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The thing I couldn’t say to Mr. Spock’s dad

Vonda McIntyre, author of beloved Star Trek novels like The Entropy Effect, tells us the story of how she met Spock’s dad – and what she was too embarrassed to tell him. Photo by Peter Meimon Despite having done quite a bit of media tie-in work, I haven’t been in the habit of attending media…

Books & Comics Vonda McIntyre

First look at Alicia Silverstone’s vampire comedy, from the director of Clueless

Do we really need another vampire movie? If it’s a ridiculous AbFab-style comedy from the director of Clueless, then maybe yes. Check out Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as two beautiful vamps… who were turned by vampire queen Sigourney Weaver. Sadly, there are no pics of Weaver in this set, but the shots of Silverstone…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today’s #dealz include discounts on the nimble Lenovo IdeaPad Z360, Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5 Noise Isolating Earphones, and free entry to 1200 Museums and National Parks, today only. Top Deals: • 13.3″ Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 Core i3 Laptop for $599 plus free shipping (normally $799 – use coupon code USPLENOVOZ923) • Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5…

Tech News Adam Harris

New “sizzle reel” shows the scale of The Walking Dead’s violence and desolation

We’ve never seen a television series like The Walking Dead, with its huge cinematic zombie battles and its darkly disturbing personal moments. Check out a new behind-the-scenes “sizzle reel” from the AMC series. The Walking Dead will be bringing some new footage to New York Comic Con, and will premiere on AMC next month.

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Scientists prove that playing Beer Pong causes you to drink a lot of alcohol quickly

From the annals of “I didn’t need science to tell me that was true” we have yet another experiment undertaken purely because scientists like drinking games. To understand the true meaning of Beer Pong, a group of researchers substituted water for beer (which seems to me to undermine the integrity of the experimental conditions but…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Some Excellent Capcom iOS Games Are Just .99 This Weekend

Mega Man II. Resident Evil 4. 1942. All those Capcom iOS games, along with a handful of others, are on sale this weekend for a buck. Guess I know how I’m spending the next couple of days. Eight titles total are on sale, with a good range of games and discounts: • Resident Evil 4…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This iPad-Controlled Bike Stereo Will Result In At Least One Tragic Demise

Seeing this photo of an iPad-controlled bicycle stereo, I immediately imagined a grisly scene of smoke, twisted aluminum, and a tragically shattered IPS display. Oh and there’s a dead biker in there somewhere too. [Flickr via TUAW]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Facebook Fixed Yesterday’s Outage By Rebooting Facebook

Facebook’s two-hour outage yesterday undoubtedly left thousands of acres of Farmville crops untended and countless high school acquaintances unstalked. So how’d they fix it? Just like you fix your own stubborn machine: rebooting the entire system. Works every time. [Guardian] Photo credit rogersmj

Social Media Kyle VanHemert

New 11.6-inch MacBook Air Coming This Fall?

It looks as though Apple’s long-neglected MacBook Air may finally be getting an overhaul. According to DigiTimes, an 11.6-inch Air is going to be on sale before the end of the calendar year. It should be noted, first off, that DigiTimes has a relatively poor track record with this type of thing. But regardless of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The season premiere of Smallville is like True Blood (without the nudity)

“Lazarus,” the first episode of Smallville’s tenth and final season, resurrects old foes and introduces new nasties. It also packs a million things into a scant 60 minutes, but this rapid-fire pacing ultimately works. Here’s our 99% spoiler-free review. Let’s recap real quick where Season 9 left Smallville viewers. This episode picks up exactly where…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

When Good Apps Go Bad

In just a few short years we’ve almost forgotten the concept of “saving” a document. Close an app? It’s just there. Until it isn’t. I just got back from a manic 48-hour mental assault to pick up the used Land Cruiser I’ll be driving up and down the hemisphere next summer. (More on that later!)…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Windows Phone 7 Won’t Tether

BGR just got the official word from Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 won’t support tethering. Earlier in the week WP7 director Brandon Watson had suggested that the decision might be up to carriers, but now it’s confirmed that WP7, at least right out of the gate, won’t be nice and share its signal. [BGR]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Rainbow Shots Turn Even More Rainbow In Your Stomach…Honest

There’s not much you can say about this video of a bartender pouring out a series of rainbow-hued shots than WOW. I wonder if they all tasted different? My guess, if so, would be yes, yes they do. I think I can spot algae, cucumber, ’70s bathtub, earwax, urine, raw sausage, pureed carrot, rust, and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

We like robots better when they aren’t perfect at their jobs

Wheelchair-bound people who use robotic arms as assistants don’t like it when those arms work perfectly. Researchers found that when a robotic system offers a precise automatic mode, people using it preferred manual mode, even when that caused more mistakes. In the first Iron Man movie, Tony Stark kept working with ‘Butterfingers’, a robotic arm…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

10 Teched-Out Techniques for Saving Food

Hey America: You waste almost 40 percent of the food you produce. WTF? Sure, you can address that by making behavioral changes, but, uhm… boring! Fortunately, we can fix this. With gear. Dehydrate Water may be the essence of life, but its presence actually makes food go bad quickly. Dehydrated food = long life. Just…

Tech News Jonathan Bloom, wastedfood.com

Microsoft Bribes You With Rewards To Use Bing

Bing! Are you using it? Some of you are. Not enough, according to Microsoft, so they’re resorting to a strategy seldom seen since the bubble days of the late ’90s and early ’00s and giving you rewards to use their service. The easiest reward to get is Microsoft points, which you can use for Xbox…

Tech News Jason Chen

Black strings are the bizarre, five-dimensional cousins of black holes

Black holes might be infinitely weirder than simply ultra-dense masses from which even light can’t escape – they might actually be the end result of the collapse of five-dimensional objects known as black strings. Yeah…this one’s going to get weird. We only experience four dimensions – three spatial plus time – but certain cutting edge…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Download Awesome Solitaire, an Awesome iOS Solitaire Game Set In Space, For Free

Playing solitaire’s a nice way to pass the time. Playing solitaire in a gyroscope-controlled cosmos of twinkling stars is an even nicer way to pass the time. So download the gorgeous Awesome Solitaire app for iOS, free all weekend. [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

“Vacuum Gang” Sucks Up $800,000 From Safeboxes

France really does have the best thieves. This time, a group of bandits known as the “vacuum gang” has on a 15-store robbing spree using nothing but a drill and a powerful vacuum cleaner. It’s Mission Impossible meets Martha Stewart. https://gizmodo.com/thieves-will-steal-your-money-using-their-boobs-instead-5614375 The gang has been targeting Monoprix supermarkets since 2006, exploiting the same crucial vulnerability…

Tech News Brian Barrett

15 Mildly Horrifying Vintage Prostheses

If you lose a limb in this day and age, the miracle of science can provide you with a cool carbon fiber leg, and even append actual senses. The olden-time folks who had to wear these contraptions weren’t so lucky. https://gizmodo.com/5-year-old-amputee-fitted-with-high-performance-carbon-5214685 If that’s not enough medical mayhem for you, check out some fairly creepy medical…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The thing I couldn’t say to Mr. Spock’s dad

First look at Alicia Silverstone’s vampire comedy, from the director of Clueless

Gadget Deals of the Day

New “sizzle reel” shows the scale of The Walking Dead’s violence and desolation

Scientists prove that playing Beer Pong causes you to drink a lot of alcohol quickly

Some Excellent Capcom iOS Games Are Just .99 This Weekend

This iPad-Controlled Bike Stereo Will Result In At Least One Tragic Demise

Facebook Fixed Yesterday’s Outage By Rebooting Facebook

New 11.6-inch MacBook Air Coming This Fall?

The season premiere of Smallville is like True Blood (without the nudity)

When Good Apps Go Bad

Windows Phone 7 Won’t Tether

Rainbow Shots Turn Even More Rainbow In Your Stomach…Honest

We like robots better when they aren’t perfect at their jobs

10 Teched-Out Techniques for Saving Food

Microsoft Bribes You With Rewards To Use Bing

Black strings are the bizarre, five-dimensional cousins of black holes

Download Awesome Solitaire, an Awesome iOS Solitaire Game Set In Space, For Free

“Vacuum Gang” Sucks Up $800,000 From Safeboxes

15 Mildly Horrifying Vintage Prostheses

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