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The Dr. Horrible television premiere was a glimpse of the post-TV future

Last night marked the first broadcast TV airing of the web sensation Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. I didn’t watch it. Sorry CW network, but I’ve already got the whole thing memorized from watching it repeatedly online and on DVD. But I loved seeing everybody from Felicia Day to my geeky friends tweeting about it —…

Television Annalee Newitz Oct 10 '12

Shooting Challenge: Scale Effect

Before CGI, when a movie blew up a train, they either had to blow up a train, or build a model, film it at high speed and fill it with firecrackers. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re exploring option 2. The Challenge Take a photo of a very small object—a toy or model—and make it…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 10 '12

The Future: A Smart Domestic Drama About The Perils of Living Forever

A lot of science fiction’s greatest works deal with the question of immortality: Do we really want to live forever? And would we still be human if we no longer aged or died? A new stage play called The Future, imported from Britain to New York, deals with this question in a very personal way,…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern Oct 10 '12

Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review: A Lovely Point-and-Shoot For Control Freaks

Anyone in the market for a top point-and-shoot camera is probably deciding between Canon’s S100 and Sony’s RX100. But Panasonic is back in the game with the Lumix LX7, a sequel to one of the top shooters of 2010, the wildly popular LX5. Does Panasonic’s latest have what it takes to beat these pocket titans?…

Reviews Brent Rose Oct 10 '12

This All-Aluminum iPhone 5 Looks Pretty Freaking Cool to Me

Gizmodo reader Codi Bonney had a cool idea to stop the paint of his iPhone 5 to chip off: take the whole thing off. “I’m still working on sanding it, this is what I’ve got so far,” he said in his email. It looks pretty neat. I think he should have done the sides only,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 10 '12

Slutty Sesame Street Halloween costumes prove (again) that nothing is sacred, culture is a sham

Last week, we profiled a range of godawful Halloween regalia that’s undeniable proof our society should just cut the theatrics and ramp up those ritualistic human sacrifices Jack Chick’s always warning us about. https://gizmodo.com/sluttiest-and-weirdest-store-bought-halloween-costumes-5948481 Today, a new batch of All Hallow’s crapola has us freebasing Skor bars and black licorice Chuckles. Why? So we can…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10 '12

This Hand Vac Is Your Only Hope To Defend a Couch from Cat Hair

Batteries are the Achilles heel of any portable gadget. It was NiCad that brought the downfall of Black & Decker’s much-loved DustBuster vacs. Now, the company’s new, updated Flex hand vacs have lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. These should offer twice the runtime over an old DustBuster, even if the new “Flex” name is roughly half as…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 10 '12

Apple’s Latest Slide-to-Unlock Patent Basically Prevents Other Phones From Dragging Anything Around a Lock Screen

Apple was just granted yet another patent for slide-to-unlock, and it’s even more general than the first two. https://gizmodo.com/apple-now-owns-the-unlock-slide-gesture-5853398 The new patent throws a lot of the limitations of the others out the window, specifically the part that required an unlock gesture to move along a very specific path. Now there are just two main…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 10 '12

Physicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation

Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did calculate the computational requirements needed to pull off such a feat. And indeed, a philosophical claim is one thing, actually proving it…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 10 '12

This App Will Give Any iPhone NSA-Grade Encryption Powers

Privacy is becoming something that is more and more valued as technology seeps deeper into our lives, but is harder and harder to find in pure form. But as Buzzfeed’s Russell Brandom points out, when you have two ex-Navy Seals and a cryptology legend working on an iPhone app called Silent Circle, privacy suddenly just…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 10 '12

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels to Cheer You the Frak Up

Even starship captains get the blues sometimes. And when you get depressed, or when you’re stuck in bed with a nasty case of black plague, you need something to cheer you the frak up. Luckily, there are tons of science fiction and fantasy books with proven restorative properties. Here are 16 terrific SF and fantasy…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Oct 10 '12

Do You Listen to DVD Commentaries?

A big selling point of DVDs and Blu-rays are exclusive commentaries from the directors and actors. They explain the reasoning behind certain scenes, or how some crazy special effects happened. Movie buffs understandably eat this chatter up. Looper director Rian Johnson even made one that you can listen to in the theater. But does anyone…

Movies Leslie Horn Oct 10 '12

Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

It’s the 30th anniversary of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the groundbreaking “boy and his alien” movie. And a brand new book illuminates everything about the making of the film. We pored over E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: from Concept to Classic, and while we were admiring the gorgeous art and behind-the-scenes photos, we were also learning a ton…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 10 '12

Panasonic Lumix LX7 Sample Shots

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Tech News Brent Rose Oct 10 '12

Survival Kit Coat Guarantees You’ll Endure The Cold or Any Emergency

Having trouble justifying $600 for a winter coat that only promises to help you survive a cold winter? Perhaps a similarly priced jacket chock full of survival tools that promises to help you survive any situation might sound like a better investment. Rocky’s S2V Provision coat is made from 20,000 millimeter waterproof (meaning it can…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 10 '12

Incredible fossil discovery reveals a brain that’s over half a billion years old

Researchers have announced what might be the oldest example of a brain ever discovered. For 520 million years, the remains of ancient arthropods known as Fuxianhuia have been hiding in the hills of Southern China, interred between layers of ancient mudstone. The body of this long-extinct creature is regarded by researchers as “extremely simple,” but…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 10 '12

Pluck Band Names from the Air with The Top Five Song ID Apps

You’re innocently going about your day when it happens: You hear a song you’ve never heard before. It rules. You need to know what it is. Before the age of smartphones, this would probably require writing down a few lyrics to Google later. Before computers, you’d probably have to come to terms with never ever…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm Oct 10 '12

Earbuds That Won’t Fall Out Are Your Dealzmodo-Exclusive Deal of the Day

I’ve got a confession: I’ve never much liked in-ear earphones. I’ve had several well-reviewed pairs over the years, but I could never get them to stay in, even though I tried pretty much every trick and insert. I couldn’t take a short walk to the subway without adjusting them a bunch of times. Athletic use…

Tech News Kif Leswing Oct 10 '12

Ghost Barbie and Alien Queen Barbie trade in the dream house for BLOOD!

Color us surprised — Mattel, the makers of Barbie, are releasing this less-than-lovable new line of Barbies. A “haunted line” that includes Ghost Barbie and Alien Queen Barbie. Gah, if only they had these dolls years ago can you imagine the games? Ghost Barbie and Alien Queen Barbie fight over Ken — winner gets his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 10 '12

The Best Use for an Old iPod Dock

Have an old iPod dock lying around? It’s not entirely useless with your iPhone 5 and its new lightning connector. All you need is a cheap Bluetooth adapter and you’re back in business. The Wirecutter recommends the I-Wave, which you can find for about $21 on Amazon. It has a 30-pin port on the bottom…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 10 '12

The Dr. Horrible television premiere was a glimpse of the post-TV future

Shooting Challenge: Scale Effect

The Future: A Smart Domestic Drama About The Perils of Living Forever

Panasonic Lumix LX7 Review: A Lovely Point-and-Shoot For Control Freaks

This All-Aluminum iPhone 5 Looks Pretty Freaking Cool to Me

Slutty Sesame Street Halloween costumes prove (again) that nothing is sacred, culture is a sham

This Hand Vac Is Your Only Hope To Defend a Couch from Cat Hair

Apple’s Latest Slide-to-Unlock Patent Basically Prevents Other Phones From Dragging Anything Around a Lock Screen

Physicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation

This App Will Give Any iPhone NSA-Grade Encryption Powers

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels to Cheer You the Frak Up

Do You Listen to DVD Commentaries?

Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Panasonic Lumix LX7 Sample Shots

Survival Kit Coat Guarantees You’ll Endure The Cold or Any Emergency

Incredible fossil discovery reveals a brain that’s over half a billion years old

Pluck Band Names from the Air with The Top Five Song ID Apps

Earbuds That Won’t Fall Out Are Your Dealzmodo-Exclusive Deal of the Day

Ghost Barbie and Alien Queen Barbie trade in the dream house for BLOOD!

The Best Use for an Old iPod Dock

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