Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Simpson Episodes Are Being Pulled in Europe for Nuke Jokes

Germany, Austria and Switzerland have pulled a few Simpsons episodes from airing because of potentially sensitive nuke jokes in light of Japan’s nuclear situation. The Hollywood Reporter specifies on which episodes are being pulled from airing: Austria’s ORF has already pulled two episodes set to broadcast: Episode 66, Marge Gets a Job, which features scientists…

Television Casey Chan

The Next Mars Rover Won’t Have a 3D Camera

It was pretty cool to hear that James Cameron got NASA to put 3D cameras in Curiosity, the next Mars Rover. If 3D is good for anything, it’s exploring space and worlds we’ve never actually seen before (see: Avatar). But alas, NASA decided against it. https://gizmodo.com/next-mars-rover-to-include-3d-camera-thanks-to-james-ca-5527969 Why? Basically, NASA didn’t have enough time to go…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

Sign Up for Dish Network, Get a Free Gun

In a deal that the southern part of our country would find irresistible, a Radio Shack in Hamilton, Montana is offering a free gun to every customer who signs up with Dish Network. Now I’ve been offered many things when signing my life away for cable—LCD TV’s, phones, iPads—but really? A gun?! Apparently, the offer…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Website Lets People Address Rumors About Themselves for $1000

There are always those rumors that get passed around so much—Tommy Hilfiger hates black people! Ciara is a dude!—that they’re passed off as fact. But what happens when they’re not true? I guess you can go to iCorrect.com. iCorrect, a recently launched website, wants to become the platform where famous people go to tell their…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Making of the Eames Lounge Chair

I’m not a furniture snob but I find myself turning into one as I keep watching this making of the Eames Lounge Chair. I’m not satisfied with a glimpse though! I want to see the whole process, from the curving of the base to setting up the ottoman, and I want to save enough money…

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It’s Earth Hour Tonight, We’ll Understand If You Turn Off the Lights

In what has become an annual event, Earth Hour 2011 is upon us. From 8:30 PM (local time) to 9:30 PM, Earth Hour encourages us to turn off the lights. We’ll see you back at 9:30 (or tomorrow!). [Earth Hour]

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How Those Awesome Time Traveling NBA Commercials Are Made

If you’ve watched any basketball games this past season, you might have noticed some really great commercials that showed current NBA stars in their earlier life (in high school, college, etc) interacting with people from “the future” (or 2011). It’s amazing when you see 2005 version of Kevin Durant “react” to the fact that he’ll…

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CIA and KGB Spy Weapons: Rectal Escape Kits, Turd Transmitters and Lipstick Guns

You didn’t think the first set of the historical CIA spykit was all they had, right?Come on! It’s the CIA. Here’s a few images from another set that also includes some KGB weapons. Some of these “tools” are rather interesting. The picture above is an escape kit issued by the CIA in the 1960’s. The…

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Here’s a CF Card Reader Adapter for iPad and iPad 2

MIC Gadget has an iPad adapter that many professional (and semi-professional!) photographers might be interested in: a CF card reader that seems to work really well. They tested it on the iPad 2 and transferred three 21 megapixel photos in 4 seconds. Interestingly, MIC Gadget says that since the iPad does not support 5D Mark…

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This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s app roundup: photos, automatically shared; pictures, wirelessly synced; fantasy baseball drafts, prepared; live wallpapers, personalized; disasters, alerted; movie clips, single served; your drunken night, erased from social networks, and much much more. The week’s best iPhone apps https://gizmodo.com/the-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5786046 Color: A new sort of social network/photo sharing app, Color uses your phone’s sensors…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

The Week’s Best Android Apps

Imo.im: The new imo.im app (which is available in beta right now) has gotten quite attractive and is a huge improvement over the current official version. The beta uses a tabbed interface (sorta similar to eBuddy) and has a brand spanking new UI where everything is a lot easier to use. The beta is only…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Last Night Never Happened: It’s an app that deletes all of your drunken social network updates the morning after. We’ve all done some regrettable things while drunk, this app tries to erase them from our social network memory. Let’s see what Kat would do with the app: “Let me see…I cracked open that first bottle…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Week’s Best iPad Apps

My Daily Clip: My Daily Clip for iPad lets you watch a different movie clip every single day. When you fire up the app, you’ll see a timeline of clips that correspond to each specific day. What’s nice about the app is that previous day’s clips are playable too, so you get a huge backlog…

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These Bed Sheets Can Enhance Your Athletic Performance in Bed

You know the dri-fit type shirts people use when they work out? Yeah, the fabric that wicks sweat away and keeps you cool and dry. These bed sheets, by Sheex, are made from that same material. The idea is that the microfiber polyester/Lycra Spandex fabric blend makes your bed sheets breathable, keeps them stretchy and…

Tech News Casey Chan

4chan Is Trying to Prank Lonely Single Guys with OkCupid

The rabble rousers at 4chan are creating fake OkCupid profiles in an attempt to create an involuntary flashmob in New York City. It’s sad for the potential victims but I gotta admit, sorta funny! The idea is to use fake OkCupid accounts to tease “forever alone” guys into thinking that someone is interested in them.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Radioactive Iodine Levels Near Fukishima Plant Are 1250 Times Higher Than Normal

Radioactivity levels have spiked in seawater just offshore the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Tests have found that the radioactivity is 1,250 times higher than normal with radioactive water being found in 3 of the 6 reactors. Three workers have actually sustained burns after being exposed to the radiation. [Reuters]

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These Are the Three Countries Who Don’t Use the Metric System

As a reminder, these are the three countries who don’t use the incredibly sensible metric system: Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States of America. U-S-A! U-S-A! Hell, we should all form some sort of alliance! Non US-people, feel free to tell us why we’re dumb for not using the metric system. [Wikimedia via…

Tech News Casey Chan

Color for iPhone and Android

Half the fun in taking pictures is sharing, right? Well, Color for iPhone and Android makes sharing all the fun. Except, you don’t get to choose who you’re sharing with. There’s no friending, no following, no privacy—just automatic sharing to the people around you. What is it? Color, Free, iPhone and Android. Instead of traditional…

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A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

Oh Igor Blinnikov, you prankster you! A year ago, the Russian man hacked a highway video billboard in Moscow and rigged it so it would broadcast porn. Traffic stopped to a standstill as drivers enjoyed the public peep show. Good one Igor, funnies all around! Um, not so much. Authorities were not amused and found…

Tech News Casey Chan

Qatar Will Use $500,000 Artificial Clouds for the World Cup

When I heard that World Cup 2022 was going to be in Qatar, I was confused like everyone else. Isn’t it deathly hot over there? But they’ve got a solution: to make artificial clouds (something Bill Gates has wanted to do) to cool down the temperature. https://gizmodo.com/artificial-clouds-that-could-stop-climate-change-receiv-5536139 Apparently, the artificial clouds, developed by scientists at…

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Simpson Episodes Are Being Pulled in Europe for Nuke Jokes

The Next Mars Rover Won’t Have a 3D Camera

Sign Up for Dish Network, Get a Free Gun

This Website Lets People Address Rumors About Themselves for $1000

The Making of the Eames Lounge Chair

It’s Earth Hour Tonight, We’ll Understand If You Turn Off the Lights

How Those Awesome Time Traveling NBA Commercials Are Made

CIA and KGB Spy Weapons: Rectal Escape Kits, Turd Transmitters and Lipstick Guns

Here’s a CF Card Reader Adapter for iPad and iPad 2

This Week’s Best Apps

The Week’s Best Android Apps

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

The Week’s Best iPad Apps

These Bed Sheets Can Enhance Your Athletic Performance in Bed

4chan Is Trying to Prank Lonely Single Guys with OkCupid

Radioactive Iodine Levels Near Fukishima Plant Are 1250 Times Higher Than Normal

These Are the Three Countries Who Don’t Use the Metric System

Color for iPhone and Android

A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

Qatar Will Use $500,000 Artificial Clouds for the World Cup

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset