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Your Computer Problems Are Almost Definitely Your Own Fault

UGGGHH why is your stupid computer being so stupid all the time! Honestly, it’s time to come to grips with the fact that it’s probably something you did. We’re doing the Kübler-Ross fast-track here, kids. [SMBC via The High Definite]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Feb 28 '11

Ghost Dog: Why this katana-swinging hitman is an urban legend

Jim Jarmusch’s 1999 thriller Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai is a stunning meditation on race, death, cultural cross-pollination, and Forest Whitaker killing gangsters. But what’s most intriguing about Ghost Dog is how Jarmusch transforms the film’s flesh-and-blood samurai into a nigh mythical wraith. Here’s why this film has become a must-see classic in just…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 28 '11

And the Most Stupid Looking Simulator Award Goes To…

I know. It’ll save lives when the time comes, but that doesn’t make this parachute jump simulator look any less stupid, with soldiers hanging there like sausages, looking around and moving levels and ropes. [Daily Mail]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 28 '11

Gawker Media 2.0.1

I should first explain the radio silence of the last couple of weeks. We’d wanted to respond to feedback not with promises of future improvements but with actual fixes. So that’s what I’m doing now—but I regret any impression that we weren’t listening. Without more verbiage, the main changes you wanted . . . The…

io9 Nick Denton Feb 28 '11

Chomp for Android

Searching for apps through the Android Market can be an exercise in hair pulling frustration. Chomp for Android makes finding Android apps a lot easier. What is it? Chomp, Free, Android. It’s amazing that even with the Google juice powering Android Market, using Android Market’s search function can be, well, so not zesty. When I…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 28 '11

A Jawa meets K-9: Best science fiction mash-up of the day

A Jawa runs into K-9, the Doctor’s robot friend, but he needs the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver to repair the poor tin dog. This advertisement for the Corsham Sci-Fi Family Funday in England is ridiculously cute. But you just know that as soon as the Doctor turns his back again, the Jawa is going to be…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 28 '11

Firing Artillery Against Snowy Peaks Is a Lot of Fun

Provoking avalanches is an usual practice in mountainous zones all around the world. This video shows how they do it near Mount Cheget, one of the best ski spots in the Caucasus. For some reason, the video is narrated by the Swedish Chef. [Dirty.ru]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 28 '11

TED Talks Come to Hulu Plus

TED Talks are now available on Hulu Plus (and normal Hulu as well), which means you can watch some of the greatest minds of our time talk about awesome shit on your TV, in beautiful HD, without the need for a computer. Let’s get to watchin’. [Hulu via TheNextWeb]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 28 '11

Finally, We Have Been Saved From Tiny Ketchup Packets

Good news! No, great news! The Heinz Dip & Squeeze, a new single-serving ketchup package that promises to save us from the long national nightmare that has been the existing foil squeeze packet, is now rolling out to Chick-Fil-As nationwide. Ketchup! Liberated! The new package, which can be squeezed like the old ones or peeled…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 28 '11

Swine flu and bird flu may team up to create a supervirus

In 2009, swine flu created a minor pandemic, only killing about 15,000 people but infecting millions more. The avian flu H9N2 is ravaging bird populations throughout Asia. They’re bad enough on their own…but what if they joined forces? That’s the question a team of Chinese researchers have been recently exploring. H1N1 and H9N2 are closely…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 28 '11

What Is This?

What’s that you’re looking at? Sure it’s art, but not the kind that you think. You might say it’s a definitive example of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts. And the answer is quite moving. What you’re looking at is The Matrix. Yes, the movie. The terrific new Tumblers over at…

Movies Brian Barrett Feb 28 '11

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Tech News Davey Alba Feb 28 '11

Early script pages reveal what’s happening with the American Akira

We’ve read some casting pages that were sent out recently for the live-action American version of classic 1980s anime Akira, and let’s just say things are not looking good. Luckily, the pages we saw are from an early draft, and it’s being rewritten by Harry Potter scribe Steve Kloves. So let’s hope some of the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 28 '11

DirecTV for iPad Gives You Bigger Schedules and On the Go Recording

DirecTV has just released an iPad app that lets you browse and search their schedule (up to 2 weeks out), set recordings on the go and even check sports scores to see if the game is worth watching. Free. [iTunes]

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 28 '11

How fossil DNA could bring dying species back from the brink

Countless animal and plant species teeter on the brink of extinction, but the DNA of their ancestors may point the way to survival. Paleobiologists are scouring fossil DNA to determine why species once thrived…and how they can do so again. Yes, it’s the rare instance in which fossil DNA doesn’t lead to cloning. Instead, scientists…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 28 '11

Oscar Losers Get Free Trip to Space

Jesse Eisenberg—not an Oscar winner. However! As part of his Hey sorry, no hard feelings goody bag from the Academy, he’s getting a $200,000 free trip on Virgin Galactic—along with all the other losers. [NYP via Hairpin]

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle Feb 28 '11

Why do your favorite heroes get bogged down in continuity and inside references?

It never fails: The cooler a hero is, the likelier he or she is to start tossing out references that only mean something to a handful of fans. The longer an epic story goes on, the more self-referential it gets. Why does this happen? And is there just a natural law that stories have to…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 28 '11

The best character from Drive Angry isn’t Nic Cage, it’s The Accountant

As much as we loved Nic Cage’s tragic, Paradise Lost, anti-hero John Milton, the real star of the show was the devil’s Accountant played by Will Fichtner. We spoke with Hell’s second in command, and asked him all our lingering Drive Angry questions. Like what’s the day-to-day schedule like for someone so evil? Could you…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 28 '11

The Best Deal of the Day

Nerds love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. No, not the movie that starred Luke Perry and defined mediocrity, but the Joss Whedon-helmed TV show, which lasted 7 seasons on TV (and managed to squeeze out an eighth season in comic form). Thanks to the love and care it received from Whedon (also responsible for cult favorites…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Feb 28 '11

How the Internet (Wrongly) Decided It Was Bart Simpson’s Birthday

Did you hear on the Twitters how Feb. 23rd was Bart Simpson’s birthday? Netflix tweeted it! Rolling Stone tweeted! Some guy you started following a few months ago and instantly forgot about until now probably tweeted it! Only problem? They were all of them wrong. Here’s how it happened. According to an in-depth investigation over…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 28 '11

Your Computer Problems Are Almost Definitely Your Own Fault

Ghost Dog: Why this katana-swinging hitman is an urban legend

And the Most Stupid Looking Simulator Award Goes To…

Gawker Media 2.0.1

Chomp for Android

A Jawa meets K-9: Best science fiction mash-up of the day

Firing Artillery Against Snowy Peaks Is a Lot of Fun

TED Talks Come to Hulu Plus

Finally, We Have Been Saved From Tiny Ketchup Packets

Swine flu and bird flu may team up to create a supervirus

What Is This?

Movie Barcode

Early script pages reveal what’s happening with the American Akira

DirecTV for iPad Gives You Bigger Schedules and On the Go Recording

How fossil DNA could bring dying species back from the brink

Oscar Losers Get Free Trip to Space

Why do your favorite heroes get bogged down in continuity and inside references?

The best character from Drive Angry isn’t Nic Cage, it’s The Accountant

The Best Deal of the Day

How the Internet (Wrongly) Decided It Was Bart Simpson’s Birthday

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