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The Best of Last Night’s Reign of Fire Commentary Twack

For those of you who didn’t endure last night’s Reign of Fire tweetathon, here’s the cream of the dreadfully boring dragony crop. We all cued up the theatrical cut of the Christian Bale-Matthew McConaughey-Gerard Butler-dragons “classic” Reign of Fire on Netflix Instant (or on your own DVD) and Tweeted our way through it. Below, you’ll…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Wii Classic Controller Pro Arrives to America

Today, the formerly Japan-exclusive Wii Classic Controller Pro ($20) arrives to American stores. It’s basically a recreation of Sony’s Dual Shock (which is basically a beefed up SNES pad), with double rows of shoulder buttons and dual analog sticks. [Nintendo] https://gizmodo.com/wii-classic-controller-pro-finally-hitting-us-this-spri-5456407

Tech News Mark Wilson

There Is No God: TRON Hoodie Sold Out UPDATE

Just as I discover the $45 TRON hoodie (a combination of my two favorite things short of “pork fornication,” which just sounds bad), I discover it’s sold out. Some t-shirt sizes are still available, however. [Threadless via TheDailyWhat via DVICE] UPDATE: It appears to be back in stock! However, I do not take this as…

Movies Mark Wilson

Karate + Trampolines + Dunk Tanks = Kosho, The Sport That Needs To Be Real

On the classic 1967 series The Prisoner, residents of The Village play the fictional sport of Kosho. What’s Kosho? Grown men in bathrobes and helmets, beating the crap out of each other on trampolines. Kosho appeared prominently in the episode “It’s Your Funeral.” According to Kosho rules, one opponent must knock the other into a…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

New Iron Man 2 TV Spot, Predators Promo Pic, And Tons Of Doctor Who Spoilers!

Iron Man 2 released a new TV spot, and Samuel L. Jackson talked action scenes. There’s a spooky new Predators photo. Alex Kingston drops tons of Doctor Who spoilers. Plus Lost, Transformers, The Thing, Priest, Walking Dead and True Blood. Iron Man 2: Samuel L. Jackson told a reporter that Nick Fury won’t just be…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

iPad 3G Available Starting April 30th

Want to know when your pre-ordered iPad will arrive? April 30th. If you planned to buy one from an Apple Store? That’ll be the same day, starting at 5pm. PM. So sleep in, nerds. CUPERTINO, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced that the Wi-Fi + 3G models of its magical iPad™ will be…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Chrome OS Netbooks Will Be Under $400, Google Hopes

Google’s removed the video for inexplicable reasons, however TechRadar dug it up on YouTube, and found Eric Schmidt promising an affordable price-point for netbooks with Chrome OS and the potential for it to be offered on-contract by phone networks. We should be seeing the trickle of netbooks and tablets by the beginning of 2011, with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Leica V-LUX 20 Compact Camera Exposed With Geo-Tagging and HD Video

As expected, Leica has lifted the lid on the V-LUX 20 snapper, which looks like the Panasonic ZS7, but with the much-salivated-over Leica appeal. It’s got a 12.1MP sensor with 12x zoom and GPS tagging, plus also shoots 720p video. https://gizmodo.com/a-panasonic-point-and-shoot-leica-fied-5518138 It comes with a 4.1-49.2mm f/3.3-4.9 ASPH (25 – 300mm equivalent) lens, and that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Floppy Disk Post-It Notes Make You Remember Not Just Disks, But Pens Too

Call me old-fashioned, but I do think these floppy disk sticky notes are a lot more fun than the iPhone and iPad variants. Sure, you can’t design apps in the blank space…but you can come up with fun fake file-names! Sadly they’re not available for purchase, as they’ve just been dreamed up by Behance. Hop…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Zooey Deschanel to (Hopefully) Play Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace

Kooky-actress-it’s-ok-to-worship Zooey Deschanel has apparently been cast as Ada Lovelace in a new film chronicling her life, Enchantress of Numbers. Lovelace, who died in 1852, was an English woman who wrote the first algorithm ever processed by a machine. Almost 150 years after her death, and she’s the figurehead for an annual celebration (March 24th)…

Movies Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s 3DTV Sales So Strong, They’re Producing 30% More

Whatever your views on 3DTV, there’s no denying Panasonic’s 3D plasmas are miles ahead of competitors’ products. Which probably goes some length to explaining why Panasonic’s increased production by 30 per cent. https://gizmodo.com/what-it-feels-like-to-watch-3dtv-viewing-a-digital-dio-5445626 According to Panasonic’s head of TV business, Hirotoshi Uehara, they’ve seen a “strong reaction,” with their factory working at “full capacity but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Ford’s Sync AppLink Will Debut In 2011’s Fiesta, With BlackBerry and Android Support

Hey now, BlackBerry users. Just because that Magnum hasn’t been found in a bar and leaked, doesn’t mean you can’t smile today. Though unless you aren’t in the market for a 2011 Ford Fiesta—you can resume frowning. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-video-of-blackberry-magnum-shows-marriage-of-t-5458578 The Sync AppLink which was announced in January will allow Fiesta owners to use BlackBerry and Android…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Steampunk Real3D Goggles Could Save 3DTV

Now that normal service has resumed, it’s time to go back to dwelling on those all-important issues dragging us down before. Namely, 3DTV and the nail in its coffin—3D glasses. Step back in time with steampunk 3D goggles. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone-5520164 Cinemas would be doing a lot better out of 3DTV if the glasses they were offering…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Lenovo ThinkPad L Series: An Eco-Friendly Facelift

While Earth Day’s not until later this week—but you’ve already got that circled in your hemp calendar, right?—Lenovo’s celebrating early with their new ThinkPad L Series: 14- and 15-inch notebooks that contain more recycled material than any other. Specifically, the 15-inch L512 contains 18 percent post consumer content (from an assortment of old office water…

Tech News Brian Barrett

A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back

Well, how can I explain this? I got some interesting calls today. It was Apple. And they wanted their phone back. This phone was lost, and then found. But from Apple’s perspective, it could have been considered stolen. I told them, all they have to do to get it back is to claim it—on record.…

Tech News Brian Lam

Remote Control DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari

Some wildlife photographers spend months immersed in muck to capture the perfect shot. The Burrard-Lucas brothers decided to let an RC car do the dirty work. Their BeetleCam came face-to-face with lions, elephants, and buffalo and captured these stunning shots: https://gizmodo.com/blood-sweat-and-photographic-tears-5497525 The BeetleCam is the ingenuous creation of Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas, two acclaimed UK…

Biology Kyle VanHemert

Bob Evans Sausage Gravy Machine Is the Last Machine You’ll Need

I know you’re all thinking what I’m thinking: Why bother with Step 1? Order today to get four cases of free gravy! [HTHackneyCo.com (PDF)]

Tech News Joel Johnson

Beer-in-a-Box Saves Space, Materials, Sobriety

This clever beer packaging concept is a box with a tap. We’ve seen similar things before, yes, but this costs less, uses less packaging and is more efficient to transport. Plus, it holds beer! [Brand X Daily via Core77]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Science Fiction Sugar Smackdown On The Food Network!

Last night, the Food Network’s “Sugar Impossible” challenge involved making a four-foot-tall sculpture illustrating a science-fiction theme out of pure sugar. And it had to have moving parts. Sugar robots, aliens and weird mutants competed for a $10,000 prize. What makes for good science fiction? How can we create speculative works that are moving and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

15 Things You Hate (That You Should Secretly Love)

Last week, we addressed the fact that anti-Twilight hatred has grown stale. But Twilight’s not the only science fiction/fantasy phenomenon that fans have flogged to death. Here are 15 other movies, comics and TV shows that deserve a break. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-twilight-hate-has-gotten-boring-5516545 1.) Arnold Schwarzenegger’s performance in Batman and Robin: For teaching us that our past indiscretions…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The Best of Last Night’s Reign of Fire Commentary Twack

Wii Classic Controller Pro Arrives to America

There Is No God: TRON Hoodie Sold Out UPDATE

Karate + Trampolines + Dunk Tanks = Kosho, The Sport That Needs To Be Real

New Iron Man 2 TV Spot, Predators Promo Pic, And Tons Of Doctor Who Spoilers!

iPad 3G Available Starting April 30th

Chrome OS Netbooks Will Be Under $400, Google Hopes

Leica V-LUX 20 Compact Camera Exposed With Geo-Tagging and HD Video

Floppy Disk Post-It Notes Make You Remember Not Just Disks, But Pens Too

Zooey Deschanel to (Hopefully) Play Computer Programmer Ada Lovelace

Panasonic’s 3DTV Sales So Strong, They’re Producing 30% More

Ford’s Sync AppLink Will Debut In 2011’s Fiesta, With BlackBerry and Android Support

Steampunk Real3D Goggles Could Save 3DTV

Lenovo ThinkPad L Series: An Eco-Friendly Facelift

A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back

Remote Control DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari

Bob Evans Sausage Gravy Machine Is the Last Machine You’ll Need

Beer-in-a-Box Saves Space, Materials, Sobriety

Science Fiction Sugar Smackdown On The Food Network!

15 Things You Hate (That You Should Secretly Love)

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