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April Books: Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Neal Stephenson’s Weird History, and More!

The book world has some treats in store for you this month — including a brand new novel in Stephen King’s Dark Tower universe, and the first book of Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear’s Mongoliad. John Shirley revises and updates his groundbreaking cyberpunk trilogy. There are more jazz-age vampires and Regency magicians, and alien-killers learning…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 6 '12

Watch Jim Henson’s awesomely insane pitch to get The Muppet Show on the air

Prior to The Muppet Show, Jim Henson had the reputation as one heck of a pitchman. So when it came time to sell CBS on the variety program in the 1970s, Henson and his team assembled a grandiose reel promising executives a lucrative demographic of “intellectual eggheads” and “dirty, cynical hippies.” https://gizmodo.com/the-unmatched-trippiness-of-jim-hensons-puppetry-before-5861270 It’s also worth…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 6 '12

Anyone Can Play Steve Jobs—Even Ashton Kutcher

Our first reaction to Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs was abject horror. But once the because it’s Ashton Kutcher! nausea dissipates, you’re left with something more salient: Steve Jobs is not a hard acting role. And Ashton might be perfect. https://gizmodo.com/a-list-of-actors-wed-rather-see-play-steve-jobs-than-as-5898310 The Steve Kutcher backlash is off the mark for two reasons. First, Kutcher will…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 6 '12

Now You Can Turn Yourself Into a Batman Action Figure

Most of our childhoods were spent alternatingly dressing up like superheroes and playing with action figures in their likeness. Now you can combine the two by actually getting your own head on the body of your favorite superhero, like Batman or Superman, on one of these custom action figures. All you’ve got to do is…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 6 '12

The Tragic Consequences of Mixing Love and Video Games

You love playing first-person shooters. You also love your significant other. Wouldn’t it be great if you could somehow combine the two? Then you could love everything, all at once. Yeah! Don’t do it. It’s a trap. The Setup I met this girl, let’s call her Frannie, while I was involved in theater. I was…

Tech News Brent Rose Apr 6 '12

Touch is a big dumb Rube Goldberg Machine

Yesterday’s episode of Touch featured quite possibly the most ludicrously complicated chain of mystically connected events yet — including misaligned satellite dishes, rotating door numbers, email typos, and overtaxed electric wires… plus social commentary on 9/11, the Iraq War, and religion, because why not? “Kite Strings” is just as ridiculous as the preceding three episodes…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Apr 6 '12

This Steam Cleaner Is Your Get-The-Wrinkles-Out-Like-A-Pro Deal of the Day

There are certain things that just require a professional. Take any Stephen Baldwin movie for instance. That guy can act. He goes from one movie being a kind-hearted, yet troubled protagonist battling some evil force to another flick where he’s a troubled protagonist with a heart of gold. The man is the Magic Drinking Bird…

Tech News Andrew James Apr 6 '12

Need ideas for your next science fiction story? This site is full of them

Story ideas are dime a dozen, but sometimes it can be hard to find one that feels really original, or which you connect with. That’s why TheIdeaBird is a really neat idea — every day or two, this Tumblr features another story idea, and they’re usually science fiction or fantasy. In fact, these little idea…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 6 '12

Silent Era Back to the Future May Be Silly, But I Like It

After watching The Artist and now this Back to the Future Doc Brown to the Rescue! short, I hope that Hollywood starts re-releasing every film with the silent film treatment. That would be a lot better than making every old hit 3D. And screw DTS and Dolby while you are at it: put a pianist…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 6 '12

Water that floats on oil could speed spill cleanups

Most everyone knows that oil and water don’t mix. Oil molecules are non-polar, meaning their charge is distributed more or less evenly throughout their structure. Water, on the other hand, is polar — different parts of each water molecule carry a weak positive or negative charge. Generally speaking, polar molecules like water and non-polar molecules…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 6 '12

SushiBot Churns Out 300 Perfect Rolls Per Hour

If you suffer from insatiable cravings for delectable raw fish, and your takeout bills are skyrocketing, it might be time to invest in one of Suzumo’s Sushi-making robots. GadgetLab reports that at the World Food and Beverage Great Expo 2012 in Tokyo Suzumo is showing off the future of your daily toro habit: a roll-making…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 6 '12

Mighty Cute Avengers: The Most Adorable Avengers Fan Art Ever!

When MODOK rears his ugly head, there’s only one team of heroes you can count on to save the day: the Avengers. But Tony Stark and Steve Rogers don’t just lead the coolest team, but the most lovable team in the Marvel universe. (Sorry, X-Men.) And tons of artists have captured the surpassing cuteness of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 6 '12

AT&T Will Unlock Off-Contract iPhones Starting Sunday

According to 9to5Mac AT&T is going start unlocking iPhones for customers who have fulfilled their contracts or paid an early termination fee. That’s great news for anyone looking to take a paid-off iPhone to a new carrier. According to the statement AT&T gave 9to5Mac, this could be your lucky Sunday if you’re an out of…

Tech News Mat Honan Apr 6 '12

No One Wants To Shop From an Interactive Music Video

Canadian retailer SSSense has developed a shoppable music video in hopes that watching cool people flaunt couture will inspire you to impulse buy a bunch of crap you don’t want and can’t afford. The song is not terrible! But the shopping experience is noisy and totally ruins the video. Nobody who likes music actually wants…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 6 '12

Miracle Worker Glove Helps Deaf and Blind People Communicate

It would have been much easier for Anne Sullivan to get Helen Keller to spell out “water” with this innovative mitten. The Mobile Lorm Glove allows people who are deaf and blind to communicate by transmitting tactile signals to their hands. It uses something called the Lorm Alphabet, a hand-touch sign language that assigns characters…

Gadgets Leslie Horn Apr 6 '12

What Darth Vader Would Look Like If He Was a Good Dad

In an alternate Star Wars reality, maybe Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader but realized he still wanted to take care of his kids like any not evil dad would. Maybe he did all the mundane dad things too. Maybe it looked like this. Jeffrey Brown, an artist and author, is imagining that lovely and hilarious…

Books & Comics Casey Chan Apr 6 '12

Who says you can’t use maths in your daily life?

Pro-tip on pi-tips: this will come off as even more clever if you actually ordered pie. Or a pi pie. This little gem comes courtesy of redditer gamehead200. And for those of you complaining that the server got stiffed on the tip you’re right; as password_is_pi pointed out, gamehead200 still owes: $0.0015926535897932384626433832795 0288419716939937510582097494459230 7816406286208998628034825342117067 98214808651…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 6 '12

Is Everyone You Know an Alcoholic?

Alcoholism is usually viewed as a binary: Either you’re addicted to alcohol or you’re not. Now psychologists are starting to consider the possibility that there are legions of “almost alcoholics” out there who are quietly afflicted but don’t know what to do about it. And from the looks of it, this group could include everyone…

Health Mario Aguilar Apr 6 '12

This is what a hippo attack looks like

In addition to whipping up literal shitstorms with its tail to mark its territory, the hippopotamus is renowned for being approximately three tons of tetrapod nastiness. Watch what happens when a safari jeep gets on the bad side of one of these incredibly aggressive creatures. [Via Boing Boing]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 6 '12

F-18 Crashes into Apartment Building and Explodes (Update: No Deaths)

A Navy F-18 fighter just went down smack in the middle of a Virginia Beach apartment complex, demolishing buildings and leaving others ablaze after multiple explosions—the jet itself is an enormous flaming heap of jet wreckage. WAVY-TV reports “the Navy told WAVY.com the plane was an F18 Strike fighter squadron 106,” and is clearly still…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 6 '12

April Books: Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Neal Stephenson’s Weird History, and More!

Watch Jim Henson’s awesomely insane pitch to get The Muppet Show on the air

Anyone Can Play Steve Jobs—Even Ashton Kutcher

Now You Can Turn Yourself Into a Batman Action Figure

The Tragic Consequences of Mixing Love and Video Games

Touch is a big dumb Rube Goldberg Machine

This Steam Cleaner Is Your Get-The-Wrinkles-Out-Like-A-Pro Deal of the Day

Need ideas for your next science fiction story? This site is full of them

Silent Era Back to the Future May Be Silly, But I Like It

Water that floats on oil could speed spill cleanups

SushiBot Churns Out 300 Perfect Rolls Per Hour

Mighty Cute Avengers: The Most Adorable Avengers Fan Art Ever!

AT&T Will Unlock Off-Contract iPhones Starting Sunday

No One Wants To Shop From an Interactive Music Video

Miracle Worker Glove Helps Deaf and Blind People Communicate

What Darth Vader Would Look Like If He Was a Good Dad

Who says you can’t use maths in your daily life?

Is Everyone You Know an Alcoholic?

This is what a hippo attack looks like

F-18 Crashes into Apartment Building and Explodes (Update: No Deaths)

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