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This Isn’t Your Typical Time Lapse

Watching Laura Lawson painting on this time lapse video shouldn’t be anything extraordinary, but it is. The technique’s different from how you usually do these time lapses, using a cool motorized version of a contraption called the Omni-Tracker: We used a device called the Omni-Tracker HD a circular table top dolly, and helped the engineer…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Aug 8

Anonymous Hacks Brutal Syrian Military

The iron-fisted crackdown against Syrian rebels (and civilians) has attracted the vandalizing ire of Anonymous, who’ve defaced the government’s Ministry of Defense site. A superficial hack, but a sign that the collective’s got their eye on the country’s bloodshed. The post-hack site, which I’m unable to load at the moment from New York, displayed a…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 8

Watch the Slingshot Madman Unload His Vampire Stake on Raw Flesh

The request line is open on bald t-shirted madman Joerg Sprave’s Slingshot Channel, and apparently the one thing you’ve wanted to see more of is razor-sharp blades slicing through frozen chunks of meat. Thank god. It’s mostly a victor tour for our favorite vaguely European death carpenter, a welcome review of some greatest hits (slingshot…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 8

The Great Chinese iPad Zipline Smuggling Ring

You’ve got to admire the audacity of the Chinese hucksters who were illegally importing iPads and iPhones across the border from Hong Kong, by way of a rope-and-pulley system, triggered by a crossbow and desire to make some cash. The Chinese news report of the sting operation, below, shows the flying fox-style cable that crossed…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

A Tent With a Garage For Your Motorbike

Instead of using the porch area of your tent to house your rucksack and cooking equipment, Redverz Gear tailored this section to fit motorbikes so riders can avoid theft, rain, sandstorms or just bears pissing on the exhaust pipe overnight. Still capable of sleeping three people plus a bike, the Redverz Tenere Expedition tent costs…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Android Apps That Teach You the Art of Penis Puppetry

They call it the “ancient Australian art of genital origami,” and considering the country’s youth I suppose the Melbourne comedy-circuit duo’s 13-year-history is a fair claim. But disregarding all that, the beginner and expert-level apps are chockablock with dick tricks. The apps obviously contain a fair bit of nudity, but if you’re serious about upping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Of Course Russia Broke the World’s Biggest Champagne Glass Record

Those Ruskis sure are a classy lot, aren’t they? They’ve just gone and set a new Guinness Book of World Records record for the biggest-ever champagne glass. Measuring 1.5m high, it was filled with bubbly from 75 bottles. Hic! [EnglishRussia]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Cheap, Scaled-Down iMac Being Readied For Students?

Apple failed to introduce a new educational discount for iPads, but that doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about students altogether. 9to5Mac has heard that a new, more affordable iMac aimed at students will be released this month, maybe on August 16th. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-apple-to-discount-ipads-by-200-for-students-5806282 According to their sources, it’ll be a basic machine with a 3.1GHz dual-core processor…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Is Howard Stern Responsible For Pirated Super 8 Release?

As many of you know, it’s not uncommon for recent cinema releases to show up on torrent sites. What’s unusual here is that the watermark of the high-quality torrent Super 8 appears to point the finger at one Howard Stern. Screenshots of the torrented movie show that a watermark of “H. Stern” appears in the…

Movies Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Fauxgo Catalogs Fictional Logos From Movies

Otherwise known as “Guess the Movie/TV Show This MS Paint Logo Appeared In,” the Fauxgo Tumblr will test your memory and your design-appreciation skills all at once. How bad was the Slusho logo, for instance? [Fauxgo via Tymn via SwissMiss]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

Sony Awarded Dubious “Epic Fail” Award at Hackers’ Oscars

A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week’s Black Hat computer security conference’s Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year’s hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony’s major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize. https://gizmodo.com/sony-will-have-psn-up-and-running-with-a-week-5796528…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 8

World War 2, In Full Color

There weren’t many color photographs taken in World War 2, but there were a few, and In Focus has a nice look at a selected few with this week’s edition of their weekly tribute to that global conflict. While many of the shots were staged, In Focus’s Alan Taylor notes these people and their jobs…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 7

Shark discovered in the woods of New Hampshire, sadly not being an apex predator

Another day, another weird dead creature discovered by the side of the road. Last Thursday, a Milton, New Hampshire man found a dead shark in the forest, miles from the ocean. Alas, the Land Shark remains the purview of Saturday Night Live sketches. https://gizmodo.com/chupacabra-like-roadkill-flummoxes-minnesota-town-5828505 Explains WMUR: The shark was found discarded here on some private…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

io9 Roundup: August 7, 2011

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: 8/6 -8/4 | Roberto Gomes’ “How to get into Mordor,” which was inspired by this GIF. (Via Rampaged Reality) The webcomic Let’s Be Friends Again pokes superhero comics in the eye https://gizmodo.com/the-webcomic-let-s-be-friends-again-pokes-superhero-com-5828216 Let’s Be Friends Again is a webcomic that knows superhero comics deserve a good ribbing every now and then. This gag…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 7

If you live in Vancouver, you can hire a dinosaur manservant

Good news, wealthy psychotic Canadians! Some down-and-out soul is offering to inhabit one of your many properties in exchange for a year of saurian servitude! 365 days of dinosaur degradation! What a bargain! Peep this Craigslist listing: Do you own more than one property? Do you have so many rental homes with no mortgage payments,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 7

Tireless Robot Pack Haulers Deployed to Afghanistan

Robot buses at Heathrow. Robot haulers deployed to Afghanistan. Is the Isaac Asimov estate getting kickbacks for all the future that’s happening this weekend or what? https://gizmodo.com/alien-looking-automatons-have-taken-over-heathrow-airpo-5828465 This latest robo-development involves the U.S. Army’s deployment of four Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support Systems to war-torn Afganistan. As the largest robot transports ever deployed in Army…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 7

Imaginary Forces is the closest thing we’ll get to a They Live remake (for now)

Last year we broke the news that Hollywood was looking to possibly make a glasses-less They Live remake. Horrifying, we know! But if it looks anything like this short, Imaginary Forces, we could be persuaded. Watch now! https://gizmodo.com/they-live-remake-might-ditch-the-infamous-alien-sungl-5659983 Imaginary Forces Check out the They Live-esque short from director Ruairi Robinson, who almost ended up directing…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 7

Scott Adams Is Bored

Here’s pretty much all I know about Scott Adams: Sometimes he says (or does) wacky things. Most of the time he draws funny comics about a luckless office drone named Dilbert. I can relate! But not today. https://jezebel.com/dilbert-creator-deletes-misogynist-rant-5786019 Today, Adams is on the soap box again, penning his way into the public discourse with a…

Gadgets Jack Loftus Aug 7

Apple Grants MobileMe Users 25GB of Free iCloud Storage Space Until June 2012

There are all sorts of goodies coming out of the iCloud developer build that arrived this weekend, the first being news that MobileMe customers transitioning to the service will receive 25GB of storage space once the service launches. Says Mac Rumors, Apple has confirmed MobileMe users will automatically get this upgrade, which is comprised of…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 7

Females can control the evolution of male handsomeness

In many species, males woo females into mating with them. This means they need to find a way to be attractive, which includes everything from elaborate plumage to melodious mating calls. But there’s such a thing as too handsome. As far as neotropical túngara frogs are concerned, the most handsome males are those that make…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 7

This Isn’t Your Typical Time Lapse

Anonymous Hacks Brutal Syrian Military

Watch the Slingshot Madman Unload His Vampire Stake on Raw Flesh

The Great Chinese iPad Zipline Smuggling Ring

A Tent With a Garage For Your Motorbike

Android Apps That Teach You the Art of Penis Puppetry

Of Course Russia Broke the World’s Biggest Champagne Glass Record

Cheap, Scaled-Down iMac Being Readied For Students?

Is Howard Stern Responsible For Pirated Super 8 Release?

Fauxgo Catalogs Fictional Logos From Movies

Sony Awarded Dubious “Epic Fail” Award at Hackers’ Oscars

World War 2, In Full Color

Shark discovered in the woods of New Hampshire, sadly not being an apex predator

io9 Roundup: August 7, 2011

If you live in Vancouver, you can hire a dinosaur manservant

Tireless Robot Pack Haulers Deployed to Afghanistan

Imaginary Forces is the closest thing we’ll get to a They Live remake (for now)

Scott Adams Is Bored

Apple Grants MobileMe Users 25GB of Free iCloud Storage Space Until June 2012

Females can control the evolution of male handsomeness

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