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Nothing says summer more than this giant Slip 'n Slide on a city street
Jul 15, 3:07AM
Now this is how you enjoy summer. You go to San Francisco, you lay out blue tarp on a city street, you bust open a fire hydrant and you create one of the biggest Slip 'n Slides ever. Oh and you ride that thing down while screaming out of your mind. It's absolutely perfect, you're using the hilly streets of SF for a day of limitless summer fun.
This Century-Old Warship Got a New Dazzle Paint Job To Commemorate WWI
Jul 15, 2:00AM
Dazzle camouflage is not subtle; the in-your-face style popularized in WWI seems more suited to a modern art gallery than a battle zone . Now, in commemoration of the Great War, a 1918 relic floating on the banks of the Thames has gotten a brand new paint job that honors its past.
It's Completely Absurd How Hard It Is to Cancel Comcast
Jul 15, 1:22AM
Have you ever tried to cancel your cable service? Have you ever successfully tried to cancel your cable service? It may very well be one one of the hardest things you ever have to do—just ask Ryan Block. Or better yet, listen to the whole, infuriating 8 minutes for yourself. Holy. Shit.
Watching This Moody Light Show Might Transport You To Another Dimension
Jul 15, 12:30AM
Using a combo of convex mirrors, choreographed projections, and strategic puffs of fog, the creative duo behind Seoul-based art and design studio Kimchi and Chips put together this brain-bending installation called Light Barrier. Stare too closely and you just might get transported to another dimension.
These badass Wolverine claws would be perfect for Batman's armor
Jul 15, 12:25AM
Here's how you improve the most badass superhero ever created: you give him the most badass weapon in the world. The ever creative guys of Man At Arms: Reforged created Wolverine claws that Batman would wear, which means Wolverine's blades have been replaced with super sharp batarangs and the whole rig is armored and blacked out just for the dark knight.
Trust Me, Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23 Is Actually Worth A Watch
Jul 15, 12:00AM
On July 19, Logo TV will air a marathon of ABC's short-lived sitcom Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23, including eight episodes never aired during the original run. Why should you care? Because Don't Trust The B was a funny, underrated show, despite its stupid title. It is not fair that it is gone and the wretched 2 Broke Girls persists, and we must collectively rectify that by watching it now.
Weird Al Is Releasing a Video From His New Album Every Day This Week
Jul 14, 11:00PM
The world has been Weird Al-less since 2011—it was three years ago that Alpocalypse was released, bringing us gems like "Polka Face." His new album, Mandatory Fun, drops tomorrow and he's gifting us with eight new videos, one each day this week. First up, he tackles the most parody-worthy song in recent memory: "Happy."
Erotic images of dreamy women are actually incredible oil paintings
Jul 14, 10:34PM
Few artists in the world have the perfect command of lighting, color, and oil media technique of Yigal Ozeri. His always sensual and sometimes disturbing art—which usually focuses on women in dreamy and contemplative states—is simply stunning. Warning: Some paintings are NSFW (nipples shown).
Watch Footage of an Armed Palestinian Drone Flying Over Gaza
Jul 14, 9:39PM
The military wing of Hamas just posted a five-minute-long video of an apparently fully armed drone flying over the Gaza Strip. It's impossible to know if the four, real-looking missiles attached to the drone's wings are armed. They sure look like they are.
This Movie About Hackers Is Free for 24 Hours Before It Disappears
Jul 14, 9:26PM
The new film Algorithm tracks the travails of Will, a freelance computer hacker who "breaks into a top-secret government contractor and downloads all their recently developed programs." Like the subjects it tackles, the film has a tech-forward business model that make it more like a startup than a cinematic feature: It's free today only.
Practice Putting At 3,000 Feet With This Mountaintop Mini-Golf Course
Jul 14, 9:16PM
If you make it to the top of La Rhune, a 3,000-foot-tall mountain in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, you can look up and out to the natural panorama: peaks and valleys stretching unobstructed into the distance. Or you could look down to the playful Panorama: an eight-hole goofy golf course at your feet.
There's a Fully Accessorized Picnic Blanket Hiding Inside This Bag
Jul 14, 9:00PM
How many times have your plans for a relaxing Sunday afternoon picnic been foiled when you forgot something as simple as cutlery, or wine glasses? It's an unfortunate first-world problem that Build NY is trying to solve with this generously sized pic-a-nic bag, which unzips to reveal everything four people could ever need for dining in a park—including a blanket.
Microsoft's AI Is On Its Way to Identifying the Whole World
Jul 14, 8:45PM
This morning at the annual Research Faculty Summit, Microsoft showed off a pretty impressive advancement in its AI tech. An app, entitled Project Adam, is poised to identify all of its surroundings just like a Fire Phone without the merch hooks. The app is still in development but shows promising results.
Bloomberg Terminals Have a Secret Craigslist for Crazy Rich People
Jul 14, 8:21PM
For about $2,000 a month, Bloomberg Terminals seem like a tremendous waste of money for anyone but the avid trader. But! Did you know that insane price comes with access to a special classifieds section, populated exclusively with stuff from other overpaid Bloomberg subscribers? It's called POSH, and it's kind of amazing.
Your Entire Family Can Waste Away the Summer On This Mega Hammock
Jul 14, 8:09PM
There'll never be another fight over who gets to lay in the hammock with this monstrosity strung up in your backyard. The Mega Hammock requires you to find at least four nearby trees (or cranes) for hanging, but when it's up it looks like it can easily support a group of at least ten loungers—plus a toddler or two. But due to weight restrictions, it maxes out at around three adults.
See How Much of NYC a Taxi Driver Sees in a Single Day
Jul 14, 7:40PM
Everybody's wondered what it's like to be a taxi driver. Whether riding in the back of a cab contemplating your existence or watching a Robert De Niro movie, we've all contemplated how many passengers it takes to make a day's wages. Now, thanks to some clever code, you can watch it play out before your very eyes.
How Painters Used To Make Pigments With Poisons, Mummies, and Gems
Jul 14, 7:01PM
When you walk into a museum you're likely not thinking about chemistry. Yet you probably ought to be. Before the industrial revolution brought us manufactured pigment, painters had to be great chemists—tinkering with rare, expensive, and sometimes downright poisonous chemicals to make colors.
The Bone-Chilling Freezer Where 10 Miles of Ancient Ice Are Kept
Jul 14, 6:48PM
Since 1993 the USGS has been extracting ice cores from glaciated regions of the world and storing them for research. Scientists keep them in a gigantic walk-in freezer—the National Ice Core Laboratory—located just outside Denver. It's so freaking cool.
Airbus: Who Needs Real Seats When You Can Straddle Bike Saddles?
Jul 14, 6:37PM
Today in Questionable Airbus Patents, it's not the pilot being displaced ; it's our sweet, precious legroom. And about three-quarters of the seats themselves. We just hope you're not a fan of personal space, because otherwise—it's going to be a long flight.
Watch Out Chromebooks: Super Cheap Windows 8 Machines Are Coming
Jul 14, 6:23PM
Chromebooks are great if you want a super cheap computer, but they're not without their limitations; you (basically) have to run everything in a browser. And Microsoft is aiming to give them some competition with full Windows 8 machines around those same, dumb low price points.
Explore New York City According to the Music It Inspired
Jul 14, 6:10PM
New York City has not only provided the backdrop for a countless songs, but it's also birthed entire genres of music. So when you start to plot where each of these moments happened, you're soon left with a pretty exciting guided tour of one of the world's biggest cultural capitals. YouTube links make it even better.
Is This Display For Computer Art More Than Just a Screen for GIFs?
Jul 14, 5:39PM
The internet is full of beautiful digital things—things that rarely make it off your screen. But a new company called Electric Objects wants to help you fill your home with the internet's best art. And this week, it launched a Kickstarter for a device that does just that.
Spectacular video of the supermoon from the world's tallest building
Jul 14, 5:30PM
Gerald Donovan and his team made this incredible time lapse of yesterday's supermoon: The crown prince of Dubai climbs to the tip of the Burj Khalifa—the tallest building in the world—with an impressive moon in the background.
1970 Predicts: 25% of Commuters Will Use Flying Machines by 2000
Jul 14, 5:30PM
Dreams of our helicopter future really took off in the 1940s. But they were still alive and well in the 1970s. The old guard couldn't give up on the commuter aircraft of tomorrow. Like in this December 13, 1970 edition of the Sunday comic strip, "Our New Age."
The States Where You're Most Likely to Be Wiretapped
Jul 14, 5:30PM
Hate the thought of getting wiretapped? You might want to stay out of Nevada. And California, Colorado, and New York. Those states account for around half of the wiretapping activity on portable devices in the U.S., according to a report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court.
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