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When Hippies and Satanists Have Blood Orgies [NSFW]

Sometimes a freewheeling group of hippies gets hopped up on acid and booze, and runs across a group of Satanic monks dressed in black hoods. Then of course the Satanists drug them with blood and get out the Satanic dildo. How I love the movie Werewolves On Wheels. Let me count the ways. It was…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Life On Paprika Mars

This looks so much like Mars I can almost see the Rover in the background. But it’s not another planet—it’s one of a series of incredible small-scale models by artist Matthew Albanese. Wait until you see the volcano. Albanese calls the series “Strange Worlds,” although the strangest thing about them is the materials they’re made…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Search For a Frozen Camera Could Rewrite History Books On Everest’s First Climbers

In 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off to become the first men to climb Mount Everest. Among the gear they packed was a Vest Pocket Kodak camera. They disappeared. Today, a search for their camera could rewrite history. It was nearly thirty years later, in 1954, that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Price of Ebooks for the Apple Tablet: $12.99 or $14.99

Book publishers’ last-minute negotiations with Apple revealed by the WSJ: Apple is pushing for bestsellers to cost $12.99 or $14.99—and some books $9.99—with Apple taking a 30 percent cut, like iPhone apps. Publishers set the ultimate price, though. Despite the higher price to customers, selling books through Apple could actually make less money per book…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

20 Things Already Known About the Apple Tablet

Without any mention of hardware or software, The Doghouse Diaries pretty much nails a list of what we can expect from the tablet. Or rather, how we’re all going to react to it. Look out for 19! [The Doghouse Diaries]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Advice On Removing Your Alien Implant — From An Expert

Don’t you hate it when you can’t get that pesky alien implant out of your groin? Dr. Roger Leir is here to help. Dr. Leir, a major player in the world of UFO research, will be appearing as a special guest at an event in Burbank on Sunday February 7. The gathering at Pickwick Gardens…

io9 Scott Timberg

The Xbox 360 Is Actually a Japanese Salaryman

Japan’s latest Xbox 360 ads follow the trials of 3-6-0, a salaryman for the Xbox Mission Department with the duty of scoring big name games. Watch the rest of the saga unfold at: [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/new-xbox-japan-ads-are-reminiscent-of-old-dreamcast-ads-5457124

Tech News Mark Wilson

Zune Software Update Brings Xvid Support, Sort of

The latest version of the Zune software, 4.2, was just released. Not all that much changed, but the update lays the groundwork for some more significant feature additions to Zune software and the Zune HD, most importantly in codec support. Microsoft is just calling this a “maintenance” update, and there are only a couple actual…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Last Chance for Apple Tablet Rumors

It’ll all be over soon. The mystery. The anticipation. The rumors. Oh, the rumors. After the tablet is announced tomorrow, another stage in the gadget life cycle will begin. So take one last soak in every tablet rumor worth reading. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-event-liveblog-were-here-5457641 We’ll be continuously updating our ongoing rumor roundup until our liveblog actually starts tomorrow…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

How To: Overclock Your Droid, Possibly To Death

Droid draggin’? Apps crawlin’? Android creepin’? Then maybe you should overclock your Droid to 1.1GHz, like this guy! But really no, don’t. The boys at AllDroid have figured out how to overclock the Droid’s ARM Cortex A8, normally clocked at 550 MHz, to 1.1GHz. That’s twice the frequency, in case you’re comically terrible at math,…

Tech News John Herrman

RC Car Runs On Sugar, Just Like You

Last week Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy claimed that they had a soda-powered RC car in the works, and they have delivered on that promise with the “Ene Pocket.” https://gizmodo.com/soon-toy-cars-will-be-powered-by-mountain-dew-5454163 The car runs on Sony’s Bio Battery which, in turn, gets its energy from breaking down sugars like those found in soda and fruit drinks. Therefore,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

A Last Minute Consideration of the Apple Tablet’s Guts

It’s pretty much agreed that the magical thing about the Apple tablet, the reason it could succeed where every other has failed, is going to be the interface. The software. But what’s under the hood? There are two arbiters of what’s inside the tablet. The software, and the battery. If it’s running an enhanced version…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Cult Scifi Film’s Secret Christian Connection?

A Boy and His Dog, a rarely-screened, trippy post-apocalyptic film based on a novella by Harlan Ellison, will be shown in Los Angeles as part of a double feature with Christian documentary Waiting for Armageddon. Why the odd pairing? The 1974 A Boy And His Dog stars Don Johnson as a teenager wandering in a…

Movies Scott Timberg

Picard Versus Kirk, Who Would Win In A Fight? Trekkers Decide

This weekend, fans flocked to San Francisco to see Sir Patrick Stewart, William Shatner and a gorgeous array of Trek pageantry. But more importantly crowds answered the age-old, all-important question: who would win in a fight between Kirk and Picard? After the big Picard and Kirk panel this weekend at the SF Star Trek Convention,…

Television Meredith Woerner

Jack Bauer’s Newest Gadget: the Apple Tablet

According to Rodney Charters, director of photography on 24, print media might not be the only thing Apple’s tablet is saving in coming months. Charters cheerfully Tweeted that Jack Bauer might wield the ubergadget later this season on 24. https://gizmodo.com/pondering-the-apple-tablets-print-revolution-5456803 The production team on the show, which recently aired the fifth episode of its eighth…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

PLEN Is One Neat Little Android Android

You might think this 9" PLEN hobby robot a little on the pricey side, but that’s before you’ve seen him dance. Or skateboard! Better yet, you can control him with and Android app from your phone, via Bluetooth. The $3,000 robot from Akazawa is part of a limited edition of 50, so if you do…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Mathematician Uses SETI Formula To Determine He Has A 0.00034% Chance Of Getting Laid

An economics graduate student in the UK has used the well-known Drake Equation – used to figure out how many advanced civilizations might reside in our galaxy – to determine why he hasn’t had a girlfriend in three years. The Drake Equation was created by astronomer Frank Drake at the first SETI conference in the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: All Tablet’s Eve Edition

In today’s Remainders, the tablet-confirming Tweet from a German retailer that wasn’t really from a German retailer, a video of the Air Force smushing faces with seven Gs, an iPhone app that keeps track of all those rumors, and more! Markt Up This morning, technology websites were buzzing with news that the Apple tablet’s price…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What If the iPhone Cheated on AT&T?

It’s rumored by some that Apple will announce that the iPhone is becoming available from carriers other than AT&T on Wednesday. That would mean you could leave AT&T while staying with Apple, among other interesting things. Price War If you want an iPhone in the US, you’re stuck with AT&T. If the iPhone becomes available…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Meet Miranda Lawson, a Mysterious, Deadly Operative from Mass Effect 2

Say hello to Miranda Lawson, another potential teammate in your fight for the lost. Check out her full personality profile after the jump. Seems like quite a catch. Bonus: near-perfect grammar. Name: Miranda Lawson Species: Human Gender: Female Age: 35 She’s beautiful. She’s brainy. And she will stop at nothing to achieve Cerberus’ goals. As…

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When Hippies and Satanists Have Blood Orgies [NSFW]

Life On Paprika Mars

Search For a Frozen Camera Could Rewrite History Books On Everest’s First Climbers

The Price of Ebooks for the Apple Tablet: $12.99 or $14.99

20 Things Already Known About the Apple Tablet

Advice On Removing Your Alien Implant — From An Expert

The Xbox 360 Is Actually a Japanese Salaryman

Zune Software Update Brings Xvid Support, Sort of

Last Chance for Apple Tablet Rumors

How To: Overclock Your Droid, Possibly To Death

RC Car Runs On Sugar, Just Like You

A Last Minute Consideration of the Apple Tablet’s Guts

Cult Scifi Film’s Secret Christian Connection?

Picard Versus Kirk, Who Would Win In A Fight? Trekkers Decide

Jack Bauer’s Newest Gadget: the Apple Tablet

PLEN Is One Neat Little Android Android

Mathematician Uses SETI Formula To Determine He Has A 0.00034% Chance Of Getting Laid

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: All Tablet’s Eve Edition

What If the iPhone Cheated on AT&T?

Meet Miranda Lawson, a Mysterious, Deadly Operative from Mass Effect 2

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