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Rachel Swirsky explains why short fiction rocks her world — and why it’s okay to go longer in a short story

Up-and-coming short-story writer Rachel Swirsky talks the joy of short fiction at Amazon’s Omnivoracious blog.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 29 '10

The Nintendo 3DS Will Destroy Children’s Eyeballs (No, Really)

Remember your parents telling you sitting too close to the TV would make you blind? Well, now when parents tell young kids to turn off the 3D on Nintendo’s 3DS ’cause it’ll ruin their eyes—they’ll actually be right. The machine translation is a little rough, but the gist is clear: Nintendo has issued a warning…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 29 '10

Turn Your Book into This Lamp’s Roof (And Save Your Spot)

You could fold the page’s corner, stick in a tacky bookmark, or just throw your latest read to the floor in frustration—or, you could park it atop this lovely lamp. Reading progress, saved (and illuminated). The Book Rest Lamp, from edgy design firm Suck UK (their creations do not!) is a nice piece of work,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 29 '10

National Zoo has two new cheetahs

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute announced the birth of not one but two cheetah cubs. The two cubs were born to two separate mothers. Find out about the surprising challenges they face, and see some kitty pictures. The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, part of the National Zoo, began housing breeding pairs of cheetahs only a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 29 '10

The Avengers probably aren’t fighting aliens after all, plus new Real Steel photos and the inside scoop on Source Code!

A rumored storyline for The Avengers is debunked. Jake Gyllenhaal talks Source Code, plus set photos for Real Steel and the motherlode of V videos. Spoilers right now! The Avengers Anyone hoping the Albuquerque Journal somehow had acquired the inside information that this movie will be about a Kree-Skrull war…well, prepare to be disappointed. That…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Dec 29 '10

iPhone 4 Polaroid Skin: Shake Your Love

Technological advances are wonderful! But that doesn’t mean we have to abandon up on retrofabulous design. And there’s not much more tempting than walking around with an iPhone-sized Polaroid in your pocket. Ryan Astle’s vintage-looking Photoroid skins come in iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, and Evo flavors; you’ll pay $15 for the phone covers and $20 for…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 29 '10

Oh Please Let Skype Bring Out a Mobile Video Chat App

If you wander over to this URL, you’ll see Skype has a “what’s next?” campaign running, with random outdoorsy videos playing underneath “I wish I could share moments like these.” Is Skype launching a video-chat app soon? [Skype via @Skype]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

LG’s Xnote P210 Laptop Wins World’s Thinnest Bezel Claim

Now that the world’s thinnest TV bezel race has well and truly been, err, run, LG’s focusing its attentions on laptop bezels, with the 12.5-inch Xnote P210 screen fitting in the 11.6-inch space of a MacBook Air. This isn’t just some dinky netbook, though. There’s a 1.33GHz Intel Core i5 470UM processor, along with 4GB…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Drop Coins Into a Canon Piggy Bank to Save Up For the Real Thing

This is a cute way to save up for your first DSLR. Whether you want a Canon, Nikon or Olympus, drop those hard-earned coins into the DSLR piggy bank, which costs $30. [Gadget4all via RocknTech via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Will Sprint Launch the HTC EVO Shift 4G Phone on January 9th?

The word on the street regarding Sprint’s 4G Androidphone from HTC? Supposedly we’ll see it at CES on January the 9th, where a two-year contract and $149 price-point will be announced for the slider. [AndroidCentral] https://gizmodo.com/leaked-photo-of-htcs-evo-shift-4g-shows-its-got-a-slidi-5712847

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

How Disney World is Making Lines Go Faster

Before the advent of smartphones and video games, Disney World bosses didn’t think too much about queues. But now that everyone’s impatient—and tweeting that impatience—they’ve employed heaps of new tech to track and organize growing lines for rides. Underneath the Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Florida, there’s a “nerve center” which has rows…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Whoopee Cushions of All Sizes Tested Out

Does size matter? While they sure chose the wrong room acoustics (or microphone) in this experiment, watch a man deflate whoopee cushions of all sizes, from extra small to extra large. [VideoSift]

Television Christopher Han Dec 29 '10

Tiny Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro Sequel Has 1GHz Processor and Android 2.3

Sony Ericsson‘s dinky little X10 Mini Pro phone may’ve had a few problems under its 2.6-inch screen (running Android 1.6 for starters), but the company’s obviously keen to improve, with a sequel leaking out already. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-x10-mini-and-x10-mini-pro-are-even-less-a-5471484 The original Mini appeared in February this year at Mobile World Congress, so it makes sense that Sony Ericsson…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Show How Electric Your Love Is With $200 Rings

The electricity that courses through your body whenever you’re together. The way you fit perfectly in her arms, powering you up. The voltage you feel as the relationship sours, when you stick your ring into a wall-socket. [Artifacts via DesignMilk]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Man Punches Teenager For Refusing to Turn Off His iPhone Mid-Air

We know flying is a tiring business, especially with all the new security precautions nowadays—but getting so worked up over a 15 year-old ignoring requests to turn off all electronic devices that you punch him? Not on, dude. The 68 year-old man, Russell Miller, was irked that the 15 year-old didn’t comply to air stewardesses’…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29 '10

Maybe We Should Be Putting Our 3D Efforts Into Food Printing

We’ve seen 3D food printers before, but now we know exactly what deliciousness they’re capable of. Food squeezed out of a syringe never looked so tasty—or artful. https://gizmodo.com/mits-food-printer-is-making-ferran-adria-weak-at-the-kn-5448050 Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Laboratory developed the fab@home technology used to create these 3D printed foodstuffs. Using a process called “solid freeform fabrication”, material is squeezed out…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Dec 28 '10

The Simplest—And Most Common—Cellphones Are Vulnerable To The “SMS Of Death”

Despite how obsessed we may be with smartphones, it’s the simplest cellphones which are most common—and the most vulnerable. In fact, it seems that many of those phones could be rendered useless by a maliciously crafted SMS. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-popular-phone-in-the-world-5634258 It’s a scene from an as-yet-unmade thriller – across a country, tens of thousands of cell phones…

Privacy & Security John Borland - Wired Dec 28 '10

General FAIL: The Military’s Worst Tweeters

Generals and admirals are powerful people. Their decisions determine the course of thousands of lives, with aftereffects that can affect millions more. Their words are parsed for clues about the future of American warfare. And they absolutely cannot tweet. Twitter may be nearing 200 million users worldwide. But the military has a love-hate relationship with…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired Dec 28 '10

Even Putin Looks Displeased With 3D Glasses

When Russia’s bad boy Prime Minister Vladimir Putin himself looks irritated with the idea of wearing 3D glasses, it’s gotta be time to reconsider that whole trend. [Foreign Policy]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 28 '10

Understanding the Devious Progress Bar Illusion

Click to viewDid you know that simple optical illusions can make it seem like the progress bars on your file downloads are moving faster than they actually are? Here’s how it works. Between this explanation and the scientific proof regarding how one checkout line really is moving faster than the other, I’m not even sure…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 28 '10

Rachel Swirsky explains why short fiction rocks her world — and why it’s okay to go longer in a short story

The Nintendo 3DS Will Destroy Children’s Eyeballs (No, Really)

Turn Your Book into This Lamp’s Roof (And Save Your Spot)

National Zoo has two new cheetahs

The Avengers probably aren’t fighting aliens after all, plus new Real Steel photos and the inside scoop on Source Code!

iPhone 4 Polaroid Skin: Shake Your Love

Oh Please Let Skype Bring Out a Mobile Video Chat App

LG’s Xnote P210 Laptop Wins World’s Thinnest Bezel Claim

Drop Coins Into a Canon Piggy Bank to Save Up For the Real Thing

Will Sprint Launch the HTC EVO Shift 4G Phone on January 9th?

How Disney World is Making Lines Go Faster

Whoopee Cushions of All Sizes Tested Out

Tiny Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro Sequel Has 1GHz Processor and Android 2.3

Show How Electric Your Love Is With $200 Rings

Man Punches Teenager For Refusing to Turn Off His iPhone Mid-Air

Maybe We Should Be Putting Our 3D Efforts Into Food Printing

The Simplest—And Most Common—Cellphones Are Vulnerable To The “SMS Of Death”

General FAIL: The Military’s Worst Tweeters

Even Putin Looks Displeased With 3D Glasses

Understanding the Devious Progress Bar Illusion

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