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Steve Jobs Personally Monitors Who Has Apple Prototypes?

As the next iPhone slipped out, Apple will probably begin restricting access to prototypes and unreleased products. What’s curious though, is that apparently Steve Jobs has personally been monitoring who’s walking around with unreleased devices all this time. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-lost-the-iphone-4-5520438 According to Bloomberg, Steve Jobs doesn’t just rely on what we’ve affectionally dubbed as the Apple…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 21 '10

A Skype Wedding For a Volcano-Stranded Couple

Sean Murtagh and Natalie Mead had planned on a London wedding when they returned from a trip to Dubai. But after Eyjafjallajokull’s enormous cloud of ash, they spent their nuptials stuck in a Middle East airport. Fortunately, there was Skype. Sean borrowed a fresh shirt and slacks, while Natalie put on the nicest dress she’d…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 21 '10

How To Create Your Own Tron Poster Using Photoshop

Looking to give your Photoshop art that old-school arcade sheen? This tutorial will help you create retro-chic videogame designs à la Tron, Mega Man, and Asteroids. This handy guide from the blog Spoon Graphics will teach you how to give your illustrations that charming 1980s polygonal look, right down to the weathered game cover. And…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 21 '10

Bing and the WNBA: Partners in Futility

The jokes kind of write themselves, don’t they? Microsoft’s Bing is the newest big-ticket advertiser for the WNBA, with the Bing logo appearing on Seattle Storm jerseys. Take it away, commenters. [NY Times]

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 21 '10

The Bizarre, High-Tech Art Of Tracking Toads

Cane toads are a major pest in Australia. In an effort to contain them, researchers are tracking the beasts and trying to understand where they’ll go next. But how do you track a toad? Two words: Accelerometer and pantyhose. As any Australian will tell you, cane toads (Bufo marinus) are an introduced pest which have…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 21 '10

Fox Kills The Torchwood Revamp. Not Surprisingly.

When we heard that Russell T. Davies was working on a U.S. version of Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood for Fox, we were as doubtful as everyone else that Davies’ brand of queer subversiveness would fly here. And we were right. According to a statement from BBC Worldwide: BBC Worldwide Productions and the FOX Broadcasting Company…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21 '10

Parody Posters For Shows And Movies We’re Glad Don’t Exist

Daren Dochterman isn’t just one of our favorite concept artists, who’s worked on Iron Man 2. He’s also the creator of these weird TV/movie parody posters. “Not Coming Soon” includes concepts like Dirty Harry Potter. “Do you feel magical, punk?” https://gizmodo.com/10-hollywood-designers-to-watch-out-for-5012506 Actually my favorite might be Co-Dependence Day, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. There’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21 '10

An Original Game Boy Gussied Up With a GBA Screen

The terrible screen on the original Game Boy keeps it from being a retro device I want to use. But this mod, which crams a GBA screen inside, made me fall in love all over again. [Flickr via Oh Gizmo!]

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 21 '10

Henge Dock Lets You Celebrate MacBook as Monolith

Sure, your MacBook would function fine as a desktop computer replacement just sitting there on your table. But the Henge Dock lets you celebrate that sleek slab of industrial design vertically (and eliminates the hassle of plugging everything in separately.) Whether you’ve been looking for a convenient way to dock your Apple notebook or just…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 21 '10

Can This Experiment Prevent Solar Flares From Destroying The World?

NASA recently launched a probe that’s designed to do nothing but study the sun — and it’s found new ways of helping scientists observe “violent solar events.” Which could be useful for predicting mega-flares. The Solar Dynamics Observatory, which NASA launched this past February, was built by the Goddard Space Flight Center for the express…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 21 '10

The Most Beautiful Books You’ve Ever Seen

Philip Smith is one of the world’s most famous book binders, who has transformed book binding into an incredible form of art. And one of his favorite subjects is Lord of the Rings, whose covers he’s reimagined several times. Here you can see a selection of his covers, including many versions of the Lord of…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Apr 21 '10

This Survey Is Now Following You on Twitter

Not really. Don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll happen someday. But until surveybots have Twitter accounts, won’t you take it anyway? If you email the last question to [email protected], you’ll be entered to win a $150 gift card from Brookstone. They sell robots there. [Rules]

Tech News Gawkercreative Apr 21 '10

No, You’re Backwards

And the tussle over Flash keeps on tussling: Now Apple’s publicly sniping at Adobe. Apple spokesperson Trudy Miller’s response to Adobe complaining about Apple’s restrictive (read: anti-Flash) development policies for the iPhone and iPad: Someone has it backwards—it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all supported by the iPhone and iPad) that are open and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 21 '10

Listen to Jason Chen on the Adam Carolla Podcast

The Adam Carolla Podcast is my favorite podcast. So for them to ask me to call in to the show to talk about the iPhone? That was freaking incredible. You can hear the entire podcast here. I’d recommend it—it’s funny. As are all his other podcasts, which are pretty much a must whenever I have…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 21 '10

Pay $100, Jump From the Top of Vegas’ Stratosphere

The Stratosphere, one of the taller hotel/casinos in old Vegas, has a new way to get your kicks: by jumping off its roof and living to tell the tale. The new attraction will let you take a controlled freefall from 855 feet up for a mere $100. You won’t be truly freefalling, unfortunately; three cables…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 21 '10

Soldiers vs. Cthulhu? Welcome to Black Sky

30 Days of Night artist Ben Templesmith is developing what he’s calling an “illustrated film” that’ll combine his twin loves of human drama and all things tentacular. At last week’s C2E2 comics convention in Chicago, Templesmith revealed his plans for Black Sky, an illustrated film that will “meld the cinematic storytelling style of comics with…

Books & Comics Marc Bernardin Apr 21 '10

Sometimes The Best Way To Figure Out Your Book’s Story Is By Writing It

“I happened across a blog post … and the writer was describing these super-detailed outlines he uses, so detailed that the outline winds up about half the length of the finished book. Then (I guess) the writer just has to fill description and dialogue and maybe write those transition scenes where you get a character…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21 '10

Shooting Challenge: H to the D to the R

For this week’s Shooting Challenge, the topic will be something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time…something our photographic community has proven expansive and adventurous enough to tackle: HDR (high dynamic range) photography. The Challenge This week, you’ll need to submit one HDR shot of any subject. (Truthfully, a few of you have…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 21 '10

Alien Plasma Trapped In Canada’s Magnetic Fields

Photographer Richard Kelly managed to snap this incredible picture of an aurora over Manitoba, Canada. That ghostly glow is charged particles from the sun, captured by magnetism from the Earth’s poles and lit up by oxygen. [via EPOD]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21 '10

It’s Not About the iPhone

A month ago, the world saw Apple as equal parts North Pole and KGB—unpredictably innovative and notoriously secretive, they were a force wielded by nothing less than magic. Then, an elf got loose. A month ago, Cupertino was a sacred land of living hyperbole. Journey long enough across its infinite loop, and you may run…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 21 '10

Steve Jobs Personally Monitors Who Has Apple Prototypes?

A Skype Wedding For a Volcano-Stranded Couple

How To Create Your Own Tron Poster Using Photoshop

Bing and the WNBA: Partners in Futility

The Bizarre, High-Tech Art Of Tracking Toads

Fox Kills The Torchwood Revamp. Not Surprisingly.

Parody Posters For Shows And Movies We’re Glad Don’t Exist

An Original Game Boy Gussied Up With a GBA Screen

Henge Dock Lets You Celebrate MacBook as Monolith

Can This Experiment Prevent Solar Flares From Destroying The World?

The Most Beautiful Books You’ve Ever Seen

This Survey Is Now Following You on Twitter

No, You’re Backwards

Listen to Jason Chen on the Adam Carolla Podcast

Pay $100, Jump From the Top of Vegas’ Stratosphere

Soldiers vs. Cthulhu? Welcome to Black Sky

Sometimes The Best Way To Figure Out Your Book’s Story Is By Writing It

Shooting Challenge: H to the D to the R

Alien Plasma Trapped In Canada’s Magnetic Fields

It’s Not About the iPhone

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