September 2009
So You Think You Can Tell Arial From Helvetica?... →
An important quiz from David Friedman at Ironic Sans. I got Toyota wrong, so, shamefully, only scored a 19/20. Update: Consolation for my fellow got-them-all-except-Toyota-ers: It’s debatable…
MotoArt Ejection Chairs →
We’ve all wished we had an eject button to remove ourselves from our office environment at one time or another, and MotoArt Ejection Chairs ($TBA) get you about as close… Visit …
Use a guitar controller to play poker →
Bored? Lazy? Trendy? All of the above? You can turn a run-of-the-mill Guitar Hero or Rock Band controller into a weapon used for checking, folding, calling, raising, lowering, and more –…
NBC INTRODUCES NEW FAMILY-FRIENDLY GAME SHOW... →
“‘Perfect 10’ features easy-to-replicate challenges that the audience can play and practice at home,” said NBC’s Paul Telegdy.
Ohio is a Piano →
Andy Woodruff noticed that Ohio has 88 counties, the same number as keys on a piano. So he went to work on a map application that assigns a note to each county. You can play a song on the map…
That’s Not Fruit! →
Most of us think of sweet produce as fruit and not-sweet garden foods as vegetables, with the exception of the tomato because that’s been argued over so much. But which plant foods are …
9 of the Fastest Cancellations in Television... →
The first network cancellation in each season always stings, and so it goes for the Mischa Barton comeback vehicle The Beautiful Life, whose aborted, two-episode run left a trail of broken…
CNN's New iPhone App Allows Easy Customization,... →
CNN launched its new iPhone application this morning, featuring breaking news, video, personalization options, and, most notably, an interactive iReport feature.
The application allows you…
Wayne Brady + Drew Carey = New CBS Daytime →
CBS uploaded a cool new video promoting their new daytime game show Let’s Make A Deal, starting October 5th. Check what time it airs in your area because it’s apparently not at a general set…
“Price is Right” Plans New Years “Best Prizes of... →
Have you seen a prize on The Price is Right and just fell in love with it? Want to see it again and potentially have a chance of winning it if you can make it to Los Angeles? Here’s…
First Look: Zipcar app for iPhone hits the road →
Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, First Look, App Review
The company’s teaser page still says “coming soon,” but eagle-eyed reader Jason spotted the free Zipcar app [iTunes…
It's About Time: A Bacon Of The Month Club →
Hell yeah a bacon of the month club. Truthfully, I only thought there was one kind of bacon (delicious), but what do I know? I’m just a man who has all his meals prepared for him by a…
iPod kegerator for party lovers →
Beer and music, can’t get better than this! Craig Jones stumbled into entrepreneurship by converting old refrigerators into one of a kind pieces of functioning art. His one-off custom …
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Is... →
Sure, I have my favorites when it comes to DS games: Rhythm Heaven, New Super Mario Bros., and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, to name a few. Mario games in general have got to…
Hidden Passageways →
I know I’m not alone when I say that I have always wanted to have a secret passageway in my house. I’m sure many of you _flossers probably feel the same way—even Moby has install one in his…
How To Prepare Your iPhone For International... →
If you think your standard monthly iPhone bill is rough, just get a load of it after you’ve been traveling abroad. A la carte data charges could run your bill up into six figures, according to…
Update: Tire Lights Actually Still Exist, Are... →
After reading our post on dumb inventions from the last century, many commenters declared that lighted tires were actually a great idea and wondered why they haven’t caught on (especially…
Pushing Daisies chief pushing new superhero sitcom →
Has the loss of Pushing Daisies left a big gaping hole in your heart? Are you wishing you could get ABC for pushing such quality programming off the air? Do you have some kind of blueprint…
Starbucks Going National With Via Instant Coffee... →
After 20 years of development work, and six months of test-marketing in Chicago and Seattle, Starbucks is taking its Via instant coffee national today. Will coffee snobs be willing to pay $1 a…
Somewhat More Realistic Cartoon Characters →
Trying to improve upon classic comic and cartoon characters is like messing with Mother Nature. Still, there’s nothing wrong with re-imagining a character from a different point of view. Tools like…
AMC's 'Prisoner' to air on Nov. 15 →
Flipside Wallet →
Worried about RFID snoopers grabbing your account details while your card rests in your pocket? Worry no more with the Flipside Wallet ($40). Made from a mix of high-strength polymer… …
“I fell in love at the Apple Store,” the catchiest... →
Friends, it’s been a long, hard weekend. You’re back in your cubicle – or maybe you’re just really, really hungry – but you guys have come out of the wringer and are ready for a breath of…
Viewers return to tube →
Front Page: Premiere-week promo push pays off — Premiere week inspired a glimmer of optimism in even the most jaded network executives (well, unless they were at NBC).
Was that a big Lost clue on FlashForward? →
FlashForward has a big Lost connection, since there are stars from Lost in the new show and ABC hopes it takes Lost’s place as the big mystery show on the network. But the premiere…
New 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' trailer... →
Are you ready… to feel sorry for Freddy?
One of the movie world’s nastiest villains actually inspires some sympathy in the new trailer for Michael Bay’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street”…
CNN: Our iPhone app is "not a hobby" →
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, iPhone, App Store
CNN chatted with our good friends at DLS about the news network’s iPhone app (scheduled to hit an App Store near you very…
WTF Becomes TFW →
WTF is no longer synonymous with the Wisconsin Tourism Federation. Sadly, TFW just doesn’t have the same ring. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: …
'Family Guy' Goes Disney →
Family Guy went Disney last night in the season premiere. Everything’s perfect, except that Meg is Ursula and everyone hates Jews. Gotcha Media Contribute: Add an image, link, video or…
'How I Met Your Mother' blooper reel →
‘The Bachelor’: Should it be Kiptyn, Reid, or... →
ABC will announce the identity of the next Bachelor on Oct. 13, and sources are telling People that it will “likely” be one of Bachelorette Jillian’s castoffs: Kiptyn, Reid, or Jake. This is a huge…
Storm-sewer dwellers of Las Vegas →
The UK Sun (an admittedly sensationalist source) claims that hundreds of people are living in the storm sewers beneath Las Vegas, scraping by on coins left in slot machines. The underground community…
CW cancels 'The Beautiful Life' →
In Honor of Jim Henson's Birthday, Five... →
It’s Jim Henson’s birthday today — he would have been 73 — and to celebrate the Supreme Creator of that most sensational, Muppetational universe, we thought we’d pull together five things…
The Girls Next Door and Leave it to Lamas Premiere... →
The Girls Next Door and NEW SERIES Leave it to Lamas premiere on E! October 11th at 10pm beginning with The Girls Next Door followed by Leave it to Lamas at 10:30!
Crystal Harris and the…
AT&T iPhone MMS Launches Today →
According to the Twittersphere, AT&T has begun flipping the switch on MMS across the U.S. today. Sources say that AT&T will be sending out text messages, beginning at 10 A.M. EST today, to…
Cleaning an iTunes library →
Is your iTunes library full of duplicates, tracks from misnamed artists and albums, and albums lacking artwork? These tools can help.
RT: watch @mikasounds at GMA here: http://bit.ly/qOa8z (via @mellody76)
FoodScanner Makes Calorie Counting a Breeze... →
iPhone only: Previously mentioned fitness web site Gyminee has changed names to DailyBurn since we last featured them, and as of today they’ve also released a new iPhone application…
Baby Dancing to Single Ladies, Beyonce Music Video... →
Have you seen the baby dancing to “Single Ladies” – sure to be the latest viral video sensation? Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” has had its fair share of fanmade videos, but…
Penn & Teller: Magicians by night, detectives... →
Las Vegas magicians and Bullshit! hosts Penn & Teller have inked a deal with ABC for an hour dramedy based on their real lives. To make it a little more interesting, they’ve added a…
Free Waze App Turns GPS Navigation Into a Social... →
The problem with most turn-by-turn navigation apps for cellphones is that they are outrageously expensive. Not so with Waze. In fact, the app is totally free—and it even turns the driving…
Future is TV-shaped, says Intel →
Stephen Root makes time for '24' →
"X Factor" key in Simon Cowell's deal with Fox →
Magritte painting swiped in daylight heist →
Two armed thieves entered the Musée Magritte in Brussels at 10am this morning and made off with surrealist René Magritte’s Olympia, valued at £3 million. One of the thieves rang the bell…
Apple Gets Okay to Block Third-Party Gadgets (Like... →
When we put together our iTunes wishlist, item number three on the list got wistful that someday Apple might considering allowing non-iPod devices to sync with their music player. Palm went so…
Treating Brain Injuries With Booze? →
The word “whiskey” comes from the Gaelic word usquebaugh, which means “water of life” (anyone know how you get “whiskey” from usquebaugh?) A recent study by Ali Salim at Cedars-Sinai Medical…
Sony Has the Power (Sigh) →
Well, that was quick. Just a few weeks after Warner Bros. and Mattel went their separate ways regarding the Masters of the Universe movie, Sony/Columbia Pictures swooped in to…