was so wonderful that this novelty cursor tablet stylus is actually kind of tempting. (more…)
Read More >>Mouse On 757 Grounds Flight, Causes Bad Samuel Jackson Imitations
By Gizmodo at 9 September, 2011, 8:00 am
A Nepal Air flight out of Hong Kong has been grounded for two days now due to a mouse onboard a plane. Yes, a rodent mouse. Yes, it’s weird. But also sort of charming, in a disgusting, verminous way. (more…)
Read More >>The Baddest Cake Mixer You’ve Ever Seen
By yanko at 8 September, 2011, 6:20 pm
Some people get a nice photo frame as a store-warming gift, others a calculator or something. The guys at Charm City Cakes West in LA got the Dough Rider — a chromed out, Lakers’ purple-and-gold, ground-effect LED-lighted cake mixer. (more…)
Read More >>AFOL: A Blocumentary Is Required Viewing For Lego Fans
By Engadget at 19 March, 2010, 12:20 am
newVideoPlayer( {”type”:”video”,”player”:”http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9581676&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″,”customParams”:[],”width”:570,”height”:375,”ratio”:0.75,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”vimeo”} ); I’ve seen some of the brick masterpieces produced by the AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego) community, but never knew the people behind them were so flat-out charming until I watched this documentary. Also: tons of bricky goodness. (more…)
Read More >>Internet Explorer 9: A Fresh Start, With HTML5
By Gizmodo at 16 March, 2010, 11:55 pm
Ninth time’s the charm, sometimes! At least that’s Microsoft’s hope with IE9, which they’ve just announced at Mix, brings new HTML5 support (including HTML5 video!), hardware-accelerated graphics for text and images, and a totally new Javascript engine. (more…)
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