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Watch a Young Louis CK Talk About His Amazing Toilet Photography
Jun 09, 1:00AM
Things were different in the 90s. MTV had music, for instance, and Louis CK had just slightly more hair. A clip featuring both of those things surfaced just recently, and provides a rare look into the past as the young Louis CK tears into—among other things—shitty avant garde photography.
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Sum 41: Makes No Difference
Jun 09, 12:00AM
Chances are you're still tired of hearing Fat Lip from way back in the early 2000s, but don't let that ruin Sum 41 for you. Their best song came before all that. Those of you who were into Dave Mirra's Pro BMX 2 may know where I am going with this, but the rest of you are in for a treat.
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Why the Metadata the NSA Has on You Matters
Jun 08, 11:00PM
In response to the recent news reports about the National Security Agency's surveillance program, President Barack Obama said today, "When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls." Instead, the government was just "sifting through this so-called metadata." The Director of National Intelligence James Clapper made a similarcomment last night: "The program does not allow the Government to listen in on anyone's phone calls. The information acquired does not include the content of any communications or the identity of any subscriber."
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This Papercraft BBQ Will Make You Hungry Enough to Eat a Notebook
Jun 08, 10:10PM
Summertime is upon us, and that means it's grilling season. You could go down to the store to pick up everything you need for a tasty BBQ, or you could just make do with what you can find on your desk. That second option is remarkably nice-lookin' but probably not the most delicious.
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Here's the Official Government Fact Sheet on What PRISM Is and Does
Jun 08, 9:18PM
When all the PRISM news broke, it didn't take long for the US Government to fess up. President Obama even made a (bummer of a) statement on it. Now, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has put out an official fact sheet about what PRISM is and isn't, according to the US Government. Think of it like an official FAQ.
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Everything You Should Know About PRISM, What'll Be at WWDC, And More
Jun 08, 9:02PM
It's been a long and tumultuous week. The revelation that the NSA is and has been spying on everyone and anyone through one of the must insane, high-tech espionage systems of all time has been one hell a ride, but we've also got some WWDC rumors, an amazing Photoshop prank, how the government shut down the house of tomorrow, a bunch of terrifying 3d-printer fails and more. Check it out all that and more!
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Director of National Intelligence James R.
Jun 08, 8:33PM
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper has put out a press release about all this PRISM stuff. In short: 'a lot of this stuff isn't accurate but I can't correct you because it's classified.'
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How Fallout from Nuke Tests Just Proved that Brain Cells Regenerate
Jun 08, 8:00PM
Before the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 barred all aboveground, subsea, and orbital nuclear weapons testing, the world's nations were popping off nukes like champagne bottles on New Years. Surprisingly, that sprinkling of high-energy particles was actually quite beneficial, to science at least, as it's just helped solve a longstanding dispute in human physiology—can the brain regrow neurons? Short answer: sorta.
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Meet Boundless Informant: The NSA Tool That Watches the Entire Planet
Jun 08, 7:30PM
Does the NSA have any secrets left? First there was PRISM—the network that's collecting real-time data on American's everywhere—and now The Guardian has turned up "Boundless Informant" which is indexing surveillance and espionage metadata from the ENTIRE WORLD.
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Amazon Has a 3D Printer Section Now
Jun 08, 6:36PM
3D printers just got a little more mainstream. Amazon has now opened its own 3D Printer page for the sale of printers and filaments so you can get all that jazz shipped right to your door with the greatest of ease.
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New PRISM Slide Shows NSA Taking Data Directly From Company Servers
Jun 08, 5:55PM
There's been a lot of speculation that maybe PRISM doesn't take data directly from private company's servers, and that all the denials you've heard are carefully worded to deny only direct access. According to this new PRISM slide from The Guardian though, the NSA does have its hooks directly in the companies that are denying it.
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How One Man Is Turning the Eiffel Tower into a Song
Jun 08, 5:23PM
If you want to make music, you've got a plenty of different instruments to choose from. But if you want to make really unique (or weird) music, you've got to find something off the beaten path. That's why Joseph Bertolozzi chose the Eiffel Tower.
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How to Get Practically Free Wi-Fi Practically Anywhere
Jun 08, 4:00PM
Your Nexus 7 is Wi-Fi-only, but if Verizon thinks that you're ponying up $10 a month just for the privilege of tethering it to your phone, they've got another thing coming. Fact is, wireless Internet access is increasingly like potable water or pornography; with so much available for free, there's no reason to pay. You've just got to know where to look.
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Report: Intel Is Throwing Crazy Money at Its Streaming TV Dream
Jun 08, 2:51PM
Intel confirmed its all-in for this whole streaming TV thing early this year, and since then we've heard that plenty of the big content providers are slowly but surely getting on board. And how did that happen? According to Reuters it's because Intel is willing to pay out the ass to make this work.
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Weekend Dealzmodo: Save $125 on an iMac
Jun 08, 2:30PM
If you've been looking to pick up a new Macbook or iMac, at this point it might be worth waiting until Best Buy does one of its weekend sales. About every month or so Best Buy has been running a 48-hour sale on Mac computers.
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Inside the Weird Mathematical Mystery of "0!"
Jun 08, 2:15PM
When you're a kid, you learn that you can't divide by zero. But the more you learn, the more you find out there are some interesting nuances around the edges of that rule. Likewise you may remember learning that 0! (zero factorial) is 1. "It just is." But why is it? Numberphile explains.
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Leaked Windows Phone Screenshots Finally Show a Notification Center
Jun 08, 1:15PM
Windows Phone 8 is pretty, and there's a lot of things to like about it. But for every one of those there's also a glaring absence. Hopefully one of those is soon to disappear, leaked screenshots of an internal build of the OS shows that there's finally a notification center, presumably coming soon.
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What Exactly Is a Meme?
Jun 08, 5:00AM
You've seen hundreds of 'em. You hold a few dear to your heart. You love seeing that Impact font. You laugh at those who call it meh-meh or mimi (even if you once did). You think you know the Internet, so you think you know what a meme is. But how did memes take over? Probably by being memes.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Garbage
Jun 08, 4:00AM
This haunting animation by Pavel proves that, even in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has been reduced to nearly-mindless husks and raised as a power source for their trash-spewing robotic overlords, there aint's shit to watch on TV.
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The Tech Companies in PRISM Aren't Telling the Complete Truth
Jun 08, 3:13AM
Apple. Facebook. Google. Microsoft. Yahoo. AOL. YouTube. Skype. PalTalk. The tech companies that have been associated with PRISM have all unequivocally denied involvement with the spying program. But are they speaking the whole truth? Or are they simply using choice words to evade the real question? It definitely doesn't look like the whole truth.
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Video: BASE Jumper Fails and Miraculously Survives Unharmed
Jun 08, 2:17AM
BASE jumps! If they go wrong, most of the times they are fatal. But not for Maria Steinmayr, who has miraculously survived a failed Extreme BASE jump from the top of the Gran Bali Hotel in Benidorm, Spain. Her parachute failed, making her crash against the building. Hard. Miraculously, she only got a few contusions.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: The Internship Is Hilarious in 2005
Jun 08, 2:00AM
Everyone on Earth's immediate reaction when they first saw The Internship movie trailer was holy crap this is terrible. And then holy crap what happened to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. And then holy crap it's been 8 years since Wedding Crashers? And then holy crap Google haha. And then a sad laughter. And then we never thought about it again.
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What Happens When You Use a Giant Construction Drill on a Car?
Jun 08, 1:00AM
It's quite simple really, the car gets completely destroyed, screwed and mangled in every which way possible. The TR-150 construction drill completely eats the car alive to the point where it can no longer drill it anymore, it has to smash and pulverize it. Using construction tools for destruction is a beautiful thing. [BayShoreSystems via Laughing Squid]
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Here Are All the Oh So Fun Fake Websites from Arrested Development
Jun 08, 12:00AM
Maybe you didn't enjoy the newest season of Arrested Development on Netflix. Maybe you wanted to watch it in chronological order. Maybe you thought the actors became too different, like Maeby's Mom. Maybe you missed the old episodes. Whatever it may be, you'll definitely enjoy this supercut of all the fake websites that popped up on Arrested Development.
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Most Beautiful Items: June 1 - June 7, 2013
Jun 07, 11:00PM
Even if it's bleak and dreary outside your window wherever you are, it's not bleak and dreary right here. From architecture to art to anything that will make your eyes feel like they're at a buffet of beauty, these are some of the best design posts we found this week.
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