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Seattle Makes Art From Henching

Minions both good and evil get their due in Sidekicks and Henchmen, a gallery show running in Seattle’s Flatcolor gallery that celebrates “lesser-known comic book characters sidekicks, henchmen, heroes and villains.” Here’re some of our favorite images. The show runs until March 28th at Flatcolor Gallery, open Wednesdays through Sundays each week at 528 First…

Movies Graeme McMillan Mar 16 '10

TokyoFlash’s E-Ink E-Clock

TokyoFlash didn’t invent the epaper/eink watch, but they are the first to present something truly different with the tech. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-round-phosphor-e-ink-watch-334500 The following designs are just concepts. However, if you (and others) like them enough, esoteric watchmakers at TokyoFlash will put one into actual production. Each watch contains ePaper, sure, but it also syncs with your…

Commerce Mark Wilson Mar 16 '10

First Impressions of “Monsters”: A Quarantined Mexico Packed With Aliens

The advance word (more like hopeful speculation, really) was that this would be the “Mexican District 9,” but Monsters is a much more modest and subdued affair, and perhaps its greatest accomplishment is the establishment of its intriguing new mythology. Here’s the blurb for this film, which played at SXSW this week: Six years ago,…

Movies Quiet Earth Mar 16 '10

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What Lies Beneath Edition

In today’s Remainders: things lurking below the surface. Literally, a fuel cell-powered fish. Less literally, ISP’s seething contempt for the FCC’s new National Broadband Plan. Also: Samsung’s David Lee Roth tablet love and a helicopter with rocket-powered blades. Yikes. ISPs and FCC, Sitting In a Tree Yesterday, FCC announced it’s National Broadband Plan. It’s ambitious—hoping…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert Mar 16 '10

The Periodic Table of Sci-Fi

I think I would’ve done a lot better in 10th grade Chemistry if we’d studied the Periodic Table of Sci-Fi Film and Television. And I get the feeling I’m not the only one. Click to biggie-size. The chart was created by Kris Staub, who sells prints of this and other illustrations here. [TopatoCo via The…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 16 '10

Kristen Wiig Describes Simon Pegg’s Tribute To Star Wars’ Cantina Scene

We’re dying for more information about Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s alien-encounter comedy Paul, especially now that it’s been delayed. Luckily, we cornered co-star Kristen Wiig, and mind-probed her to learn more about the film’s science-fictional in-jokes. During a roundtable discussion for her next film MacGruber at SXSW, Kristen Wiig shared a tiny Paul moment,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 16 '10

Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways

We’re in our last couple months of the active phase of our love affair with Lost. We’ll be watching the island-castaway show forever, but right now we’re still experiencing the thrill of discovery. So here’s why we love Lost. We’ve criticized some aspects of Lost lately — especially those “flash-sideways,” where the plane landed safely…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 16 '10

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. When I was 12 or 13 years old, we had a family computer that everyone shared. It had a 1GB hard drive.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 16 '10

Android Marketplace Hits 30,000 Apps, Still Has Serious Catching Up to Do

We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace: 30,000. That’s more than double what was available in December, a crazy fast rate of growth. And they’re going to need to keep it up. The numbers come from straight from Google via MobileCrunch, while the Apple App Store had 150,000…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 16 '10

One Shrimp Opens Door to Extraterrestrial Life In the Solar System

One three-inch shrimp—happily swimming under 600 feet of ice, 12.5 miles from open water—has shattered all scientists’ theories on life-harboring environments. An impossible discovery that opens the possibility of complex extraterrestrial life in our Solar System: We were operating on the presumption that nothing’s there. It was a shrimp you’d enjoy having on your plate.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 16 '10

Uh oh? Apple Changes Ship Date for iPad Docks to May

We’re not certain why, but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [Apple Insider via CNN]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 16 '10

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here’s how to wipe them clean. Why Erasing Files Is Not Enough Sure, you could erase the contents of the drive,…

Tech News MaximumPC Mar 16 '10

Meet Lightsaber Batman Vs. Shark Artist Andrew Zubko

Two days ago, Andrew Zubko’s illustration of Jedi Batman battling a shark blew up the internet. Here are more aesthetic oddities from the Portland artist. Andrew, thank you for realizing the most nerdgasmic dream of a million fanboys and fangirls. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-self-explanatory-painting-in-human-history-5492977 Andrew was nice enough to answer some questions about his work. Here’s the scoop:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 16 '10

Navigon MyRegion App Offering Up Localized Maps For $25

Navigon is one of our favorite navigation apps. Which is why we’re pretty excited at the prospect of being able to buy it piecemeal: starting today, instead of buying maps for all of North America for $80, you can buy a MyRegion map of the East, Central, or Western US for $25. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-navigation-app-telenav-vs-navigon-vs-5343981 It’s for…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 16 '10

Internet Explorer 9 Won’t Run on Windows XP

If this morning’s news of Internet Explorer 9’s support for HTML5 and video acceleration got you excited, and you happen to run Windows XP, prepare to get unexcited: You won’t be able to install it on your OS. Sorry! [IE9] https://gizmodo.com/internet-explorer-9-a-fresh-start-with-html5-5494574

Tech News John Herrman Mar 16 '10

Is There an iPad Cinema In Your Future?

Apple seems to have a projector fetish lately. They have been filing projector-related patents left, right and center. The latest one describes ways to incorporate micro-projectors in many Apple products, from iPhone to MacBook to an Airport Express wireless router. https://gizmodo.com/apple-files-patent-for-crazy-3d-projector-setup-for-som-370426 The new patent also explains how to use a peripheral device—like the iPhone—to control…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 16 '10

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. Some of them are for entertainment — designed to control A/V equipment in your living…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Mar 16 '10

Ryan Phillippe Confirms He’s Up For Captain America, While Channing Tatum Joins The Race

Looks like the rumors are true — Ryan Phillippe could be our new Steve Rogers. But before we can even chew on the idea of a Cruel Intentions Cap, another actor has stepped up to the plate: G.I. Joe’s Duke. While fielding questions at the SXSW MacGruber panel, Ryan Phillippe was approached about his rumored…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 16 '10

Chuck Vs. Don’t Take The Blue-And-White Pill!

Last week’s Chuck may have brought a long-awaited (and long-overdue) revelation, but last night’s episode went one further with a couple of moments that no-one could’ve seen coming… including the characters themselves. Go Team Status Quo Change! Spoilers ahead. If Chuck keeps messing with its formula as much as it has in the last couple…

Television Graeme McMillan Mar 16 '10

Microsoft’s HD-5000, HD-6000 Webcams Promise Brighter Colors For Cheap

Microsoft’s two new HD LifeCams shoot 720p video on the cheap, for $50 and $60 respectively. What sets them apart is their TrueColor technology, supposedly delivering more vivid colors in any situation. How do they fare? You be the judge. Webcams come a dime a dozen, and even cheap, HD devices aren’t really enough to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 16 '10

Seattle Makes Art From Henching

TokyoFlash’s E-Ink E-Clock

First Impressions of “Monsters”: A Quarantined Mexico Packed With Aliens

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What Lies Beneath Edition

The Periodic Table of Sci-Fi

Kristen Wiig Describes Simon Pegg’s Tribute To Star Wars’ Cantina Scene

Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

Android Marketplace Hits 30,000 Apps, Still Has Serious Catching Up to Do

One Shrimp Opens Door to Extraterrestrial Life In the Solar System

Uh oh? Apple Changes Ship Date for iPad Docks to May

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

Meet Lightsaber Batman Vs. Shark Artist Andrew Zubko

Navigon MyRegion App Offering Up Localized Maps For $25

Internet Explorer 9 Won’t Run on Windows XP

Is There an iPad Cinema In Your Future?

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

Ryan Phillippe Confirms He’s Up For Captain America, While Channing Tatum Joins The Race

Chuck Vs. Don’t Take The Blue-And-White Pill!

Microsoft’s HD-5000, HD-6000 Webcams Promise Brighter Colors For Cheap

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