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Weird Facts You Never Knew About H.G. Wells’ Movie, Things to Come

Did you know the Criterion Collection had recently come out with a deluxe DVD/Blu-ray release of Things to Come, H.G. Wells’ 1936 movie? It includes a restored print that’s way better than any previous release, plus unused special effects footage. And the Criterion site includes some astonishing facts about Things to Come. Top image: H.G.…

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The Coolest and Weirdest Artworks That Are Visible from Space

How do we know that aliens aren’t watching us right now? We don’t. There could be cloaked vessels right on our doorstep. Luckily, some intrepid souls have been creating some illustrations for our new friends. Here are some of the wackiest pictures that are visible on Google Earth. Top image: Stop Frames of the Planet.…

io9 Vincze Miklós

The Snapshot Game Has Changed, According to Collector of Thousands

No one can say that the snapshot is dead. If judged by sheer quantity, our culture is no doubt taking more photographs than ever before. Robert Jackson collects vintage snapshots, and points out that even though the practice is alive and well, it is not what it once was. There have been entire shows devoted…

Tech News Michael Hession

New Computer Programming Language Imitates The Human Brain

As we pointed out earlier this week, we’re still far from being able to replicate the awesome power of the human brain. So rather than use traditional models of computing, IBM has decided to design an entirely new computer architecture — one that’s taking inspiration from nature. https://gizmodo.com/this-computer-took-40-minutes-to-simulate-one-second-of-1043288954 For nearly 70 years, computer scientists have…

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High-Profile Silicon Valley Exec GUILTY of Mass Lego Theft

It’s a sordid tale of greed, power and Lego. Last Monday, Thomas Langenbach, a successful tech executive (and Lego fanboy) struck a deal with prosecutors and pled no contest to burgling tens of thousands of dollars worth of bricks and hiding them in his $2 million dollar home. Langenbach’s road to thievery is a cautionary…

Tech News Tatiana Danger

Watch this truck explode an astounding 39 times

Question: How does a single vehicle manage to explode nearly 40 individual times in the course of seven minutes? Answer: Exactly like this. The truck is — er, was — clearly carrying some kind of gas canisters that were kind enough to go off one by one in order to provide maximum explosive entertainment. A…

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Android Apps of the Week: Instagram, Quick Terminal, and More

Quick Terminal: Terminal apps aren’t exactly known for being efficient as far as UI goes. QuickTerminal at least makes things a little easier on you by letting you store specific commands and assigning them to different shortcuts. The app already includes several basic commands like rebooting into recovery or wiping the Dalvik cache. However, you…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

iPhone Apps of the Week: Receiptmate, Snap Save, and More

Receiptmate: No one save receipts anymore. We buy nearly everything either online or with a credit card, so since we basically have an electronic record of most of our purchases, it’s become too easy to toss any potential paper trail. But some of our payments are still made in cash, and if you really want…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

iPad Apps of the Week: Grid, MixBit, and More

Grid: Created by Josh Leong, Grid allows you to put any type of multimedia into tiles of a grid that are whatever size you want. You can make grids that mix photos, text, Google Maps data, symbols, whatever. And they’re sharable so you can collaborate with other users. If you’ve ever used a GoogleDoc to…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Which TV show went down the tubes…and then got better again?

Sometimes, a television show goes flying off a cliff… and that’s it. The characters are too borked, the premise has become a mess, the show’s never going to be watchable again. But what TV show went horribly downhill in terms of watchability… and then got miraculously good again? Please include a picture of your chosen…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Slow-motion video shows the insane speed of Formula 1 pitstops

Whether you like motor sports or not, the space age engineering, design prowess, and mechanical dexterity of Formula 1 teams is something anyone can really admire. The speed of the pit stop crews is something that is hard to believe. How can they do it in 2.05 seconds? Discover how in this slow motion video.…

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This Poor Guy Was Tasered More Than 20 Times By His Coworkers

Bradley Jones is suing his former employers because he was repeatedly tasered on the job, leaving him a broken paranoid mess. Good god, this poor guy. As you can see in the video above, Jones’ coworkers at Fred Fincher Motors in Houston terrorized him for over nine months with a taser. KHOU reports that he…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Scientists say it’s possible to blow up the Sun. On purpose.

As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about, a pair of scientists are warning that it’s theoretically possible to deliberately detonate the Sun. Called an “artificial supernova,” this event could represent a new existential risk to the human species. Or maybe, these guys don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Before I…

io9 George Dvorsky

Take a look at the killer RPG action coming in Gygax Magazine #2

Gygax Magazine launched earlier this year — named for one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons, and featuring the involvement of Gary Gygax’s sons. Now TSR’s given us a sneak preview of their second issue, due next week, featuring a cover by Jeff Easley. The cover features Easley’s classic and instantly recognizable style, and…

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Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

Hello, friends! It’s that time of the week again: Friday afternoon, in which we open up a thread to talk about whatever you want in the name of blowing off some steam. From Snowden’s shout-out in today’s Obama presser, to the war on Candy Crush addiction, to the mysterious origins of the best Vine compilation…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Apple Wins Again Against Samsung: ITC Bans Some Samsung Phones

Word is trickling in through the wire that Apple just scored another court victory over Samsung. What does that mean? For now it looks like the United States International Trade Commission has ordered Samsung to stop selling and distributing devices that infringe on two Apple patents. According to FOSS Patents, the ITC found that Samsung…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Disney Characters You Never Saw

Disney movies are full of beloved characters, from the famous Princesses to the swashbuckling heroes. But what about the Disney characters that never made it to the screen? Like Aladdin’s Mom, and Snow White’s hideously offensive extra dwarf. Here are the most surprising Disney characters that you never knew existed. https://gizmodo.com/a-ton-of-disney-princesses-drawn-in-the-comic-book-st-5875331 Aladdin’s Mom – Aladdin…

io9 Meredith Woerner

I Really Want a Giant Unabridged English Dictionary and I Don’t Care

Does a 35-pound dictionary count as a gadget? I don’t know. I don’t know. The Oxford English Dictionary is useless. It serves no practical purpose, is devoid of any remnant of meaningful utility, is obsolete, is a 19th century relic compiled over decades during which the whole of the Transcontinental Railroad was built and John…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Finally, a hospital drama with Wizard of Oz characters

We tend to love things because we remember them—hey, it’s that thing I remember! And when the owners of the trademarks and copyrights of those things decide to make new things that are even better, like a television medical drama based on The Wizard of Oz, it is our fear of death that keeps us…

Sploid Ken Layne

How to Make Alcoholic Ice Cream, the Greatest Dessert of All Time

Summer is waning, but remains a punishing, sticky mess. So here’s a re-introduction to an old friend, alcoholic ice cream, which originally ran November 18, 2011. You love booze. You love ice cream. Unfortunately, if you cram ice cream full of alcohol, it won’t freeze. If only there were a way… THERE IS! Meet the…

Tech News Brent Rose

Weird Facts You Never Knew About H.G. Wells’ Movie, Things to Come

The Coolest and Weirdest Artworks That Are Visible from Space

The Snapshot Game Has Changed, According to Collector of Thousands

New Computer Programming Language Imitates The Human Brain

High-Profile Silicon Valley Exec GUILTY of Mass Lego Theft

Watch this truck explode an astounding 39 times

Android Apps of the Week: Instagram, Quick Terminal, and More

iPhone Apps of the Week: Receiptmate, Snap Save, and More

iPad Apps of the Week: Grid, MixBit, and More

Which TV show went down the tubes…and then got better again?

Slow-motion video shows the insane speed of Formula 1 pitstops

This Poor Guy Was Tasered More Than 20 Times By His Coworkers

Scientists say it’s possible to blow up the Sun. On purpose.

Take a look at the killer RPG action coming in Gygax Magazine #2

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

Apple Wins Again Against Samsung: ITC Bans Some Samsung Phones

The Disney Characters You Never Saw

I Really Want a Giant Unabridged English Dictionary and I Don’t Care

Finally, a hospital drama with Wizard of Oz characters

How to Make Alcoholic Ice Cream, the Greatest Dessert of All Time

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