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Quiz: Are You Addicted To Technology?

Like other substance addicts, tech-crazed geeks live in a state of denial. Let’s face it, if you’re reading Gizmodo, you’re probably addicted to technology to some degree. But just how addicted are you? Take this simple test to find out.


January 16, 2010
Gadgets

10 Gadgets That Terminate Snow And Ice

Growing up in upstate New York, I know something about ice, snow and struggling through waist high drifts piled up by the city snow plows with a woefully inadequate Toro snowblower. God, I wish I had some of this crap back then.


January 2, 2010
Gadgets

7 Gadgets That Will Ruin 2010

Do you make new year’s resolutions? If so, you should avoid the following products. Your chance for success in 2010 would be over before it began.


December 19, 2009
Gadgets

10 Strange Gadget Situations Caught On Camera

It’s Friday. You’ve got the weekend and, chances are, a short week coming up. Life is good. Let’s celebrate by kicking back and enjoying some gadget hilarity.


December 12, 2009
Gadgets

Eight Examples Why Alcohol And Gadgets Don’t Mix

Like me, you will probably unwind over the holidays and have a few drinks at a party with friends (or alone while crying in the dark). Just keep these tragic stories about mixing gadgets and booze in mind.


December 5, 2009

10 Of The Best Spaces For Kicking Back And Relaxing

We’ve been focusing on gadget gift guides lately, so I thought I would mix up the lists a bit for TGIF and focus on architecture. Here are some of the best places to just kick back and relax.


November 21, 2009
Gadgets

Examples Of How NOT To Fix Your Gadget Problems

Our weekend lists are all about gadgety fun and leisure, but sometimes technology can be frustrating — and there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to handle it. This is definitely the wrong way.


November 14, 2009

10 Machines That Have Taken On Important Human Roles

The idea behind a “cyborg life” is that we look to machines to take on critical, physical roles. These 10 machines illustrate how we have already begun passing the torch on tasks we are getting to lazy to do ourselves.


November 7, 2009

9 Classic Analogue Games Defiled By Digital

So, I’m doing the Mindflex game review, and I start thinking about the evolution of classic board games. Personally, I like the fact that many of them got a 21st-century makeover. These 10 games may have purists thinking otherwise.


October 31, 2009
Gadgets

8 Ghost Detecting Gadgets That Can Confirm Your Sanity

With Halloween this weekend, it seemed like the perfect time to discuss a problem far too many of us face — homes that are haunted by evil spirits.These gadgets can confirm you are not completely crazy.