Perfect App of the Day for today, maybe even a #lifechanger. Either way, probably a gamechanger in how we follow world events.

An added plus of using darker backgrounds is that when you're texting/browsing in a dark environment—say at a bar with a terrible band that your best friend loves—it won't be so obvious that you're bored out of your skull.

Had to laugh at the last one, since my girlfriend is always asking why I save all my iPod and iPhone packaging. Not that I've ever used them, but...

"and iRig Recorder, which ."

@HeroOfTomorrow got his tongue pierced: Have you seen The Fall? (Same director.) Absolutely one of the most beautiful, visually stunning films of the last decade.

These remind me a bit of Walt Disney's multiplane camera:

Looks like her site is down, but her Flickr has a glimpse of some other neat things she has done.

@Brownski: Oh—thanks, Kat!

Now they just need to make a model for the car.

Update: it's already gone.

@rashad123us: Agreed. When I read "sans fugliness" I assumed that was a picture of an old model. But...yikes.

I hope he at least left his tiny newspaper for the next rat to read.

@theose is nominal: Indeed. A reddit joke come to life.

What the hell? For some reason, I can't get this to work on my Pork Cookbook pdf.

People, people. Where are all the Xzibit posts about people having a beef with your beef? I'm disappointed.*

@d0minick: search in Cydia for weathericon.

When stopped, she cried "I was told there would be no reception!"

When will developers understand that many people don't want to update their entire OS just to install an app?

Excellent article. Seriously, I love it when Giz reminds me of Popular Science—it's too easy to forget the nuts and bolts behind all our gadgets.

@Brownski: This is a really basic example...all I did was import the photo; all the settings were left at whatever they were on.