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Random Stuff
Ominous Cloud Formation Has Russians Fearing An Alien Attack
11:20AM Sean Fallon | If you saw this over your head, what would you think? Aliens have come to kick our asses? God has come to kick our asses? Apparently, the bizarre cloud formation seen in Moscow recently is just a natural phenomenon. More »
Random Stuff
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Waking Up On Mars: Australia’s Bizarre Dust Storm
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Design
What Is This?
3:46PM Danny Allen | Wait, is NASA making weather balloons shaped like a Rubik’s Cube now? More »
Random Stuff
This Is How Office Assistants In Tiny Shorts Fight Freezing
6:40AM Jesus Diaz | I came today to Gawker’s office—under 35C heat and 95 per cent humidity — to find Julia, our brilliant office assistant, typing inside a Slanket, hiding her shorter-than-short shorts. My first reaction: “What the hell are you doing?” Her explanation was good. More »
Gadgets
Woodstation: A Wooden LED Weather Station
4:46PM Brian Lam | Neat. The LEDs sit below the surface of the wood, like our favourite wood alarm clock. Also, has a motion sensor which turns on the device when someone approaches. All house gadgets should have this feature. [Firebox via Engadget] More »
Science
Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina
7:40AM Sean Fallon | Not content with being the world’s richest man, Bill Gates is planning on extending his power to control the weather. More specifically, he has filed a patent for a system that he hopes will prevent the next Katrina. More »
Science
Solar Weather Station Is Second Greenest Way To Check Forecast
11:40AM Sean Fallon | As far as weather stations go, the +ECO Clima Control weather station is pretty enough to put out in the open—and its wealth of features are completely powered by the sun. More »
Software
Pin Up Weather For iPhone Delivers Sexytime Forecasts Rated PG-13
3:10AM John Mahoney | Before I became a blogging shut-in, the first thing I would do upon waking up is check the weather on my phone. Pin Up Weather would have made that process considerably more enjoyable. More »
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