Nasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we're gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain. [Gizmodo]

Which Batteries Actually Benefit From Being in a Freezer?

Some batteries benefit from being stored at freezing or near-freezing temperatures, but not all. It turns out that while chilled NiMH and Nicad batteries will last longer, there's barely any difference when it comes to their alkaline counterparts. [Gizmodo]

Man Who Named Lady Gaga Sues Lady Gaga For $30 Million

Record producer—and Gaga's ex!—Rob Fusari claims he came up with the brilliant name "Lady Gaga." Also: He co-wrote Gaga's best song (f'real!), "Paparazzi". Now he is suing the monster he created for $30 million. [Gawker]

Unlikely Celebrity Supermarket Run-In Entertains Twitterati

LeVar Burton saw another famous face at Ralph's; Alyssa Milano saw her authorship challenged; and Jolie O'Dell saw her job sail away. The Twitterati watched ruefully. [Gawker]

The Entertainment Industry's Biggest Problem: "Piracy" Is Too Sexy a Word

It's tough being a record label or a movie studio these days. People are stealing your content, all because they want to be Jack Sparrow. No, seriously: that's actually what the industry thinks. [Gizmodo]

Indigenous Warriors Take On Mountain Folk: San Diego State-Tennessee Open Thread

Bruce Pearl's team got stomped last weekend against Kentucky. Are they in for a repeat performance? Is Marshall Faulk going to get interviewed by Armen Keteyian courtside? Join in on the fun.

Swarthy Wolves Seek To Swarm Yet Another Type Of Bear: Montana-New Mexico

There's a New Mexico? Montana's coach is named Wayne Tinkle. Will Rebecca Rushin make an appearance as a wheeling and dealing small town sheriff causing everyone to bemusedly say "That's so meta?" More short-lived-NBC-comedy-jokes wanted.

Making Water Run Uphill, With Lasers

Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered how to make liquid overcome gravity and flow upward along a silicon surface. The essential ingredient, as always: lasers. [Gizmodo]

Hellacious Clergymen Try To Put Down Endowed Steers: Wake Forest-Texas Open Thread

The Longhorns have had a crazy season, but they've got the talent to go on a run if they can get passed Al-Farouq Aminu and Skip Prosser's Ghost. Comment and coordinate who to blame if this turns into a brick-fest.

Deciding The Superior Hawk: Lehigh-Kansas Open Thread

Kansas lost to Bucknell the last time they played a Patriot League opponent in the opening round in Oklahoma City. Can the Mountain Hawks say "Rock Chalk this!" and pull off the historic upset? Joke about Sherron Collins' age please.

Hey, Put Down Your Goddamn Camera

There's something to be said for watching a concert with your own eyes, not mediated by the lens of a camera or the fuzzy screen of a cellphone, trying to capture it forever, like an asshole. [Gizmodo]

Live Blogging Project Runway, Week 9

Hey, everyone! It's Gawker-commenter-live-blog-party time, so turn on Project Runway and join us in the comments under this post! Let's make like Anthony's pastor and start burning down the house! [Gawker]

Caught on Tape: Passed-out Firefighter Blocks Woman's Door on St. Patricks Day

Or: "Firefighter Becomes Fire Hazard." A woman came home on St. Patrick's Eve to find a passed-out man in an FDNY uniform blocking her door. Thank God she had a Blackberry to capture the special moment on video. [Gawker]

A Calm Beach Day In Nuclear Hell

Hey, may I have another caipirinha? Or another nuclear bomb? They often have the same effect. [Thanks David Keyes!] [Gizmodo]

Cabestan Sol Invictus Watch Has Two Solar Panels

Imagine having this on your wrist. The questions people would ask. The minutes you'd spend staring at it, trying to work out the time. Wondering why you spent $560,000 on it, instead of buying a house. [Gizmodo]

SlingPlayer App for Android Coming This Summer, Will Stream Over Wi-Fi and 3G

Android users will finally have an app to stream media from their SlingBoxes to their smartphones this summer. The app will allow for streaming over both Wi-Fi and 3G. There's no pricing information yet. [Android Community via Engadget] [Gizmodo]

Keep Close Track of Your Friends' Exercising Habits With RunKeeper Live

Lifehacker's favorite exercise tool RunKeeper has added a feature that's as creepy as it is useful. You can now opt to have your location and activity level broadcast live on your RunKeeper profile by using the iPhone app. [Gizmodo]

Wild Felines Chase After Hoyas: Ohio-Georgetown Open Thread

Can Greg Monroe take over the tournament and continue in the great GT center tradition? Which famous alumnus will get some camera time? Comment here when you're not refreshing Julia Allison's Twitter feed.

Why Google Should Buy Palm

With terrible sales and no sign of turnaround, Palm's options are whittling down to one: buyout. Ex-Appler Phil Kearney sees a buyer in Google, which, in its looming megawar with Apple, might need Palm as much as Palm needs it. [Gizmodo]

Jesuits Attacked By Ferocious Dogs: Washington-Marquette Open Thread (UPDATE)

Quincy Pondexter and the You-Dub Huskies go up against Lazar Haywood and Marquette. Will Buzz Williams walk it out to Round 2? Can Isiah Thomas II: Electric Boogaloo break some ankles and some hearts? More »

Outside the Beltway

[White House press secretary Robert Gibbs held his daily press briefing in the Rose Garden today. It's like on the first day of spring when your Social Studies teacher took the class outside. Image via Getty] [Gawker]

En Garde! East Tennessee State-Kentucky Open Thread

The inevitable Calipari-led letdown begins tonight as Kentucky takes on the feisty ETSU Buccaneers. Your opinions on Double Jeopardy and other Ashley Judd vehicles are encouraged.

Rebels Try To Poach Panthers: Nothern Iowa-UNLV Open Thread (UPDATE)

Senior big man Jordan Egsleder leads his band of other people who look like they're from Iowa against Lon Kruger's Runnin' Rebels. Illinois and Atlanta Hawks fans, let your vitriol fly. More »

This May Be The Only Existing Video of Mark Twain

There's little action, no sound, and the footage is grainy. But this brief clip may be the only existing video of writer Mark Twain and his daughters Clara and Jean. It was captured in 1909 by inventor Thomas Edison. [Gizmodo]

Street View Captures Superhero Pub Outing Off the Coast Of Scotland

Now that Street View has covered 95 per cent of British roads, expect to see a lot more random snapshots of those eccentric Brits—like these, which show a comic book meet-up on a very remote island off Scotland. [Gizmodo]

ABC News Is Paying Accused Baby-Killer's Legal Bills

TVNewser reports that, according to documents filed in a Florida court today, ABC News paid $200,000 to the family of accused toddler-killer Casey Anthony in exchange for photos of the toddler she allegedly murdered. [Gawker]
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Here's Your Pretty Tiger Woods Sexting Word Cloud

We dropped Tiger's texts into Wordle and this is what we got. More »

A Couple Alex Chilton Songs

Alex Chilton is dead. His old band, Big Star, made three perfect albums. There are a thousand stories of excess and studio-trashing and general Memphis insanity. I just wanted to play you some songs of his that I like. [Gawker]

Dell Gets Honest with its $150 Harmony Remote Programming Service

It's a real stretch to say it's worth paying someone $150 to program your fancy remote control for you; in fact, you'd say whoever is pitching it is trying to upsell you. And they'd agree. [Dell via Consumerist] [Gizmodo]
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