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The 1960s NYC Guidebook That the Czech Secret Police Almost Destroyed

Mar 13, 9:00PM

The 1960s NYC Guidebook That the Czech Secret Police Almost Destroyed

Back in 1963, two Czech travelers drew an incredible illustrated guidebook based on their first trip to Mad Men-era New York City. Soon after, the Czech police destroyed every last copy, and the book was lost forever. Or so they thought.

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Distract Yourself From Winter With the Most Amazing Pools on Earth

Mar 13, 8:59PM

Distract Yourself From Winter With the Most Amazing Pools on Earth

As winter tightens its cold, brittle fingers around our hearts one last time, Sploid has taken to meditating on incredible pools as a means of survival. Below, find some of the most luxurious, elegant, and downright outlandish designs around.

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Looks like the FCC has officially given its blessing to AT&T's Leap Wireless acquisition—which is mo

Mar 13, 8:55PM

Looks like the FCC has officially given its blessing to AT&T's Leap Wireless acquisition—which is mostly good news for users. As a result, AT&T is promising more value-conscious plans to appease ex-Cricket users and the addition of LTE on unused Leap spectrums.

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The World's Largest Solar Plant Is Blinding Pilots

Mar 13, 8:40PM

The World's Largest Solar Plant Is Blinding Pilots

We probably should have seen this coming. At the Ivanpah solar power plant near Las Vegas, a massive glittering field of 170,000 garage door-sized mirrors reflects sunlight. And all those mirrors are making flying near Ivanpah not so fun—or safe.

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How to Design the Perfect Subway Map

Mar 13, 8:30PM

How to Design the Perfect Subway Map

Cameron Booth is a seasoned graphic designer. In his spare time he also edits transitmaps.tumblr.com, the web's finest emporium for bus maps, subway diagrams, train network maps and more. We're enormous fans of his site and wanted to pin him down on a subject that's close to our own hearts: what makes a good transit map?

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Get Your Whole Neighborhood Together with Block Party in a Box

Mar 13, 8:20PM

Get Your Whole Neighborhood Together with Block Party in a Box

Every city street is actually a block party waiting to happen, a coiled spring of neighborly hangouts and community come-together yearning for a release. Kevin Van Lierop decided to make that process a little less daunting with his "Block Party in a Box." Now your neighborhood has no excuse not to get down.

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If you're ever on a United flight and your Wi-Fi craps out, there's something you should know: You'r

Mar 13, 8:09PM

If you're ever on a United flight and your Wi-Fi craps out, there's something you should know: You're entitled to a full refund. Apparently, United's flight attendants are supposed to keep this little courtesy a secret, but you can head over here to fill out a request for a service refund. The more you know.

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Do These Powerlaces Match My Hoverboard?

Mar 13, 8:00PM

Do These Powerlaces Match My Hoverboard?

Hadley Freeman over at The Guardian has declared that Back to the Future is this season's big fashion trend. Which makes complete sense, right? It's almost the year 2015—the very year that Marty visits in the BTTF sequel—so bring on those Nike powerlaces and hoverboard-friendly sneakers! Or not.

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These GIFs Will Make You Nostalgic For Your Favorite NES Games

Mar 13, 8:00PM

These GIFs Will Make You Nostalgic For Your Favorite NES Games

Before the hi-def graphics of modern consoles, there was the Nintendo Entertainment System—a world steeped in glorious 8-bit imagery. These GIFs by New York-based Brother Brain (aka John McGregor) show how the in-game art compared with real world photos. And somehow, the 8-bit versions are still way more fun.

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Learning the Lost Art of Ice Harvesting in Maine

Mar 13, 7:40PM

Learning the Lost Art of Ice Harvesting in Maine

In 1805, a twenty-three year-old Bostonian named Frederic Tudor launched a new industry: the international frozen-water trade. Over the next fifty years, he and the men he worked with developed specialized ice-harvesting tools, a global network of thermally engineered ice houses, and a business model that cleverly leveraged ballast-less ships, off-season farmers, and overheated Englishmen abroad. By the turn of the century, the industry employed 90,000 people and was worth $220 million in today's terms.

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No, this is not a production still from Bio-Dome: Saudi Arabia, it's a rendering for the King Abdull

Mar 13, 7:30PM

No, this is not a production still from Bio-Dome: Saudi Arabia, it's a rendering for the King Abdullah International Gardens in Riyadh. Barton Willmore International designed the crescent-shaped complex which will recreate animal and plant habitats from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods—in the middle of the desert. [designboom]

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Shooting Challenge: Tilt-shift

Mar 13, 7:25PM

Shooting Challenge: Tilt-shift

Tilt-shift photography originated with large, billowing lenses to capture the proportions of architecture. Today, its often used to blur parts of a frame and make the world appear in miniature. However you use it, for this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll photograph in tilt-shift.

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Constantly Spinning Dials Replace Hands on This Sleek Minimal Watch

Mar 13, 7:16PM

Constantly Spinning Dials Replace Hands on This Sleek Minimal Watch

Ressence is following up on its mesmerizing Type 3 watch—which replaced hands and other visible mechanisms with a series of perpetually spinning dials trapped under a curved water-filled sapphire dome—with the new Type 1 that somehow manages to be even more minimal than last year's model.

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The Six Types of Apple Store Genius

Mar 13, 7:00PM

The Six Types of Apple Store GeniusThis isn't brick and mortar, it's glass and steel. Pseudonymous Apple Store employee J. K. Appleseed walks you through a choose-your-own-adventure story with a twist. Yep, we're going backstage at Apple Retail, the supercollider of human expectations and consumer technology.

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Architect Repays Fickle Utah Customers With Anonymous Concrete Bunker

Mar 13, 6:40PM

Architect Repays Fickle Utah Customers With Anonymous Concrete Bunker

Are you happy now, Park City? After a planned addition to the Kimball Art Center sparked public outrage over the design—an awesome, spiraling log cabin from space—the architects behind the proposal, Bjarke Ingels Group, have unveiled an austere new design.

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Do You Miss Google's Old School Look?

Mar 13, 6:20PM

Do You Miss Google's Old School Look?

Yesterday, Google's desktop search page got a redesign. Now it looks the same as Google's mobile and tablet search pages—bigger titles and, notably, no more underline for linked text. Did you notice? And if you did, which do you prefer?

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Garmin Vivofit Review: Some Good Ideas But Not Quite There

Mar 13, 6:00PM

Garmin Vivofit Review: Some Good Ideas But Not Quite There

In the ever-expanding pantheon of wearable fitness trackers, Garmin is looking for an open seat, ideally at the Cool Kids' Table (CKT). Garmin makes some of the best GPS sports watches out there, so expectations were high for the company's first tracker. While it adds a nice trick or two, the holes are just too many.

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Bluetooth Driving Assistant, $50 off Most Tablets, Car Tires [Deals]

Mar 13, 5:45PM

Bluetooth Driving Assistant, $50 off Most Tablets, Car Tires [Deals]

No matter how long you've been driving, it's never too late to learn better habits . Automatic is a little Bluetooth dongle that plugs into your car's OBD-II port (found on almost any car made since 1996) and communicates with your phone to track driving habits, mileage, and engine problems. Best of all, if you're in an accident, Automatic will automatically alert the authorities and call your family, no subscription required.

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Wow, All Restaurants Should Deliver Meals By Parachute

Mar 13, 5:40PM

Wow, All Restaurants Should Deliver Meals By Parachute

In the broad spectrum of goofball ideas out there, attaching piping fresh toasties to colorful little parachutes and tossing them out of a window to someone's open arms ranks pretty highly towards the Yup, That's Pretty Damn Silly end of things. And yet! Jafflechutes exists, and it does exactly that. What a wonderful world.

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Twitter Is Public

Mar 13, 5:30PM

Twitter Is Public

In light of certain arguments currently taking place on the internet, we would like to issue a gentle reminder of a fact: Twitter is public.

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You Can Now Get 1TB of Google Drive Storage For Just $10 a Month

Mar 13, 5:22PM

You Can Now Get 1TB of Google Drive Storage For Just $10 a Month

Google has dramatically cut the price of Google Drive storage—you can now get a whole terabyte for just 10 bucks a month. That's a pretty insane deal.

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G.E. Has Found a Way To Cool a Fridge With Magnets

Mar 13, 5:20PM

G.E. Has Found a Way To Cool a Fridge With Magnets

At one time giant blocks of ice were the best solution we could come up with for keeping food cold. That primitive approach was eventually replaced by electric refrigerators using compressors and chemical coolants. Now, almost 100 years later, G.E. thinks it's found a better way to cool a fridge using a water-based fluid and magnets.

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An Oklahoma Fox Station "Accidentally" Cut Evolution Out of Cosmos

Mar 13, 5:09PM

The Cosmos reboot was fairly generous as far as leaving room for religious interpretation goes. But apparently, one Fox affiliate station in Oklahoma City decided there was still just a little too much science talk for their liking, so they cut out the 15-second mention of evolution.

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An Inside Peek at China's Ghost City

Mar 13, 5:00PM

An Inside Peek at China's Ghost City

Built for a population in excess of a million—yet largely uninhabited to this day—it's little surprise that Ordos has earned itself the nickname of China's Ghost City.

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California Salmon Will Get a Free Ride to the Ocean—In Tanker Trucks

Mar 13, 4:40PM

California Salmon Will Get a Free Ride to the Ocean—In Tanker Trucks

If the salmon won't come to the ocean, then the ocean will come to the salmon. Well, not quite: Tanker trucks will take them there. Such are the extreme measures in California this spring, as drought forces major salmon hatcheries to funnel their fish into tanker trucks and ride them straight to the Pacific.

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