holidays
Gadgets
From The Dept Of Duh: Family Can’t Afford This $US41,000, 1-Million Christmas Light Extravaganza
5:06PM Brian Lam | This family won’t be able repeat their light show in 2009 because they’re still paying off last December’s fun, which cost them $US41,000. I just want to know, was this religious fervour or neighborly competition? [Newsday via ObscureStore] More »
Design
All-In-One Card Stamp Wishes You Get Well Happy Christmas Thanks Easter
7:00AM Mark Wilson | Fact: 99% of holidays were invented by Hallmark back in 1623, and since then, yearly life has been punctuated by needless festive ceremony. Well here’s the stamp They Don’t Want You To Know About. More »
Games
Ungrateful Guy Allegedly Assaults Girlfriend ‘Cause He Didn’t Want a Wii for Christmas
12:20AM Matt Buchanan | Heath Blom did not want a Wii for Christmas. When his grandparents gave him one, he flipped out—as kids sometimes do—except he’s 26 and was arrested on misdemeanor “domestic-related” assault charges. More »
Gadgets
8 Gadgets For Last Minute Shopper Horde Fighting
7:00AM Sean Fallon | You already know what it will take to beat down a zombie horde, but a throng of frantic last minute shoppers is another matter altogether. Here are the tools you need to win the day. More »
QOTD
4:00PM Nick Broughall | So it’s the Friday before Christmas. Many of you will be beginning your holiday break with a quiet beer or two this afternoon. But if any of you are stuck with the task of working through the Xmas break, know that Giz AU will be right there with you, even if we do slow down a little bit between Xmas and New Years.
To kill off the last few hours of Friday afternoon, we want you to tell us exactly what gadgets you’re planning on playing with over your Christmas break. Are you planning an Xbox marathon? A session with PS Home (which should only keep you busy for about an hour, if you’re lucky)? A new phone? A new TV? Tell us what gadgets will keep you busy over the next couple of weeks. More »
What Gadgets Will You Be Playing With This Christmas?
4:00PM Nick Broughall | So it’s the Friday before Christmas. Many of you will be beginning your holiday break with a quiet beer or two this afternoon. But if any of you are stuck with the task of working through the Xmas break, know that Giz AU will be right there with you, even if we do slow down a little bit between Xmas and New Years.
To kill off the last few hours of Friday afternoon, we want you to tell us exactly what gadgets you’re planning on playing with over your Christmas break. Are you planning an Xbox marathon? A session with PS Home (which should only keep you busy for about an hour, if you’re lucky)? A new phone? A new TV? Tell us what gadgets will keep you busy over the next couple of weeks. More »
Regulars
10 Gadgets For Cheap Holiday Decorating
7:00AM Sean Fallon | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/arts_culture/10_Gadgets_For_Cheap_Holiday_Decorating'; For most of us, money is tight this year. But that doesn’t mean you can’t decorate for the holidays. Here is how to deck the halls without breaking the bank.
Gadgets
10 Reasons We’re Doomed: Black Friday Edition
1:01AM Adam Frucci | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/10_Reasons_We_re_Doomed_Black_Friday_Edition'; Today is Black Friday, a day dedicated to our basest and most pathetic inclinations. The day after giving thanks for all that we have, we turn around and jump through horrible hoops to accumulate more at the insistence of sleazy, desperate retailers. It’s a nice summation of everything wrong with this country and the holiday season, an appropriately named cancerous mark on our calendars. Our behaviour today is the sort of thing an alien race would use as justification for our destruction. Let’s run through the specifics, shall we? AU: Just a note guys – even though we don’t have Black Friday (or Thanksgiving) here in Australia, think of the Boxing Day sales here and you’ll get the same sort of idea as to why we’re doomed. More »
Online
18,600-Cell Spreadsheet Mosaic Captured On Time-Lapse Video
1:30AM Jesus Diaz | Tis the season to be artsy: Four Google people worked simultaneously on a Google spreadsheet to create a large 100 row x 186 column mosaic. Each of the 18,600 cells was filled with colour out of a 18 hue palette. It may not be as avant-garde as David Byrne’s PowerPoint art, but the time-lapse video documenting the whole process is quite mesmerising. [Holiday Google Spreadsheet] More »
Gadgets
The Best Resorts to Watch Really Great Television
4:10AM Mark Wilson | Sound & Vision has a nice roundup of vacation spots for those of us who’d rather stay in with an expensive media centre than work on our burns by the pool. They take a look at some of the world’s top hotels boasting the finest in A/V gear. But I’m not sure that I’d spend US$100,000 a night just to watch TV at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, even with the pricey gear they’re packing. Correction: That’s actually the price of the gear in the room. Check it: More »
