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How to turn an orange peel into a mini-flamethrower

To be fair, this will be a very tiny flamethrower. You would only be able to burn an elf or one of those things from Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. But it’s still cool. Sometimes something is so cool that you wonder why more people haven’t told you about it. Then you realize that…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 22 '11

Paintings or Spinning Records?

Now that we all download or stream, don’t you miss record (or CD) labels and sleeves? Sure, you can turn the visualizer on on iTunes or *cough* WinAmp but it’s no match for trancing out to the spinning label of a record. Photographer Paul Octavious is selling a limited edition series of long-exposure photographs, made…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

Amazon Spills First Droid Bionic Product Pics

Announced at CES and delayed because it was receiving “enhancements,” the Motorola Droid Bionic has appeared on Amazon, safely swaddled by a desktop dock and car dock. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-new-phone-is-from-our-wacky-sci-fi-dreams-5730820 According to the Amazon listing, the desktop dock is actually “a station with an extra sense. With ESP technology, you decide which apps and short cuts to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

How Nicolas Winding Refn will update Logan’s Run for today’s future

How do you remake Logan’s Run? What do you do with Box? Critically adored director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) explained to us how he’ll have to alter the original novel for modern day audiences. We nabbed Nicolas Winding Refn at the Drive roundtables at Comic-Con and asked him about his planned Logan’s Run remake (starring…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 22 '11

Hyatt Fires Heat Lamps at Striking Hotel Employees

Taking a page from 19th century American robber barons, the managers of a Chicago Hyatt decided to whip together some old fashioned strike breakin’ fun with the help of ten large heat lamps, the Tribune reports. USA! USA! USA! The lamps were switched on against the picketing workers at 7 am—at which point it was…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 22 '11

How to Fix Facebook’s New Broken Chat System (YES!)

Gizmodo reader Tal Ater agreed that Facebook’s new chat system is a clusterzuck of confusion, so he created a little program to fix it! It will take off the list anyone who’s offline. Here’s how to do it: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-why-did-you-screw-your-chat-system-5822759 • Drag this bookmarklet and drop it on your browser bookmark bar: Fix Chat • Open…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Jul 22 '11

Surprise “Sizzle Reel” for the Deleted Scenes from Star Wars Original Trilogy

Everybody who went to the Star Wars Fan Movie Awards last night got a special surprise: a short “sizzle reel” showcasing the deleted scenes from the original trilogy that’ll be on this fall’s Blu-ray release. And here it is! Including: an intimate moment with Admiral Akbar, Luke gazing at the sky on Tattooine, some stormtrooper…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22 '11

How Long Does It Take for Coke to Go Flat?

There’s few things worse than a glass of flat Coke. OH WAIT, a glass of Pepsi is far worse. But anyway! An incredibly bored person wanted to find out exactly when Coke went flat so he timed it. His method, which is completely unscientific, was to pour a glass of Coke and then count the…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 22 '11

Google Gives Android Fragmentation a Giant Thumbs Up

One of the most immediate (and valid) criticisms of the Android bonanza is its fragmentation problem. Too many versions! It’s confusing! So what could Google do to rein in the software panoply? Allow multiple versions of apps? Hmm. The initiative has good intentions—instead of having one version of an app (APK) that might not be…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 22 '11

The Borders Goodbye Email Is Like Watching Old Yeller in Slow Motion

Just when the snarkbot in me wanted to giggle at Borders like a great big jerk, they go and send this genuinely heartfelt farewell message. In summary: they got their butts kicked, and they’re sorry. So am I. Who pulled the trigger? Borders tells it straight up: The fact is that Borders has been facing…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 22 '11

Hugh Jackman reveals the villain of The Wolverine! Plus Jon Favreau talks Cowboys & Aliens!

Man of Steel will take flight a little later than expected. Peter Dinklage explains what’s next for Tyrion on Game of Thrones. Joss Whedon’s long-delayed horror movie is finally getting released. And Hilary Swank is headed to Venus. Spoilers from here on out! Top image from the Total Recall reboot. Man of Steel The release…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 22 '11

Real Chinese Customers Very Pissed at Fake Chinese Apple Store

While the staff of the Kunming make believe Apple Store have no problem at all with their illegitimacy, their customers aren’t taking it in stride. In fact, they’re pretty angry, Reuters reports. https://gizmodo.com/fake-chinese-apple-store-looks-amazingly-real-5822918/ It appears many of the store’s patrons bought shiny goodies under the belief that the store had been ordained by Mr. Jobs,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 22 '11

Adobe Takes Back What It Said About Lion Disabling Flash Hardware Acceleration

Yesterday, Adobe wrote of its suspicions that OS X Lion has had Flash Player hardware acceleration disabled, which could be why Flash is proving to be a bit buggy. They’ve since retracted what they said, writing: https://gizmodo.com/os-x-lion-might-disable-flash-hardware-acceleration-5823388 “The final release of Mac OS X Lion (10.7) provides the same support for Flash hardware video acceleration…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

The US Government Can Now Play With Tablets—Well, the BlackBerry PlayBook, Anyway

While Obama and colleagues have admitted to owning iPads, it’s the BlackBerry PlayBook which the US government has chosen to be the first certified for governmental use, under the FIPS 140-2 certification. Presumably for security reasons, and not because of its apps. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/if-obama-really-has-an-ipad-why-wont-he-just-show-us-t-5796852

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

When In Doubt, Just Get a Sharpie-Armed Robot to Do Your Work Instead

Terrible drawers of the world, unite—and arm yourselves with a 3-axis CNC machine that’s been outfitted with a Sharpie pen for converting a vector image file to a tangible drawing in seconds. MWM Graphics, aarn and Paper Fortress Films did just that; the artworks of which you can purchase for—gulp—$175 each. [Vimeo via What Katie…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

Do We Turn the Volume Up to Hear Louder Music, Or to Feel the Vibrations?

One of the James Dyson Award entrants, Stefan Zwegers, thinks it’s the latter, which is why his Sensible Music invention turns bass into vibrations when listening to music through headphones. This is achieved by placing two vibrating motors in the headphones’ cord, located around the user’s chest. Like listening to live music at a concert…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

I Hope Colgate Sees This Clever Toothpaste Tetra Packaging

Smart packaging is always appreciated, particularly when it’s for a product that we all use several times a day. Well, I hope you do anyway. Moving the paste-opening to the corner reduces packaging, and increases paste usage. Very smart, Sang Min Yu and Wong Sang Lee. [Yanko via Technabob]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

Entourage Special Bypasses DVD For iTunes

I’ve been awaiting the eight season of Entourage like Eminem’s been awaiting a proper dueling-sesh with Vince (no spoilers, honest!), but if you want to see the special Hollywood Sunset: A Farewell Tribute to Entourage before it hits DVD and HBO, the only way to get it is through iTunes (for now.) This is notable…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22 '11

io9 Roundup: July 21, 2011

COMIC-CON DAY TWO | The best of our coverage from the heart of San Diego Comic-Con, plus other awesome breaking stories today. https://gizmodo.com/the-very-best-finds-on-the-floor-at-comic-con-2011-5823307 The very best finds on the floor at Comic-Con 2011 To some, Comic-Con is a sweaty heap of pulsating fans. To us, it’s a galleria of delights and treasures waiting to be…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22 '11

Google+ Racks Up 20 Million Uniques In 3 Weeks

Google+ is hot, hot, hot. According to ComScore, the social network has pulled in 20 million unique visitors in a mere three weeks. Leading the way is the US with 5 million and India with 2.8 million uniques. It’ll be interesting to see if Google can expand the service fast enough to keep up this…

Tech News Kelly Jul 22 '11

How to turn an orange peel into a mini-flamethrower

Paintings or Spinning Records?

Amazon Spills First Droid Bionic Product Pics

How Nicolas Winding Refn will update Logan’s Run for today’s future

Hyatt Fires Heat Lamps at Striking Hotel Employees

How to Fix Facebook’s New Broken Chat System (YES!)

Surprise “Sizzle Reel” for the Deleted Scenes from Star Wars Original Trilogy

How Long Does It Take for Coke to Go Flat?

Google Gives Android Fragmentation a Giant Thumbs Up

The Borders Goodbye Email Is Like Watching Old Yeller in Slow Motion

Hugh Jackman reveals the villain of The Wolverine! Plus Jon Favreau talks Cowboys & Aliens!

Real Chinese Customers Very Pissed at Fake Chinese Apple Store

Adobe Takes Back What It Said About Lion Disabling Flash Hardware Acceleration

The US Government Can Now Play With Tablets—Well, the BlackBerry PlayBook, Anyway

When In Doubt, Just Get a Sharpie-Armed Robot to Do Your Work Instead

Do We Turn the Volume Up to Hear Louder Music, Or to Feel the Vibrations?

I Hope Colgate Sees This Clever Toothpaste Tetra Packaging

Entourage Special Bypasses DVD For iTunes

io9 Roundup: July 21, 2011

Google+ Racks Up 20 Million Uniques In 3 Weeks

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