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If You Are a Photoshop Nerd, You Will Love This Drawing

I don’t know about you but, as a Photoshop nerd, I love this Adobe color picker drawn with a multi-colored pen. [9gag]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 28 '12

Are These the Gates of Heaven or a Deep Space Lighthouse?

It’s always the same. Just when I’m thinking that I couldn’t be surprised by the Hubble Space Telescope anymore, it captures another image that leaves me in awe. Like this searchlight-like beams in space. It’s what I’d imagine the doors to heaven would look like if I believed in such things. Or maybe a deep…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Apr 28 '12

Russian Cargo Spacecraft Set to Swan Dive into the Pacific — This happens all the time, please be SELECTIVE on space stories or any off topic

Progress 46, a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about a ton of space waste, is schedule to splash down into the Pacific ocean today, at approximately 6:45pm Moscow time. The spacecraft’s specifically targeted “burial site” is in a remote region of the water, far from any shipping routes, though by the time it’s splashed down into…

Space & Spaceflight Molly Oswaks Apr 28 '12

Five Super Helpful Mac Apps for Music Fans

Apps for iOS, Android, and the web grab a lot of attention these days, and with good reason. They’re changing the world. But lest we forget, apps for actual computers – a.k.a. software – extend beyond the browser, with plenty of great options for music fans. If you love music and own a Mac, consider…

Tech News Knar Bedian - Evolver.fm Apr 28 '12

Everything You Need to Know About the Higgs Boson in Under Eight Minutes

The Higgs Boson is kind of a big deal. If it does exist, it could provide a key to unifying the standard and quantum models of physics. But what is a Higgs Boson, what does it do, and how does it work? With the help of this animated short, UCI physics professor Daniel Whiteson breaks…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 28 '12

This preview for a Japanese children’s movie will make your head explode

Behold the trailer for After School Midnighters, an upcoming Japanese kids’ movie about an anatomy model that comes to life at night to party his see-through ass off! I have no idea what occurs in this film, but I can dig it already. It’s like Slim Goodbody, if he discovered ayahuasca and show tunes! Here’s…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Apr 28 '12

Augmented Reality Avatar James May Is Your New Museum Buddy

Unlike Tupac, BBC host James May doesn’t have to be dead before we get an augmented reality version of him. Granted, this is not quite as thrilling as having a Hologram Tupac Shakur perform as if still living, but as far as museum guides go, an augmented reality miniature man is a pretty sweet deal.…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 28 '12

Tonight’s Stoner Channel: Dr. Zaius on Mark Twain, Terrible Transportation Tactics, and Old Men with Lightsabers Ain’t Nothin’ to F*ck With

Dana Gould as Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius as Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain Because why the hell not. https://gizmodo.com/foolish-vietnam-cop-almost-dies-riding-on-a-criminals-w-5901708 Foolish Vietnam Cop Almost Dies Riding on a Criminal’s Windshield You’re plastered on the front of a hijacked metro bus, the driver is ignoring your demands he pull over. What do you do rookie, what…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 28 '12

A Billion Details and No Precedent—An Inside Look at the TSA’s Scrambling Start

Building the TSA from scratch in the months following 9/11 seemed an insurmountable task, unrivaled in both scope and size. In Permanent Emergency, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley vividly reconstructs the breakneck pace at which this gargantuan security agency came about and how it came to be an institutional clusterf*ck. I arrived in Washington in…

Tech News Kip Hawley and Nathan Means Apr 27 '12

3D Soccer Players Will Wear 3D Jerseys With 3D Designs

They’re not exactly haute couture, but Lyon’s new 2012/13 soccer jersey’s are definitely haute—er, high concept. The clubs new threads—designed by Adidas—will be embellished with a 3D design in honor of Lyon’s own Lumiere brothers, the pioneers of filmmaking in the 1890s. Of course, like in the cinema, 3D glasses will be needed to see…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 27 '12

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Shit Girls Say About Girls

Girls! It’s the hottest show about mopey early twenties hipster women staring David Mamet’s daughter since forever. And even though not that many people are watching it, people cannot… stop… talking about it. And by “people” I mean other mopey early twenties hipster women. Enjoy! The rest of this week’s top comedy videos, including a…

Tech News Splitsider Apr 27 '12

London Olympics Will Have World’s Largest McDonald’s

The London 2012 Olympics, athletic event to top all athletic events, will be honored with the installment of the largest McDonald’s fast-food restaurant on Earth. Seems a little ironic, no? [Eater via FoodBeast – Images via McDonald’s / Flickr] It’s a pretty impressive undertaking, with an anticipated staff of 2,000. They expect to serve 71,500…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 27 '12

12 Mechanical Flight Sims from Aerospace’s Analog Era

And you thought testing the F-117 was a feat? In the days before building a full-scale 737 mock-up in your garage was possible, flight schools and even NASA relied on mechanical simulators to train pilots. Our friends at Oobject have collected 12 of the most advanced simulators of the day. https://gizmodo.com/how-lockheeds-skunk-works-got-into-the-stealth-fighter-5902800 Be sure to also…

Space & Spaceflight David Galbraith - Oobject.com Apr 27 '12

Gasland: The Definitive Documentary on Fracking

Filmmaker Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland is a perfect primer for anyone unclear on what lately has become much ado about fracking. Hydraulic fractured natural-gas drilling, or “fracking,” is the process by which natural-gas reserves found in shale rock formations under the earth’s surface—up to 9,000ft below—are harvested for use via targeted boreholes drilled deep…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 27 '12

Keep Your Files Safe With Voice-Authenticating USB Drive

There are some sensitive documents that you want to ensure don’t fall into the wrong hands, such as contracts, financial records, and that stash of naked pics you have from college. This voice-authenticating USB drive ($50) will ensure no one’s snooping into your sensitive stuff. It looks just like a regular thumb drive, but using…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 27 '12

Robot Hugs and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Awful Robot Pillow Will Hug You But Never Love You Look, I get it. It’s lonely out…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett Apr 27 '12

Watch The Ring’s creepy demon girl throw the first pitch at a Japanese baseball game

You remember the creepy little girl who crawled out of the TV and killed all of those people in The Ring, right? Well here she is throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game in Japan. Super fun idea, everyone. Yipes! [Via Twitch Film]

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 27 '12

I Am the One Who Clicks Banner Ads

Advertisements pay our bills here, but man, do people really click on them? Our friends at McSweeney’s found the guy who does. For many years, I have remained a presence in the shadows. You citizens of the Internet have gone about your lives, navigating to this page and that, reading articles, watching videos, exchanging messages…

Tech News MIKE LACHER-McSweeney's Apr 27 '12

Stegobeetle is back, and he’s bigger and badder than ever

You remember stegobeetle, don’t you? Sure you do. Stegobeetle was the mean, green late-Jurassic-machine with a Volkswagon beetle for a body. https://gizmodo.com/bask-in-the-metallic-magnificence-of-stego-beetle-5896872 Well, apparently turning old VW bugs into stegosaurus torsos is something of a time-honored tradition. Featured up top is a sculpture — called Stegowagenvolkssaurus — which stands in North Kentucky University’s W. Frank…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 27 '12

John Cusack’s Raven is Weak and Weary

We wanted to like John Cusack’s spin on Edgar Allan Poe as a sexy drunk crime-fighter. We desperately wanted this “Saw for people who’ve passed High School English” movie to reawaken our love for dark eyeliner and graveyard make-out sessions. Basically, we just wanted Goth back! But instead, we got… The Raven. A pile of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 27 '12

If You Are a Photoshop Nerd, You Will Love This Drawing

Are These the Gates of Heaven or a Deep Space Lighthouse?

Russian Cargo Spacecraft Set to Swan Dive into the Pacific — This happens all the time, please be SELECTIVE on space stories or any off topic

Five Super Helpful Mac Apps for Music Fans

Everything You Need to Know About the Higgs Boson in Under Eight Minutes

This preview for a Japanese children’s movie will make your head explode

Augmented Reality Avatar James May Is Your New Museum Buddy

Tonight’s Stoner Channel: Dr. Zaius on Mark Twain, Terrible Transportation Tactics, and Old Men with Lightsabers Ain’t Nothin’ to F*ck With

A Billion Details and No Precedent—An Inside Look at the TSA’s Scrambling Start

3D Soccer Players Will Wear 3D Jerseys With 3D Designs

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Shit Girls Say About Girls

London Olympics Will Have World’s Largest McDonald’s

12 Mechanical Flight Sims from Aerospace’s Analog Era

Gasland: The Definitive Documentary on Fracking

Keep Your Files Safe With Voice-Authenticating USB Drive

Robot Hugs and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Watch The Ring’s creepy demon girl throw the first pitch at a Japanese baseball game

I Am the One Who Clicks Banner Ads

Stegobeetle is back, and he’s bigger and badder than ever

John Cusack’s Raven is Weak and Weary

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