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Book Review: This Book Isn’t Safe By Colin Furze

This Book Isn’t Safe
Hardcover | Kindle
By Colin Furze
Publisher: Razorbill | Penguin Random House
Release date: September 12, 2017
Have you ever wanted to build your own concrete crusher boots, but didn’t know how? Are you tired of other people giving you wedgies when you just want to give one to yourself? Dreamt of drifting away on your own raft? Well, dream no more! I have the book for you! An extremely ridiculous, yet somehow practical and completely nifty tome of crazy inventions is packed with instructions on how to make the above dreams come true.
Such is This Book Isn’t Safe by YouTuber Colin Furze. Check out more on his new book, plus some of his other inventions in the videos below.
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The Drill Down 483: Bad Robot Caller

On this week’s The Drill Down podcast, a mega robocaller gets hung up, Tesla dances to its own beats, Alexa checks in, Google gets slammed, beware more ransomware, and much more.
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Tags: 3D Printing, Alexa, Amazon, DIY, Echo, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Google, Hacking, internet, iPhone, maker, Nintendo, Notpetya, Petya, ransomware, robocalls, search, SNES, SNES Mini, solar, spam, spammers, Tesla, Tesla 3, Travis Kalanick, Uber
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The Drill Down 469: Bullseye!

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Siri & “OK Google†get new AI company from Samsung, Uber management crumbles, the U.S. bans electronics from incoming flights, Resistbot, genetic discrimination, Amazon’s Mecha-CEO, a dartboard you’ll never miss… and much much more.
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Tags: AI, Amazon, Anova, Artificial Intelligence, Bixby, digital Assistant, Digital photography, DIY, eBags, genetics, Google, Google Home, Hyperloop, Intel, Jeff Bezos, Jeff Jones, maker, mech, Mecha, Mobileeye, Netflix, Peak Design, Photography, Resist, Resistbot, robot, Samsung, sous vide, Think Tank, transportation, Uber
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The Drill Down 455: The End Of Time

On this week’s Drill Down podcast, Pebble’s dead, Google goes green, UK’s Snoopers Charter, Amazon Go, a DIY gif bot, some amazing game trailers, and much, much more.
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Tags: Amazon, Amazon Go, Apple, box, DIY, GIF, GIFs, Google, iPhone, MacBook Pro, maker, Pebble, Pebble Core, Pebble Time, Peeqo, Samsung, Snooper's Charter, Touch Bar, UK
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The Drill Down 421: The Falcon Has Landed

This week, a new HTC phone, Facebook’s developer conference, a camera that’ll kill the green screen, biotech that’s improving lives, DIY braces, and… is a proposed bill the end of American privacy?…All this and more this week on The Drill Down podcast.
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Topics: Apps, Computers, DIY, Electronics, Features, Podcasts, Science, Software, Space, Technology, The Drill Down
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Tags: 3D Printing, biotech, Burr-Feinstein, cyborg, DIY, Elon Musk, Encryption, Facebook, Falcon, FB 8, FB8, HTC, Lytro, messenger, Mii, Miitomo, Model X, Nintendo, Sony, SpaceX, Tesla
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The Drill Down 396: Pandemic-Proof

This week, we’re once again joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss Google updates Nexus and shows off a Surface clone, Tesla launches an SUV, Samsung’s $99 VR rig, the Karma Police see all, and The Truth is Still Out There!… on The Drill Down podcast.
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Topics: Apps, Audio, Computers, DIY, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Technology, The Drill Down, Video Games
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Tags: Android, Apple Music, Arduino, Black Mirror, Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, DIY, Edward Snowden, ELectric Car, GCHQ, Gear VR, Gogle Photos, Google, Google Play Music, Greg Davies, IPv4, IPv6, John C. Dvorak, Karma Police, leo laporte, maker, Marshmallow, Netflix, Nexus, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Imprint, Nexus Protect, Passwords, Pebble, Pebble Time, Pebble Time Round, Pebble Time Steel, Pixel C, Privacy, Samsung, Smartwatch, Surveillance, Swagway, TARDISblend, Tesla motors, Tesla X, The LEGO Movie Videogame, The X-Files, This Week in Tech, TWiT, Twitter, Virtual Reality, VR, wearables
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The Drill Down 395: Race Against the Clock

This week, we’re joined by Greg Davies, host of Blendover and Heavy Metal Historian podcasts (and of course the TARDISBlend podcast hosted here at Geeks of Doom) as we discuss a victory for fair use, are cars next for Apple?; Volkswagen‘s shady emissions code, the future of science in the classroom, 4Chan changes hands, and when is tinkering a crime? All this and much, much more!
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Topics: Computers, Discussion, DIY, Electronics, Features, Gadgets, Podcasts, Science, Software, Technology, The Drill Down
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Tags: 2channel, 4chan, Ahmed Mohamed, Angry Birds, Apple, code, coding, computer science, Copyright, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, DIY, DMCA, ELectric Car, engineering, fair use, General Electric, Greg Davies, home automation, iOS, iOS 9, Prince, Quirky, school, software, Steve Jobs, TARDISblend, Texas Student clock, tinkering, Titan, Universal Music Group, Volkswagen, Warner/Chappell, YouTube
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DIY: Vampire Teeth Cookies (Video)

Halloween is almost here! And a fun thing to do for Halloween is to scare up some treats. The folks over at Just A Pinch have a simple, easily assembled sugary project that’s perfect for the holiday — Vampire Teeth Cookies!
With just 4 very basic ingredients, you can put together these cookies that look so cute and realistic, too! Just get some store-bought chocolate chip cookies (or bake your own if you have the time and inclination), red icing, mini marshmallows, and almond slivers – that’s it!
Watch the video tutorial for these cookies here below.
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Custom ‘Evil Dead’ Necronomicon Bikini

Geek gals are always looking for cool apparel, especially when it comes to comfortable swimwear. So, here’s some good news: Now, there’s an Evil Dead-inspired Necronomicon bikini that’s supposedly “super comfortable,” according to its makers.
The made-to-order Brazilian-cut silicone bikini, available through Etsy by Bloodlust Productions, is styled after the human flesh-bound Book Of The Dead, the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, from Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead movies.
Check out photos of the bikini being modeled here below (via the product page). You’ll notice that this creation was very strategically designed.
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