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Spot the IT Guy

Okay, time to play a little game. Looking only at the profile pictures—and not the job descriptions—which of these Deans Property employees is the IT guy? Hint: it’s definitely not a trick question. [Deans Property via Buzzfeed]

Tech News Brian Barrett

How to make your setting a character in your dystopian novel

Science fiction writers and literary agents have been blogging the past few days about how to make your setting come alive. And young-adult author Beth Revis explains why this is doubly important in a novel about a future dystopia. One of the most important things that separates a dystopian novel from all the rest is…

Books & Comics beth revis

Microsoft Isn’t Worried About This Android Tablet Nonsense

Android tablets? Sure, Microsoft exec Steve Guggenheimer’s heard of them. That doesn’t mean he thinks they’re worth a toot, at least not in this WSJ interview. A bold stance! And one that doesn’t really hold up. Guggenheimer was speaking at Computex, and may have just been flush with excitement the announcement over Asus’ Windows 7…

Tech News Brian Barrett

HP’s New 30″ ZR30w Display Can Show Over a Billion Colors

HP’s new ZR30w S-IPS LCD display has a color resolution of 30-bits per pixel, resulting in some 1.07 billion displayable colors. If you’re keeping count, that’s about 64 times as many as you can see on an average LCD. The ZR30w has a 2560 x 1600 resolution—over 4 million pixels in all—though it’s targeted towards…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Guess who else is coming back for Resident Evil: Afterlife?

We already know a few Resident Evil alumni cast members will be popping by to kick some Umbrella Corp. ass, hopefully in a tiny tank top as the trailer suggests. But new images and twitter posts reveal more! https://gizmodo.com/first-resident-evil-afterlife-trailer-brings-back-a-fe-5508931 Milla Jovovich, or Alice as we all like to call her, twitter revealed this little bit…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Smokescreen Converts Flash to JavaScript On the Fly

Now this is interesting. Smokescreen, written by Chris Smoak, is a “Flash player written in JavaScript” that takes Flash objects and converts them to JavaScript in real time. What’s that mean? Well, it means it can allow Flash to work where it isn’t supported, such as on the iPad. Here’s how it works: It runs…

Tech News Adam Frucci

What will physics research look like after the Singularity?

Over at the Physics And Cake blog, there’s a great discussion of exactly how machines will replace theoretical physicists, with their only goal being to create a perfect model of the universe, and no ego at stake. I feel that the best way to do Physics is to build machines to do Physics for us……

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

168 Gizmodo Reader Self-Portraits

For this week’s Shooting Challenge, 168 of you were brave enough to not only share your photography, but to share a little piece of yourself with it. The results are sometimes funny, sometimes haunting and sometimes beautiful. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-self-portrait-5548426 Lead Shot Black backdrop behind my head 2 Costco cat food containers on either side of my…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 3

My trusty Canon PowerShot SX200 IS @ ISO 800, f3.4, 1/8th of a second. No flash. -Steyn De Klerk I am submitting this entry in behalf of my 2 year-old daughter Elizabeth. This photo perfectly captures my daughter’s yearning to be a beautiful princess. D300 18-200 @ 18mm 1/40 sec f5.6 ISO 400 -Lance Sugden…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 1

I took this picture using a complex series of mirrors and the Nikon D80 featured in the picture. The composition is actually my reflection. The lens was a Nikon Nikkor 50.0 mm f/1.4. It was shot in manual mode. The Shutter Speed was 1/25 with an F-Stop of 3.5. The ISO was set at 500.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 2

I took this shot with my Sony a200. Settings 1/40 F5.6 and ISO 1600 -Ashley Young Camera: Canon 20D Lens: 24mm F: 2.2 Speed: 1/40 ISO: 100 the flame is real as well, ie not photoshopped in. i set up my camera on a tripod, set up the lights and had to take the picture…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Firefly’s Wash gets a proper good-bye in this week’s comics

This Wednesday, the incomparable Patton Oswalt delivers his secret history of Hoban “Wash” Washburne in Serenity: Float Out. Mister “I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar” has deserved a formal send-off for years — about time. Oswalt is no stranger to comics (he previously penned JLA: Welcome to the Working Week…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Splinter Cell Conviction for iPhone: Stealth!

There are games where you blast, and there are game where you sneak. The iPhone has a wide selection of the former, but real stealth games, not so much. Splinter Cell, then, is more than welcome to the App Store. It’s always interesting to see a well-known game franchise fold itself up, suck its belly…

Tech News John Herrman

Borders Takes eBook Reader Price War Lead With $120 Aluratek Libre

Borders may not be the biggest name in eBook readers. They may not have the nicest devices or the most robust selection. But by god, they’re going to win on price if it kills them. Enter the $120 Aluratek Libre. https://gizmodo.com/borders-semi-official-ereader-the-kobo-on-pre-order-n-5533484 The Libre isn’t on the same level as the Kindle or even the Sony…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

One Day, Steve Will Announce This Crap and You’ll Buy It

Sure, the iPad weigh is a stupid concept but, one day, someone in black and denim will say “Boom! Isn’t that great?” and some people will think is the magicalest gadget ever. [Walyou via Krapps]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Los Angeles, mysteriously without cars

Filmmaker Ross Ching created this short film, Running on Empty, imagining the usually traffic-clogged L.A. without an auto in sight. It’s a masterfully simple piece of cinematic trickery — and a perfect look at L.A. after the zombie apocalypse. [Slashfilm]

Movies Marc Bernardin

Panasonic SC-ZT2: Your 3DTV Gets Wireless Home Theater Audio Now, Too

Panasonic isn’t taking no for an answer on this 3DTV business. To make the prospect of switching over a little more appealing, they’re rolling out the SC-ZT2: a fully wireless home theater audio system designed specifically for Full HD 3D. The SC-ZT2 promises 7.1-channel sound from just two speakers, each of which houses four tweeters…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Commodore Tries Its Hand At An Eee Keyboard-Like Device

It took ASUS over a year to get the Eee Keyboard to the point where it was ready to go on sale, so don’t go pinning your hopes on Commodore’s Invictus keyboard (which thieves most of ASUS’ ideas anyway). https://gizmodo.com/asus-eeekeyboard-finally-available-for-pre-order-at-5-5520983 If the above picture looks familiar, it’s because it’s a more plasticky version of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Big-screen Captain America may actually look like a soldier

There’s no question it’s going to be very difficult for Marvel to turn Captain America’s classic blue-spandex look into reality for their new origins movie. But a few leaked costume details have put our minds at ease, for now. JoBlo got a sneak peek at the studio-approved costume test for Captain America, and this is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why is Wil Wheaton charging down on orc John Scalzi while riding a unicorn-dragon-kitten?

There are some questions that simply don’t have answers…yet. Wheaton and Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America. Explain the picture, win the contest, get paid, and help people. Here’s the deal, according to Scalzi’s website: You write a 400 to 2,000 word fanfic about the picture above. Come…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Spot the IT Guy

How to make your setting a character in your dystopian novel

Microsoft Isn’t Worried About This Android Tablet Nonsense

HP’s New 30″ ZR30w Display Can Show Over a Billion Colors

Guess who else is coming back for Resident Evil: Afterlife?

Smokescreen Converts Flash to JavaScript On the Fly

What will physics research look like after the Singularity?

168 Gizmodo Reader Self-Portraits

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 3

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 1

Shooting Challenge: Self-Portrait Gallery Part 2

Firefly’s Wash gets a proper good-bye in this week’s comics

Splinter Cell Conviction for iPhone: Stealth!

Borders Takes eBook Reader Price War Lead With $120 Aluratek Libre

One Day, Steve Will Announce This Crap and You’ll Buy It

Los Angeles, mysteriously without cars

Panasonic SC-ZT2: Your 3DTV Gets Wireless Home Theater Audio Now, Too

Commodore Tries Its Hand At An Eee Keyboard-Like Device

Big-screen Captain America may actually look like a soldier

Why is Wil Wheaton charging down on orc John Scalzi while riding a unicorn-dragon-kitten?

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