Facebook: The Gentlemen’s Rant
Some things just shouldn’t be shared. With all the changes coming down the pipeline, we’ve forgotten what’s truly important: using Facebook to make sure your life is better than your friends.
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The Seven Deadly Key Commands
The Seven Deadly Sins adapted for modern times by Miss Sticky Comics. May you never have to execute the Three Keys of Wrath. (via laughingsquid.com) View Image ›
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iPhone’s Siri Vs. An Actual Assistant
Filmmaker Casey Neistat put together this battle of the assistants for The New York Times. Which can better help him with his girlfriend situation? View Media ›
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Using The Internet: A Guide Written In 1996
This fantastic, one-page guide on how to use the Internet was written for high schoolers in the mid-’90s. It’s a blast from the past. A past without streaming video. And dial-up connections. And AOL. I hate the past. (via gizmodo.com) View Image ›
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The Internet Weighs As Much As A Strawberry
I would have guessed a cantaloupe. (via thehairpin.com)
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What They Don’t Teach You At College…
How to read a computer, apparently. These days, you probably are better off not going to college.
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Worst Passwords Of 2011
Seriously, are people still using “password” as their password? Seriously? List compiled by password management application provider SplashData.
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Domino’s Pizza Hero: The iPad App
A pretty app that lets you “make” your pizza before ordering it. Very clever, Domino’s.
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13 Beautifully Geeky Facebook Timeline Banners
Extremely talented illustrator Sam Spratt gives you the Ron Swanson, Trollface, Angry Birds (and more!) Facebook Timeline cover art that your nerdy heart desires.
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’80s Cell Phone Commercial
You mean it only weighs 30 ounces? Thanks, Motorola!
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Google Is Trying To Guess Your Age And Gender
With mixed results. According to Google, I have a penis. This is news to me!
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Why We Sound Weird When We Talk About Tech
Why do we sound so dumb when we talk about communication? Maybe because our verbs aren’t really verbs.
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Seeing In Circles: Camera Attached To Power Drill
This brave man attached his camera to a power drill to see what it captures. The video takes 15 frames a second while rotating 20 times a second, creating a dizzying effect.
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Flying Robots Perform The James Bond Theme Song
It’s all fun and games until they become self-aware.
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Turn Any Surface Into A Musical Instrument
Mogees is a system where users attach a contact microphone to any surface and make music through touch. Musicians will never have to use instruments again.
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The Cast Of Friends Explain Windows ‘95
Finally, a VHS casette that can explain Windows to me with all the hilarity of an episode of Friends. (See also: Pictures That Capture the 90s)
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Watch A 1,600 Foot Bridge Get Blown To Pieces
Aaaaand boom goes the dynamite. After 84 years of service, the historic Fort Steuben Bridge—which connected Ohio and West Virginia along the Ohio River—was demolished on Tuesday with the aid of more than 150 pounds of explosives. Hate to see you go, old friend, but love to watch you get blown away.
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Where Does Your Graymail Come From?
As BuzzFeed employees, we tend to sign up for a lot of online services, which means we get a ton of those helpful alerts, notifications, and update emails known as graymail. 20 BuzzFeeders tracked their inboxes for one day to see where it was all coming from. Then we made them face off!
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Sometimes Sequels Are Better Than The Original
Ooh, that’s gotta hurt. Sean Hopkins 1, Blockbuster 0.
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BizMedia’s 500th Facebook Fan
Ad Agency BizMedia made this video for their 500th Facebook fan, Karim Kanji. [Ed. note: And (at the time of writing) they’re at 597 fans, so that’s a 20% increase just from the video. What do we think of this? I think it’s cute.]
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How To Tell HTML From HTML5
Hey internet, you’re doing it … right?
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Shepherd Smith Goes Off On AT&T For Surprise “Unlimited Data” Limits
Go Shep! AT&T recently took the “unlimited” out of its “unlimited data” plan by cutting data speeds of its most active customers without warning or notification. Fox News anchor Shepherd Smith is one of those customers, and on his show today, Smith gave AT&T a verbal spanking. (h/t Mediaite)
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Fifth Grader Develops Video Game, Wins White House Visit
11-year-old Hannah J. Wyman designed a video game that raises awareness about pollution. “Toxic” scored the Massachusetts grade schooler the opportunity to participate in the 2012 White House Science Fair of which only 100 people were invited.
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Your Mobile Phone Has A Name On Facebook
An odd element of the Facebook commenting system. Enter in the comments below on this post
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Lovestagram: Valentines To Send Your Friends Through Instagram
Avid Instagram users, meet Lovestagram. It’s a super-cute app that allows you to send e-Valentines to your beloved through Instagram — but even cuter, perhaps, is the story behind the app’s creation. We were so inspired by the idea, actually, that we created a few examples of our own featuring some BuzzFeed favorites.
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Transparent Screen App Enables Phone Addiction
You ever want to use your phone while on the street but don’t because you’ll run into people/walls/cars? Please, like embarrassment or death will stop us from checking Facebook. But at least now we’ll see it coming.
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The 5 Most Interesting Revelations In Steve Jobs’ FBI File
In 1991 Steve Jobs was being considered for a position in George HW Bush’s Administration. Today the FBI released the record of their investigation into Jobs’ background and the rest of the late Apple CEO’s FBI file. These are the most interesting tidbits.
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The New York Times ♥ Facebook
Is the Grey Lady’s Tech section stalking Facebook? (via blog.thegarrett.org)
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On The Day After Their S-1 Filing, Facebook Goes Down
Reports of the site’s downtime are sporadic, but the irony is constant and delicious.
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A Swarm Of Nano-Quadrotors
When Skynet gets a hold of these, we’re screwed.
