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How To Creatively Destroy Your Old Plasma TV

YouTuber Aussie50 destroys a TV set using a microwave transformer. And it looks mighty pretty.
Kevin Holmes
3.26.12
Motherboard Blog

EnemyGraph Lets You Keep Your Facebook Enemies Closer

It seems a product of the halcyon dot-com days of cheery offices filled with ping-pong tables and Razor scooters, but Facebook is inherently cheery. Everyone you know is by default your friend, and your only option for emoting is to “like” something...
Derek Mead
3.26.12
New music

We Have I.R.O.K.'s Psychotropic New Track

"God" is like Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" with less indecipherable run-ons and more designer drugs.
VICE Staff
3.26.12
Motherboard Blog

To Beat the Stock Market with a Twitter Strategy, Focus on Popularity

Every single day I get messages on Twitter asking me if I'm ready to get rich just by tweeting. Believe me, I am, but I've yet to see an offer from a spambot that I could put any stock in. The idea that you can make money off Twitter is simply hogwash...
Derek Mead
3.26.12
Art

Creating An Abstract Moving Sculpture Using Kinect Data

A dancer’s movements are transformed into fluid abstraction.
Kevin Holmes
3.26.12
Art

Two Turntables Are A Drawing Machine

That old pair of Technics you’ve got lying around could be put to good use.
Kevin Holmes
3.26.12
Motherboard Blog

Huge New Wasp Uses Giant Jaws for Sex, Possibly Spooning

Wasps are beautiful marvels of biology and physics, but don't feel bad if they creep you out. I mean, they can bite the hell out of you, and there's also the whole "injecting eggs into the skull of a spider" thing. A newly-discovered species ups the...
Derek Mead
3.26.12
Motherboard Blog

Hot Links: China Sells Iran Spy Tech, Microsoft vs. Botnets, Google's Auto-Correct Banned in Japan

China is hooking up Iran with critical technology "used for spying on citizens":http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/us-iran-telecoms-idUSBRE82L0B820120322. I mean, who else would you expect to be slinging that kind of tech? [Reuters] Microsoft...
Derek Mead
3.26.12
Stuff

Burkina Faso Loves Dalston Superstars

Some nice people from the African country sent us this video to prove it.
VICE Staff
3.26.12
the holy trinity issue

Paintballing with Hezbollah

We figured they'd cheat; they were Hezbollah, after all. But none of us—a team of four Western journalists—thought we'd be dodging military-grade flash bangs when we initiated this.
Mitchell Prothero
3.26.12
Music

If Animals Could Vote for London Mayor, They'd Vote for Tempa T

The mayoral hopeful went to a farm in London.
Noisey
3.26.12
New music

Jackpot Records Self-Leaked Their Upcoming Record Store Day 7" To Us

Be The First to Hear the Deep Fried Boogie Band / Colossal Yes Split RSD Album.
Kelly McClure
3.26.12
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