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The Princess Bride‘s bizarrely NSFW cover from the 1970s

Chances are you’re familiar with The Princess Bride movie, but way fewer people have read author William Goldman’s book. Let me just say that it takes a strikingly different tone than the movie. Instead of a kindly grandfather narrating the story to his sick grandson, the book is framed by a writer editing and rewriting…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 23 '12

These are the places in America where alcohol is still banned

The year was 1933. America’s fourteen-year experiment in sobriety was over; the federally mandated ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol had been lifted. All across the U.S., people welcomed the repeal of prohibition with open arms and flowing taps. Or rather, most of them did. Meet the counties where America’s “noble experiment” never…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 23 '12

Sweatbox, the insane, behind-the-scenes documentary Disney doesn’t want you to see

Watch a Disney production originally spearheaded by the mighty Roger Allers (right off of Lion King fame) with a soundtrack by Sting and the voice talents of Eartha Kitt, David Spade, and John Goodman crumble into the wasted opportunity comedy The Emperor’s New Groove. The documentary Sweatbox was filmed by Sting’s wife Trudie Styler and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 23 '12

Facebook Tells Users Not to Give Passwords to Employers As Senate Prepares Anti-Snooping Bill

Facebook’s chief privacy officer Erin Egan has sent a warning to social network’s users: never give your password to your employer. It’s wrong and it’s illegal for them to ask you. In fact, the US Senate is working on a bill to specifically ban this despicable tactic. The Facebook note, which you can read at…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Mar 23 '12

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

Here’s something depressing and slightly horrifying: roughly 1.2 million people are using Android 1.5—a three year old operating system that looks like a Chinese bootleg of itself. How? Why? It gets worse. In addition to the 1,000,000+ souls using Android “Cupcake” 1.5—which at its debut had just introduced state of the art features like auto…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 23 '12

If there’s no Will Smith song in Men in Black 3, I will kill myself

And I’ve already devised the mechanism of my demise. I will first draw a bubble bath and sidle in completely naked. Via remote sensor, the rising water levels will activate a television across the room, which will begin playing the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where Will invites Bel Biv Devoe to secretly film…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 23 '12

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

A newly developed surveillance technology will help cops, spooks, and businesses review huge troves of security footage in the blink of an eye. Remember the crazy technology from The Bourne Identity? It could be here as early as next year. The new tech developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric achieves super-fast speeds by processing video as…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Chipset Could Have Supercharged Ivy Bridge Graphics

It’s been known for quite some time that Intel wants to enter the tablet space. When its Atom-based Balboa Pier chipset hits in early 2013, it could ultimately power the first Intel-based tablet people care about thanks to a rumored quad-core processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM and Ivy Bridge-class graphics. Whoa. This latest info comes…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 23 '12

Industrious Woman Smuggles FIVE POUNDS of Heroin in Her Stomach

Five pounds does not sound like very much. It’s a few days’ worth of binge dieting or cocaine abuse for some people. But it’s a lot to digest, as you can see from the five-pound burger above, or the five pounds of heroin found inside of a 52-year-old woman. Bola Adebisi was arrested last week…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 23 '12

Google Patent Would Listen to Background Noise in Your Calls to Personalize Ads

Whatever you think about the way Google handles privacy these days, the course it’s on mandates that to offer better, more futuristic services, it’s got to gather more information. And one way Google’s considered is actually listening to your calls for audio clues about where you are and what you need. https://gizmodo.com/the-case-against-google-5895010 The Orwellian patent,…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 23 '12

Stan Lee reveals the secrets of all his upcoming Marvel cameos. Plus more big clues for Fringe and Supernatural!

Danai Gurira discusses playing Michonne on The Walking Dead. Rupert Sanders reveals an intriguing dwarf-related hint about Snow White and the Huntsman. Seth Grahame-Smith talks Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Dark Shadows. Plus Battleship and Wrath of the Titans videos! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The Avengers…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 23 '12

Light-Up Psychedelic Clothes Designed to Freak Out Squares and Protect Cyclists

My left wrist grinds like a cement mixer thanks to my numerous automotive altercations while riding at night and is a testament to the importance of proper visibility. With the Supaheroe cycle jacket, you’ll be visible from space—or at least three car-lengths. The Superheroe is the brainchild of Wolfgang Langeder, CEO and Designer of Utope…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

Did a UFO Buzz This Chilean Air Show?

This video is being touted as the new Shroud of Turin for extraterrestrial hunters. It appears to show a fast-moving object cover incomprehensible amounts of ground to zoom and around over a pack of acrobatic jets during an airshow at El Bosque Air Force Base in 2010. “From different locations, spectators aimed video cameras and…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

You Will Not Believe What This Huge Mural Is Actually Made of

This isn’t just a black and white painting of calm seas—it’s actually not a painting at all. This mixed media mural is composed of half a million fish hooks. The 26-foot-long piece by Cuban artist Yoan Capote, dubbed Isla, was fabricated by intertwining and nailing over 500,000 fishing hooks onto plywood to create the dark…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

When Fighting Pirates, It’s Best to Store Your Guns in Floating Armories

So how do private security firms manage their armed menageries without getting hamstrung by weapons import restrictions and international law? They keep their weapons aboard armored barges in the open ocean of course. The practice of storing large caches of weaponry in international water is popular because it constitutes a legal grey area wherein few…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender

Tim Ferriss is a busy man, having apparently no more than four hours to do, well, anything really. And when your schedule is that demanding, you just can’t wait around for your wine to aerate. You need that booze post haste. https://gizmodo.com/4-hour-body-the-slow-carb-diet-5709913 Aerating wine after you pour it from the bottle performs the important task…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

Corgis vs. Firefighters, The World Record for Donuts, And Doing The Dew

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Tonight’s nug of Mystery Indica is brought to us by…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 23 '12

Inattentive Texter Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan

And you thought walking into a mall fountain or falling flat on your face was bad. This lady took a long walk off a short pier on account of her need to text. http://gawker.com/5733870/girl-falls-into-mall-fountain-while-texting Bonnie Miller ran into some technical difficulties on Monday. While she was returning a text, the Benton Harbor resident accidentally plunged…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 22 '12

We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ

When the MP3 revolution hit its stride, the coolest thing about it was how much control we were given over our music. Weightless files and tiny players let you carry your entire library around with you, all the time. Anything you wanted to listen to – so long as you had already hunted it down…

Tech News Andy Cush - Evolver.fm Mar 22 '12

Picture of the Day: March 22, 2012

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT | Amazing nature art by New York based artist George Boorujy, whose exhibition “Blood Memory” runs at New York’s P-P-O-W Gallery until April 14. Via Lines and Colors. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 22 '12

The Princess Bride‘s bizarrely NSFW cover from the 1970s

These are the places in America where alcohol is still banned

Sweatbox, the insane, behind-the-scenes documentary Disney doesn’t want you to see

Facebook Tells Users Not to Give Passwords to Employers As Senate Prepares Anti-Snooping Bill

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

If there’s no Will Smith song in Men in Black 3, I will kill myself

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Chipset Could Have Supercharged Ivy Bridge Graphics

Industrious Woman Smuggles FIVE POUNDS of Heroin in Her Stomach

Google Patent Would Listen to Background Noise in Your Calls to Personalize Ads

Stan Lee reveals the secrets of all his upcoming Marvel cameos. Plus more big clues for Fringe and Supernatural!

Light-Up Psychedelic Clothes Designed to Freak Out Squares and Protect Cyclists

Did a UFO Buzz This Chilean Air Show?

You Will Not Believe What This Huge Mural Is Actually Made of

When Fighting Pirates, It’s Best to Store Your Guns in Floating Armories

How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender

Corgis vs. Firefighters, The World Record for Donuts, And Doing The Dew

Inattentive Texter Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan

We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ

Picture of the Day: March 22, 2012

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