In London this year, six well-known architects will jockey for a chance to build a large public building. Sounds pretty unremarkable, right? Except that the structure was already designed and finished—more than 150 years ago. Now, a Chinese property developer is holding a design competition to recreate it.
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By Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo
Who knew a sad story told through water drops can be so fun to watch? This stop motion animation called Cachoeira (which means waterfall in Portuguese) by …
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From the usual viewer’s vantage point, it’s hard to appreciate the violent physics of a really great series of skate park tricks. That’s why …
From the usual viewer’s vantage point, it’s hard to appreciate the violent physics of a really great series of skate park tricks. That’s why …
I was excited about this one. It had been a while since I’d dusted off the old OkCupid profile. I’d been working a lot and thinking about my ex too much, and this girl looked cute. So, when she actually agreed to a date, I was thrilled. This one felt important!
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By Beth Wiedower and Alissa Walker
Imagine a football stadium that was so technologically game-changing that it became the model for all future sporting venues ever built. Until it was suddenly abandoned 15 years ago. As part of our series …
By Jeff Atwood – Coding Horror
I’m getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps.
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While Google Chromecast, Apple TV, and Roku have shifted streaming content from our mobile devices to our televisions, they’re often incomplete solutions. There’s a whole Internet worth of video content—from news feeds to public broadcasting productions—that the Chromecast just won’t play. But the Qplay will.
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Apple’s iPhone 5S has a fingerprint scanner, and now Samsung’s revealed …
