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Merry Christmas, Son. I Trampled a Man To Death To Buy You This LeapPad Ultra Tablet

Dec 25, 5:00PM

Merry Christmas, Son. I Trampled a Man To Death To Buy You This LeapPad Ultra Tablet

I bought this for you weeks ago. Santa Claus got most of your presents, but this one is special from your mom and me. It was very hard keeping it a secret from you. Partly because you're so curious, always getting into everything, and partly because after Daddy bought this present it was the top story on the local news for a week.

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Watch This Mistletoe Drone Launch Surprise Kiss Attacks

Dec 25, 4:00PM

Watch This Mistletoe Drone Launch Surprise Kiss Attacks

Nothing says holiday cheer like an unmanned aerial vehicle! In San Francisco's Union Square, a drone decked out in tinsel and armed with mistletoe did some low-flying rounds over the heads of jolly folks, who were positively delighted at the excuse to engage in a little festive PDA. Ho! Ho! Ho!

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How To Set Up All Your Kickass New Gear

Dec 25, 3:30PM

How To Set Up All Your Kickass New Gear

Someone out there must think you're pretty special if you got such great gadgety goodness for Christmas. Now all you have to do get it up and running. Don't worry: we've got you covered.

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Here Is a Video of Tiny Mice Decorating a Tiny Christmas Tree

Dec 25, 3:00PM

Cancel your Christmas photoshoot because nothing is going to beat this video of little tiny mice decorating a little tiny tree with their little tiny mice hands. Your baby niece can't string lights on a Balsam Fir. Your dog dressed in a holiday bandana has done nothing to fill you with holiday cheer. But these mice? These agile holiday mice? They have made you weep tears of Christmas joy. [Laughing Squid]

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How To Take Care of Your Smartphone Battery the Right Way

Dec 25, 1:55PM

How To Take Care of Your Smartphone Battery the Right Way

Your smartphone is a minor miracle, a pocket-sized computer that can fulfill almost every whim. But none of its superpowers matter a bit if it runs out of juice. With removable batteries becoming more and more rare, you've got to take good care of the one you got. Fortunately, it's not to hard keep the lithium-ion powering your everything machine happy if you follow a few simple rules.

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How to Set Up Your New iPhone the Right Way

Dec 25, 1:50PM

How to Set Up Your New iPhone the Right Way

You got a new iPhone! Maybe it's a thumbprint-reading 5S or a pastel rainbow 5C. Either way, what now? Here's what you need to get started with your new iPhone, whether you're a first-timer or an iOS pro.

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How to Use Your Fancy New Camera Like a Pro

Dec 25, 1:45PM

How to Use Your Fancy New Camera Like a Pro

Congratulations, you just scored an awesome new camera. Welcome to our annual guide to getting started with your new tool.

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How to Make the Switch from iOS to Android

Dec 25, 1:40PM

How to Make the Switch from iOS to Android

You've been hanging back, waffling back and forth. Android or iPhone? But it's decision time, and you've made the call: it's time to trade in the Cupertino Kool-Aid for some Kit Kats. Here's how to do it right.

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How to Make the Switch from Android to iOS

Dec 25, 1:35PM

How to Make the Switch from Android to iOS

Android is a fine OS, but the lure of a new iPhone may be too much to resist. If you're going to make the switch, you won't want to leave any scrap of your precious mobile identity in Android's cold robotic embrace. Here's how to pack up everything you'll need to bring to your new life in Apple's walled garden.

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Windows 8 Survival Guide: All the Tips, Tricks, and Workarounds

Dec 25, 1:30PM

Windows 8 Survival Guide: All the Tips, Tricks, and Workarounds

Windows 8 is out, and Microsoft's army of touchscreen devices has made its way into many people's hands. It's a huge change from what you're used to. And we're here to get you through it.

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Everything You Need to Master Your New Smartphone

Dec 25, 1:25PM

Everything You Need to Master Your New Smartphone

Welcome to our annual New Smartphone Set Up Guide. Someone thought enough of you to help replace that dumb ol' brick you've been lugging around these past few years. Now what?

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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Oh Santa!

Dec 25, 5:00AM

Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

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Who needs Christmas lights when you have glowing mammalian cells?

Dec 25, 3:00AM

Who needs Christmas lights when you have glowing mammalian cells? This wreath, assembled from cells with proteins and structured stained different colors, was made by Dr. Donna Beer Stolz at the University of Pittsburgh. It won 19th place in the 2011 Nikon Photomicrography Competition—but top honors for holiday cheer. [Nikon]

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Christmas Vacation: How a Perfect Family Holiday Goes Horribly Wrong

Dec 25, 2:00AM

Christmas Vacation: How a Perfect Family Holiday Goes Horribly Wrong

Clark Griswold's only crime is that he wants a perfect family Christmas. He just wants a little too much of it. What could go wrong? The answer is everything.

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9 Delightful New Takes on the Traditional Yule Log Video

Dec 25, 1:00AM

9 Delightful New Takes on the Traditional Yule Log Video

Ah, the crackling wood. The dancing flame. You can almost feel the warmth radiating from your screen. On Christmas Eve, here's a celebration of the yule log film, and a peek at how nine artists reinterpreted the holiday television tradition.

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Why Do These Trippy Reindeer Eyes Change Color With The Seasons?

Dec 25, 12:30AM

Why Do These Trippy Reindeer Eyes Change Color With The Seasons?

Dogs and cats are adorable creatures by day, but under the cover of night their eyes seem to shine like demon spawn. That's the work of the light-reflecting tapetum lucidum, a layer of tissue that sits right behind the retina. As it turns out, that same tapetum lucidum just might be responsible for turning reindeer eyes from gold-hued in the summer to blue-tinted in the winter. Neat!

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Can You Tell the Difference Between These Film and Digital Animations?

Dec 25, 12:00AM

The eternal debate of film versus digital. In a sense, arguing between the two for any practical purpose is pretty much a moot point, since digital has become the go-to in the world of photography. But that doesn't mean it's not fun to compare the two every so often. This series of animations asks you to do just that, in a dazzling way.

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Here's Your Christmas Eve Spotify Playlist

Dec 24, 11:30PM

While you're chatting up your weird uncle over egg nog tonight, you need a holiday-themed playlist. It is Christmas Eve, after all. Here's your soundtrack for the evening. It's got some new favorites and some stalwart classics. Joyeux Noel, y'all! [Spotify]

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Sophisticated Star Wars Fans Dress in TIE Fighter Argyle

Dec 24, 11:00PM

Sophisticated Star Wars Fans Dress in TIE Fighter Argyle

It's rare to come across a piece of Star Wars clothing that one would ever consider classy, so kudos to the folks at Ian Leino who created this argyle pattern t-shirt that's made up of perfectly arranged TIE fighters and their hexagonal panels.

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Behold! The 'Pacific Rim' theme performed by dueling Tesla coils

Dec 24, 10:46PM

If you're like me, you've probably been asking yourself, what could make the Pacific Rim main theme more badass? Well, it's finally happened. I present to you, dueling Tesla coils performing the Jaeger battle hymn…conducted by a robot with a frickin' plasma ball brain.

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Here's how to guarantee a white Christmas filled with snow tomorrow

Dec 24, 10:44PM

Here's how to guarantee a white Christmas filled with snow tomorrow

Sorry, you can't control the weather and make it snow tomorrow. And sorry, you can't move your whole family to a place where it'll snow for a day. But if you really want to see a white Christmas (and that should be every non-Grinch) you can use a magical combination of diaper lining, light beer and Epsom salt to create perfect man-made versions of snow, frost and ice. The resemblance is pretty uncanny.

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America Might Be About To Get Its First Indoor Throwing Star Range

Dec 24, 10:30PM

America Might Be About To Get Its First Indoor Throwing Star Range

If this website is to be believed, come 2014, Lexington, Kentucky could easily replace Orlando, Florida as the most popular vacation spot in the country. Because next spring the city will be host to the nation's first indoor throwing star range and sake bar. Because nothing goes better with rice wine than a throwable metal weapon with multiple razor-sharp blades.

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Adidas and Run-D.M.C. Made a Pair of Christmas in Hollis Sneakers

Dec 24, 10:00PM

Adidas and Run-D.M.C. Made a Pair of Christmas in Hollis Sneakers

Forget the ugly sweaters, the Santa hat, the light-up tie, even that pair of green pants you only wear once a year. Adidas and Run-D.M.C. have created the only garment you'll need for holiday parties and family dinners with their new Christmas in Hollis-themed Superstar 80s sneakers.

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How Your Christmas Presents Were Shipped—As Seen in Clouds From Space

Dec 24, 9:30PM

How Your Christmas Presents Were Shipped—As Seen in Clouds From Space

Today's as good a day as any to ponder how massive amounts of stuff gets moved around the world. iPhones from China, sweaters from Bangladesh, chocolates from Switzerland—they all make the transcontinental journey in containers stacked like Legos on cargo ships. And these ships can seed their own clouds, tracing out their paths across the sea.

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Wirelessly Light Your Tree With LEDs, Pennies, and Lemon Juice

Dec 24, 9:00PM

Wireless power is taking its sweet time becoming a reality, but did you know that with a few household items you can light your Christmas tree without having to deal with a tangled mess of cords? It not only makes decorating and undecorating a tree much easier, this tutorial can even help drain that giant bowl of change on your dresser.

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