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David Letterman Before Licking an iPad: “It’s Like an Electronic Slinky”

Click to viewDavid Letterman showed off a certain gadget before listing the “Top Ten Questions to Ask Yourself Before Waiting in Line for the iPad.” I was too focused on his tongue to notice whether those questions are even in this clip. Just think of the germs he’s getting on that poor iPad. [CBS]

Early PC Developer and Microsoft Inspiration Dr. Ed Roberts Dies at Age 68

Deep down we hoped that it was just a sick April Fools Day joke, but unfortunately Dr. Henry Edwards Roberts, a brilliant man who inspired the co-founders of Microsoft with his early PC development work, has passed away. Roberts was a military man, a farmer, a physician, and “often credited with kickstarting the modern computer.”…

Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps

The iPad App Store is open! Here are the best of the apps so far—the ones you’ll actually want when you finally get your iPad. This guide will be updated multiple times this weekend, since apps are still flowing in by the hundred. Also, check up on our app review marathon liveblog, running all day…

File-Syncing App Evernote Looks Perfectly Organized on the iPad

Popular file-syncing app Evernote’s already available for nearly every device you can think of, so it’s no surprise that an iPad version is available at launch. What pleasantly amazed me though, is how well organized and thought out it appears. The main screen seems to mimic the two pane design of the iPad Mail app…

If I Could Draw, Charadium Would Be Among My First iPad App Purchases

The Charadium iPad app lets you play a game similar to pictionary against anyone who also has the app. It’s three bucks and bound to start plenty of arguments about whether that thing I drew is clearly a duck. [iTunes]

The Epicurious iPad App Is Mouthwatering

The free Epicurious app for the iPad takes the impressive achievement of the iPhone version—packing Gourmet’s Big Yellow Cookbook into a finger-friendly format—and adds some serious garnish. Now the cookbook looks as delicious as the food itself. [iTunes]

My Way or the Highway

Listening to this great anecdote, it doesn’t surprise me that Steve Jobs liked Paul Rand so much. After all, he has the same philosophy: My way or the highway. And I agree with him 100%. Watch the complete interview. [Logo Design Love]

Stream ABC Shows Over Wi-Fi With This Free iPad App

Wanna watch an episode of Desperate Housewives, LOST or whatever else is on ABC using your iPad? All you need is a Wi-Fi connection and the free ABC Player app. [iTunes]

MobileMe Will Find or Erase Your Missing iPad

Now MobileMe will not only find or erase your lost or stolen iPhone, but your iPad as well. We’re not sure just how well the $99/year service will work when it comes to finding Wi-Fi only devices, but there’s hope. It seems that as long as the iPad is connected to a Wi-Fi network, you…

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This Solid Steel Mouse Pad Looks Sharp

Greensforged sells hand-made steel mouse pads. Their lineup includes the Cirque du Pwnage, the Teardrop, and the Hugepad. They’re all steel and they’re all badass. But the The Ravenholm, with a circular saw design, is the baddest-ass of them all. The Ravenholm, made of 1/8″ hot-rolled steel sheet, can be yours for only $50. It…

This Is a Newspaper on the iPad: The NYT, WSJ and USA Today iPad Apps

On the one hand, you have the New York Times: “I am an internet news application!” And then you have the Wall Street Journal: “I am a color newspaper!” And then you have USA Today: “I like Skittles!” Even before we’ve used them, we can see that they’re all groping toward what a newspaper should…

The Entire Whedonverse is Streaming on Netflix. Shiny!

That’s right, nerds: All of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog are at the touch of a broadbandy button I know, I didn’t include Dollhouse — and that’s simply because only the first season’s available, as the second hasn’t even come out on DVD yet. So hold your horses, kids:…

SketchBook Pro For iPad Says “Here’s Your Stinkin’ Content Creation”

OK, ok, we get it—the iPad’s going to have us consuming media like it’s our jobs. But to all of those it’s-not-a-content-creation-device naysayers, the $8 SketchBook Pro app says, “check this out.” [iTunes]

Still No Gizmodo iPad, But Here’s My Favorite Review

Well, we just don’t have one yet. Sorry! Read this Boingboing review. I like it a lot. She just gets it, and pretty much thinks what I think about the iPad. [Boingboing]

Send Us Pictures of Weirdos Waiting in Lines for iPads

We’ve seen that Greg Packer’s already waiting in an iPad line, but what about everyone else? We want you to send us your not-so-sneaky spyshots of iPad lines and the oddballs waiting in ’em. https://gizmodo.com/oh-for-gods-sake-not-him-again-5507369 Please send your pictures to [email protected]—not to me!—and use “iPad Line Photos” as the subject.

In Hell, Daddy Gets To Eat The Baby

On Ugly Americans this week, Mark babysits, Callie wants to adopt the baby, and Twayne wants to eat the baby. Also, Mark almost dies maybe a half-dozen times this episode. That’s once every 5 minutes. This week’s episode of Ugly Americans – “Demon Baby” – works the show’s immigrant metaphor to the hilt as Mark…

Reminder: Join Us At The io9 WonderCon Meetup Tomorrow 4/2

Going to San Francisco’s pop culture extravaganza WonderCon this weekend? Join us for a panel and post-panel meetup next Friday, co-sponsored by SF indie flick In-World War. Details below! First, the fun stuff. io9 Meetup: You don’t have to be registered at WonderCon to join us for drinks and fun on Friday night, April 2,…

Marvel Comics On the iPad

The left half of the image is the money—that’s how you’re going to be reading Marvel’s comics on the iPad. What the screenshots don’t show, however, is what happens when there’s a two-page facing layout. Do you go landscape and they go side-by-side? That seems to be the best option, rather than paging forward and…

Think You Can Invent A Better Hot Tub Time Machine Alt-Universe Mashup? Prove It.

What alternate-universe mash-up would you invent if you went back in time via hot tub? Think you can come up with something better than Rob Corddry’s Twittagra — a combination of Twitter and Viagra? Let us know, and win. Pretend you’re a time traveler who’s gone back a quarter century — you have the chance…