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Xbox One: Everything You Need To Know About Microsoft’s New Console

It’s been eight years and nine days since Microsoft showed the world the Xbox 360 on May 12, 2005. Today, we see what’s next. The Xbox One.


The Iconic Eames Moulded Chair Is Being Made With Fibreglass Again

This is awesome. Herman Miller has announced that it will start making the iconic Eames moulded Chair in fibreglass… again. The fibreglass chairs were discontinued from production in 1989, and ever since then the iconic chairs that decorate modern houses have been made with recyclable polypropylene. But now we’re getting back to the good stuff.


This Guy Built The Most Incredible Spider-Man Suit Ever

Although building out the armour required for an Iron Man suit is obviously (some would say imposingly) impressive, re-creating the detailed webbing and lithe nature of Spider-Man’s suit is just as incredible a feat. MoonSpider shared the Spider-Man suit he made and it puts all Halloween Spidey costumes to shame.


Social Networks Make You Feel Like You’re Missing Everything

In theory, social networks are supposed to make you feel closer to everybody. Oh, look! Jim is driving a tractor on Instagram. Wow, Sarah just invited me to her baby shower on Facebook. But the truth is social networks do a really good job at making you feel left out too.


A Mum Tried To Sell Her Three-Year-Old Son On Craigslist

A bicycle. An old jailbroken iPhone. Maybe used furniture. Some free dirt. Those are the type of things you expect to buy off Craigslist. You definitely don’t expect a mum to offer up her three-year-old son on the seedy but useful classifieds website. But that’s just what Stephanie Redus did. She used Craiglist to get her son adopted by a new family.


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All The Fake Websites From Doctor Who Make Me Wish They Were Real

TV show websites are notoriously bad and comically unreal yet I can’t help but be charmed by their hilarious simplicity (and god awful horribleness). Can you imagine if there were giant flashing RED ALERT messages popping up at you? Or if hacking was as simple as just slapping the keys on the keyboard a few times? I want to exist in this world of fake websites.


What Online Scams Would Look Like If They Were Real People

When we see Nigerian princes or weird links or invasive people who want to much personal information pop up in our email inbox, we immediately know that they’re scams. It’s part of the internet. But what if it was a part of real life too? It would be absolutely terrifying to see online scams and viruses as people.


What New York City Would Look Like On Other Planets

The most iconic skyline in the world (or at least in America) would look completely different if it was on another world. On Venus, New York City would be a yellow haze, on Mercury would look glow in the dark, on Mars would make everything rusty and on Uranus and Neptune would totally obliterate the city.



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HBO Picked Up That Silicon Valley TV Show That Might Be Good

We heard last year that HBO had greenlit a dark, single camera Silicon Valley comedy show pilot by Mike Judge (Office Space) but with the blink and you’ll miss it nature of TV pilots, you never know what’s going to happen until it hits the airwaves. Well, it’s going to air. Deadline reports that HBO has picked it up and ordered a series.


If Vine Tried To Make A Commercial About Vine Using Vine

Because Twitter wants to force lightning twice with self-imposed limitations on communication, Vine has been awkwardly limited to 6 seconds of video. But what does that 6 seconds mean? Could Vine promote Vine in 6 seconds? Could you explain what Vine is in 6 seconds? Is 6 seconds longer or shorter than you think?