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Experts Debate the Schools of 2021

Happy Labor Day, America! You better not be working! Speaking of work, what will school work be like in 10 years? New York Times, do you have an answer? What’s that? You spoke with a bunch of experts and educators and asked them that very same question? What a wild Labor Day miracle! Let’s sample…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 5

You’ll wish you could ride in this steampunk octopus tank

Straight out of Burning Man 2011, it’s Duane Flatmo’s El Pulpo Mechanico. It’s an octopus. It’s a steampunk tank. It’s a video game boss. It’s an avatar of flaming doom. It’s a one-metal-cephalopod parade. I wish I could drive it down the turnpike. Hat tip to Mark!

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

io9 Roundup: September 4, 2011

WEEKEND ROUND-UP: 9/3-9/4 | Muppet Who by Amy Mebberson (via Tor). Read an exclusive preview of DC Comics’ quirky new superhero series, O.M.A.C. https://gizmodo.com/read-an-exclusive-preview-of-dc-comics-quirky-new-super-5837121 Here’s an exclusive sneak peek of DC Comics’ new comic book O.M.A.C. In this series, Jack Kirby’s One Man Army Corps gets a 21st century cybernetic update, complete with espionage thrills…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

Could Pig be the next Memento-esque indie puzzle flick?

Looking for the next Memento, Seconds, or Primer? Word has it the next twisty brain teaser flick to get excited for is Pig, the winner of the Sci-Fi London film festival’s Best Feature award. Watch the first trailer now. Pig Pig — which is directed Henry Barrial and produced by Mark Stolaroff — is kicking…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Sep 4

This Simple Block of Wood Can Tell You the Time

The Knock Clock is pretty ingenious, what with its knock-knock get the time action, but I can’t help but feel sad for the little woodpecker trapped within. Not even a single air hole. How long does he have? I’d say about three of four knocks worth. Until that time, let’s close this post out with…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

10-Foot-Tall Lego Trump Tower Is the First Trump Building I Actually Want to Visit

Using a transparent Lego brick technique I can only describe as amazing, builder Sean Kenney has recreated a reflected skyline in the “glass” on this 10-foot, 65,000-brick Trump International Hotel and Tower monstrosity. Apparently Kenny achieved this effect by building the reflected skyline image behind the transparent Lego bricks he used for the windows. It’s…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

Polish Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster looks like Mac and Me

We’ve featured some wonderfully befuddling Polish movie posters before, but Andrzej Pagowski’s design for Close Encounters of the Third Kind transforms the movie into a dreadful family comedy with McDonald’s dance-offs. It’s on eBay if you’re in need of a conversation piece. And for more movies lost in translation, see the painted posters of Ghana.…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

One Man’s Dumpster Is Another Man’s Tiny Mobile Park

Can’t find a parking space in San Francisco these days? Don’t plan overpopulation, blame these mobile dumpster parks that have started sprouting up around the city. Bright red and bigger than a car, these 16-foot by 6-foot bastions of mobile greenery provide little bits of shade and park bench-style seating for passersby at the expense…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

If Beatrix Potter ran Hell, it would look like this taxidermy museum

Walter Potter (no relation to the Peter Rabbit author) was an eccentric nineteenth century taxidermist who condemned small mammals to an eternity of indignities. Here’s a newsreel from the 1960s depicting a visit to Potter’s museum. According to the YouTube description from British Pathe: The original narrations states “Potter was a genius who made fur-lined…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

The Besom Holder: Sweeping Desktop Simplicity

I don’t know how old this Besom Holder organizer is or if you’ve seen it before. Don’t care. There’s something about the duality of this clean design that required posting today. I’ll take two. [bookofjoe via Fancy It via Anthropologie]

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

And now, the original Star Wars trilogy playing all at the same time

I have no idea what’s to be gleaned from watching all three movies at once, but I definitely heard Bossk whisper “Paul is dead.” [Via Buzzfeed]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

In Marvel Comics’ The Fearless, the superheroes stock up on magic hammers

In Marvel Comics’ summer miniseries Fear Itself, a dark god known as The Serpent uses magic hammers to transform characters like the Hulk and the Thing into sociopathic Asgardian deities. But when Fear Itself wraps up, what’s going to happen to The Serpent’s mystical implements of smashing? Here’s the scoop on The Fearless, a new…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

WebOS Goes Under the Knife

Who wants a leg? Who wants the Palm? WebOS is about to be carved up by HP as part of an internal move that will see parts of it—and the Palm group—heading to different areas within the company. According to Palm Central and an internal HP memo, WebOS is going to be moved over the…

Gadgets Jack Loftus Sep 4

Comet Garrard gets lost among 10,000 stars

Comet Garrard is blasting through the northern sky. Of course, it’s easy to lose track of one little comet when it’s passing through a giant star cluster. But no matter: you just have to look for the brightest, greenest one. The comet – designated C/2009 P1, if you’re feeling technical, has been slowly moving through…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

Amazon Is Testing a Tablet-Focused Web Site Redesign

The Amazon tablet is real. TechCrunch played with it. We made a mockup. The Internet had a field day. The only thing left for Amazon to do now is prepare, and prepare they have. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-amazons-kindle-tablet-looks-like-5837061 The Amazon web site, for example. It’s currently being tested for a redesign. Not just any redesign, mind you, but…

Commerce Jack Loftus Sep 4

AppleInsider Rumor Purports Apple iCloud Runs on Microsoft, Amazon Servers

The enemy of my enemy is my data center server provider, or something. Anyway, rumor says Apple is using Microsoft and Amazon servers to power iCloud. How cozy! [AppleInsider]

Commerce Jack Loftus Sep 4

Australian frogs become “moisture farmers” to stay alive in droughts

Frogs in northern Australia have to find a way to survive months of cold, dry climate. Their solution? Hang around outside just long enough to trap condensation, which they use to hydrate themselves. By any standard, this is pretty ingenious. Green tree frogs live in the tropical savannas of northern Australia. For much of the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 4

American diplomatic memo outlined rules for Yeti hunting in Nepal

On November 30, 1959, Ernest Fisk of the American embassy in Kathmandu delineated the Nepalese government’s regulations on any mountaineer’s interactions with the yeti. Explains Archives.org of this peculiar document: From the Records of the Agency for International Development, this copy of a Foreign Service Despatch from the American Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, summarizes the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Inflatable Bicycle Helmet or Unused Prop from an Alien Movie?

I really can’t tell if this model’s beautiful life is about to be saved or snuffed out by some kind of bulbous brain sucker. The description makes it sound like an inflatable bike helmet but that could be because the writer had one on his or her head as well, and it was controlling their…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 4

The weirdest kaiju dance number ever committed to celluloid

In the 1967 South Korean Godzilla rip-off Yongary, The Monster of the Deep, the film’s plucky boy protagonist catches the beast napping. Upon waking up, the monster begins swaying groovy to the spontaneous sounds of surf rock. He’s not a great dancer, but he’s got better moves than Pulgasari. https://gizmodo.com/kim-jong-il-is-dead-heres-his-monster-movie-344306

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Experts Debate the Schools of 2021

You’ll wish you could ride in this steampunk octopus tank

io9 Roundup: September 4, 2011

Could Pig be the next Memento-esque indie puzzle flick?

This Simple Block of Wood Can Tell You the Time

10-Foot-Tall Lego Trump Tower Is the First Trump Building I Actually Want to Visit

Polish Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster looks like Mac and Me

One Man’s Dumpster Is Another Man’s Tiny Mobile Park

If Beatrix Potter ran Hell, it would look like this taxidermy museum

The Besom Holder: Sweeping Desktop Simplicity

And now, the original Star Wars trilogy playing all at the same time

In Marvel Comics’ The Fearless, the superheroes stock up on magic hammers

WebOS Goes Under the Knife

Comet Garrard gets lost among 10,000 stars

Amazon Is Testing a Tablet-Focused Web Site Redesign

AppleInsider Rumor Purports Apple iCloud Runs on Microsoft, Amazon Servers

Australian frogs become “moisture farmers” to stay alive in droughts

American diplomatic memo outlined rules for Yeti hunting in Nepal

Inflatable Bicycle Helmet or Unused Prop from an Alien Movie?

The weirdest kaiju dance number ever committed to celluloid

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