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Got a couple fancy cars and a couple million dollars to burn? If you do, you could probably use a robotic garage to store them in style. If not, just ogle these mechanical marvels our friends at Oobject found.

12 Robotic Garages Worthy of a Bond Villain [Garages]

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There were 15 of us clustered around a not-large-enough table at CES, almost all plugged into identical power adapters. I put a rubber band around mine to keep from mixing it up with somebody else's. Turns out, I'm a genius.         

Source: Why rubber-banding my power brick is, like, the smartest thing I've ever done [Hacks]

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A lost remote control is an annoyance. A house fire is a tragedy. A 19-year-old near Cleveland turned the former into the latter when he used a lighter to search under his bed for a missing remote.

Karen Rhine's 19-year-old son was using a lighter to look under a bed in their Medina, Ohio home when he accidentally set the mattress ablaze. Within moments, flames had engulfed the whole room.

Source: Search for Missing Remote Ends in House Fire [Video]

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Jack LaLanne wasn't just a fitness guru. Mere fitness gurus don't tow 70 rowboats—while handcuffed—at age 70. Jack was a powerhouse. He died today, at 96. But not before eating and lifting his way through exercise gear history.



Jack LaLanne started off life as an unhealthy, junkfood-addled mess of a child. He was "a miserable goddamn kid," explained to the San Francisco Chronicle. "It was like hell."

Source: What Jack LaLanne Did For Your Body [Video]

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Taco Bell "beef" pseudo-Mexican delicacies are really made of a gross mixture called "Taco Meat Filling" as shown on their big container's labels, like the one pictured here, which customers can't see. The list of ingredients is gruesome:

Source: This Is What Really Hides In Taco Bell's "Beef" [Food]

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Yesterday I hiked eight miles with my 11-inch MacBook Air in my bag. Didn't even notice it was there. These MacBook Air owners sound sycophantic, but discount this praise at your own peril—especially if you're a laptop manufacturer.

Source: People Are Still Flipping Out Over the MacBook Air [Apple]

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The call just died, and for no apparent reason. You were just walking down the street, for God's sake. So, let's talk about it: What happened?

To you, this situation was simple, and nothing really changed: You walked a few feet and your phone stopped working. To your phone, though, the scene was quite a bit more interesting.

Source: Giz Explains: Why Your Call Dropped [Giz Explains]

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The 175 photos that follow look like they might have been taken during the day. But it's not day. It's night. The photos are lying, thanks to long exposures that soak in the colorful nightlife.

175 Photos of Day Taken at Night [Photography]

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A tony prep school in Knoxville, Tennessee has made it mandatory for every student between grades 4 and 12 to own an iPad. That might be a good idea, someday! But being this far ahead of the curve shortchanges students.

Source: Why iPads Aren't Ready For Classrooms... Yet [Opinion]

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We get it, your new laptop is shiny, super-fast and awesome. But don't forget about your old laptop! It doesn't have to sit around and collect dust. Here are five super easy things you can do to rejuvenate it.

Getting Started
Well, you'll need an old laptop. And uh, that's pretty much it. Don't worry, your junky 8-pound PC notebook should be okay, most of these tasks aren't taxing on the hardware at all.

1. Turn it into a Home Server
2. Transform it into a Digital Photo Frame
3. Make it a Wireless Bridge
4. O Hai, New External Hard Drive!
5. The Second Monitor You've Always Wanted

Source: Five Things to Do with Your Old Laptop [Howto]