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Drink until you’re green

The Sierra Club provides evidence that they throw the best parties here, with an extensive list of (figuratively) green liquors. Arguably the most impressive is Flor de Cana rum, which uses sugar from a mill that generates 30 percent of Nicaragua’s electricity. There’s also a comment from the founder of the first carbon-neutral spirits company,…

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Watch 20 Hours of Blizzard in 38 Seconds

How much snow has really piled up in the last 24 hours? Michael Black left a camera, a clock, and a meter stick in his backyard to find out. Watch it reach snowglobe status in a matter of seconds. [GawkerTV]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Keep The Snow Out Of Your Brain With The Sony MDR-EX1000 Flagship Earphones

Seems a bit of a shame to spend $799 on something no one will ever see because it’ll spend most of its life rammed down your ears, but if you need higher-end earphones, the MDR-EX1000 will do the job. The Asia-only flagship earphones are available on import through Audiocubes, so if you’d like your audio…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Watch a trippy documentary on CIA mind control experiments using LSD

In 1979, ABC News aired Mission Mind Control, a documentary about the US government’s research into the mind control applications of hallucinogens. The documentary is fascinating (albeit depressing), and the 1970s production values give the video a retro flair. [Archive.org]

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The Best of the Year in Rants

There was plenty to be angry about this year; the Gulf Oil Spill, assaults on net neutrality, Mark Zuckerberg winning Time’s Person of the Year. Check out the best rants from our most irate writers in 2010. 1. Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook – May 5th Facebook privacy policies keep going down the…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Shot-By-Shot Analysis of the New Doctor Who Trailer

We’ve seen Doctor Who’s time-wimey take on “A Christmas Carol”, and now it’s time to look ahead to season six. Let’s examine the new trailer and learn what’s in store for the Doctor and his friends. Spoilers and speculation ahead! Unlike last year’s trailer, which included clips from as far ahead as episode nine, this…

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First images from Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst’s science fiction romance, Upside Down

We’ve been eagerly following the science fiction love story Upside Down (starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst). The film follows two star-crossed lovers trapped in alternate universes. New images and details are slowly starting to reveal the different dimensions! French site Into The Screen posted a collection of new images and information on director on…

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Solve the puzzles in a new science fiction thriller and win up to £1 million

Author Gruff Davies has found a whole new way to promote a novel — his science fiction thriller, The Looking Glass Club, contains a series of puzzles — and if you solve them, you can win prizes, including an iPad. According to New Scientist, Davies’ novel takes place in 2010 and 2035. In 2010, a…

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LG Preparing Mammoth 72-inch 3D LCD for CES

Acronyms ahoy! LG says their LZ9700 is the world’s largest 3D LED-backlit LCD TV (phew!), weighing in at a where-the-hell-am-I-going-to-put-this 72-inches large. See you at CES, you beast. The set also boasts a 400Hz refresh rate and local dimming, as well as the now-standard set of USB inputs, DLNA support, and the ever ambiguous TV…

Television Sam Biddle

Life Through the Eyes of a Sword

These guys duck-taped a GoPro Hero camera to the tip of a broadsword and filmed themselves doing some crazy moves. The results will make your head spin. Bonus: Steve Jobs’ doppelganger doing his Braveheart bit at the end.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Brace yourself for a Twilight Zone marathon. Plus Primeval begins and Tower Prep ends!

This week, we have the season finale of Tower Prep and the season premiere of Primeval, and marathons of Doctor Who, Twilight Zone, and assorted other classics. Plus Rufus Sewell meets a mermaid, and Alec “Obi-Wan” Guinness pioneers science-fiction comedy. Today: Right now, as you read this, Syfy is having a marathon of Friday the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Network Data Encoded in Flickering Office Lights

Thinking you’re receiving a message from a flickering light is usually a sign you need to up your Valium dosage and take a break from the internet—but thanks to Minnesota-based LVX System, light-based data transmission is now real. Six buildings in the town of St Cloud, Minnesota, will soon be fitted with the Visible Light…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Even Tatooine was hit by Snowpocalypse 2010

While all you East Coasters dig yourselves out today, here’s a reminder that even alien crime lords aren’t resistant to the fimbul elements. This photo of Jabba the Hoth was taken earlier this year in Spokane. [Fetts via Technabob]

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Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

Northeastern Giz readers—your house is very possibly buried underneath a considerable amount of snow. But don’t worry—housemaster extraordinaire Bob Vila has some handy tips on picking out the right snowblower. Time to liberate that front yard. [Bob Vila]

Tech News Sam Biddle

How ‘Find My Phone’ Helped a Man Retrieve His Stolen Car on Christmas Day

A stolen car. The iPhone’s “Find My Phone” feature and a high-tech, high-speed chase. A daring escape from the police. A Sonic fast food restaurant. This story has it all! And it all went down on Christmas Day. Here’s the story a reader told to 9to5Mac: Pretty amazing Christmas Story! Early this morning my 2005…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

A Forbes Magazine article from 2000 called “Introducing the Computer of 2010” is as interesting for what it got right as for what it got wrong. Today’s computer, said Forbes, would be Frisbee-sized and have a “virtual keyboard.” There are plenty of incorrect predictions in the Forbes article, including: “By plugging our computer into an…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

To Inflate this Roof You’ll Have to Roast Some Serious Chestnuts

This isn’t your typical glowing, inflatable picnic roof. No no. This Dutch design is inflated via hot air produced by a wood-burning oven, used to cook nuts, hot chocolate, or whatever else you’d like. And it looks amazing. The pillowy project, entitled “The Roof That Goes Up in Smoke” (we hope only figuratively), is a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

An Indian rocket blows up in mid air

Here’s a fiery portrait of India’s second failed launch of 2010. The GSAT-5P, launching a new geosynchronous communications satellite, broke up in the first stage and exploded. How did this happen? According to press accounts, the GSAT-5P rocket developed an error soon after launch and took on too high an angle during launch, causing the…

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New York Looks Like Snow Zombieland—But It’s Nothing Compared to Japan

It’s only a few feet of snow, but this is how New York looks right now. People consider this The Snowpocalypse but, while it looks like Yeti zombies are going to appear at anytime, it’s nothing compared to this [Updated] That, my friends, is real snow. And no, these photos are not Photoshopped. This one…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

One-door Napoleonic defense tower is your new evil headquarters

This is a 30-foot-tall Martello Tower in Suffolk, England. It has one door, 13-foot-thick walls, and was built to keep Napoleon out of England. This particular fortress was refurbished with a cushy interior. It’s perfect for keeping out nosy do-gooders. This Martello Tower, Tower Y, is owned by Duncan Jackson, who redesigned this one-time gunpowder…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Drink until you’re green

Watch 20 Hours of Blizzard in 38 Seconds

Keep The Snow Out Of Your Brain With The Sony MDR-EX1000 Flagship Earphones

Watch a trippy documentary on CIA mind control experiments using LSD

The Best of the Year in Rants

Shot-By-Shot Analysis of the New Doctor Who Trailer

First images from Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst’s science fiction romance, Upside Down

Solve the puzzles in a new science fiction thriller and win up to £1 million

LG Preparing Mammoth 72-inch 3D LCD for CES

Life Through the Eyes of a Sword

Brace yourself for a Twilight Zone marathon. Plus Primeval begins and Tower Prep ends!

Network Data Encoded in Flickering Office Lights

Even Tatooine was hit by Snowpocalypse 2010

Bob Vila Wants to Help You Pick Out a Snowblower

How ‘Find My Phone’ Helped a Man Retrieve His Stolen Car on Christmas Day

Forbes (kinda, sorta) predicted the iPad in 2000

To Inflate this Roof You’ll Have to Roast Some Serious Chestnuts

An Indian rocket blows up in mid air

New York Looks Like Snow Zombieland—But It’s Nothing Compared to Japan

One-door Napoleonic defense tower is your new evil headquarters

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