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Whitenoise: Gizmodo Community Talkback

Welcome to Whitenoise, where you can come to talk about anything you want with other Gizmodo readers. I don’t want to complain about the weather, but man, is it just me or is it crazy cold? Going by the Bureau of Meteorology, nope, it’s most people too.


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Blade Runner Superfan Recreates Dystopian Magazines From Scratch

You might think you love Blade Runner — and if you don’t, you should! — but do you love it enough to track down and digitally recreate a prop that most people have never even noticed? This amazing viewer did.


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Buy A Handwritten Note By A Young Steve Jobs

Sotheby’s is auctioning off a little piece of Apple history: an engineering memo penned by an unbearable teenage Steve Jobs before Apple even existed — the earliest known document the man produced.


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This Is What It Looks Like When Fighters Fly Directly At You In Anger

For much of the world, the Falklands War seems like a historical blip — but not if you were part of this insanely daring (or insane) attack against the HMS Broadsword, where two A-4 Skyhawks made a shockingly low run.


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15 Human Cocoons

See, unlike human-centipedes, human-caterpillars spin gorgeous human-cocoons like these to protect themselves as they grow into human-butterflies. It’s the circle of life and it moves us all.


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There Needs To Be An Adult Version Of This Transforming Seesaw Bench

We completely disagree with the notion that one day everybody has to grow up. We will never get tired of enjoying playground equipment, and quite frankly, are a little sad that this transforming seesaw bench was only designed with tiny tots in mind.


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Artist Makes Creepy Self-Portraits Using His Own Frozen Blood

Many years ago British artist Marc Quinn started an art project where he created cast self-portraits using his own frozen blood. On one hand, it’s incredibly creepy and unsettling. But on the other, how many artists’ can turn to their creations during a medical emergency?


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Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Rocks Out To AC/DC While He Gets Hit By Lightning Bolts

You may have heard of ArcAttack!, the electronic rock group that makes use of a robotic drummer and Tesla coils to generate music via interpreted MIDI tracks. In this clip, Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame is locked inside a Faraday cage while bolts of electricity from the coils zap harmlessly against it. The band’s tune of choice? AC/DC’s “Back in Black”. I must say, it’s quite a sight.


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13 Ways To Smuggle Your Booze

Weekends were made for booze, but there’s a catch. Footy games, parks, concerts and bars: none of them allow you to bring in your own booze. We’re not saying you should break the rules and bring clandestine beverages into such locations, but if you wanted to, here are some great ways to do it.


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Watch A Lingerie-Wearing Hologram Model Strut Half-Naked

Tupac hologram, you were amazing. Beautiful girl in lingerie hologram, you might be even better. A lingerie store in France called Empreinte is using a hologram woman in lingerie after the store closes to attract people. I think it’s working.