Ikea’s Expedit shelving system is as popular a piece of furniture as you’re ever likely to find, but the open square look is a like leaving your window open for strangers to look at your stuff. Fortunately, New York designer Shane Kealey discovered that the empty squares are about the same size as record covers, and developed the Recordit! system to fill in the gaps. More »
Who says they can’t type on an iPad keyboard? Not us! Woody Jang, our US video editor, just set the Guinness World Record for fastest typing speed on an iPad. With one hand, he blazed out the alphabet in 3.93 seconds. The previous record was a snail’s pace of 4.7 seconds. More »
The Charlie Sheen circus now has an official Guinness World Record under its tent: This morning the agency verified Sheen’s claim to the “Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers” record, a feat he accomplished in 25 hours and 17 minutes. Huh! An actual win! [Mashable]
Remember when Verizon recently said “sorry” to 15 million of its mobile phone customers for overcharging them to the tune of $US52.8 million? So does the FCC, which just levied a massive $US25 million fine against them for the error. More »
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All Bobby Cleveland wanted was to drive the fastest lawnmower in the world. And last weekend, he took his easy rider all the way to 154km/h. Here’s the bastard child of John Deere and Speed Racer in action. More »
