Relax: De La Soul's album's already smashed its Kickstarter goal

De La Soul love sampling, so much so that they feel as if a whole branch of copyright law was invented just for them. The sample-heavy trio (for three is the magic number) didn't want to have to compromise their artistic vision for their ninth album,...



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A fun story about how sunglasses are made

If you have an Italian friend he will tell you that sunglasses aren't just made to protect your eyes from the burning sun. He'll say that wearing sunglasses makes you look better, cooler. Dick Moby is an Italian brand that makes beautiful handmade glasses and they also made this cute video to show how they do it.

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littleBits' Tiny Toy Synth Kit Now Works With MIDI and USB

Launched in late 2013, the littleBits Synth Kit lets you snap together the different components of a synthesizer into an extremely minimal modular instrument. Today, littleBits is adding three new modulates to its lineup, allowing its toy synth to connect with other musical tools like, uh, your computer.

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Gmail for Android gets a unified inbox at last

Now you can finally view all your email accounts together -- even the non-Gmail ones.





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Golfer and Game of Thrones fan? Build a Five Iron Throne with spare clubs

No need for scorching dragon fire for this royal seat! If you have enough golf clubs, you too can construct a Westerosi throne chair thanks to this handy tutorial.





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For Google and search ad revenue, it's a glass half full

Google owns about 55 percent of the search ad business, but it's still way ahead of its competitors -- despite Baidu's strength in the big China market.





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