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Why Old Books Get That Old Book Smell

There’s nothing quite as pungent as walking into a book store specializing in old tomes. But why do they produce such a strong and unique smell as they age? Basically every book is an organic chemical reaction just waiting to happen. Books printed in the 19th and 20th centuries are particularly prone to breaking down…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Facebook’s Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars

Mark Zuckerburg just announced that Facebook has agreed to buy mega-popular photo sharing service Instagram for $1 billion. Facebook’s been on a buying spree of late, and has been beefing up its own already-ubiquitous photo sharing service lately as well. But it looks like it just landed a whale. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-huge-new-photo-viewer-is-its-best-ever-5883095 Facebook is already one of…

Social Media Kyle Wagner

Budget-Friendly Yamaha Home Theaters Bring 4K Passthrough and AirPlay

Yamaha’s home theaters and soundbars have always been excellent—even before you consider that they offer great value for the money. The newly refreshed $850 YHT-897 home theater in a box might make it one of the best deals out there right now. The YHT-897 introduces two new features to Yamaha’s top-end home theater system: AirPlay…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Man Survives Shooting Himself in the Heart with a Nail Gun (Warning: Graphic Imagery)

In a horrifying real life cross between Happy Gilmore and a Bon Jovi song, a New Jersey man accidentally shot himself in the heart with a 4-inch nail while trying to un-jam a nail gun. Somehow, he survived. 52-year-old Dennis Hennis, whose parents were obviously jerks, shot himself in the chest with a nail gun…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

First footage from Rian Johnson’s time-traveling hitman movie Looper

Check out the very first footage from Rian Johnson’s (Brick) brand new time traveling mob movie, Looper. Yes, this is a teaser trailer. Yes, we agree this new trend of trailers for trailers is insidious. But there is some added value to this clip. Both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson sit down to give a…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Adorable Three Year-Old Sings the Elements Song

Remember Rose, the cute little 2-year-old whose favorite toy last year was a set of periodic table of elements flashcards? Well, now she’s three, she’s learned to sing, and she’s still all about the elements. https://gizmodo.com/this-2-year-old-girl-knows-the-elements-better-than-i-d-5751874 Does she pronounce all the elements perfectly? Of course not. She’s only three; she’s still barely able to support…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

How to Unlock Your AT&T iPhone

AT&T is now unlocking iPhones, which is awesome, but also a hassle if you don’t live near an AT&T store. So here’s a quick how-to on unlocking your phone without ever leaving your house. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-will-unlock-off-contract-iphones-starting-sunday-5899826 Are You Qualified? You need to meet three criteria to qualify to unlock your phone: Your account can’t be in…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Week’s TV: The last show you’d ever expect is doing a vampire episode!

This week’s television features the episode of Fringe that you must not miss, in which Walter Bishop takes a strange journey. Adventure Time gets more experimental than ever. Both versions of Being Human have season finales. And there’s a special vampire episode of the most unlikely show. Check out clips from new episodes of Adventure…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Five Funniest Google Glasses Parodies

Google’s Project Glass glasses aren’t available yet but the idea is undoubtedly exciting and could very well be the future. But until we actually get to wear them, we have no idea what they’ll be like. Hopefully, they won’t be as hilariously awful and physically harmful as these Google Glasses parody videos. Or actually… hopefully…

Tech News Casey Chan

And now, Monty Python’s John Cleese on the origins of creativity

This lecture may be from 1991, but the topic is timeless, the discussion is lucid, and it’s all delivered by Basil Fawlty himself. Here’s 36 minutes of John Cleese discussing the psychology of being creative. Listen to one of the funniest fellows alive talk seriously about how to become more creative, how to spitball ideas…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Tim Cook Makes More Than the GDP of the Kingdom of Tonga

Apple costs over $600 a share, and has nearly an unfathomable $100 billion in cash lying around. So is it any wonder its CEO is paid more than the national wealth of a small island nation? Bloomberg reports “Tim Cook was the highest-paid chief executive officer in the U.S. last year,” comprised of a modest…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Netflix Now Officially Trying to Influence the Election

From the bright minds that (briefly) brought you Qwikster comes FLIXPAC, Netflix’s very own political action committee. What’s this mean? Netflix starts handing out cash to candidates. https://gizmodo.com/qwikster-is-a-terrible-name-so-netflix-bought-dvd-com-5897867 In what is sure to be a Gritty, Upbeat, Cerebral, Political Thriller of a PAC, Politico reports the fund will be able to sling $5,000 to any…

Tech News Sam Biddle

America’s Navy Tests Its Missiles in the World’s Biggest Potato Gun

Ballistics testing for the military is an expensive proposition. A potato cannon, popular in at-home ballistics testing, is cheap. A new testing device developed by the Navy—a super-sized version of the spud gun—provides a low-cost alternative by simply shooting stuff out of a few pipes. Developed at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Game of Thrones Week 2: Who Watches the Watchers?

The opening scene of last night’s Game of Thrones sets the tone. Arya Stark is in the woods, peeing by a stream. Nervously, lest she betray her big secret. The camera creeps up right behind her, like the viewpoint of someone spying on her. Until at last, the voyeuristic lens gets right up to Arya,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

How do you write Watchmen comics without Alan Moore? Darwyn Cooke fills us in

Come June, DC Comics will release Before Watchmen, a series of comic book prequels to author Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons’ classic superhero deconstruction Watchmen. https://gizmodo.com/dc-comics-unveils-full-list-of-watchmen-prequels-5881187 The thing is, neither Moore nor Gibbons are involved with this project, and Moore just happens to be outspokenly against it. This leaves some of the comic industry’s…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Woman Blown Away By Jet Engines Smashes Her Face Against Wall

REMINDER: Don’t put yourself behind a jetplane powering up for take off unless you want to be blown away and eat some cement. That’s exactly what happened to this woman at Maho Beach, Saint Maarten, famous for being right next to an airport runway. Fast forward to 0:27 if you’re too impatient. She just couldn’t…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Japanese sex museums are where your sanity goes to die (NSFW)

We’ve witnessed the charms of Japanese erotica museums when they’re entirely shuttered. It turns out they can be way more mind-warping when open. http://io9.com/5895807/there-are-few-things-creepier-than-an-abandoned-japanese-sex-museum-nsfw Here are some choice scenes from the city of Beppu’s hihōkan, which apparently closed (but you can still tour on YouTube for posterity’s sake). During its sexy heyday, visitors could behold…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Can the iPad’s Wi-Fi Issues Be Fixed With a Simple Software Update?

Owners of the new iPad have been reporting Wi-Fi issues for weeks. Well they can breathe (a little) easier because a new report suggests that the issue is a fixable software problem—not a hardware issue. https://gizmodo.com/does-the-new-ipad-have-wi-fi-reception-problems-updat-5895145 Computerworld consulted repair expert Aaron Vronko about the new iPad’s weak Wi-Fi connectivity. Vronko says that Apple Support has…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Airplane Porn: First Video of the F-35 Refueling At Night

After publishing a photo last month, Lockheed Martin has published this video of the F-35 Lightning refueling at night. It’s very cool, as you would expect. And I love the smell of kerosene in the morning. https://gizmodo.com/the-f-35-looks-like-a-stealth-spaceship-at-night-5897068

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What would Titanic look like in the hands of George Lucas?

James Cameron is said to have made just one major revision to Titanic in preparation for its re-release (besides converting it to 3D, that is); but who among us hasn’t wondered what Titanic might have looked like had Cameron turned to George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, and Michael Bay for assistance with the remake? https://gizmodo.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-behind-the-only-major-technical-5898221 What’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Why Old Books Get That Old Book Smell

Facebook’s Buying Instagram for a Billion Dollars

Budget-Friendly Yamaha Home Theaters Bring 4K Passthrough and AirPlay

Man Survives Shooting Himself in the Heart with a Nail Gun (Warning: Graphic Imagery)

First footage from Rian Johnson’s time-traveling hitman movie Looper

Adorable Three Year-Old Sings the Elements Song

How to Unlock Your AT&T iPhone

This Week’s TV: The last show you’d ever expect is doing a vampire episode!

The Five Funniest Google Glasses Parodies

And now, Monty Python’s John Cleese on the origins of creativity

Tim Cook Makes More Than the GDP of the Kingdom of Tonga

Netflix Now Officially Trying to Influence the Election

America’s Navy Tests Its Missiles in the World’s Biggest Potato Gun

Game of Thrones Week 2: Who Watches the Watchers?

How do you write Watchmen comics without Alan Moore? Darwyn Cooke fills us in

Woman Blown Away By Jet Engines Smashes Her Face Against Wall

Japanese sex museums are where your sanity goes to die (NSFW)

Can the iPad’s Wi-Fi Issues Be Fixed With a Simple Software Update?

Airplane Porn: First Video of the F-35 Refueling At Night

What would Titanic look like in the hands of George Lucas?

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