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Beautiful Women and Headphones: Oil Paintings by Jonathan Viner (NSFW)

This Saturday (June 20th) Sloan Fine Art in New York will be featuring these oil paintings of beautiful women wearing headphones and only headphones. Jonathan Viner, the artist, calls the collection harem, and the pieces are oils on 12″x12″ panels. [Sloan Fine Art , Prints available through store.vinerstudio.com] JONATHAN VINER: “HAREM” Exhibition: June 20 through…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 15 '09

AT&T to Prepaid iPhone Owners: F*&k You Very Much Pay-As-You-Go Plans Were Never Approved for iPhone

If you are an iPhone owner on a pay-as-you-go data plan, the end is near: AT&T has announced that the iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade will terminate your data service. The reason: A “technical change.” Update from AT&T. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-fully-works-with-pay-as-you-go-sim-cards-5049939 This the message that that some prepaid users got: AT&T Free MSG: A new software upgrade for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 15 '09

Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel’s Time Warp

Here’s a peek at this week’s episode of Time Warp, where hosts Jeff and Matt join up with magicians Penn and Teller in Las Vegas and get a behind the scenes tour of Cirque de Soleil’s O. Also in this episode, you’ll get a look at the technology being used on the show, including an…

Tech News Andi Wang Jun 15 '09

Hot Spock-On-Spock Action In Star Trek: The Sexperience!

New spoof Star Trek – The Sexperience melds people who probably shouldn’t be dancing around in spandex, red shirt deaths, Pon Farr sex jokes, together with circus freaks, sex jokes and burlesque. And you thought Watchwomen was the outer limit.

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 15 '09

Could Overpopulation Save The Earth From Global Warming?

A team of scientists at Cal-Tech think they might have found a way to save the planet from global warming: breed faster. The more of us there are, the more nitrogen we take out of the atmosphere, cooling the planet. One big reason why the Earth isn’t much warmer already is the fact that the…

io9 Megan Carpentier Jun 15 '09

How Do You Hide The Cords From Your Wall-Mounted TV?

Last year I posed the question “Do You Wall Mount Your TV?,” and discovered that about 30% of you have freed yourself from the stand. But I’m curious to know—what about those unsightly cables? https://gizmodo.com/question-of-the-day-is-your-flat-panel-tv-wall-mounted-5039537 To be honest, I have this thing about cables running from a wall-mounted TV. It…it just bothers me. So, do…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 15 '09

So When Does The Writers Strike Stop Ruining Movies?

Hollywood writers went on strike in 2007-2008, but we’re only seeing the results now, in a crop of summer movies with half-baked scripts and abnormally dunderheaded writing. So when do we start seeing some movies that the strike didn’t wreck? The writers’ strike has caused incalculable damage to genre television, including helping to kill great…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15 '09

Real Surround Sound Beats Fake Surround Sound 10 to 1

According to our poll “Do You Have a Surround Sound Setup?,” 76% of the total respondents had either a HTIB or a system they compiled from separate components. That beats virtual surround respondents nearly 11 to 1. https://gizmodo.com/do-you-have-a-surround-sound-setup-5286069 So the bottom line is this—you guys are into the real deal. In fact you are so…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 15 '09

Superman Returns To Major Metropolitan Newspapers

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Superman’s highest profile gig in a long time? Starting next month, the Man of Steel will take up residence at USA Today, appearing in a beautiful new weekly strip. USA Today announced this morning that the Superman strip from the much-anticipated Wednesday Comics anthology will also be appearing…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jun 15 '09

David Sedaris on the Kindle: ‘This Bespells Doom’

What happens when you ask brilliant humor essayist David Sedaris to sign your Kindle? You get a hilarious quote doomed for finger smudging on your expensive gadget. [NY Times]

Commerce Adam Frucci Jun 15 '09

Ancient Cylon Warrior Almost Looked Like Darth Vader

Battlestar Galactica’s effects genius Gary Hutzel and model-maker Pierre Drolet had to create some ancient Cylon remains for the Galactica crew to dig up. So they reached into Japanese Samurai designs… and his first efforts looked quite like Darth Vader. Vader’s fellow Sith Lord, Darth Mojo, has been posting about the process of developing these…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15 '09

First Hybrid Solar Power Plant is a Jack Of All Trades

A new solar power plant is set to open its doors on June 24th in Kibbutz Samar, Israel—but this is a one of a kind complex thanks to a hybrid-microturbine. The plant can generate 100 kW of on-demand power and 170 kW of thermal power and consists of 30 mirrors that concentrate the sun’s rays…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 15 '09

Romulan Planet Drill Now In Testing Stages, For Real

If everything goes well, soon we will be able to reach the center of the Earth using 7200ºF flame jets that can go into any kind of material at 100 feet an hour. Wait, “if everything goes well”? Yes, apparently this is a great idea because it can be the key to obtain cheap geothermal…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Jun 15 '09

New Nanotechnology Breakthrough Is A Working Nano-Gear, 1.2nm Across

Nano-scale robotics is getting closer and closer. Scientists at A*STAR in Singapore have created a nano-gear that’s 1.2 nanometers across, or a few atoms wide. That’s ten thousand times smaller than the ones pictured here, next to a dust mite. The gear is made of carbon compounds and can freely rotate around a central axis.…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jun 15 '09

2,000 People All Silently Take Instructions From the Same MP3

The wonderful Improv Everywhere just posted the report from its 6th MP3 Experiment, where 2,000 people all got together and listened to the same instructional MP3. It looked like a crazy amount of fun. You may be familiar with some of Improv Everywhere’s other pranks, such as Frozen Grand Central and the No Pants Subway…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 15 '09

Tranformers Gives You A Faceful Of Abrams-Esque Lens Flares, In New Clips

A ton of new Transformer TV spots burst with robot closeups, where you’ll hear Skidz and Mudflap speak their robotic “wassup” slang. Plus a new clip shows Demolishor… in English. But we’re scared: has Bay bought into the lens-flare fad? If you squint and look very closely, you can see Arcee and Sideswipe sliding about…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 15 '09

Lego…Uh, Tyco Brick Phone Circa 1983

Lego may be all into consumer gadgets these days with their fancy cellphones and camcorders, but Tyco beat them to the punch in the 80’s when they created this charmingly hideous landline phone. https://gizmodo.com/lego-cellphone-5151503 The device had traditional features like ring and pulse tone switches, but it also allowed users to build on the phone…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 15 '09

Create Your Own Hybrid

Ever dream of having your own personal Gizaku? Deadmodo? Gawkmodo? Well now you can! No more shifting between Gawker Media titles – users can now elect to read their favorite content from any combination of Gawker titles, all on one page. Create Your Hybrid »

Tech News Chrissie Lamond Jun 15 '09

Create Your Own Hybrid

Ever dream of having your own personal ihacker? iomodo? Kotak09? Well now you can! No more shifting between Gawker Media titles – users can now elect to read their favorite content from any combination of Gawker titles, all on one page. Create Your Hybrid »

io9 Chrissie Lamond Jun 15 '09

Your First Look At Doctor Who’s Next Big Guest Stars

Who is David Tennant standing next to in this photo? The answer reveals a lot about the storyline of Tennant’s final adventure as the time-traveling eccentric in Doctor Who, and its impact on the show’s mythos. Major, huge spoilers below. No, really. This is a massive spoiler. Are you sure you’re down with that? Okay…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15 '09

Beautiful Women and Headphones: Oil Paintings by Jonathan Viner (NSFW)

AT&T to Prepaid iPhone Owners: F*&k You Very Much Pay-As-You-Go Plans Were Never Approved for iPhone

Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel’s Time Warp

Hot Spock-On-Spock Action In Star Trek: The Sexperience!

Could Overpopulation Save The Earth From Global Warming?

How Do You Hide The Cords From Your Wall-Mounted TV?

So When Does The Writers Strike Stop Ruining Movies?

Real Surround Sound Beats Fake Surround Sound 10 to 1

Superman Returns To Major Metropolitan Newspapers

David Sedaris on the Kindle: ‘This Bespells Doom’

Ancient Cylon Warrior Almost Looked Like Darth Vader

First Hybrid Solar Power Plant is a Jack Of All Trades

Romulan Planet Drill Now In Testing Stages, For Real

New Nanotechnology Breakthrough Is A Working Nano-Gear, 1.2nm Across

2,000 People All Silently Take Instructions From the Same MP3

Tranformers Gives You A Faceful Of Abrams-Esque Lens Flares, In New Clips

Lego…Uh, Tyco Brick Phone Circa 1983

Create Your Own Hybrid

Create Your Own Hybrid

Your First Look At Doctor Who’s Next Big Guest Stars

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