Independence Day

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The Worst Fireworks Safety Advice You’ll Ever Get

8:00AM July 5, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Happy Independence Day! Before doing your constitutionally mandated duty of blowing things up – or watching things get blown up by professionals, if you live in a boring state – make sure you’re caught up on these finer points of fireworks safety. More »


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Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into The Air, Not At Your Mum

11:00PM July 4, 2010 | Casey Chan

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We wish you an awesome day! Here’s a clip from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that proves, once and for all, that it is not OK to point fireworks at family members. Happy July 4th everybody! More »


Gaming

All The Fourth Of July iPhone Game Sales

3:00AM July 4, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

People celebrate the Fourth by cooking burgers and watching fireworks. Apps, apparently, celebrate by going on sale. TouchArcade heroically rounded up all the iPhone games that are discounted this weekend, including Oregon Trail, Pac-Man, FIFA ’10 and dozens more. More »


This 21-Gun Salute To America Blows Fireworks Away

6:00AM July 4, 2009 | Sean Fallon

You want fireworks for the Fourth? Oh, I’ve got some fireworks for you—21 crazy boomsticks, in fact. All in honour of our nation’s 233 birthday. More »