mysteries
Gadgets
10:45AM Nick Broughall | I’m really enjoying the Kindle. But since writing my review, I have come across something that’s a bit frustrating: Books seem to be disappearing from the store. More »
Why Are Books Disappearing From The Kindle Store?
10:45AM Nick Broughall | I’m really enjoying the Kindle. But since writing my review, I have come across something that’s a bit frustrating: Books seem to be disappearing from the store. More »
Gadgets
What In The Hell Is This Thing? A Skateboard Etch-A-Sketch?
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | MAKE calls this a huge XY table. Crunchgear thinks it’s kind of a mouse-controlled Etch-A-Sketch. All I know is, it uses a mouse, three skateboards and an Arduino microcontroller. But for what purpose? More »
Hardware
How Can a Hard Drive Shatter Inside, With No Impacts Whatsoever?
1:00PM Jesus Diaz | “Another day, another replaced hard drive,” Chris Cook thought at his tech support desk while unwrapping the unit, fresh from storage. Until he turned the fixed ThinkPad on and heard the weirdest rattling noise ever. More »
Entertainment
Mystery of the Huge Box Finally Revealed
11:00AM Jesus Diaz | What was inside the the Huge Mystery Box? Some people got it with Trekkie Betty’s stockings, others with the second hint, and some with Uhura’s bra. Here is the seeeecret—revealed: The Hot Rod Enterprise. More »
Gadgets
A Man Finds an Actual Card Skimmer in the Wild, in the Flesh
12:00PM Andi Wang | What? No way. Something thought to be of an urban legend—or maybe just a story we’d only see on 20/20—a real, normal person has actually found proof of the the ever evasive credit-card skimmer. More »
Random Stuff
Mystery Huge Box Hint #3: Uhura’s Bra
7:51PM Jesus Diaz | Here’s another clue to uncover the huge box mystery: The new Star Trek TV spot. In it, Kirk is kicking arse and Uhura’s bra—unlike bra-less Betty—is armour plated. (I’m partial to yellow lace.) More »
Random Stuff
Mystery Huge Box Hint #2: A Peek Inside
12:45PM Jesus Diaz | It’s gone. Gone. Gone forever, on a trip across a continent, and then to infinity and beyond. Here’s how the mystery box’s interior looked just hours before the FedEx man came to pick her up. More »
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