Everything was calm in beautiful Skamania County, Washington, until May 18, 1980. Then, a massive stratovolcano unleashed its rage, obliterating 230 square miles around it. It was Mount St. Helens. This video show how things have changed since then. More »
Washington – United States – Travel and Tourism – Parks – Counties
There has been a zombie satellite in space for the last few days. Apparently, the sun’s radiation—or space Gremlins—turned it into a rogue spacecraft. Since then, Galaxy 15 has been threatening other cable TV satellites, like MTV’s. More »
Satellite – Space – Telecommunication – Technology – Business
Twitter meets Nintendo’s Miis to satisfy your most intimate narcissistic and megalomaniacal desires: It’s your own Twitter Parade! I can’t stop looking. [ISparade via Twitter] More »
Twitter – Online Communities – Social Networking – Trending and Popularity – Nintendo
See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum… and one night, one night they decide they don’t like living in an asylum any more. They decide they’re going to escape! More »
Refugee – Arts – batman-arkham-asylum – Australia – Television
These are the first photos of two F-35 Lighting II jet fighters flying in formation, just cleared for distribution by the Pentagon. They are so crispy and detailed you can even see the demon helmets inside the cockpit. More »
I don’t know if Google’s motives are pure or not, but this is wrong: They are refusing to advertise CougarLife, a dating site for mature women looking for younger men. However, they accept sites for mature men seeking young women. More »
This is Thomas Salme, a maintenance engineer who became a Boeing 737 pilot by flying a few nights in a flight simulator and printing a fake airliner pilot license. Amazingly enough, he flew passengers for thirteen years without any incidents. More »
Boeing 737 – Aviation – Recreation – Simulation – Business
If you think the Tauntaun sleeping bag was pretty hard to beat, you are wrong. Play some Barry White, get naked, and jump onto this furry Wampa Rug. You will make your significant other and polar bears worldwide very happy. More »
People – Furry – Wampa – Oceania – United States
Not many meeting rooms are as cool as Saatchi & Saatchi‘s meeting room in their Beijing office. Not only the desk is a giant heart surrounded by Eero Saarinen tulip chairs, but the huge half dome covering it rotates: More »
Saatchis – Business and Economy – Travel and Tourism – Advertising agency – New Zealand
Here’s an exclusive video from NASA, which reveals the darkest secret of the space program, one that involves docking and alignment: How do you poop in space? Truly fascinating, but some of the comments in the movie shrivels my testis. More »
NASA – Technology – Space – Education – Space Shuttle Atlantis
While Avatar was technically impeccable, we have already said that 3D is Hollywood’s next big scam. Film critic, Russ Meyer devotee (amen), and overall good guy Roger Ebert agrees. And he provides a definitive list of reasons: More »
Roger Ebert – movie – Russ Meyer – Arts – History
This is Discovery, a children nursery designed by German studio GPAC. Thirteen eggs scattered under a central glass canopy. I want to get my child there. It will match my Star Trek suit. Or my full body latex chicken outfit. More »
The Europeans weren’t kidding when they named it the Extremely Large Telescope. It’s, indeed, extremely large, obliterating previous records. The adaptive optics mirror on the ELT is 138 feet in diameter, compared to the 98 feet of comparable space eyes. More »
The poop slinging continues, as Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen accuses Steve Jobs of being a liar. You can see him being grilled and responding to Jobs’ harsh words on Flash in this interview with the Wall Street Journal: More »
Avatar put me to sleep, but I admire James Cameron‘s thirst for new film technologies. Now I admire him even more after he convinced NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to put back the 3D camera in Curiosity, the next Mars rover. More »
Reader Aaron Vader has sent us an email announcing that Lala.com will shut down on May 31. If you are a Lala user, your credits will be converted to iTunes credits. Does that mean that streaming iTunes.com would launch soon? More »
Hello, new readers! Many of you are probably here because of the lost Apple iPhone 4 saga. But Gizmodo is much more than the iPhone. Here’s a list of stories, big and small, that show who we are: More »
After modding the toy Millennium Falcon, Peter Clute decided to combine Buzz Lightyear with the Terminator, resulting in a zombie nightmare for kids and yours truly. I wish Toy Stoy 3 included this character. More »
Jon, Jon… a merger? A merger? Maybe you should read our analysis on HP buying your company. [WSJ] More »
