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How Many Windows Are There in Manhattan?
Dec 26, 5:00PM
The shimmering wall of windows that makes up Manhattan is breathtaking, and seems almost infinite. But Michael Pollack—the wizard behind The New York Times' "F.Y.I" series, which plumbs deep and weird questions about New York—got down to brass tacks this week, estimating exactly how many windows are on the island.
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This Wacky Forward Wing Jet Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound
Dec 26, 4:30PM
The 1980s ushered in more than a few aeronautical revolutions thanks to the emergence of both composite manufacturing techniques and rapidly advancing digital technology. This uniquely designed experimental aircraft integrated all of them into a single system.
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Rap Genius Traffic Tanked After Google Smacked It Down for Spamming
Dec 26, 4:15PM
Quantcast shows that the number of unique visitors to Rap Genius has dropped 60 percent since Google punished the startup for its questionable SEO scheme. Last year, unique visitors to Rap Genius only dropped about 15 percent from Christmas Eve to Christmas. Rap Genius has not responded to request for comment from Valleywag sent yesterday and today.
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This Year's 20 Must-Have Mac OS X Utilities
Dec 26, 4:00PM
Each year I round-up my top list of applications and utilities used the most throughout the year. Without further introduction, here are all the utilities that have been especially useful in enhancing my productivity during 2013.
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13 Teens Bitching About Teens Bitching About Christmas Gadgets
Dec 26, 3:34PM
Keep seeing tweets with people giving out because they didn't get the right iPhone.. Shut up and be greatful you shower of bastards.
— Todd Kraines (@_girl_3_) December 26, 2013
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Gawker An Ohio Man Took Fifty Local Homeless People Out to a Four-Star Dinner | Jalopnik The Best Wi
Dec 26, 3:19PM
Gawker An Ohio Man Took Fifty Local Homeless People Out to a Four-Star Dinner | Jalopnik The Best Winter Cars | Jezebel Soldier Robbed Of Christmas Gifts Gets Big Surprise From Community | Lifehacker Ask These Three Questions at the End of Every Meeting
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Millions of Meme-Based Dogecoins Stolen on Christmas Day
Dec 26, 3:13PM
In what is either the exact definition or total opposite of a Christmas miracle (depending on whether or not you decided investing in a meme was a good idea), millions of the crypotcurrency Dogecoin were stolen in a hack on Christmas day. Many Grinch. Very irony. Wow.
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Beautifully desolate panorama from China's moon lander
Dec 26, 2:46PM
Sometimes it's hard to remember just how hauntingly desolate it must be on the moon. This new panorama just taken by the Chang'e 3 moon lander shows the chilling reality: it's lonely up there.
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Target is denying an anonymous executive's claim that customers' banking PINs were stolen in the hac
Dec 26, 2:13PM
Target is denying an anonymous executive's claim that customers' banking PINs were stolen in the hacking spree that compromised 40 million credit and debit cards. Still, if you paid by card at a US Target store, you might want to keep a close eye on your banking info. [Reuters]
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The 11 Most Exciting UI and UX Ideas of 2013
Dec 26, 2:00PM
Much has changed in our world in the past decade. Remember 2003? 50 Cent was still on top, as was Dubya, and you were hot shit if your cellphone had a color screen. Imagine knowing that in ten years, we'd interact with tech using our voices, our gestures, and even our brainwaves. 2013, in particular, has been a year of change.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Bright Bright Space
Dec 26, 5:00AM
It ain't easy living in the big city—escpecially when you're a floating yellow orb with an alcoholic girlfriend.
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Hail The Machines: An Electronic Tribute To Carol Of The Bells
Dec 26, 3:00AM
It's a lovely thing when a chorus of voices comes together to perform that Christmas classic, Carol of the Bells. But hey, who needs humans? This season's audio-visual holiday card from the Glasgow School of Art is an electronic masterpiece, bringing together a selection of vintage Mac computers, a Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum + 1, and a SEGA Mega Drive to make beautiful music together.
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special: Put Nostalgia In Your Stocking
Dec 26, 2:00AM
Christmas is as much about tradition as it is finding new ways to celebrate the holidays with your family. So instead of curling up with A Christmas Story, Scrooged, or It's a Wonderful Life tonight, why not consider the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, which is now free to watch until January 12 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Yeah, that's right—it's 25 years old.
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Hyperbubble: A Synthesizer for Christmas
Dec 26, 1:00AM
It's true! This is all I want for Christmas. I don't want socks. Nope. All I want is a shiny new Moog. Santa, please?
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These Slo-Mo Ornament Explosions Are Like Christmas Fireworks
Dec 26, 12:00AM
The 4th of July is great, but every holiday is improved by explosions. Every. Holiday. And slow motion? Even better. So here, for your Yuletide pleasure, are some Christmas baubles blowing up in festive slow-mo.
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What Would Christmas Be Without Your Very Own GIFmas Tree?
Dec 25, 11:00PM
The animated image enthusiasts at Giphy have dreamed up a cute way to spend the next five minutes of your life. Take a moment to decorate your very own kitschy GIFmas tree.
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Listen To Seasonal Songs From Across This Globe On This Interactive Map
Dec 25, 10:00PM
Christmas is upon us—finally, huzzah!—but that just might mean that even the most avowedly pro-holiday people out there are tired of hearing the same old festive standards again (and again and again...). If you're looking to mix up the playlist, this interactive "singing map" lets you to explore seasonal tunes from around the world.
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Snuggle Up To a Cozy Yule Log and the Science of Fire This Evening
Dec 25, 9:00PM
Those few precious days off you have during the holidays are best spent taxing your brain as little as possible. But who says you can't learn something even when away from work or school? If you're lacking a fireplace to curl up next to, this wonderful video from AsapSCIENCE will keep you cozy while educating you on the science of how a cracking fire actually works.
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The World's Largest (and Probably Only) Tripod Christmas Tree
Dec 25, 8:00PM
The easiest way to set a world record is to think of something so grandiose and obscure that no one could have ever possibly thought of attempting it before. And for the folks over at Custom SLR, that involved building the world's largest Christmas tree made entirely of tripods—plus the requisite festive decor.
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Houston struggles to save the Astrodome, London vows to make biking safer, L.A. sees light rail succ
Dec 25, 7:30PM
Houston struggles to save the Astrodome, London vows to make biking safer, L.A. sees light rail successes, and San Francisco mounts a shitty campaign for its sewers. It's Christmastime in the city for this week's urban reads.
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Our Best Fitness Articles of 2013
Dec 25, 7:00PM
Listen to me now and believe me later, 2013 was no year to just sit around eating buffalo-wing-flavored-pretzels-flavored-biscuits. Or maybe it was. But it was also the year we got down to the nitty gritty of of health and fitness. From bionic knees to six-pack science, here are our favorite Fitmodos of 2013.
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Beautiful Light Fixtures Folded From A Single Sheet Of Tyvek
Dec 25, 6:30PM
So you can fashion a piece of loose leaf into a paper crane? Snore. Behold the skills of Jiangmei Wu, who turns single sheets of Tyvek into incredibly intricate sculptures that glow from within.
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This Fun Leica Puzzle Started Life as a Flat Plastic Poster
Dec 25, 6:00PM
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of its classic camera, the Leica store in Sao Paulo, Brazil commissioned this wonderful puzzle that would be given to important clients throughout the year. The non-functional camera, designed by ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi in Brazil, would be distributed as a full-sized poster with pre-cut parts that could be popped out and assembled into the faux Leica you see above.
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The Origin of the Candy Cane
Dec 25, 5:30PM
First, let's start by dispelling a somewhat popular myth that more or less goes like this:
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Merry Christmas, Son. I Trampled a Man To Death To Buy You This LeapPad Ultra Tablet
Dec 25, 5:00PM
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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