SXSW 2009: Night One

The cool, wet <not>Vancouver</not> Austin atmosphere hit our group as we were herded from the airport to a waiting Super Shuttle. It felt as if we’d never left the Wet Coast. The driver rattled off...

Neil Gaiman wins 2009 Newbery Medal

At 5:30am, author Neil Gaiman was woken by his assistant and, after a few drowsy minutes of phone tag, greeted by a panel of 14 librarians and book critics congratulating him on winning the 2009 Newbery Medal for...

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters – Review

Back in high school I worked at a local arcade where the days were filled with kids puking on the floors, drunk teenagers crapping on the walls, and parents complaining that the arcade cabinets stole their...

Fallout 3 Review

When you escape the oppressive confines of Vault 101, you'll stumble into the irradiated landscape known as The Wastelands, a place so desolate, dangerous, and depressing that it’s enough to turn any...

TV dinners turn 55 this year!

November 26, 1953,  the Swanson TV dinner appeared in grocery stores after the company had to get rid of a deluge of leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Since then, the TV dinner has been a household staple,...

Vancouver Olympic clock goes out

Looks like Vancouver's Olympic countdown clock died on Thursday, and its human overlords, EEC Industries, don't really know why. Vandalism has been ruled out unless "somebody walked by with a really big magnet."...

Town tries to take pony away from disabled 3 year-old

Sam Spiteri, a 3 year old with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, has enjoyed the company of his miniature pony, Emily, for most of his life; but, the town of Caledon may take away the boy's companion because of...

Brooklyn bike lane turns into sidewalk, results in fines for cyclists

In Brooklyn, New York there's a bike lane that seems to be taking you to work, but is really just setting you up to be fined by the NYPD for riding on a sidewalk. This hullabaloo is the result of DOT's lack of...

Illegal sex drug causes brain damage

Power 1 Walnut, an illegal sex enhancement drug has been found to cause severe brain damage in users after Singapore researchers examined eight men. The drug causes lesions and plaque to accumulate in the brain...

JetBlue Twitterer gets customer a wheelchair

Wanda Morillo needed a wheelchair for the plane and decided to send out a Twitter plea to @JetBlue instead of contacting customer service at the airport. " ...

PC Magazine ends print magazine after 26 years

Ziff Davis' premier PC magazine, um, PC Magazine just ended its 26 year print run in the real world, and has gone digital. The latest victim of the rising distribution and raw material costs, and falling economy,...