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What’s the One YouTube Video You Think Everyone Should Be Required To Watch?

If you had the chance to decree that everyone—everyone—would have to watch one YouTube video all the way through and pay attention the entire time, what would it be? It could be something important, historic, funny, dumb, or just something that no one else seems to like nearly as much as you do and you…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The House on Crab Legs

Some houses prefer not to put down roots and instead travel the world under their own steam. Tell us your tale of this unusual abode and the people who live inside. Vukasin Bagic created this speed painting, which he titled “To Infinity and Beyond,” and which says was inspired in part by Gorillaz and the…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

The scene that shows how ludicrous the tech (and sex) gets on Da Vinci’s Demons

David S. Goyer’s Da Vinci’s Demons premiered last night on STARZ and it was…kind of slow. But this clip shows us what we do get in lieu of an intriguing plot and compelling characters: implausible Renaissance technology and painted lady nipples. This clip is NSFW and contains technology indistinguishable from magic. There were some cool…

Television Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

The Stolen Computer That Traveled to Iran, A Box to Change Guitars Forever, The Navy’s Drone-Killing Laser Gun, and More

Kick back and relax with some of our cream of the Internet crop this week. We’ve got a giant hornets nest you’ll be glad you’ve never seen in person, a phone that’s (probably) bigger than your penis, lasers, the future of guitars, time machines, the key to six packs and more. Check it all out…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post-Mortem Photography

After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they’ve chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of expensive and not so lifelike paintings. Painting dead people was common for centuries, so it’s no surprise that, in the Victorian Era, post-mortem photos also came into fashion. Here are some of the strangest…

io9 Vincze Miklós Apr 13 '13

Aliens love soccer in this beautifully bizarre animated short

Two men and a dog wander through a dismal land playing a game of soccer. But when another, more colorful, character joins their game, it turns suddenly dangerous. Sam Taylor and Bjorn Aschim directed Everything I Can See From Here with no budget and a lot of help from their friends. You can see more…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

It’s Super Easy To Try Facebook Home on Your Unsupported Android Phone

Facebook Home is here, and although it’s not tied to its flagship hardware, the list of phones that officially support it is kind of underwhelming. If the phone you have isn’t listed, have no fear: you can try out Facebook Home too, and the workaround is pretty easy. https://gizmodo.com/go-get-facebook-home-for-android-now-5994518 The process is almost identical to…

Social Media Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

Why do so many electric things hum?

Ever notice a light, a stereo, or other electrical appliance monotonously humming at you? Of course you have. We’ll tell you why it happens. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. There are all kinds of reasons for your electric devices to hum. Perhaps, for example, they have just gained the degree of sentience and autonomy they need to kill you,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 13 '13

Judge Statler and Judge Piggy are the Law of Muppet Mega-City One

Artist Mark Chilcott transports the Muppets to the 2000 AD universe in a series of illustrations that cast Statler as Judge Dredd, Miss Piggy as his Pig Division colleague, Animal as Sláine, and Rowlf as Strontium Dog star Johnny Alpha. [Mark Chilcott via Xombie DIRGE]

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

Watch The Simpsons‘ Breaking Bad couch gag

Tomorrow night’s episode of The Simpsons will open with a tasty tribute to Breaking Bad. Of course, it’s Marge’s baked goods that are the true addictive substance here. And for a change, the key couch doesn’t belong to the Simpson family. [via Laughing Squid]

Television Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

Why Your Cell Phone Doesn’t Have a Dial Tone

In addition to the long curly cords, and the part where they are permanently attached to a wall, old-fashioned landlines have something else that we’ve lost in the cell phone revolution: a dial tone. What happened to that thing? Dan Goldin of Makers Alley just happened to be reading The Idea Factory when he came…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

Saturday Webcomic: Being haunted isn’t the weirdest thing about Paranatural‘s bonkers middle school

The first day at a new school can be rough, especially when your slightly insane father has just purchased a convenience store, the lead reporter on the school newspaper won’t stop pestering you, the school bully finds beating you up highly cathartic, and your new school happens to be packed with ghosts and violent spirits.…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

Give Your Laptop and Smartphone a Spring Cleaning

It’s officially spring, so why is your computer still moving like it’s half frozen? After all those long winter nights surfing shady sites, it’s no wonder. Here’s how to give your most important devices a spring cleaning fit for a May Queen. Clean It Out The first thing you’ll want to do is clear out…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 13 '13

Here’s what a literal hairy eyeball looks like

Usually, when someone gives you the hairy eyeball, it’s just a figure of speech, but this tumor proves the term is sometimes literal. This photo appears in the New England Journal of Medicine, where ophthalmologists Ali Mahdavi Fard and Leili Pourafkari explain that a 19-year-old patient arrived at their clinic with this mass. The mass…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

Luke Skywalker is no match for Darth Mouse in the Disney/Star Wars parody we’ve been looking for

We’ve seen our share of Disney/Star Wars mashup art, but Sam Macaroni and his fellow goofballs take it a step further with this video, filled with animated Imperial birds, Darth Mouse, and plenty of hilarious (and occasionally depressingly hilarious) surprises. The parody is stronger in the beginning than as it goes on, but there’s something…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 13 '13

These Are North Korea’s Favorite Things To Pirate

When North Korea isn’t busy shooting missiles into the sea or photoshopping its navy to make it look a little less pathetic, it takes to a very global hobby: torrenting. TorrentFreak took a peek into exactly what the would-be-supervillian nation-state likes to pirate and, well, they’ve got to get their surveillance software somewhere. https://gizmodo.com/how-far-can-north-koreas-missiles-actually-reach-5993715 With…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

The Season Finale of Archer gives us a glimpse at the origins of Sealab

This week in the world of cartoons, we are treated to an amazing Archer season finale that blends two of the best cartoons of the past decade. We also get a very comic book-friendly episode of Ultimate Spider-Man as well a pillow fort vacation on Adventure Time. Gravity Falls is off this week, but will…

io9 Keith Veronese Apr 13 '13

How To Sleep In Space

While you are sinking into you soft, pillow-top mattress—or pile of trash—there are a handful of human beings in space who take to their nightly respite a little differently, by strapping themselves into a zero-g space coffin. Apparently it’s better than it sounds. Chris Hadfield, everyone’s favorite ISS explain-gineer offers up the details. Weightless or…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer Apr 13 '13

Photoshop Has Changed the World

Can you imagine a world where Photoshop doesn’t exist? A world where we can take every picture at face value and believe that there was no airbrushing, no retouching, no nothing? I can’t. Photoshop has made it impossible for me to not question what I’m seeing and at the same twisted time has also redefined…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 13 '13

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Tom N Jerry

And you thought the Warner Bros. cat and mouse duo had outlandish chase sequences? Psh. This CGI reboot by Brian Jin combine Tom and Jerry’s slapstick humor with an anime motiff and Michael Bay-caliber explosions as the duo wreaks havoc on an airport’s security installment (and takes down a terrorist for good measure).

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 13 '13

What’s the One YouTube Video You Think Everyone Should Be Required To Watch?

Concept Art Writing Prompt: The House on Crab Legs

The scene that shows how ludicrous the tech (and sex) gets on Da Vinci’s Demons

The Stolen Computer That Traveled to Iran, A Box to Change Guitars Forever, The Navy’s Drone-Killing Laser Gun, and More

The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post-Mortem Photography

Aliens love soccer in this beautifully bizarre animated short

It’s Super Easy To Try Facebook Home on Your Unsupported Android Phone

Why do so many electric things hum?

Judge Statler and Judge Piggy are the Law of Muppet Mega-City One

Watch The Simpsons‘ Breaking Bad couch gag

Why Your Cell Phone Doesn’t Have a Dial Tone

Saturday Webcomic: Being haunted isn’t the weirdest thing about Paranatural‘s bonkers middle school

Give Your Laptop and Smartphone a Spring Cleaning

Here’s what a literal hairy eyeball looks like

Luke Skywalker is no match for Darth Mouse in the Disney/Star Wars parody we’ve been looking for

These Are North Korea’s Favorite Things To Pirate

The Season Finale of Archer gives us a glimpse at the origins of Sealab

How To Sleep In Space

Photoshop Has Changed the World

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Tom N Jerry

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