The Concours d’Lemons Is America’s Crappiest Car Show The Trabant trembles. Its puny engine is running at idle, enough to visibly shake the small, boxy, creamy white car, made mostly of cotton waste. Its owner, a tall American guy, stands proudly by his car, encouraging an even taller man to climb inside and see the unexpected …
Facebook Creepiness, AccuWeather Tracking, and More Security News This Week In a refreshing change of pace, this week’s security news included little to no escalation of nuclear rhetoric. Let’s count that as a win! Among quite a few losses. Digital financial services provider Enigma, for instance, lost its supporters almost $500,000 in cryptocurrency thanks to bad …
This Is a Golden Age of Low-Budget Horror Traditionally horror movies have been full of characters whose foolish behavior is boring and predictable, but more and more movies like Hush and The Invitation are featuring characters who are smart and resourceful. That’s a welcome development for horror fan Maya Prohovnik. “I always love movies that have …
Stream Your Favorite Tunes With These Connected Radios: Revo Superconnect and Tivoli Model One These connected radios hook into an entire universe of audio content and look great doing it. 1. Revo SuperConnect Best for: Multicultural dabblers It may look like a ’60s relic, but the Revo’s performance is anything but retro. An excellent wireless speaker …
South Korea Preps for Terrorist Attacks on the Streets of Seoul Passersby were likely alarmed on Wednesday when they spotted this silver Kia Optima covered in rubble in Seoul, South Korea. Fire and smoke billowed from the open windows as firefighters rushed around trying to put out the flames. It looked like a terrorist attack, but …
The IUD That Gives Women Options In a taupe-walled exam room at the Women’s Community Clinic in San Francisco, lead clinician Lisa Mihaly plucks a small laminated card from a cabinet. Tethered to the card are three T-shaped IUDs, or intrauterine devices—forms of birth control that are, as the name implies, inserted into a woman’s uterus …
‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Predictions: Everything We Demand From the Season Finale Man, these short Game of Thrones seasons are brutal, aren’t they? Now that the fantasy series is in its final run, HBO is cramming more action into fewer episodes and making them longer—at nearly 80 minutes, Sunday’s finale “The Dragon and the Wolf” is …
Netflix’s Most Underrated Power? Anticipation Even Jerry Seinfeld would find the irony amusing. The comedian, who first made a name for himself railing against the ambiguity of contemporary life, is set to debut his first Netflix special. (It’s hard not to imagine him pacing onstage, hands outstretched in consternation: “What’s the deal with streaming? It’s not …
The tiny Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 printer is filled with joy…and film. Fact: There’s something magical about having a print of a photo. Sure, your photos look fine on Instagram and Facebook, but when you want to display one on your desk or give one as a gift, real photos still rule. That’s why I love …
This Artist Turns Aerial Photography Into Prints That’ll Last Forever From a certain vantage point, you can’t quite tell what hangs on the back wall of Justin Brice Guariglia’s Brooklyn studio. At a distance, the 16-foot print looks like a textured painting with jagged edges you can reach out and touch. Upon closer inspection, you realize …