Author: drakaal
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57-Story Skyscraper Built In Just 19 Days
Holy shamoly. This is a video of a 57-story skyscraper going up in just 19 days. The 2-million square foot building was constructed using prefabricated modules that were assembled on site. About 3 floors per day! The building has 800 apartments, office space for 4,000 people and 19 10-meter high atriums. Sounds safe, right? Would…
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12-Inch Apple MacBook
I didn’t think it was possible to get so excited about a laptop computer. It seems most upgrades to the tried and true laptop are small hardware changes and cpu/storage/memory bumps. Well, Apple just blew me away with their latest 12-inch MacBook. The new 12-inch Apple MacBook is just 12.1mm at the thickest point, weighs…
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ASUS Chromebox M004U Desktop Review
The Chromebox M004U desktop is tiny at just 1.75 x 5 x 5 inches. It looks more like a Roku 3 or an Apple TV than a computer. Considering the size and price (starting at $174) the Asus Chromebox M004U is worth a look. Read on for a detailed review of the Asus Chromebox M004U.
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Xbox One Reputation System
If you are a gamer on the Xbox One and are playing on Xbox Live then you might want to have a quick read of how the new Reputation System works. If not, carry on.
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Make Your XBOX One Look More Like Your Furniture
Many of the gamers that grew up playing with Sega and Atari consoles now have XBOX One units resting near the televisions. While some of these "˜older' gamers are proud of their gaming console, others may want to camouflage them a bit. This TechSkin Dark Wood Film, by Skinomi, protects your XBOX One (or PlayStation)…
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Flying Phantom Sailboat Sails Two Feet Above The Water
This has to be one of the coolest personal watercraft/sailboats that I have seen in quite sometime. Sure, parts of this technology are already being used by the 2013 America's Cup boats, but this one doesn't cost millions of dollars. Brave folks can buy the Flying Phantom Catamaran for just under $40k and relatively easily…
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Toyota Polar Expedition Truck For Sale
This is what happens when Jason De Carteret, adventurist, wants to break some Guinness records. This beast, the Toyota Polar Expedition Truck, started off as a 2010 Toyota Tacoma and was converted into a cold weather killer for around $400,000. The Polar Expedition Truck set a land speed records crossing the South Pole and Antarctic…
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Shift It – Funny Transmission Commercial
This just might be my new favorite commercial. If you haven't seen the "Shift It" commercial you owe it to yourself to take a 1-minute break and watch it. It is an amateur styled car transmission commercial.
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Orbitz Steering Mac Users To Higher Priced Hotels
The real title of this article should be, "Why I Just Stopped Using Orbitz, Forever". Orbitz has discovered that people using "Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see.". This practice…
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SuperCollar Has A built-In Leash
Not sure if this is a chocolate and peanut butter type moment, but I think it is a clever idea nonetheless. The SuperCollar dog collar with built-in leash allows for a leash in a jiffy. If you can deal with the fact that the leash is only three feet long, then you will never have…