Joel Johnson's posts

I was fairly certain I was in favor of California's Prop 19—A.K.A. "Legalizing It"—but this informative vision of…

I appreciate Eric's sentiment—echoed by Choire—but have come to disagree. All art is artifice; all feelings are…

What's it like to be an actual firefighter (as played by an actor) in the Ghostbusters firehouse? Lucrative,…

Later in his new stand-up special "Hilarious" Louis C.K. berates people who use words like "genius" too lightly.…

The mobile credit card processing service Square has a new ad featuring Adam Lisagor as The Most Interesting Man…

Our friend Powerpig just posted the plans he created when making this LEGO iPod for us last month. That means you…

Women have posted surprisingly racy status updates lately "I like it on the kitchen floor." "I like it on the…

On a recent episode of Marc Maron's badass WTF podcast, Karen Kilgariff previewed her new song about what we all…

I spent thirty minutes driving to an ATM yesterday to deposit a check. I could have stayed at home, if only I'd…

We've had a lot of wonderful guest artists on Gizmodo these last few months. Chris "Powerpig" McVeigh is one of the…

It makes me sad—emo-kid sad. Why do so many self-proclaimed geeks hold so much disdain for so-called hipsters?

There are Jell-O shots. And then there are the shots from My Jello Americans: Cory Kete, Moe Sheehan, and Megan…

Behind the scenes.

I'm liking Thirdway.org's proposal that every taxpayer should get a detailed receipt [pdf]. But let's go further: An…

Forty people jump from bridges in Belgrade, Serbia each year. Working with ad agency McCann Erickson, the Belgrade…

Congress might have passed a bill to make TV commercials quieter, but one anonymous online television engineer…

I love putting kids in plastic as much as the next guy, but I don't understand why she needs all that air. When I…

Ever wonder what it's like to sit in a business meeting at Thinkgeek? According to Wired's Mat Honan, it involves…

The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch all use a menu system called "Springboard" that doesn't exist on the new Apple TV.…

This piece of shit keyboard is so terrible it makes me want to just type the word "abortion" 1,000 times and then…