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The Most Detailed View of the Dark Side of the Moon

This is the hidden face of the moon like you’ve never seen if before, as captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LOLA instruments. Despite its appearance, the picture wasn’t processed by NASA scientists taking LSD while listening to Pink Floyd. The rainbow colors correspond to the elevation of the terrain, going from 20,000 feet (red)…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

FarmVille iPhone App Now Available

God help us all. It looks like the FarmVille iPhone app is starting to show up on iTunes. We’re not seeing it in the US-based App Store yet, but international users are already playing the game. [MacStories]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Now Available

This is the roundup of all the products we posted about before they were available to buy. However, these shiny new commodities have currently become… wait for it… Now Available! Magimix Vision Toaster: This $299 toaster prevents people from ever burning their toast again, looking modern and unique all the while. Its appealing duel window…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno

Human Centipede cat toy, for kittens and masochists

Now you and your kitty-cat can both snuggle up to the titular creature from the feel-good movie of the year, Human Centipede. Nothing says “I love my pet” more than humans sewn butt-to-face, then stuffed with catnip. Found on ETSY, this hand made toy is a mere $100. Will the marvels that Human Centipede has…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Be a cannon fodder pothead or showgirl in the Fright Night remake

Want to be seen alongside Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in the upcoming vampire-next-door flick Fright Night? If you can make it to the American southwest, filmmakers need a bunch of extras ranging from vampires to nerds. Fright Night (which stars Colin Farrell as the is-he-or-isn’t-he vampire) will be shooting in Albuquerque, New…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

We’ve seen the first two episodes of Futurama season six…

…and they’re good! Futurama makes its Comedy Central debut until tomorrow, but we’ve had a sneak peek at the first two outings. It looks like there’s plenty of life left in everyone’s favorite animated scifi comedy that refuses to die. We’ll save our complete recap for once the episodes have officially aired, but we have…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Skype Offering Free Calls For A Month

Need to talk smack to other countries during the World Cup? Skype has you covered. They’re offering free landline calls to a number of countries for an entire month. Here’s the list: • 60 minutes free calls to landlines in Algeria for a month • Unlimited free calls to landlines in Argentina for a month…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Three-Person Bathtub Is Made From a Single Rock Crystal

I love big bathtubs and crazy jacuzzis, but this thing defies imagination. It’s an 8.3-feet diameter bathtub made from a single rock crystal. If Superman had a tub in his Fortress of Solitude, this would be it. And he will use it with Lois Lane and Wonderwoman, because it can fit three people. Made by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Vote for the Most Depressing I-Forgot-To-Charge-My-Smartphone Story

The sob stories are in! And here are the five most empathy-inducing of the bunch. Read, vote, and bequeath a Powermat 1XA Mat/Receiver Case for iPhone 3G/3GS to the author of the saddest tale. Read ’em and weep. Literally. Entry 1: Scott W.’s Olympic-size Battery Fail This February I was travelling from my home in…

Tech News Gawkercreative

What did we think was at the center of our galaxy?

Scientists now believe there’s a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. But back in the day, we dreamed the galactic center held God’s home planet. Or a super-civilization. What else did science-fiction authors think we’d find there? A super matter transmitter: In the Perry Rhodan books, Rhodan discovers a gigantic matter transmitter,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone Photography

The iPhone 4 comes out this week—it’s got a 5MP backlit sensor. But it’s only one of many new, usable, higher megapixel cameras making their way into cellphones. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we celebrate the new era. The Challenge Capture a photo with a cameraphone that you don’t edit on a computer. (In-cellphone manipulation…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Music WithMe BlackBerry App Syncs iTunes Over Wi-Fi, Sigh

On the eve of giving up my BlackBerry for a shiny new iPhone 4 (hopefully), along comes Music WithMe, an app that syncs iTunes playlists to BlackBerry devices over Wi-Fi or 3G. Dammit, that sounds convenient. There’s not much else to it. Music WithMe, a new app which costs $15, after a free 30 day…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Gadget Deals of the Day

Congratulations to the US World Cup team for advancing to the next round. Congratulations to all those iPhone 4 owners who got to play with their devices a day or two early. But mostly, congratulations to you on reading these splendid deals! Top Deals: • 37″ Sony Bravia M-Series KDL-37M4000 LCD HDTV for $518.56 plus…

Tech News Ryan F. Salerno

100+ extremely confusing vintage horror comic covers

More often than not, the covers of old-school horror comics were more baffling than scary. Titles like Tales from the Crypt and House of Mystery promised chills but delivered befuddlement. Here are 100+ of the most inexplicable (with captions). [Via Comic Covers] First caption — self-explanatory. Is this the Chamber of Death or the Honeymoon…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why size doesn’t matter: Ants and world domination

Mark Moffett is a photographer and explorer who travels the world looking for new species and scientific wonders. In his latest book, Adventures Among Ants, he takes you deep into “extreme ant societies.” Here’s an excerpt, about ant hive minds. Although we think of all ants as small, they vary in size several thousandfold. The…

Books & Comics Mark Moffett, Ph.D.

Stupid Robot Makes the Oil Spill Even Worse, Somehow

The hits keep on coming from BP! Today, a bumbling robot knocked the cap off the well, causing the spill to actually increase in its rate of destruction. Well, fuck. Earlier this morning, an undersea robot accidentally bumped into a venting system, which forced BP to remove a cap that had been holding in some…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Mini Orchestra Plays on Microchip Inside CD Case

For $27, you can pre-order a mini orchestra in a CD case. Unlike a normal CD, where you pop it into a player, you just plug your headphones into the case and listen. Albeit, try to “listen.” It’s hardly music, and I very much doubt you’ll get your money’s worth in terms of plays per…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Apple: White iPhones Delayed Until Mid July

According to an official Apple statement, the reason you won’t see any white iPhones on shelves tomorrow is that they’ve “proven more challenging to manufacture than expected” and are delayed until mid July. Full statement: CUPERTINO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — White models of Apple’s new iPhone® 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks

Given their penchant for pan-galactic reigns of terror, Doctor Who’s immortal villains clearly deserve a place in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — and this artfully constructed infodump does the job quite nicely. [Topless Robot]

Television Marc Bernardin

Tony Hawk Ride Controller Modded Into a Real Skateboard

People didn’t seem too interested in using a toy skateboard to play video game skateboarding with Tony Hawk Ride. Maybe because it wasn’t realistic enough? Well, screwing some trucks and wheels on there will solve that. Sure, this is no replacement for a real skateboard, but if you’ve got a $120 toy sitting around that…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Most Detailed View of the Dark Side of the Moon

FarmVille iPhone App Now Available

Now Available

Human Centipede cat toy, for kittens and masochists

Be a cannon fodder pothead or showgirl in the Fright Night remake

We’ve seen the first two episodes of Futurama season six…

Skype Offering Free Calls For A Month

This Three-Person Bathtub Is Made From a Single Rock Crystal

Vote for the Most Depressing I-Forgot-To-Charge-My-Smartphone Story

What did we think was at the center of our galaxy?

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone Photography

Music WithMe BlackBerry App Syncs iTunes Over Wi-Fi, Sigh

Gadget Deals of the Day

100+ extremely confusing vintage horror comic covers

Why size doesn’t matter: Ants and world domination

Stupid Robot Makes the Oil Spill Even Worse, Somehow

Mini Orchestra Plays on Microchip Inside CD Case

Apple: White iPhones Delayed Until Mid July

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks

Tony Hawk Ride Controller Modded Into a Real Skateboard

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