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The Best Deal of the Day

Remember when you were 15 and still thought it was possible to be an astronaut, so you asked for one of these replica Snoopy caps from NASA’s Apollo missions for your birthday? And then your alcoholic father told you that it was time pull your head out of your ass and think about your future…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Apr 12

Apple Boss Tim Cook Tops Out‘s Power List

Apple COO Tim Cook, who has been running the company during CEO Steve Jobs’ indefinite medical leave, was just ranked No. 1 on Out magazine’s list of America’s most influential gays and lesbians. It’s a warm public welcome for a very private guy. In his debut entry on the so-called Power 50 list, now in…

Tech News Ryan Tate Apr 12

Inspect Ryan Reynolds computer-generated Green Lantern suit with 3 new high-res images

What is Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern costume made of: magic, space spice, green bacon? Inspect the superhero’s computer-generated suit in detail, with these exceptionally detailed high-res shots. Has Warner Brothers sold you on the CG costume? To quiet the fans who are concerned about Hal’s costume, Warners released three new images showing how the computer…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 12

8tracks Radio App Lets You Crowdsource Your Playlists

At one point in time, you’ve compiled an embarrassingly long list of your favorite musical artists or albums and posted it to an online profile. 8tracks’ new iPhone app lets you harness that spirit of musical exhibitionism (or voyeurism). 8tracks, the popular Internet radio startup that lets users create and share playlists, has launched an…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 12

Vampire Jeff Goldblum Seduced a Little Girl in a 90s Goosebumps CD-ROM Game

He’s been a cranky chaos theorist, an abusive godfather, and repelled an alien invasion to save the entire planet. But one role you probably don’t know about? A creepy, tween-seducing vampire in a Steven Spielberg-helmed Goosebumps computer game. Yeah. Yeah. The (thankfully) forgotten “Goosebumps: Escape From HorrorLand” also bizarrely starred Isabella Rossellini for some reason—were…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 12

Office For Mac 2011 Syncs Calendars With iOS Starting Today

As was foretold—well, as was promised by Microsoft, anyway—Office for Mac 2011 SP1 is out today, meaning you can now sync your Outlook calendar with your iOS devices. Now you just need actual plans! [Office for Mac via 9to5Mac] https://gizmodo.com/your-mac-outlook-calendar-will-sync-with-ios-soon-5789526

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 12

10 Great Series that Torture Their Characters (And Make You Love It)

With Game of Thrones coming to television this weekend, many more people will soon know the joy of vicarious masochism that is George R.R. Martin’s storytelling. But Martin’s not the only creator who abuses his characters for your perverse enjoyment. What are the other series that are A) awesome and B) cruel to their characters?…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 12

10 Stunning Photos of a Piece of Black Paper

You’ve probably taken a photo before where the sunset looked beautiful, but the landscape was too dark. By placing a black card over part of your lens, and taking a slow exposure shot, you can take photos like these: https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-black-card-photography-5789423 Winner – LA I shot it on a Canon 7D with a Sigma 30mm at…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 12

Shooting Challenge: Black Card Gallery

Ghostly boats waiting for the fishermen who have dissappeared into the lights. Taken in West Coast Park, Singapore at 11:20 PM. The picture was made using Canon 550D (T2i) with a 17-55/2.8 lens on a tripod. I did not have a black card, so ended up using a creditcard! No post processing done, besides conversion…

Tech News Husain Sumra Apr 12

Mark Zuckerberg Is a Backstabbing Little Shit in New Emails

New emails submitted as evidence by purported Facebook owner Paul Ceglia paint the social network’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg as a scheming little bastard. Now Ceglia’s new powerhouse law firm just has to prove the emails are real. It will be a tough fight, that’s for sure. Ceglia is a convicted drug felon and has been…

Social Media Ryan Tate Apr 12

Jeff Goldblum as Dracula in a 1996 Goosebumps computer game is completely unnerving

In the 1996 children’s PC game Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland, Jeff Goldblum played an inappropriately sultry Lord of the Vampires. Watch as the one and only Brundlefly seduces the game’s pre-teen protagonist with a sensual dance. How did Goldblum get wrapped up in these shenanigans? In this making-of featurette, Steven Spielberg, a producer on the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 12

The world as Yuri Gagarin saw it

Fifty years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter outer space. In doing so, he didn’t just take humanity into a bold new era of exploration – he also got to see our planet in a way no one else ever had before. There aren’t any photos of the Earth…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Apr 12

Tweet-Generating Website Knows You Better than You Know Yourself

If there’s one single problem with Twitter, it’s crafting that perfect 140-character dispatch—so arduous. The impeccable balance of wit, brevity, and pop cultural references is so tricky! Not anymore. This site mines your Twitter archives for source material. The appropriately-titled That Can Be My Next Tweet! generates semi-fresh material based on whatever drivel and insight…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 12

How a Fukushima-Level Disaster Would Affect You In New York, LA or Chicago

The Japanese government has expanded the long-term evacuation radius around the Fukushima nuclear plant to 30 kilometers (18.6 miles). The United States government is still asking to all their citizens inside an 80-kilometer radius to leave. That’s almost 50 miles. If the federal government followed the same policy in US soil, these would be the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 12

Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Shoots Pics Straight to a Mobile Device

We peeped the tech at CES, but Eye-Fi’s “Direct Beam” magicalness is mobile—doing what the little Wi-Fi cards should have been all along. The new models skip your network entirely, creating a link between camera and mobile device. https://gizmodo.com/eye-fi-direct-mode-beams-photos-from-your-camera-to-you-5724075 What gadget? Lots! Smartphones and tablets will get a suite of Direct Beam-compatible apps dropped on…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 12

Why Does it Take so Much Less Milk to Lighten Iced Coffee?

Admit it, you need your coffee to be that perfect shade of caramel tor you’ll jinx the whole damn day. Whether you’re the touch-of-cream or leave-lots-of-room type, the perfectly lightened coffee is a key part of your finely tuned morning routine (unless you drink it black, which smartly reduces the number of variables that can…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Apr 12

In comics, Hellboy meets mutant cows (and everyone wants to be Cobra Commander)

Everybody wants to rule the world (as Tears for Fears once so poignantly noticed), and the comic book baddies at Cobra are not immune to such megalomania. Also, new Hellboy and a very foul-mouthed talking rabbit! New Releases IDW’s gearing up for the Cobra Civil War in several title. With Cobra Commander dead and gone,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 12

Google Dives Deeper Into Green Energy With Latest Solar Farm Investment

Google sank a cool $168 million into a California solar farm—their latest move in the world of energy. How will this pair with their power company? Will we welcome them someday as our new power overlords? [Fast Company] https://gizmodo.com/google-forms-energy-subsidiary-and-requests-to-buy-and-5442327

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 12

Watch a Jumbo Jet Spin a Tiny Jet In a JFK Runway Collision

What happens when the world’s largest commercial jet clips the tail of a much smaller plane? Some tarmac turbulence that left the passengers of Comair Flight 6293 spinning. There were no injuries reported in last night’s incident at JFK, and no clear reason why Air France Flight 7, a double-decker Airbus A380 capable of carrying…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 12

Look upon these t-shirts and despair . . . for you cannot have them all

You’re probably familiar with the Despair, Inc. “demotivator” posters featuring stock art and mean aphorisms about productivity and teamwork. But did you know they also make tees? Oh yes. They tout steampunk politics, 8-bit dragons, and of course despair. Here are a few t-shirts you won’t be able to resist snarfing up for $16 at…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 12

The Best Deal of the Day

Apple Boss Tim Cook Tops Out‘s Power List

Inspect Ryan Reynolds computer-generated Green Lantern suit with 3 new high-res images

8tracks Radio App Lets You Crowdsource Your Playlists

Vampire Jeff Goldblum Seduced a Little Girl in a 90s Goosebumps CD-ROM Game

Office For Mac 2011 Syncs Calendars With iOS Starting Today

10 Great Series that Torture Their Characters (And Make You Love It)

10 Stunning Photos of a Piece of Black Paper

Shooting Challenge: Black Card Gallery

Mark Zuckerberg Is a Backstabbing Little Shit in New Emails

Jeff Goldblum as Dracula in a 1996 Goosebumps computer game is completely unnerving

The world as Yuri Gagarin saw it

Tweet-Generating Website Knows You Better than You Know Yourself

How a Fukushima-Level Disaster Would Affect You In New York, LA or Chicago

Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Shoots Pics Straight to a Mobile Device

Why Does it Take so Much Less Milk to Lighten Iced Coffee?

In comics, Hellboy meets mutant cows (and everyone wants to be Cobra Commander)

Google Dives Deeper Into Green Energy With Latest Solar Farm Investment

Watch a Jumbo Jet Spin a Tiny Jet In a JFK Runway Collision

Look upon these t-shirts and despair . . . for you cannot have them all

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