It’s time to face the facts: lightsabers aren’t real, and they’re simply not going to exist in your lifetime. The closest you can get to realizing your Jedi fantasies is through this excellent tutorial by Mathieu Stern showing you how to properly fake a lightsaber using Photoshop.
by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Adam Clark Estes to Gizmodo
There’s not much more I can add to this because it’s just the lyrics of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody sillily played out in a short film. And since Bohemian Rhapsody is like the second or third most well known song in the US of A after, like, Happy Birthday and whatever nursery rhyme your mother sang to you, you’ll…
by Andrew Liszewski on Sploid, shared by Adam Clark Estes to Gizmodo
The Japanese city of Beppu is known for its countless hot springs and spas that pop up around them. So much so, that the city’s mayor, Yasuhiro Nagano, pledged to build an entire spa-themed amusement park—although it might not be quite as awesome as the one featured in this promotional video.
by Beth Elderkin on io9, shared by Adam Clark Estes to Gizmodo
The new international trailer for the British dystopian thriller The White King is out, and it shows that real totalitarianism isn’t wealthy weirdos in pink wigs watching kids fight to the death.
The cutest heavy metal band in all the land is getting their own anime series. Having perfected the art of headbanging hardcore while still looking kawaii as hell, Japanese metal group BABYMETAL is […]
by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo
Have you ever wondered why Americans and Brits spell English differently? How are colour and color the same word? Centre and center? What’s up with that? It’s all thanks to Noah Webster (yeah, the Webster of Merriam-Webster). When America gained independence, Webster wanted to simply unreasonable spellings that were handed down from the British.
Stop and think about how many hours you spend sitting in an office chair hunched over a computer. Don’t you think your butt deserves to be cradled in something more luxurious than whatever was on sale at Staples? The Elysium chair isn’t cheap, but it’s brilliantly engineered to make you never want to get up again.
A fast fashion H&M arrasou em sua mais recente campanha da coleção de outono. A multinacional apostou em um clip que desconstrói os padrões de beleza e de comportamentos naturalizados como “femininos”. Afinal, ser mulher significa ser e fazer o que você quiser. Vem ver!
Gaming has long been an escape from the boring reality of our trivial lives, a necessary although brief distraction from the monotony that suffocates our existence until we finally put that second foot in the grave for good. Here's what some classic moments in gaming feels like!
This week in Japan, a new pro basketball league is getting underway, and tonight’s game between Alvark Tokyo and the Ryukyu Golden Kings is being played on an LED court. It’s nuts.
by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo
Did you know the words “male” and “female” aren’t actually related to each other? As in, there’s no “male” in “female.” The word male is derived from the Latin word masculus, while the word female comes from the French word femelle. It sounded close enough so we just made them both pronounced like male. Damn, patriarchy.
Pikachu lights up a Ferris Wheel in Japan. To help celebrate the now seemingly annual “Pikachu Outbreak
” event, everybody’s favorite electric rodent is appearing on Cosmo Clock 21 wheel in Yokohama.
Darebeeis a group of self-proclaimed geeks who want to make fitness accessible to everyone. On their site, they have tons of illustrations showing different workouts, and many of these illustrations are inspired by our favorite nerdy franchises and characters. Want to get into shape...because you need to defeat violent aliens threatening mankind? Then one of these workouts will probably work for you!
1. When you want to be better than your brother
2. When you have to fight your enemies one-handed
3. When you're tired of feeling like a little boy
4. When you gotta be so good, you make people ignore gaping plot holes
5. When you're trying to stop being forgetable
6. When you must defeat a grown man wearing a batsuit
7. When you have to fight a grown man wearing spandex
8. When your worst enemy is a giant egg with legs
9. When you've got to find your balls
10. When you're trying to pass a series of difficult tests
11. When you're so good, you're not sure if you're human or robot
12. When everyone wants you to make a comeback
13. When everyone loved your comeback
14. When the fate of the world literally depends on you
When there are no Pokémon centers nearby, the battle-weary Pokémon plops on the ground to take a breather between random encounters. At least, in the universe where these crochet Pokémon are from.
Having already re-engineered vacuum cleaners and fans from the ground up, Dyson has now applied its expertise at moving air to an appliance you probably use every day, and despise doing so. The Dyson Supersonic wants to replace the hair dryer in your bathroom with a lighter, safer, and quieter alternative.
Whether you’re a fan of Keurig coffee machines
or not, the product delivery method known as the ‘pod’ is here to stay. In the case of Miracle-Gro’s Gro-ables, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The pods make planting a garden almost completely idiot-proof. Unless you find using a hose a challenge.
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