I’m no engineer, but I know this: If personal electronics could bring down a plane, Al Qaeda would just assign a group of followers to send simultaneous text messages from the next flight out of Jerusalem. Update: Or… don’t. Just don’t.
When you watch X-Games aerial footage, you think, “Wow that must’ve been shot from a helicopter with a badass camera.” Now take a look at this video of gnarly stunts. It cost a fortune to make right? Wrong.
What’s the one thing you never hear from people who have just been burgled? “Those rotten sons of bitches stole all my books.” Nobody’s going to lift your Encyclopaedia Britannicas when there are OLEDs to be had. That’s why you should hide your precious valuables in the last place thieves think to look — the bookshelf.
You. You have a dream of turning an unloved room into a decent place to hang out. That wasted space could be turned into a study, a spare bedroom or a sweet home theatre! The first step is fixing up the floor — that raw concrete slab, those panels of bare plywood, or the ratty wood speckled with glue from old carpet.
The art of taking photos of skateboarders is a rich tradition, full of sublime manoeuvres and scenes of epic urban shredding. But it’s not easy! Not any kid with a fisheye lens can make magazine-worthy images without some know-how. And if you can shoot an ollie well, you can shoot anything.
Photojojo, peddlers of all things cool and photography related, have put together a how-to about creating prints without a camera or a chemicals. It’s much easier than you think. Follow along…
Science may attempt to offer a solution to all of life’s problems, but it can have some fun along the way, too. So, if you’re not put off by the idea of genetically modified food, here’s how to go about making sushi that glows in the dark.
If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day. Right? Unfortunately, there are very few jobs that involve eating pizza while playing Skyrim. If you’re a regular reader of this little blog — or if you’ve spent the past few days at SXSW Interactive — there’s a good chance you love tech. But can you make it into a career? Maybe. Here are a few hints to prepare yourself to land a choice gig in tech utopia.
