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Original Pilot vs. Official Pilot: Which Shows Changed the Most?

While most shows’ pilots air as their first episode, some shows get a do-over to make creative changes, improve production, or appease the network. We look at some of the pilots that didn’t make it and how the shows changed. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Riff Regan vs. Alyson Hannigan) What they changed: Joss Whedon financed…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 28 '09

Logitech Squeezebox Touch Desktop Audio Player Looks Lickable Too

The Logitech Squeezebox Touch—the shiny audio playback device with 4.3-inch touch sensitive screen—is out. Looking at the specs, it looks like a nice audio component with HQ 24-bit/96khz sampling rate sound. Here are all the naughty bits: https://gizmodo.com/logitechs-squeezebox-touch-is-coming-with-touchscreen-5301365 Apart from the touchscreen and remote, the Logitech Squeezebox Touch comes with SD card slot, Ethernet, digital…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 28 '09

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Five: River Vs. Buffy

Is there anybody who can stop River Tam’s slaughter of television’s greatest ass-kickers? How about Joss Whedon’s original heroine, Buffy? The Slayer has stopped the apocalypse more times than you can count — surely she can take on one girl? io9 TV badass smackdown day five: River vs. Buffy(polling)

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 28 '09

8 Foods That Should Never Be Canned

Canned foods are convenient and they keep well, but they can also turn otherwise appetizing foodstuffs into something Andrew Zimmern probably wouldn’t have the guts to eat. Here are ten examples. Mmmm…a whole chicken in a can. God, it looks like it was just birthed out of an aluminum womb. [Link] https://gizmodo.com/oh-god-its-a-whole-chicken-in-a-can-5234444 Somehow, the idea…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 28 '09

Alinea’s Chef Grant Achatz Preps Dinner LIVE on Giz: Tonight 9:45PM ET/6:45PM PT

Want to see the inside of a four-star kitchen at primetime? Come back tonight to watch Alinea’s Chef Grant Achatz prepping dinner, live on camera 9:45P ET/6:45PM PT. Hit the Taste Test link for the video. [Taste Test: Alinea Files]

Tech News Wilson Rothman Aug 28 '09

Apple Resellers: Current iPods Getting Discontinued, Making Way for New Talent

Ars has it from resellers that Apple’s stock of iPods is running low, and that current iPods’ stock keeping units (SKUs) have been discontinued—exactly what happens before a refresh. Obvious prediction: camera iPods, September 9th. What’s yours? [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/china-and-portugal-agree-next-gen-ipods-will-have-came-5337493/

Tech News John Herrman Aug 28 '09

IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote

Good lord, this is all we need. A TV remote that allows users to easily ramble on about the shows they watch via their blog or twitter account. For better or worse, IBM appears to be working on this technology. A viewer selects a media program to view by use of a remote controller with…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 28 '09

Doctor Who Set Pics Reveal A Historical Figure And An Old Enemy?

British time-travel show Doctor Who’s taking us back to one of the Doctor’s favorite historical eras, judging from some new set pics — and we’ll be meeting one of history’s greatest legends — and one of Doctor Who’s worst villains. There are spoilers in this post. Please exercise maximum spoiler contamination procedures. So it appears…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 28 '09

Walt Mosspuppet Reviews Snow Leopard: “I Love This Stupid Goddamn Upgrade”

Walt Mosspuppet’s take might just be the only Snow Leopard review you need. He even reveals, exclusively, the next revolutionary version of OS X: Perilous (oops) Hairless Siamese Cat. [YouTube]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 28 '09

TV Shows Surveyed for “Themes Throughout SF and Fantasy TV” Chart

These are all the shows we surveyed to come up with this chart. https://gizmodo.com/at-last-a-graph-that-explains-scifi-tv-after-star-trek-5347631 100 Lives of Black Savage 3rd Rock From the Sun 4400, The Adventure Inc Adventures of Batman and the Boy Wonder, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Adventures of Don Quick, The Adventures of Elektronic, The ALF Alfred Hitchcock Presents…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 28 '09

The Classiest Star Wars Action Figure Displays You’ve Ever Seen

Everybody likes to see a beautifully-displayed action figure collection, but Korean collector Cho Woong has taken his display to the next level. His apartment will give you a million ideas about how to make your collection look like art. I feel like I’m looking at some Platonic ideal of the Ikea catalog, in which I’m…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 28 '09

Gadget Deals Of The Day

Dealzmodo wraps up the week with a some particularly great PS3 deals. Now that the Slim is out, retailers are offering some huge discounts on classic PS3 models. Grab them while you can, and enjoy your weekend! https://gizmodo.com/some-best-buys-already-have-the-ps3-slim-confirmed-we-5345241 Computing and Peripherals: • 15.4″ MSI GX620-001US Core2Duo Laptop for $649.99 plus free shipping (normally $949 –…

Tech News Chris Jacob Aug 28 '09

Robots Have More Fun

Turn you and your friends into Svedka Party_Bots. Svedka, voted the #1 vodka of 2033.

Tech News Chrissie Lamond Aug 28 '09

Teleporting Refrigerators, Robotic Greenhouses, and Six Other Appliances for the Future

Appliance manufacturer Electrolux challenged designers to imagine the appliances households will be using over the 90 years. The finalists include printable foods, waterless washing machines, and fridge that can teleport groceries directly into your home. In honor of Electrolux’s 90th anniversary, its annual Design Lab competition is looking toward the next 90 years, asking designers…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 28 '09

Food Heat Thyself! Eating a Day’s Worth of Self-Heating Rations

Carry-out is lazy. But men are ultra lazy. Ordering pizza or simply using a microwave is often beyond us. We require nothing short of Futurama’s Bachelor Chow. And when I discovered Heater Meals, I thought we may have found it. You see, the military has deployed ultra-bachelor food preparation technology for decades under the moniker…

Tech News Mark Wilson Aug 28 '09

First Trailer For George Clooney And His Team Of Goat-Staring Military “Jedis”

The Men Who Stare At Goats features a long-haired drugged-out Jeff Bridges, men trying to run through walls, and hot mustached Clooney-on-goat action. The film, inspired by the military’s secret psychic experiments, actually looks pretty hilarious. The film was inspired by Jon Ronson’s non-fiction book which explained how the government tried to create a psychic…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 28 '09

Poll: Men Spend 8 Minutes Per Day Stalking Partners On Facebook (That’s It?)

The Survey of 2000 UK adult men and women also found that: • 15 percent had updated their Facebook status to make current, or ex-partners jealous. • 48 percent read their partner’s emails to check for cheating • 20 percent had scratched a car with a key • 39 percent had spread rumors about an…

Social Media Danny Allen Aug 28 '09

10 Takes on OSX Snow Leopard: Furry and Ferocious

You may or may not be lining up for Snow Leopard today, but enthusiasm barely matters. Eventually, all Mac users will learn to live with it (or a successor). But what did the critics think, just for the record? NYTimes “…the haters online deride Snow Leopard as a “service pack” – nothing more than a…

Reviews Mark Wilson Aug 28 '09

Favreau on Avengers Movie: “It Might Be A Failure”

Even though he’s still working on Iron Man 2, director Jon Favreau can’t help but worry about Marvel Studio’s Avengers movie, and whether or not the superhero mash-up will be accepted by audiences growing sick of superheroes. Talking to Ireland Online, Favreau – one of the producers of the 2012 movie – said, ‘The Avengers’…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 28 '09

The Snuggie Sutra Brings Sex to the Unsexiest Blanket Around

There’s really nothing sexy about seeing your significant other wearing a backwards robe and watching TV on the couch. That is, until you see the Snuggie Sutra. Here are some of our favorite moves from the site. The Hi Yo Silver – The woman wears the Snuggie on her back and he holds the bottom.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 28 '09

Original Pilot vs. Official Pilot: Which Shows Changed the Most?

Logitech Squeezebox Touch Desktop Audio Player Looks Lickable Too

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Five: River Vs. Buffy

8 Foods That Should Never Be Canned

Alinea’s Chef Grant Achatz Preps Dinner LIVE on Giz: Tonight 9:45PM ET/6:45PM PT

Apple Resellers: Current iPods Getting Discontinued, Making Way for New Talent

IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote

Doctor Who Set Pics Reveal A Historical Figure And An Old Enemy?

Walt Mosspuppet Reviews Snow Leopard: “I Love This Stupid Goddamn Upgrade”

TV Shows Surveyed for “Themes Throughout SF and Fantasy TV” Chart

The Classiest Star Wars Action Figure Displays You’ve Ever Seen

Gadget Deals Of The Day

Robots Have More Fun

Teleporting Refrigerators, Robotic Greenhouses, and Six Other Appliances for the Future

Food Heat Thyself! Eating a Day’s Worth of Self-Heating Rations

First Trailer For George Clooney And His Team Of Goat-Staring Military “Jedis”

Poll: Men Spend 8 Minutes Per Day Stalking Partners On Facebook (That’s It?)

10 Takes on OSX Snow Leopard: Furry and Ferocious

Favreau on Avengers Movie: “It Might Be A Failure”

The Snuggie Sutra Brings Sex to the Unsexiest Blanket Around

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