Author: Mark Wilson

The iPad 3G may require a micro SIM—a lilliputian SIM card incompatible with anything else you own—but AT&T will be selling each bundled with a full SIM card adapter—meaning you could potentially use your data plan elsewhere. [Engadget] More »

Depth of field is a key principle to photography, a combination of factors and physics that determine how much any given photo is in focus. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want to to break the laws of DoF. More »

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Staring ruefully at the stamp, Joe realized, even the 2,000 emoticons couldn’t ask her the simplest question, “Will you marry me?” Instead, she took his ink-stained hand into hers, like coffee into a porcelain cup. She knew. [JapanTrendShop /OhGizmo!] More »

Turn a bendy straw into a shrimp with a pair of scissors and a few folds. The result is about as tasty as imitation crab meat. [InstructionsJP/InstructionsENG via Recylclart via Make:] More »

This classic chicken sandwich USB hub would have served us just fine a month ago, but the world has changed since then thanks to a couple of pieces of chicken that were sick and tired of business as usual. More »

There’s no going wrong with HDR photography. At its most sensitive, the technique allows for color/tone gradients rarely appreciated by anything but the naked eye. At its most aggressive, HDR’s a hyperreal spectacle. This week’s Shooting Challenge celebrate both schools: More »

I can only imagine the feeling of standing on Mars and seeing this exact view of home…the CO2 atmosphere and “You are here” arrow ruining an otherwise stellar make-out spot. [flickr via boingboing] More »

This 3D map of Earth, carved by IBM’s new nanometer-scale silicon milling machine, could fit alongside 999 other Earths onto a single grain of salt. Here’s a look at the machine behind it: More »

If you have a printer/scanner and a bottle of Coke, you can make one of the most epic cheat sheets of all time. This method looks harder than studying…but also a bit more fun. [EatLiver via 9GAG via thenextweb] More »

Interestingly enough, I did some 1080P PC gaming last weekend for the first time in a while, and all I could think was, this would look so much better on my 50-inch plasma than this 24-inch monitor. [xkcd] More »

PC Authority was putting their new 17-inch, Core i7 MacBook Pro through their typical battery of benchmarks. Then, the chassis grew hot and a series of strange errors began to occur. More »

You may own a MacBook, iPhone and an iPad, but you shouldn’t just use each anywhere you’d like. There are rules, people. And Fast Company shares them with us. More »

This is the latest motherboard of the latest PS3 Slim. And thanks to those two silver squares in the middle, it’s less power-hungry and more profitable (err, potentially profitable) than ever before. More »

When you’re grilling, nothing’s more handy than a digital thermometer…except maybe these: Tongs that incorporate a very fine temperature probe so you don’t need to fiddle with multiple tools. More »

The operation took 22 hours and 30 doctors, but the world’s first full facial transplant has been deemed “a success.” More »

For Transformers, augmented reality allowed us to wear Optimus Prime’s head. For Iron Man 2, the shamefully enjoyable promotion gets better: You can now wear the mask, see yourself in Stark’s HUD and record it. Go forth and daydream. [IronMan2] More »

Whatever Sony’s promises may have been regarding stereoscopic 3D performance on the PS3, we’re going to get what we get. And so far, that’s 1080p content at 60fps (2D) turning into 720p content at 30fps (3D). More »