Check Out This Apocolyptic Footage Of Chernobyl Taken From A Drone’s Eye View

Almost 30 years after the tragic explosion in Chernobyl, a film crew and correspondants for CBS visited the site to work on a story detailing the cataclysmic event. As part of the crew, filmmaker and photographer, Danny Cooke, was granted access to the site for a week long exploration. Cooke seized the opportunity to create […]

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Briefly: NewerTech’s new Screen Armor for iPhone, Lego Batman 3

NewerTech has introduced an update to its line of Impact X-Orbing Screen Armor, now available for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Featuring military grade, triple-layer protection, the self-adhesive layer requires no water or other liquids for easy, bubble-free installation. the screen protector is compatible with cases, and includes a lifetime limited warranty. Regularly priced at $20 for iPhone 6 and at $25 for iPhone 6 Plus, the Impact X-orbing Screen Armor for the latest iPhones can be ordered through NewerTech. An instant rebate, which can be applied upon ordering at the time of this writing,…




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Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

After years of wait, it’s finally here! The first look at J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s loaded with new cool stuff: The new version of the X-Wing fighters, new characters, new storm stormtroopers, and one really cool shot of the Millennium Falcon battling TIE fighters over a desert. Watch it!

Here’s the rundown:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

An ominous voice (the bad guy) says "There’s been an awakening have you felt it?" while we look at a desert scene (Tatooine?)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

John Boyega (our new hero?) appears on the screen in an Imperial storm trooper uniform.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

A new small droid, that has a rotating body to run around the desert, zooms across some kind of spaceship yard.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

A squad of storm troopers in some shaky vehicle appears. They look like US Marines about to get dropped somewhere.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

They get their weapons ready.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

And indeed the flying vehicle bay opens and they are going to get dropped somewhere.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

Daisy Ridley appears all stressed on top of some vehicle.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

And then she darts across the deserts on top of it. It’s some sort of heavy duty speed bike.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

Oscar Isaac appears in the cockpit of a new X-wing Starfighter.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

He seems to be flying with other X-Wings over a lake in a really cool low-altitude pass.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

A dark figure appears over a snowy forest. Is that Luke in his dark Jedi robe…? The voice says: "The dark side…"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

"…and the light" as the figure fires a laser version of a medieval broadsword.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens first teaser trailer is here at last!

Aaaaaand cut to the Millennium Falcon fighting TIE Fighters! It’s a wrap, folks.

The teaser trailer will be released this weekend in selected theaters across the country, so keep your eyes open to see it in the big screen.


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The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs

If a post-Thanksgiving coma has robbed you of the energy needed to watch the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer again and again, we’ve gone to the trouble of condensing the sneak peek down to eight easily ingestible animated GIFs that are perfect for over-analyzing and sharing.


Are we back on Tatooine again?

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


The Star Wars universe runs on adorable droids.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


Stormtroopers showing off their facelifts.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


No one drives Landspeeders any more.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


We’ve missed you, X-wings.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


Three blades? This must be a Sith.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


We already knew the Falcon was back, but it’s still awesome to see it in flight.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs


And so begins the waiting game…

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer in 8 GIFs

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I Can’t Stop Watching These Parade Balloon Accident Videos

I Can't Stop Watching These Parade Balloon Accident Videos

Like stock car races or primary debates, balloon parades are an alleged form of entertainment that’s mostly just boring until something goes wrong. Fortunately, with balloon accidents the resulting injuries are primarily psychic in nature—measured in months of therapy for poor Jacob after seeing Pikachu disemboweled by a lamppost—making them much more fun to watch.

In honor of this morning’s Macy’s Day Parade (the primary venue for parade balloon slayings), here are five deflation videos I couldn’t not watch today, in order of most to least essential.

Barney, Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade 1994

This one really has it all: a wildly careening balloon, an audibly gasping crowd and, best of, a beloved children’s icon experiencing violent decompression. 5 out of 5 months of therapy.

Rex and Sonic, Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade 1993

Another winner, this video suffers from not showing Sonic at the actual moment of his demise—a fact it makes up for with a slow pan of the hedgehog’s lifeless, crumpled body. 4 out of 5 months of therapy.

Rudolph, Richmond Christmas Parade 2010

While Rudolph’s puncture is less dramatic than some of the ones seen above, the more intimate Richmond parade makes the accident feel more personal. 3 out of 5 months of therapy.

Raggedy Ann, Festival of Trees Parade Davenport Iowa 2010

Good but nothing special really. 1 out of 5 months of therapy.

Peter Rabbit and the Cat in the Hat, Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade 1997

Certainly the most dramatic balloon accident, points are taken off the Cat in the Hat accident because someone was actually injured as a result. The good news: the victim subsequently sued the city for $395 million and settled for an undisclosed amount. The weird news: Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle later crashed a single-engine airplane into her apartment (she was unharmed). 5 out of 5 spooky coincidences.

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Fix Yosemite Wi-Fi Issues with a Terminal Command

Fix Yosemite Wi-Fi Issues with a Terminal Command

OS X Yosemite has had a slew of issues with Wi-Fi, namely that connections are randomly dropping out or slowing down. If you’re affected by this, developer Mario Ciabarra has a Terminal command that’ll fix the issue.

The problem seems to stem from how Yosemite handles its Wi-Fi connection with AirDrop using a connection called AWDL. So, as you’d guess, the solution is to disable it. You can do so in Yosemite with a Terminal command:

sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

That should fix up your Wi-Fi issues, although it’ll also disable AirDrop. If you’re having those same problems with iOS 8, you can fix it with a jailbreak tweak called Wifried. Head over to Medium for Ciabarra’s full post on the issue.

WiFried: iOS 8 WiFi Issue | Medium


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November 2014: 22 Free WordPress Themes for (almost) All Needs


  

Bloggers, magazines, content creators, and freelancers are usually having a hard time finding themes to showcase their thoughts, news, articles and products. And even though there are lots of options with WordPress to do this, many of them are poorly designed and do not have the features a content creator needs. Many of the themes featured in the following article include plugins, frameworks, engines, fonts, icons, e-commerce capabilities, multilanguage, retina support and many more additions that improve the experience of the user while using it, and allows the content creator to take advantage of the combined power of these tools.
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Watch two hours of deleted scenes from the original Star Wars Trilogy

Watch two hours of deleted scenes from the original Star Wars Trilogy

If you’re looking for two hours of deleted scenes and alternate footage from the original Star Wars Trilogy and hoping that they’d be masterfully edited together documentary-style, well, here you go. Garrett Gilchrist put together all this Star Wars footage you probably never seen before in Star Wars: Deleted Magic.

There’s a lot of great stuff—alternate, deleted, and making of footage—in the documentary that gives you a better idea of what it was like to make Star Wars behind the scenes. Gilchrist first made this documentary (using footage released by LucasFilm) in 2005 and edited it in 2009 but has only recently posted it to Vimeo for all of us to enjoy. So enjoy.

Gilchrist writes:

"Deleted Magic" is a feature-length documentary about the deleted scenes of the Star Wars trilogy, and about how the movies we know and love were made and edited together. It is taken from information, sources and home videos officially released by Lucasfilm. This project is not an official Lucasfilm project – it is an unofficial, not-for-profit research project, done in the spirit of fun by a Star Wars fan to be both informative and entertaining.

The idea is to combine all sorts of alternate, deleted and making-of footage into a full-length film that gives a better view of how the film we know as Star Wars was edited together. In addition to deleted scenes like the Biggs Darklighter material, you’ll get a sense of the "Lost Cuts" of the films … the longer edits that didn’t have finished voices or effects.


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