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Questionnaire: Are You A Jew? [Gawker Questionnaire]

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:00 +0000

So! In foggy London town, people are wondering who is a Jew and who is not a Jew! Why can't we all be Jews? Because some Jews are more Jewy than other Jews, apparently. Are you? Find out! Question 1:

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

(A) A bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. (B) Eggs Benedict. (C) A Christmas ham. (D) A… Continue reading

Please Join Me in Welcoming Myself [Hello!]

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:58 +0000

Hello, my name is Adrian Chen and I am your new early shift night editor! This means I will be frantically shoveling words into the 8pm-12am news hole each Sunday through Thursday night. Please welcome me.

If my name seems sort of familiar, this is because Gawker once blogged about my dumb Internet videos a long time ago. Never in a million years did… Continue reading

Entelligence: Heads I win, tails so do you

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and macro levels -- with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.

"American Dissent, 2009, Mixed Media" [Health Care]

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000

How are some reacting to last night's sole Republican yea vote? Like this.

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Selling Homes and Scrapbooking: A Compact and Organized Office [Featured Workspace]

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

What do you do when you've got a limited amount of space and you want to pack in work and play? You maximize your storage space and organize carefully like in today's featured workspace.

Lifehacker reader GrayDrakeFX put together a home office for his wife who—as anyone who scrapbooks or is married to a scrapbooker knows—had quite a lot of stuff to organize and store… Continue reading

Former New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Tells Charlie Rose He’s "Evangelical" [Things We Actually Like]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Things To Watch Instead of Mad Men: the day Jared Kushner announced hiring Kyle Pope as the New York Observer's new editor, departed longtime Observer editor Peter Kaplan went on Charlie Rose. He gave some… Continue reading

Noticings: Geotagging Photo Game Powered by Flickr API

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:07:38 +0000

We recently told you about the Flickr App garden and gave a list of five interesting apps we found using this new section of the site.

One app we didn't find - and one that brilliantly appropriates the Flickr API in a delightful, infectious user experience - is Noticings. Part game, part geotagging app, part photoblog, Noticings asks users to upload geotagged photos of interesting artifacts to Flickr… Continue reading

Yast Tracks and Logs Time Spent on Projects and Tasks [Time Tracking]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

If you're looking for a simple time-tracking tool with visuals that are easy to read at a glance, Yast fits the bill.

Yast can track multiple projects and tasks each with their own color code. The week-at-a-glance view is great for seeing how projects are unfolding over the week. You can generate reports and save them to your computer and invite other people… Continue reading

HTML5 YouTube viewer: close, but not quite there

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Utilities, Video

Everyone knows Flash is a massive resource hog, especially on Mac or Linux. If you're sick of totally bogging down your system whenever you want to watch a YouTube video, the new video specifications in HTML5 might be the answer. By using HTML and plugging into the Mp4 streams on YouTube, the folks at… Continue reading

HTML5 YouTube viewer: close, but not quite there

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Utilities, Video

HTML5 YouTube viewer: close, but not quite there

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Utilities, Video

Ask the Commenters Roundup [Hive Mind]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000

Latest iControlPad prototype bulks up, gets handled on video

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +0000

It's been a while since we last got an update from ZodTTD on his iControlPad iPhone controller accessory, but this latest prototype looks like it was worth the wait. The controls have been moved from the sides of the phone to a more comfortable-seeming bottom placement with dual analog sticks and rear-mounted triggers, and the whole thing's gotten bigger and badder --… Continue reading

Make a Bottle-Cap Table with a Poured Resin Surface [DIY]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

If you want to make a cool table with bottle caps—or anything small and interesting—encased forever under a layer of resin, check out this table-building tutorial.

Over at Instructables, user americangypsy has built a pretty sweet table with a clear and hard surface made of resin. The point of interest is the huge beer bottle cap collection he affixed to the surface of the table… Continue reading

Engineer Builds $10 DIY Cellphone Microscope [Microscopes]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Cellphones are handy in a pinch. They make emergency calls, serve as a late night texting platform, and now in developing areas where money is tight and malaria runs rampant, they can serve as a microscope.

The DIY design is the brainchild of Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and member of the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California… Continue reading

Mad Men’s Season Finale: Everyone Gets Eaten By A Dinosaur, And Don Is Pregnant. [Mad Men]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:45:00 +0000

The Most Successfully Boring Show In The History Of Television's season finale: tonight. NY Mag's has a nice viewers guide to watching it. The only real character suspense is how long before they go away. Spoiler: their lives suck. [Vulture]

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around? [Sailing]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

A quick glimpse into the life of a software billionaire: When Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing yacht snapped its million mast this week, the ship's helmsman (not Ellison) described the event as a "minor setback."

That's million for a mast. Granted, it's part… Continue reading

SNL Digest: Taylor Swift’s Slick Skills, Setting Bars [Snl Digest]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:00 +0000

SNL Digest is back, because there's a lot of buzz about last night's Taylor Swift episode being really, really good, all over the internet! But is it substantiated? Was Kanye there? Did she come out about dating… Continue reading

Engadget Podcast 170 – 11.08.2009

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:11:00 +0000

A bit of a wild podcast this week, as we recorded live on DROID launch day -- and not just Motorola's handset, but also the HTC DROID Eris. That's not all that went down, though -- the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 also launched this week, the Dell Adamo XPS got official, and everyone else sued each other. Yep, it's action packed -- get… Continue reading

Verizon Wireless Launches Three More Anti-AT&T 3G Network Commercials [Verizon Wireless]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000

Today Verizon responded to AT&T's "There's a Map For That" lawsuit by releasing a slew of new commercials with similar themes and messaging. The battle continues, this time on the infamous Island of Misfit Toys.

The first commercial, which I saw air for the first time during the New England Patriots game this afternoon, is called Verizon Blue Christmas (above). As Elvis croons, a man depressingly makes his… Continue reading

Libox Shares Your Music, Movies, and More on a Private Network [File Sharing]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Windows/Mac: Libox makes it easy to share music, movies, and photos with your friends in a private P2P network.

After installing the Libox media browser and importing your media, you can share with friends—they must be using the Libox browser also—as easily as if you were sharing a link to a collection of pictures online. Your data isn't stored on the Libox servers, their servers… Continue reading

Photoshop.com Mobile now available for Android devices

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Photo, Adobe, Mobile, Android

With the release of the Droid and Android OS 2.0, Google has set up a head-on gadget war with Apple's iPhone. Even if they've got a comparably-cool piece of hardware and a nice OS, Android will have to compete with (arguably) the iPhone's biggest selling point: apps… Continue reading

Photoshop.com Mobile now available for Android devices

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Photo, Adobe, Mobile, Android

SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk [Hacks]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000

From the front this threesome looks pretty hot. Clear case with bright LEDs, original SNES buttons, and the ability to play three great systems on to go. All great. But what's going on in the back?

A lot, apparently. To actually play games on this SNEGENES P portable, you have to jam actual cartridges into the back of… Continue reading

TwitCritics Scours Twitter to Bring You Movie Reviews [Movies]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

TwitCritics leverages the constant flow of positive and negative movie references on Twitter to give peek at public opinion on what's playing at theaters.

By cataloging references to currently playing movies according to negative or positive wording within tweets, TwitCritics builds an index of movie popularity. Clicking on a movie gives you a view of the movie poster, the current rank, and a list of… Continue reading

The Rubik’s Cube’s Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art [Image Cache]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

First, the venerable Rubik's Cube recreated the masterworks of Da Vinci. Today's example, while not quite as grandiose, is still impressive. Ladies and Gents, the Space Invaders are here.

And Sonic. And Pac-Man. Even President Obama makes an appearance, although I don't think Hope: The Video Game is out just yet.

For reference… Continue reading

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: Of Muppets, Monkeys, and Mexican Wrestling [Altarcations]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +0000

ChiChi! Joo got the yayo, mane? No boss, we got something better. The addictive shit that is the uncut NYT Weddings & Celebrations section. Our pusherman? Phyllis Nefler, moving mad weight weekly, who dips into the product just for you.

Yesterday I was having brunch with a newly married couple in Park Slope—by the way, I know it's cliche and sooo Curbed comment… Continue reading

Cartoon: Flag for Moderation

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:35 +0000

Those of us who manage online communities have learned to crowdsource a big chunk of our work: identifying user contributions that deserve a higher profile - and those that deserve to be dropped in a deep, dark hole.

But there has to be something more nuanced than just thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons. And so...

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Spy Shot Reveals… Traditional Apple Store Tables In New NYC Apple Store [Apple]

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Work continues on the posh Manhattan Apple Store, and reader/levitation expert Vincent snapped us some pics of this latest bastion of Apple retail consumerism. It looks like an Apple Store... from the sky—at night! Also, wooden tables. Trendy ones.

Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:14:31 +0000

Our mission at ReadWriteWeb is to explore the latest Web technology products and trends. We're fortunate to have a great group of sponsors who support this goal. So, once a week, we write a post about them; about who they are, what they do, and what they've been up to lately. Pay them a visit and show your appreciation of their sponsorship of this site. Pay… Continue reading