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#art
Speaker Bot: The Iron Giant Reimagined as an Artsy iPod Dock
This Speaker Bot is a handmade, Etsy-fied robot seemingly designed around one of those little pocket guitar amps. It's maybe not the most technologically advanced iPod dock around, but it's about as cute as robots ever get. [Gizmodo] -
#flashforwardlostconspiracy
The FlashForward/Lost Connection: Conspiracy or Brilliant Marketing?
It all started with that damn Oceanic Airlines billboard. Within the first six minutes of FlashForward's premiere episode, the similarities and connections to that other ABC time travel show became hard to ignore. Consider the evidence for a FlashForward/Lost conspiracy. [io9] -
#doctorwho
David Tennant's Not-So-Long Goodbye To Who?
Already missing David Tennant's Doctor Who? Don't worry, he's already perfectly prepared to come back at some point in the future for a "Two Doctors"-esque guest appearance. And he's saying a special goodbye to American fans on BBC America. [io9] -
#review
0 Day: Attack on Earth Micro-Review: Where's Will Smith When You Need Him?
Square Enix unleashes an Earth-swallowing alien invasion over Xbox Live Arcade, guaranteeing twitch-addicted gamers begin the new year with a thumb-numbing workout. More » -
#decades
The Digital Cameras of 2000 Look Awfully Good For Their Age
This Canon PowerShot G1, released in 2000 and listed at Best Buy for $800 in 2001, has held up well. Sure, 3.34 megapixels isn't much, but spec for spec, this codger can almost hang with the kids. [Gizmodo] -
#madastronomy
Voyager 2 Continues Its Long, Lonely Journey Into Magnetic Fluff
Thirty-two years into its mission and 8.4 million miles from Earth, Voyager 2 will soon enter the Local Fluff, an interstellar cloud of hydrogen and helium measuring thirty lightyears across. And, according to Voyager's measurements, the fluff is surprisingly magnetic. [io9] -
#starblazers
Live-Action Star Blazers Trailer Gives Us Goosebumps
We were ambivalent about the trailers for the animated Space Battleship Yamato movie, but we're full-on excited for live-action space battleship fun. Something about the crusty old captain with and the ship firing all batteries just gets us going. [io9] -
#feature
The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report
While game publishers look to retail sales figures to gauge the success of the holiday season, let's take a look at how our favorite games and consoles performed in the shady back-alleys of eBay's 2009 holiday grey market. More » -
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#tgif
7 Gadgets That Will Ruin 2010
Do you make new year's resolutions? If so, you should avoid the following products. Your chance for success in 2010 would be over before it began. [Gizmodo] -
#neillblomkamp
District 9's Neill Blomkamp Explains Why He Won't Make Big Budget Movies
When District 9 director Neill Blomkamp makes his next film, he won't have a $100 million budget. Instead, he'll keep making films on the (relative) cheap, because it's the only way to make science fiction movies with creative freedom. [io9] -
#clips
Happy Holidays From Kotaku
It has been a wonderful, wonderful ride, the double Os. After all, they saw the birth of Kotaku. They also saw the inception of our now annual holiday card. More » -
#marveldisney
2010's Earliest Big News Story: Marvel Now Officially Belongs To Disney
Surprising no-one, Marvel shareholders approved the sale of the company to Disney on Wednesday. Welcome to the official beginning of the Disney/Marvel era. [io9] -
#2009inreview
Catalog Of Wonders: Our Most Amazing Triviagasms Of 2009
The worlds of the fantastical are full of recurring themes and strange ideas, and we love to find patterns in the chaos. Here are our 10 greatest lists from 2009. [io9] -
#chess
Cube-Based Chess Set Adds Modern Confusion To Timeless Difficulty
My chess strategy doesn't extend too far beyond pulling my knights out first, because that's what the computer games always do against me. But with this cube-based set, I'd probably need a strategy just to remember which piece is which. [Gizmodo] -
#officialkotakuforum
Talk Amongst Yourselves '10
We interrupt this New Year's Day to bring you a new Talk Amongst Yourselves. Thank you, reader Cave_Man, for nominating this month's classic, 1851's Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze. Do as Washington did, readers, and discuss video games. More » -
#paranormalhollywood
Paramount's Supernatural Plan for Low-Budget Films
After the success of Paranormal Activity, Paramount Studios plans to launch a division specifically for $100,000-or-less movie projects. Unfortunately, rather than getting innovative horror films to theaters, the movie house will use the department as an expensive focus group. [io9] -
#holidaylistening
Celebrate The New Year With Time Travel
2010's not futuristic enough for radio show Studio360, which welcomes the new year with a show about time travel including Connie Willis, "28th Century funk," time machine design, and why Lost makes less sense years from now. [Studio 360] [io9] -
#publishing
Internet Review Of Science Fiction Is Closing
The Internet Review of Science Fiction helped set the gold standard for discussion of SF online, but now it's folding. But the good news is, it may still help spur great science fiction criticism and writing in future. [io9] -
#snuggie
Bathrobe Jumpsuit is the Final Word in Snuggie Technology
You can keep your neck snuggie and baby snuggie and space snuggie. Real ballers know that the Snuggle Suit is the be all and end all. [Gizmodo] -
#doctorwho
Ranking The Regenerations Of Doctor Who
David Tennant's swansong on Doctor Who, "The End of Time", airs today in the UK and tomorrow night on BBC America. But how will the Tenth Doctor's finale — and his big regeneration — compare with those that came before? [io9] -
#newyearresolutions
Science Expects You To Fail Your New Life
Planning to make a change in your life on January 1st? Don't bother: Statistics and science say that you're pretty much going to fail before you've even started, according to British researchers looking into the success of New Years' Resolutions. [io9] -
#bestof2009
The Great Best of 2009 Recap
2009 was a big year for Lifehacker, and we spent December looking back at the most popular posts of the year covering all our favorite topics. Here's a quick look back at the best of 2009 in case you missed anything. [Lifehacker] -
#topten
The Ten Most Influential Women In Games Of The Past Decade
Gaming Angel's founder Trina Schwimmer's list of women in games includes ten people who have helped change the game industry from the inside. While it's not all inclusive, it is a very sound list. More »
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#geophysicalporn
Otherworldly Winter Photos Captured Dangerously - While Paragliding
Is that fungi from another planet? Evidence of nuclear fallout? Nope. Just aerials of Poland's landscape — taken while photographer Kacper Kowalski was paragliding hundreds of feet above. [io9] -
#decades
Microsoft's Lost Decade in Mobile
10 years ago, you could buy the HP Jornada 548 with a color screen, which let you listen to MP3s, surf the web, check your email, and keep a calendar. It had a touchscreen. It ran Windows. It was awesome. [Gizmodo] -
#art
The Demons of Scott Eagle
Scott Eagle has demons. Many demons. They come to haunt him in all sorts of guises - sometimes as tornadoes, sometimes as bleeding trees. Nature is not benign. The best way to deal with them is to paint them. [io9] -
#askthereaders
What Are Your New Year's Resolutions?
We do our best to encourage positive change and goal-setting all year around Lifehacker HQ, but that doesn't change the fact that a new year—hell, a new decade—isn't a great time for a fresh start. [Lifehacker] -
#gadgets
Shine On, You Crazy Gadgets
I spent this decade hunting for the perfect gadget. I never thought I would end up with tech as good as this. But it's not the tech that interests me the most anymore. [Gizmodo] -
#qotd
How Many Times Have You Broken Your Phone During Your Two-Year Contract?
When thinking about the cost of a cellphone, we consider the phone itself and any service plans, but what about the price of misuse? How often are we finding ourselves paying an unsubsidized price to replace phones under contract? [Gizmodo] -
#space
Mysterious Lunar Base Hole Explained
"We discovered a vertical hole on the moon," says JAXA's Junichi Haruyama. A mysterious tube so large and deep that it can shelter a future moon base. Until the creatures inside kill everyone, which is what happens in these cases. [Gizmodo]
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