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So You Want To Ride Your Motorcycle Around The World

Want to go the long way round? Or just find some forest trails and go motorcycle camping? This is where you get started. You’d think this would be easy to explain. You’re interested in adventure motorcycling, some of that travel the world with only what you can carry stuff that everyone in the motorcycle world…

Tech News Justin W. Coffey

David Lynch Toys With Our Hearts, Hints At A Twin Peaks Revival

Today, David Lynch tweeted a very vague hint to the internet masses that Twin Peaks may be returning. *Clutches chest, falls to the ground.* Twin Peaks creator David Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost both tweeted this sentence, thus hinting at the return of the chilling, creepy and absolutely bananas series Twin Peaks: I’m not sure…

Television Meredith Woerner

Sand Thieves Are Destroying the World’s Beaches to Make Concrete

Sand–humble, measly, regular old sand—is a hot commodity these days. As construction booms in Asia and the Middle East gulp up billions of tons of sand each year, beaches thousands of miles away are getting robbed and turned into rocky, pockmarked versions of their former selves. “It’s the craziest thing I’ve seen in the past…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Skeuomorphism Will Never Go Away, And That’s a Good Thing

Just a year and a half ago, we noted the demise of skeuomorphism in Apple interface design. Today, Co.Design’s John Brownlee points out that “the most-hated design trend” is back with Apple Watch’s clock-like interface. But skeuomorphism never really went away. In fact, we should all hope it never does. Brownlee’s interesting post points out…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Watch the Bárðarbunga Eruption From Inside the Volcano

Iceland’s Bárðarbunga eruption has unleashed a huge quantity of lava — enough to create a landmass the size of Manhattan. What would it be like to watch that terrifying explosion from inside the volcano’s cone? Now you can see for yourself. Check out those splashes of lava breaking on the volcanic shores, just like a…

io9 Ria Misra

The FCC Fined Marriott $600,000 For Blocking Guests’ Wi-Fi

The FCC wants the Marriott hotel chain to pay up for its slimy practice of blocking and disabling conference guests’ personal Wi-Fi connections. Marriott is accused of jamming personal connections at its Gaylord Opryland location in Nashville, Tennessee. In a statement, the FCC said its team had evidence that Marriott employees blocked personal access “while…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Is Stan Lee The Watcher Of The Marvel Universe? No, Dammit. Here’s Why

There’s a rumor going around that Stan Lee, who has managed to cameo in almost every Marvel movie including those made by Sony and Fox, is not just playing random characters but is instead Uatu, the cosmic alien known as The Watcher. This rumor is dumb, and this compilation of Lee’s cameos proves why. This…

Movies Rob Bricken

PC Parts Galore, Sol Republic Headphones, Grid-It Organizer [Deals]

Need some upgrades for your PC? Newegg has several promo codes good for flat discounts on a huge variety or peripherals today. Save 15% on Select Geforce GTX Video Cards with Promo Code EMCWPPG33 | Newegg Get 10% off Select Solid State Drives with Promo Code EMCWPPG22 | Newegg Get 10% off Select Desktop Memory…

Tech News Shep McAllister

24, A Game of Thrones, Reduced Binge Watching Eye Strain [Deals]

Nine seasons and the feature film all in one serious set. $130. [Best Buy] If you’ve never gotten around to checking out the Song of Ice and Fire Books, the first one is just 5 bucks today on Kindle. Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook…

io9 Shane Roberts

Crowdfund a game about writing fiction, Sci-fi anthologies and more!

There’s a bit of a Doctor Who bent to this week’s look at all things crowdfunding, as we take a look at two projects inspired by the sci-fi series – but that’s not all. There’s an RPG about fighting your friends, a cool anthology of sci-fi and fantasy stories, and a game that’s shaped by…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Tell Us About Your iPhone 6 Plus So Far

Well, Goldilocks, you’ve had about two weeks or less with your new, super sized iPhone 6 Plus, and we’re a little curious as to how things are going. Is it too big? Too small? Or is it just right? The iPhone 6 Plus climbed its way up to the top of phablet mountain with a…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Impressive new photos reveal the order and chaos of Hong Kong

This is the third time we feature Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze’s Hong Kong cityscapes in Sploid. His book Vertical Horizon has been published again in a second edition with new amazing photographs that reveal the order and chaos in this megalopolis. He sent them to Sploid for your viewing pleasure. Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze is a French photographer and…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Report: Apple’s Showing Off Its New iPads on October 16th

Re/code saysApple will show the world its newest iPad updates on October 16th. Rumor has it a new Retina iMac will also make an appearance, as will the public release of OS X Yosemite. Apple will use the event to reveal two new iPads—the sixth-generation full-sizer and the third-generation iPad Mini. Reports indicate that Apple…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

This old TV series Batmobile is absoutely perfect

In celebration of the 75th anniversary, there are hundreds of Batman themed builds floating about the Lego community. This 1966 Batmobile is one of the best that I’ve seen. Orion Pax has really captured all the cheese-ball greatness of the television show car in this model. I want to build it a lot more than…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Nobody has any idea who drew the Sriracha rooster logo

Sriracha hot chili sauce isn’t just a condiment, it’s a food nerd culture movement, and the nuclear red goop’s rooster logo serves both as visual shorthand and a nickname—”rooster sauce.” But nobody knows who first penned that iconic cock, not even the man who founded the company. Modern Farmer sat down with David Tran, founder…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Wreck Of The S. S. Connaught Discovered Off The Coast Of Boston

The S.S. Connaught — a luxurious ocean liner considered the Titanic of its era — has finally been discovered. The 380-foot iron-hulled side-wheeled steamer sunk in 1860 after it caught fire en route to Boston. The ship hadn’t been seen in 154 years. The Endurance Exploration Group started their search in earnest last year with…

io9 George Dvorsky

Turn Off Your Camera’s Noise Reduction

One of the most heavily touted features of most consumer-oriented cameras, and even some pro ones, is noise reduction. Unfortunately, it almost always makes your photos look terrible, and you should turn it off whenever possible. Noise is an unfortunate byproduct of digital sensors. The dimmer the light in your scene, the higher you’ll have…

Tech News Michael Hession

A Heartwrenching Webcomic About A Lonely Robot Girl Looking For Love

In this brief webcomic fable, a little robot girl finds that she’s different from the robots around her in that she desperately craves love. Will her story have a happy ending, or one that ends in tears? Maya Kern, creator of the ongoing webcomic Monster Pop! and the previously featured surreal Little Red Riding Hood…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The Quest to Build an Elevator to Space

Forget buying a stairway to heaven. Serious people are trying to build an elevator to space. That’s not a metaphor, and yes, a space elevator sounds like plot point from an Arthur C. Clarke novel. Which makes sense, because it is. It’s a risky but well-considered plan to create a workable transit system between the…

Space & Spaceflight Kate Knibbs

Alien Head Mask Just Won All Halloween Costume Contests, Forever

Go home all other masks, this mask is the best mask. Behold this gorgeous creation from Horror Dome. If you look closely, you can see the tiny eye holes in the seat of the chair. Sadly, this baby is out of stock (for now), but something tells us that Internet demand will put it back…

io9 Meredith Woerner

So You Want To Ride Your Motorcycle Around The World

David Lynch Toys With Our Hearts, Hints At A Twin Peaks Revival

Sand Thieves Are Destroying the World’s Beaches to Make Concrete

Skeuomorphism Will Never Go Away, And That’s a Good Thing

Watch the Bárðarbunga Eruption From Inside the Volcano

The FCC Fined Marriott $600,000 For Blocking Guests’ Wi-Fi

Is Stan Lee The Watcher Of The Marvel Universe? No, Dammit. Here’s Why

PC Parts Galore, Sol Republic Headphones, Grid-It Organizer [Deals]

24, A Game of Thrones, Reduced Binge Watching Eye Strain [Deals]

Crowdfund a game about writing fiction, Sci-fi anthologies and more!

Tell Us About Your iPhone 6 Plus So Far

Impressive new photos reveal the order and chaos of Hong Kong

Report: Apple’s Showing Off Its New iPads on October 16th

This old TV series Batmobile is absoutely perfect

Nobody has any idea who drew the Sriracha rooster logo

Wreck Of The S. S. Connaught Discovered Off The Coast Of Boston

Turn Off Your Camera’s Noise Reduction

A Heartwrenching Webcomic About A Lonely Robot Girl Looking For Love

The Quest to Build an Elevator to Space

Alien Head Mask Just Won All Halloween Costume Contests, Forever

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