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After Hours: Apps To Never Lose Your Friends On A Night Out

Where the heck is that bar you’re supposed to be at? And what about that restaurant everyone’s gathering near? Make sure you never get lost again on a night out with these awesome apps.

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The Only Thing Better Than A Fireworks Show Is A Fireworks Competition

There’s something wonderful about watching things blow up in sparkly, colourful explosions. This explosive timelapse video of the massive annual International Fireworks Competition in Da Nang, Vietnam, will make your backyard shows look puny by comparison.

Entertainment

Philosophy Web Series Shots Of Awe Will Blow Your Mind In 180 Seconds

Shots of Awe is a new web series hosted by “performance philosopher” Jason Silva that features lightning flashes of philosophy that might blow your mind in three minutes or less. Hosted on Discovery’s TestTube network, the series discusses everything from the universe to technology, society, science and much more, all in the tone of the boundary-pushing lectures of Alan Watts.

Gadgets

Architecturally Inspired Forms Have A Place On Your Dessert Plate

The shapes you see in architecture can be reflected in the things you eat with these silicon food moulds from Alessi. They come in six different designs that are inspired by the features you might see on a building, or even the whole building itself.

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How One Artist Makes Hypnotic GIFs From Cloned Video Loops

Sometimes we use GIFs for reactions, sometimes they’re a punchline, and sometimes they’re art. The latter is certainly true of the ones made by Istanbul-based artist Erdal Inci, who masterfully creates mesmerising GIFs using cloned pieces of videos.

Computing

Microsoft Has Two New Mice For Windows 8 Multitasking

Microsoft has a couple new mice coming out today with some simple features that make using Windows 8 a little bit easier. First up on the the fancier end is the Sculpt Comfort Mouse, which will be on sale in June.

Cameras

Accidental Architectural Patterns From Australia And Around The World

Photographer Jared Lim has an knack for capturing colourful patterns around the world, and they make for some eye-catching photos in his series Urban Exploration. As he told MyModernMet, the project is a work in progress that’s spanned many years.

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Amazon Plans To Build Massive Biodome HQ, So No One Has To Leave

If you work for Amazon, you might soon have the option to feel like you’re working outside every day. Proposed earlier this week at Seattle City Hall’s Design Review Board, this trio of interconnected glass domes is the company’s plan for a space where employees could work and hang out.

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Giant Boner Space Hotel? No Thanks, Says Barcelona

Pop quiz: what does a country on the brink of economic collapse, with dozens of unfinished buildings dotting its countryside, really need? A monstrous, phallic space hotel, of course!

Gadgets

This Rinsing Bowl Cleverly Includes A Colander

Isn’t this an ingenious design? This bowl has a moveable colander piece that folds in and out, so you can wash and serve your fruit in the same piece.

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Yahoo Internet Life Magazine Is An Awesome Relic Of The Dot Com Era

Yahoo yesterday announced that it’s buying Tumblr for $US1.1 billion to communicate to millennials cool, hip, relevant, and that it understands what GIFs are. But back in the early ages of the dot com-era, the company was saying that through a monthly publication called Yahoo Internet Life Magazine.

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