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Clone Wars Makes Pirating Look Like Viable Career Opportunity

Space pirates, shady dealings and a rescue from the clutches of bad guys – It can only be the return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with another episode that thrills and impresses… surprisingly. Let’s ignore, for a moment, a plot filled with Star Wars traditions (The hero is captured by the bad guys and…

Television Graeme McMillan

Gadget Deals of the Day: HDTVs, Free DTV Converter

Today we’ve got a handful of solid deals on HDTVs, video games, and even a free DTV converter for the primitive grandpas among us. • Vizio 720p 32″ HDTV for $400, with free shipping (normally $550) • Sharp Aquos 1080p 42″ HDTV with 5 HDMI inputs and 2,000:1 ratio for $850, with free shipping (normally…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Mars Invades Earth With X-Rated Movies: Hear For Yourself!

Bizarre, pornographic silent movies turn up, allegedly made in 1911 — and then they start to feature uncannily real-looking Martians and other creatures straight out of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories. The bitchy, demented story “The Film-makers Of Mars” could only be the work of Geoff Ryman (Air). It was published at Tor.com a while back,…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Apple’s Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully

There’ve been a lot of gimmicky gloves made to deal with capacitive touchscreens like the iPhone’s, but it turns out Apple had patented one of their own way back in 2007. https://gizmodo.com/freehands-gloves-shield-your-soft-hands-from-mild-winte-5065567 Apple’s patent called for an outer layer that could be pulled back to allow the inner layer to touch the device. That inner…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

What Happened To The Spirit?

It’s no secret that Frank Miller’s The Spirit has flopped both critically and commercially, earning only $14million in its first week of release. But could that have been avoided, if more care have been taken? To put that $14million figure in some context, the top movie of the week made $10million on Thursday alone (and…

Movies Graeme McMillan

SkiGym Beats Wii Ski For Realism, Simulated Danger

The SkiGym simulator looks like it’s going for realism rather than the silly fun offered by the Wii, but some people probably want an accurate depiction of brief exhilaration before the inevitable faceplant. https://gizmodo.com/wii-ski-and-snowboard-uses-balance-board-looks-amazing-5060444 The SkiGym hooks up to a PC to use the included game Alpine Ski Racing, or it can be used as…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

The Best Reason Jeph Loeb Is No Longer Working On Heroes

Wondering what former Heroes’ writer/producer Jeph Loeb is doing now that he’s no longer on the show? Or what happened to Sylar’s brain eating? Marvel Comics have the (somewhat gross) answer to both questions. From the latest issue of Loeb’s current high-profile Marvel series, Ultimatum: You may be wondering what’s going on there, because what…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Custom Star Wars Clock Preys On Innocent Dorks

Star Wars dorks are second to none in spending crazy amounts of money on anything branded with their obsession, but at what point does it become exploitative? I’ll just throw it out there: this clock. Etsy seller YOUgNeek created this $90 custom-made clock out of vintage Star Wars spaceships attached to a Sterling and Noble…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Horizontal Cities of 2031 (1931)

The December 6, 1931 Daily Capital News and Post-Tribune (Jefferson City, MO) ran a short blurb about Francis Keally’s predictions for the city of 2031. Keally (1889-1978) was an architect who worked on the Oregon state capitol building in Salem, which was completed in 1938. Francis Keally thinks that our future cities will spread out…

Tech News Matt Novak

And The New Doctor Is…

The BBC has announced the name of the actor who’ll take over the lead role in Doctor Who next year, following David Tennant’s departure this year. Let’s just say that it’s not who we expected. 26 year-old Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor, starting in 2010’s fifth season along with new executive producers Steven…

Television Graeme McMillan

Can Jesus Become Your New SF Hero?

If science and religion are natural enemies, then what about science fiction and Christianity? A new Christian film festival plans to look at how to approach the genre… and maybe co-opt it a little, too. The three-day Symposium on Science Fiction and Christian Filmmaking – running January 5th through the 7th in San Antonio, Texas…

Movies Graeme McMillan

More Sony Vaio Pocket Leaks: Screens That Sweet Don’t Come Cheap

While we knew much of Sony’s new netbook’s specs already, the price was still a mystery. But new leaks put the Vaio Pocket awfully close to the $1000 mark, which makes it a pricey toy indeed. https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-pocket-the-fancy-mystery-netbook-leaked-5118086 The leaks confirm the 1.33 GHz processor, and specifies it as a Z250 Atom, as well as the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Watchmen Movie Lawsuit Finally Outed As Studio Pissing Match

You thought that the lawsuit over the rights to the Watchmen movie were actually about Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the famous Moore/Gibbons comic? The latest moves in the story show just how wrong you are. According to the New York Times’ Michael Cieply, lawyers working on behalf of Warner Bros. are now claiming that Fox’s…

Movies Graeme McMillan

iPhone’s Accelerometer Translates Virtual Pour Into Real-World Beer

The drinkin’ tinkerers over at Instructables created the Serv O’Beer to interpret a “pouring” motion with an iPhone into a real, albeit foamy, beer. What an age we live in! Creator “Polymythic” used a Construx building set as his mechanical base and an ioBridge to control the system. It pours the beer a bit violently,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Lost’s Time Traveling To Flash Further This Year

They might have been playing it cool until now, but apparently the upcoming season premiere of Lost is about to blow everyone’s mind with time-travel weirdness. It’s more than just flash-forwards and -backs, apparently. Spoilers! According to those who have seen the first episode of the show’s fifth season, the full scope of the show’s…

Television Graeme McMillan

No More Mildewy Undies, Thanks to the Twittering Washing Machine

If you get distracted with brilliant blogs written by unspeakably handsome writers and forget about your laundry only to find your clothes smelly and gross in the machine five hours later, this hack’s for you. Ryan Rose added an ethernet port and a limit switch to his washer to detect on/off cycles and transmit the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

The Alternative to the iPhone Pro

Knowing that it is unlikely that Apple would ever release an iPhone Pro with physical keyboard, Mat Brady from planetmat has sent me another image of a potential accessory. It looks great. https://gizmodo.com/the-dream-iphone-pro-5119445 Mat says that he created the accessory answering readers’ feedback on sliding keyboards. The slide-out keyboard has generated the most response from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lego Pole Dancer Actually Dances, Turns On Ogres Like Me

Lego Middle Earth brewery? Check. Lego beer, check. Drunk Lego knights and peasants, check (me included). Glowing Lego ogres, check. Half naked Lego pole dancer that actually moves her booty around? ASFFGGAGADGAFGDH!!! Gizmodo reader Andrew sent us pictures of his Lego brewery in the middle of a river. It’s quite nice on its own, but…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Spy Photos of Apple’s Macworld 2009 Booth

Ooooooooh, black curtains! Apple says they won’t have “revolutionary” products for Macworld 2009, but maybe this means that their new products are worth the secrecy. Or maybe it is just that Apple doesn’t give a damn about Macworld anymore and this is why these guys were able to sneak in. Whatever it is, we will…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Culprit of the Zune Massacre

Anythingbutipod and Ihaveazune have done some research and have discovered that the 30GB Zune failing bug also affects its twin brother, the Toshiba Gigabeat S. According to them, the culprit is the power management circuit. https://gizmodo.com/30gb-zunes-failing-everywhere-all-at-once-5121311 The fiend is Freescale’s MC13783 PMIC-a chipset used to regulate and control power-which is used in the the Gigabeat…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Clone Wars Makes Pirating Look Like Viable Career Opportunity

Gadget Deals of the Day: HDTVs, Free DTV Converter

Mars Invades Earth With X-Rated Movies: Hear For Yourself!

Apple’s Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully

What Happened To The Spirit?

SkiGym Beats Wii Ski For Realism, Simulated Danger

The Best Reason Jeph Loeb Is No Longer Working On Heroes

Custom Star Wars Clock Preys On Innocent Dorks

Horizontal Cities of 2031 (1931)

And The New Doctor Is…

Can Jesus Become Your New SF Hero?

More Sony Vaio Pocket Leaks: Screens That Sweet Don’t Come Cheap

Watchmen Movie Lawsuit Finally Outed As Studio Pissing Match

iPhone’s Accelerometer Translates Virtual Pour Into Real-World Beer

Lost’s Time Traveling To Flash Further This Year

No More Mildewy Undies, Thanks to the Twittering Washing Machine

The Alternative to the iPhone Pro

Lego Pole Dancer Actually Dances, Turns On Ogres Like Me

Spy Photos of Apple’s Macworld 2009 Booth

The Culprit of the Zune Massacre

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