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Congo, I Love You

On this Valentines Day, it’s time for me to give some love and tenderness to the overlooked but essential part of my world, terrible d-grade movies. More importantly, Congo Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetie. Perhaps my Valentine’s Day tribute to the gray gorillas of Michael Crichton’s world is in part due to the two-hour argument I…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Double The Jar-Jar, Double The Frustration On Clone Wars Double Bill

It’s all viral warfare this week on Clone Wars, but don’t worry; Jar-Jar and a comedy Nazi scientist are here to make sure that it’s not as exciting as it may sound. This week’s double-bill of Star Wars: The Clone Wars was another wonderful example of everything that’s good and bad about the series so…

Television Graeme McMillan

Is There Too Much To Watch On Friday Nights?

Last night saw the premiere of Dollhouse, the return of Terminator an important episode of Battlestar Galactica… and the death of your social life. But was it worth it? Take part in our poll below. Of course, there was also an hour of Clone Wars last night (although no Batman: Brave and Bold, sadly), as…

Television Graeme McMillan

Falling In Love Again With Science Fiction Novels

Ken MacLeod‘s writing taught me to love science fiction again. I had pushed the genre out of my reading life for many years, but I could not ignore his novel Newton’s Wake. Though I was a fierce reader of scifi novels as a teenager, wolfing down John Varley, Ursula LeGuin, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Playing in the Snow?

This beautiful, sharp video, captured with a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a 15mm fisheye lens inside a protective canvas bag, really shows the mountain fun we’re missing here on the surprisingly-temperate East coast. The video was shot at Powder Mountain, which certainly earns its name, out in Northern Utah. Makes me want to try…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Dealzmodo: Left 4 Dead is Half Off, This Weekend Only

Steam has the much-loved zombie shooter Left 4 Dead on sale this weekend only for $25 instead of the usual $50. Did you guys know that Mike Patton (of Faith No More) does the voices for the "Infected" characters in the game? I’ve never played it, since scary games give me scary dreams, but since…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Where Are The Sci-Fi Movie Love Stories?

With this summer’s movies offering giant robots, franchise reboots and X-Men Origins, we can’t help but wonder, today of all days: Where’s the love? Why aren’t there any sci-fi romances in our cinematic future? It probably says a lot about me that I remember Star Wars not only as one of the big cultural touchstones…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010

Why leave your car out in the cold while your smartphone gets all the app fun? Hughes Telematics is aiming to bring downloadable apps to car dashboards, and the possibilities are pretty crazy. Hughes plans to start rolling out the new dashboard consoles in about 2010, and gives examples like an emissions monitor, web-connected security…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

One Day, All Dogs Will Fly… And Be Cyborgs

In the future, all dogs will look as cool as Kyle Fokken‘s Flying Dog sculptures that mix animal, machine and the unknown. For now, you’ll just have to do with some more of his work. Kyle Fokken [Art MoCo], [Kyle Fokken]

io9 Graeme McMillan

Internet Detectives Recover Stolen iPhone in World Record Time

Our brothers-from-another-mother at Consumerist helped catch the scoundrel who stole an innocent man’s iPhone by using the power of potential internet embarrassment. Even more impressive, the entire episode took under an hour. Consumerist reader Dino’s 64-year-old father had set up a rule that every email sent from his iPhone would blind-CC his personal email address.…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Talk Terminator To Us

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returned last night, complete with wounded women and mechanical men. Charlie gave you her thoughts about the episode yesterday and now it’s your chance to tell everyone what you thought. https://gizmodo.com/tonights-terminator-is-all-about-wounded-chicks-5152885

Television Graeme McMillan

Dark Comets May Destroy The Earth

Paging Roland Emmerich: The biggest threat to our little blue planet may turn out to be something that we don’t see coming… literally. “Dark comets” are invisible to detection… and that may be the problem. Ignore any Marvel Comics influence inferred from the melodramatic name; “dark comets” are so-called because they have avoided detection from…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious

A Cambridge laboratory has developed a special ink for tattoos that changes color based on glucose levels in the blood. On a related note, diabetes is now the hippest metabolic syndrome in town. The ink is made up of a bunch of tiny spheres, about 120 nanometers across, that contain “the glucose detecting molecule, a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Welcome To The Dollhouse Open Thread

Charlie may have seen three episodes of Dollhouse, but the rest of us have only seen last night’s pilot. But how did you enjoy “Ghost”? Use this thread to discuss, rejoice or complain. http://io9.com/5150302/weve-seen-3-episodes-of-joss-whedons-dollhouse (If you haven’t seen the episode, why not watch it online?)

Television Graeme McMillan

Doctor Who, I Love You!

I fell in love with the time-traveling double-hearted weirdo from space long ago. Luckily, he feels the same way about me. Deep down, under all of the other stuff about fighting monsters and robots and half-monster half-robot threats, Doctor Who is basically a show about the most generous person in the universe. As former screenwriter…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

How To: Tether the iPhone or G1 To Your Laptop For Free 3G Broadband

If you read Gizmodo, the odds are good you’re carrying one of these two pieces-they’re among our favorite 3G smartphones right now. Today let’s learn how to tether ’em up to your laptop. Note: while data tethering is possible on each phone without any additional tethering plan, you’ll want to be careful that you’re not…

Tech News John Mahoney

The Prosecution Apparently Doesn’t Rest Against George Lucas

Who is George Lucas? Well, if the trailer for new documentary The People Vs. George Lucas, he’s a little devil and an evil marketing genius. But surely there’s more to the man that that? The documentary, to be released next year, aims to investigate the tortured, contradictory feelings Star Wars fans have for Lucas in…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements

The first post-beta version of Windows 7 is up on bit torrent sites everywhere, and actually includes a few benefits over Build 7000, the previous, beta version. The most obvious new feature is the inclusion of Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate, a step up from the previous build’s beta edition. But it also includes a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Eliza Dushku Wants To Bite Your Head Off

Move over, Emily Blunt; Dollhouse’s Echo is after your place in the next Iron Man movie, as Eliza Dushku goes public with her desire to play Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff, AKA The Black Widow. Dushku’s announcement came on the Howard Stern show, where she was appearing to promote her new Fox show. She explained: I’m…

Movies Graeme McMillan

America’s Best Dance Crew Contestants Cheated… With Magic!

This week on America’s Best Dance Crew, neither Mario Lopez’s blindingly white teeth nor JC Chasez’s continued existence was the most magical thing in the room, because Beat Freaks used ACTUAL MAGIC. MTV’s comment boards are full of questionably-literate folks demanding to know how that silver ball flew around the stage, but nobody seems to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Congo, I Love You

Double The Jar-Jar, Double The Frustration On Clone Wars Double Bill

Is There Too Much To Watch On Friday Nights?

Falling In Love Again With Science Fiction Novels

Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Playing in the Snow?

Dealzmodo: Left 4 Dead is Half Off, This Weekend Only

Where Are The Sci-Fi Movie Love Stories?

Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010

One Day, All Dogs Will Fly… And Be Cyborgs

Internet Detectives Recover Stolen iPhone in World Record Time

Talk Terminator To Us

Dark Comets May Destroy The Earth

Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious

Welcome To The Dollhouse Open Thread

Doctor Who, I Love You!

How To: Tether the iPhone or G1 To Your Laptop For Free 3G Broadband

The Prosecution Apparently Doesn’t Rest Against George Lucas

Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements

Eliza Dushku Wants To Bite Your Head Off

America’s Best Dance Crew Contestants Cheated… With Magic!

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