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The Saddest Astronaut In The Galaxy

French photographer Vincent Fournier pairs vintage space parts, astronauts and vacant moon-like landscapes in his new exhibit, called “Space.” Channeling 2001: A Space Odyssey, Fournier conveys the loneliness of space with sad-faced astronauts and lonesome rockets. Click through to see the full gallery. For more Fournier images visit his site Vincent Fournier.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Did Marvel Let Favreau Back For Iron Man 2 To Shut Him Up?

You can put your pitchforks and online petitions down – it’s looking increasingly likely that Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios have patched up their differences (read: arguments over money) and that Favreau will, in fact, be directing Iron Man 2 for the planned 2010 release date. While details about the make-up are still sketchy, here’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

“Humanity’s End” — Best B-Movie of Next Year

What makes Humanity’s End our pick for best straight-to-video movie coming in 2009? Might be the Space 1999-looking spaceships in this trailer, or the mega-awesome voiceover that intones dramatically, “In the far reaches of the galaxy, a dark force has risen.” Or maybe it’s the premise of the flick, which is that the “last man…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Hands-Free Law, Smands-Free Law: Distracting, Dangerous and Ridiculous Things You Can Still Do While Driving

The big day has now passed for California drivers and cellphones are effectively banned on the road. At least not without a hands-free device…which Californians will inevitably forget to charge or lose. Other states have this law, but California is the driving-while-talking state. California is regularly ranked the worst for traffic congestion, and its 60…

Tech News John Herrman

Frellstedt Light-Up Bench: Illumination For Bums

Kind of the inverse of the psychedelic LED effects we showed you earlier, this relaxing Light Bench is maker Frellstedt’s idea of the future of seating. You know, the future where even garden furniture uses up electricity and contributes to global warming. Okay, it’s stuffed with LEDs, so it only consumes 95W, but you know…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

The Forbidden Love of Clones in New Alastair Reynolds Novel

If you want some millennia-spanning family psychodrama written across the galaxy, you’ve got to pick up House of Suns, the new novel from Alastair Reynolds. Known for his galaxy-spanning space operas such as The Prefect and Absolution Gap, Reynolds’ latest is all about two renegade clones who fall in love, flee their oppressive mega-family (of…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Will Seth Rogen Make You Care About The Green Hornet?

No, probably not. Not even Rogen’s self-deprecating humor can generate enough buzz to make me want to sit through this bargain-basement superhero movie. Rogen says Hornet, which he’s co-writing and starring in, will be about a superhero whose sidekick (Kato) is more famous than he is. But to us, it’s just more proof that movies…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Pro First-Person Shooter Xbox 360 Controller Mod Won’t Actually Help Your CoD4 Skills

We’ve seen a couple Xbox 360 controller mods that supposedly make it more first-person shooter friendly by shoving extra buttons on the back. F00 f00 at Acid Mods goes a step further and actually moves the buttons to the back, making for a butter smooth front and action-packed back, the theory being you never have…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Thrill-Rides Of Doom

Their comic-book counterparts are all about saving the day, but the theme park versions of DC Comics’ Superman and Batman are, apparently, not so much with the saving of lives. You no doubt already know about how a 17-year-old was decapitated by a Batman theme ride this past weekend (You may even know that the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

TiVo Selling Your Secrets, Turn Off That Jon & Kate Plus 8 ASAP!

TiVo has a lot of data on their 1.7 million users and now they’re tapping it to make some money on the side. TiVo is licensing their information to media-marketing research company TRA, including demographic-based data regarding live TV, recording, time-shifting, digital/analog cable, satellite, OTA channels and even the stuff their viewers have purchased. It’s…

Privacy & Security Mark Wilson

Dealzmodo: DualShock 3 For $41

The incredibly expensive DualShock 3 for the PS3 costs $54 normally, but you can get it now for 25% off over at GoGamer. This brings it down to the to wireless Xbox 360 controller’s $39 and is a lot easier to stomach. The most egregious pricing has to be from Nintendo, where the Wiimote and…

Tech News Jason Chen

World’s Greatest Astronomical Detective Strikes Again!

Donald Olson, an astrophysicist at Texas State University has a habit of taking well-known historical facts and turning them upsidown. Using the stars and Moon and a little bit of math, he’s re-dated the original running of Marathon in 491-490 BC, precisely determined the spot in which Edvard Munch painted “The Scream,” and figured out…

io9 Michael Reilly

Nearly 50 Movie Remakes and Sequels So Bad They Wouldn’t Even Go Straight to DVD

Click to viewLast week, I asked you to imagine horrible movie remakes and sequels that not even the folks in Hollywood would be so bold as to create. You responded. Oh, how you responded. I have to share with you nearly 50 movies that, god willing, we will never, ever have to see. I hope.…

Movies Adam Frucci

Onkyo Releasing Blu-ray Player in 2008

We have few details. OK, we basically have no details. But Onkyo has announced that they’ll be releasing a Blu-ray player “late” this year featuring Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding and 1080p video over HDMI. That’s it. Not a lot. Oh, and that picture is just of their normal DVD player so don’t…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Crooked Men And Futuristic Slayers In This Week’s Comics

And here’s another way in which DC Comics isn’t celebrating Superman’s birthday – There’s only one Superman comic this week. How could they hate him so mu – Oh, wait, it’s just a scheduling thing? Oh, alright. And there’s also a Supergirl comic for those who absolutely have to have their S-Shield fetish fulfilled? Well,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Why Canada Sucks For Gadget Lovers

Until a week ago, I did not own a pair of shorts, but I did have two plaid flannel shirts and a drawer full of thick woolen socks. I say “to-more-owe,” not “to-mah-row,” and I went to “university,” not “college.” I have a full beard in the heat of summer. My passport reads United States…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Power Tool Drag Racing is Our Kind of Non-Sport

Take a potentially lethal power tool (such as a saw), screw with it a bit and then place it on a track against other similarly sharp, high-speed devices. That’s the philosophy behind the Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby. And like any sport we like, it involves no sweat but a touch of danger. Last…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Bloody Claymation Zombie Massacre Unleashes Chainsaw Maid

Claymation and hard core zombie-geared violence are the perfect vehicles to telll the story of a family’s maid and her struggle to fend off the attacking undead with a chainsaw. This Japanese short is titled “Chainsaw Maid” and is one of the best zombie splatter movies I’ve have seen in ages. They even attempt to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Your PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.40 Questions Answered

The official PlayStation blog has a posted a FAQ covering most of the lingering questions about the hot hot hot 2.40 firmware update. A couple of the bigger points: The in-game XMB is for PS3 games only-not during BD or PS2 playback. There’s no voice-messaging or private chat, just texting. Only music on the HDD…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Leaked Shots of Asus Eee 904 & 905 Laptops Show Half-Baked Idea

Shots of the rumored Asus Eee 904 and 905 leaked, and they look like we expected-big keyboard and a small screen with way too much plastic around it. (If the screen gets too large, they aren’t allowed to use Windows XP.) There’s also a 903 model in the shots, but it just looks like a…

Tech News Benny Goldman

The Saddest Astronaut In The Galaxy

Did Marvel Let Favreau Back For Iron Man 2 To Shut Him Up?

“Humanity’s End” — Best B-Movie of Next Year

Hands-Free Law, Smands-Free Law: Distracting, Dangerous and Ridiculous Things You Can Still Do While Driving

Frellstedt Light-Up Bench: Illumination For Bums

The Forbidden Love of Clones in New Alastair Reynolds Novel

Will Seth Rogen Make You Care About The Green Hornet?

Pro First-Person Shooter Xbox 360 Controller Mod Won’t Actually Help Your CoD4 Skills

Thrill-Rides Of Doom

TiVo Selling Your Secrets, Turn Off That Jon & Kate Plus 8 ASAP!

Dealzmodo: DualShock 3 For $41

World’s Greatest Astronomical Detective Strikes Again!

Nearly 50 Movie Remakes and Sequels So Bad They Wouldn’t Even Go Straight to DVD

Onkyo Releasing Blu-ray Player in 2008

Crooked Men And Futuristic Slayers In This Week’s Comics

Why Canada Sucks For Gadget Lovers

Power Tool Drag Racing is Our Kind of Non-Sport

Bloody Claymation Zombie Massacre Unleashes Chainsaw Maid

Your PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.40 Questions Answered

Leaked Shots of Asus Eee 904 & 905 Laptops Show Half-Baked Idea

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