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Harrison Ford wants Indiana Jones to die

Harrison Ford has a serious death wish for all his iconic characters. It’s common knowledge that Ford always wanted Han Solo to die in Return of the Jedi, and now he wants the same for Indiana Jones. ShowbizSpy is reporting from inside sources that Ford is ready to kill off Indiana: “Harrison thinks it would…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 20

Motorola Thinks Their Tablet Will Be Best of All Time

Looking forward to the unveiling of their Honeycomb-having tablet at CES, Motorola made this teaser outlining the shortcomings of some older slabs. The iPad? Just a big iPhone! The Rosetta Stone? Too low-res! And no Angry Birds. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/android-3-0-aka-honeycomb-makes-a-surprise-appearance-o-5707803

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

The Best Apps for People Who Need To Know Everything

Yeah, sure, you probably know a lot. But there’s always that movie or star constellation or post-graduate vocabulary word or Wikipedia fact that you can dig into. Here are the six best apps that’ll satisfy your insatiable thirst for knowledge. iOS Wolfram Alpha This is an app that transformed itself from joke to recommended download…

Tech News John Herrman Dec 20

Doctor Who crashes your Christmas party. Plus Buffy and Star Trek: TNG marathons!

The big event on television this week is the return of Doctor Who, airing in the U.S. and U.K. on the same day. There are also two new episodes of the vastly underrated Tower Prep. Plus some fun marathons! Today: There’s literally nothing on today. Syfy is showing dinosaur movies, including its own Triassic Attack…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 20

Nokia’s Budget 3210 Is Back—Reissued by French Designers

Not content with doing over just the Motorola StarTac, French design company Lekki has reissued Nokia’s 3210, which is one of the best-selling phones in history. Why? Seems like a good time to party like it’s 1999, I suppose. https://gizmodo.com/the-motorola-startac-is-back-in-yellow-5672422 The phone was one of the first models to have an internal antenna, and apart…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 20

Werner Herzog turns “Twas The Night Before Christmas” into a tale of existential terror

What would happen if the famously grizzled German director Werner Herzog was allowed to reinterpret the legend of Santa Claus? You would get a consciousness-shattering tale of an omniscient dwarf who judges us from afar, tabulating our sins. This imitation of Herzogian prose is brought to you by Ryan Iverson. For more scary St. Nick,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 20

Watch a $200 Camera and a Mirror Effect Turn a Short Drive Into a Journey through Waterworld

Click to viewUh, whoa. Flickr user cshimala mounted a GoPro Hero HD camera to his windshield and took a drive across an overcast Chicago. A simple mirror effect transformed it into a surreal journey through some dreamlike waterworld. [Flickr via Reddit]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

Lifechanger: The Unofficial Shoe of Gizmodo

Biddle’s got the classics, GoreTex-ified. Mascari has ’em in brown, (iconoclast), and I’ve got the tall fleecey ones—I hate getting cold ankles. Blam might order a pair. I’m talking about the L.L.Bean Boot: the accidental, unofficial shoe of Gizmodo. If you grew up on the East Coast, chances are you’ve owned a pair of these…

Tech News Joe Brown Dec 20

The heart of Lost’s island discovered outside of Buffalo, NY

Lost’s mysterious cave, the heart of the island, was discovered just outside of Buffalo, New York. Get a better look at this totally natural phenomenon – just don’t expect a better series ending to be hiding in there, somewhere. The name of this waterfall is Eternal Flame Waterfall on Shale Creek in Chestnut Ridge Park…

Television Meredith Woerner Dec 20

Your Guide to the Darkest Day in 372 Years

Late Monday night—well, actually, early Tuesday morning—the moon will move into the earth’s shadow, causing a lunar eclipse visible to anyone in North America. Even better, it’s happening on the Winter Solstice, for the

Space & Spaceflight Max Read Dec 20

How to create the biggest mudslide you’ve ever seen

It’s landslide season. Just in time for the mud rampages, a group of geophysicists have released a series of videos showing how to create the worst mudslides imaginable. The key? Water pressure. Image by Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press A team of researchers used an outdoor lab called the USGS Debris-Flow Flume, which is a 95-meter-long slide.…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 20

Meet Vogue Magazine’s Cover Girl of 2010

Vogue cover girls. Pretty sexy, non? Except when you layer them on top of one another digitally, to get the year’s average. Suddenly, you find yourself ogling something resembling the Turin Shroud. It’s really interesting when it gets broken down country-by-country, too. Australia’s covers tend to use a lot of pink, whereas the Italian cover…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 20

In this exclusive preview of Kill Shakespeare, Iago and Othello duke it out (again)

Here’s an exclusive first look at the latest issue of IDW’s Kill Shakespeare, a fantasy miniseries about the Bard’s creations taking arms against him. In this preview, things become extremely real between Othello and that meddling Iago. The issue hits stores Wednesday, December 22. Here’s the solicitation information: Kill Shakespeare #8 (of 12) Conor McCreery,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Dec 20

Pocket God Will Make you S%*!T Yourself

Watch out: Playing Pocket God, Bolt Creative’s not-so-little iPhone game, might result in you having a little accident. Pocket God and its hapless Pygmies are poised to become full-blown phenoms with the release of all kinds of new adventures, including an animated Christmas—er, Fishmas special! Check it out… And that’s not all. Bolt Creative just…

Tech News Gawkercreative Dec 20

Why C.S. Lewis Endures

C.S. Lewis told his attorney he needn’t bother bequeathing his literary earnings in his will, because “After I’ve been dead five years, nobody will read anything I’ve written.” Instead, he’s become the “Elvis Presley of Christian publishing,” says CNN. According to CNN’s Belief Blog, Lewis remains one of Christian publishing’s top selling authors: More than…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 20

The Low(er) Tech Way to Share Your Camera’s Photos

It’s sad to say, but when it comes to quickly sharing photos, point-and-shoots really can’t compete with the phones in our pockets. This camera concept has a unique solution: it saves photos to three USB memory sticks for easy distribution. If your sharees are in the immediate vicinity, the UCIM concept, designed by Jung Eun…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

Non-Newtonian fluids: For when you want a liquid that’s also a solid

The harder they’re hit, the stronger they are. They stop bullets and let people walk on custard. They’re non-newtonian fluids. Here’s a tip for obsessive lovers, smothering parents, and over-friendly friends; If anyone tells you that if you love something you should set it free, show them a non-newtonian fluid. Hold it lightly, and it…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 20

Hugo Strange might not be the villain of The Dark Knight Rises after all. Plus Chris Evans talks Captain America!

Tom Hardy might not be playing the baddie in The Dark Knight Rises. The time travel thriller Looper has an amazing death scene. The Superman reboot might found its shooting location. Has Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter found its Lincoln? Spoilers! The Dark Knight Rises An inside source is claiming that, despite all the recent rumors,…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Dec 20

Buy an iPad at Best Buy, Get a Free Mi-Fi

If you buy a new iPad from Best Buy, you’ll get the chance to walk away with a free Mi-Fi from Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T (with new 2-year contract). A decent deal if you know you’ll need the bandwidth. 9to5Mac discovered the deal, which seems nice if you were planning on going the Mi-Fi route…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

What Do You Call a Fly That Can’t Fly?

It looks terrible. It’s hairy. And it can’t fly. It’s the terrible hairy fly, or to give it its scientific name, Mormotomyia hirsuta. The 1cm-long insect, which breeds in bat faeces, has small eyes, long legs and tiny useless wings. Entomologists Robert Copeland and Ashley Kirk-Spriggs both on an International Centre of Insect Physiology and…

Tech News Cian O'Luanaigh - New Scientist Dec 20

Harrison Ford wants Indiana Jones to die

Motorola Thinks Their Tablet Will Be Best of All Time

The Best Apps for People Who Need To Know Everything

Doctor Who crashes your Christmas party. Plus Buffy and Star Trek: TNG marathons!

Nokia’s Budget 3210 Is Back—Reissued by French Designers

Werner Herzog turns “Twas The Night Before Christmas” into a tale of existential terror

Watch a $200 Camera and a Mirror Effect Turn a Short Drive Into a Journey through Waterworld

Lifechanger: The Unofficial Shoe of Gizmodo

The heart of Lost’s island discovered outside of Buffalo, NY

Your Guide to the Darkest Day in 372 Years

How to create the biggest mudslide you’ve ever seen

Meet Vogue Magazine’s Cover Girl of 2010

In this exclusive preview of Kill Shakespeare, Iago and Othello duke it out (again)

Pocket God Will Make you S%*!T Yourself

Why C.S. Lewis Endures

The Low(er) Tech Way to Share Your Camera’s Photos

Non-Newtonian fluids: For when you want a liquid that’s also a solid

Hugo Strange might not be the villain of The Dark Knight Rises after all. Plus Chris Evans talks Captain America!

Buy an iPad at Best Buy, Get a Free Mi-Fi

What Do You Call a Fly That Can’t Fly?

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