Writer, pop culture whore. Editor at This is my next, formerly of Joystiq and Engadget. Ask me about video games, smartphones, and the use of temporal paradoxes in Doctor Who.Tumblr (3.0; @ohnorosco)http://ohnoros.co/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/biW9BbWJtQU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Hey, uh, St. Peter, just one more thing.” RIP Lieutenant Columbo (well, Peter Falk, but that’s never how I knew him), <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/24/us-peterfalk-idUSTRE75N53N20110624">dead today at 83</a>. Sadly relevant video.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/6876211983http://ohnoros.co/post/6876211983Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:20:42 -0700<a href="http://joshuatopolsky.com/post/6626725623">Joshua Topolsky: Andrew Sullivan on what conservative means now</a>: <p><a href="http://joshuatopolsky.com/post/6626725623">joshuatopolsky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Unsurprisingly amazing <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/06/conservatism-is-true.html">writing</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>Back in the 1980s, conservatism was a thrilling empirical, reality-based challenge to overweening government power and omniscient liberal utopianism. Today, alas, it has become a victim of its own success, reliving past glories rather than tackling current…</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://ohnoros.co/post/6627012379http://ohnoros.co/post/6627012379Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:11:47 -0700<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/06/north_korea_is_the_second-happ.html">North Korea Is the Second-Happiest Place on Earth, According to North Korean Survey</a>http://ohnoros.co/post/6097158804http://ohnoros.co/post/6097158804Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:01:56 -0700“After conducting an in-depth analysis of the nation’s industrial output and long-term economic future, leading economists delicately suggested this week that maybe American manufacturers might want to think about abandoning their current products and start over with something nice and simple, such as a ball.”<br/><br/> - <em>Coming soon to your technologically-confused, politically-irate relative’s Facebook wall. And then to <em><a href="http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com/">Literally Unbelievable</a></em>.</em>http://ohnoros.co/post/5904327633http://ohnoros.co/post/5904327633Fri, 27 May 2011 12:26:15 -0700the onion<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22956103?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="522" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>PHD Comics: “Recently, I sat down with physicists Daniel Whiteson and Jonathan Feng to talk about dark matter and how CERN’s collider is helping answer the question: what is it?” Awesome, very-handholding animation! (via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/26/video-comic-about-da.html">Boing Boing</a>, <a href="http://scottunder.typepad.com/scottunder/2011/05/dark-matters.html">Scottunder</a>)</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5903977231http://ohnoros.co/post/5903977231Fri, 27 May 2011 12:12:26 -0700sciencephysicsphd comicsdark matterphdcomics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llv2bfXONB1qzzn1io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“<strong><a href="http://www.hudsonhongo.com/danzig/">What’s that in Danzigs?</a></strong>” How to convert 9001 Joules to 14 meters.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5899145577http://ohnoros.co/post/5899145577Fri, 27 May 2011 08:42:51 -0700<object width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf" /><param name="flashVars" value="vid=25355050&" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed width="400" height="225" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://d.yimg.com/nl/movies/site/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="vid=25355050&"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>New Muppet Movie trailer. The Fuzzy Pack is Backy Back.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5898420145http://ohnoros.co/post/5898420145Fri, 27 May 2011 08:05:32 -0700muppetsmuppet moviehangoverwolfpack<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llv0fz73ep1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bastards!</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5898362843http://ohnoros.co/post/5898362843Fri, 27 May 2011 08:02:24 -0700doctor whoDoctor Who series 6<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GuVqMSIL2W4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Green With Envy Official Trailer - ‘The Muppets’ 2011</p> <p>(!!!!!)</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5777580752http://ohnoros.co/post/5777580752Mon, 23 May 2011 14:13:33 -0700muppetsthe muppets<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llik4mEUfc1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Forking hell. (<a href="http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1311-talcum-powder-cures-magnetism.html">Related: not magnets</a>)</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5676456146http://ohnoros.co/post/5676456146Fri, 20 May 2011 14:38:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llicqrDsGU1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Crazy: the new Bane picture was discovered by someone (SuperHeroHype forum member Riskproduction) taking the chants from <a href="http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/">TheDarkKnightRises.com</a> (launched today) and running it through an audio program. That revealed, visually, the hashtag #TheFireRises. Very, very clever.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5672233232http://ohnoros.co/post/5672233232Fri, 20 May 2011 11:59:15 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llicikxOZB1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First look, Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5672124137http://ohnoros.co/post/5672124137Fri, 20 May 2011 11:54:20 -0700““The world cannot end tomorrow. It can’t end at least until the Knicks win a championship again. So we got a long time to go.””<br/><br/> - <em>Mayor Bloomberg</em>http://ohnoros.co/post/5668284297http://ohnoros.co/post/5668284297Fri, 20 May 2011 08:37:19 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lli0zqr6gl1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aaaaawww yyyyeeeeaaaaa</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5667534819http://ohnoros.co/post/5667534819Fri, 20 May 2011 07:45:26 -0700rapturejesusreddit<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dRkIWB3HIEs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sulu’s video opposing Tennessee’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law. “Don we now our Takei apparel!” </p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5666071493http://ohnoros.co/post/5666071493Fri, 20 May 2011 06:07:47 -0700star trekdon't say gaylgbtsulutakeigeorge takei<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llfcm5cYjA1qz9vd8o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://oktotally.tumblr.com/post/5628949936" class="tumblr_blog">oktotally</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>hold onto your butts</em></p> <p>i had to shrink the crap out of this thing to get to to animate in tumblr. you can see the larger version here: <a title="http://atomictoy.org/dump/jurassicpark2.gif" href="http://atomictoy.org/dump/jurassicpark2.gif"></a><a href="http://atomictoy.org/dump/jurassicpark2.gif"><a href="http://atomictoy.org/dump/jurassicpark2.gif">http://atomictoy.org/dump/jurassicpark2.gif</a></a></p></blockquote>http://ohnoros.co/post/5650457217http://ohnoros.co/post/5650457217Thu, 19 May 2011 16:00:29 -0700<a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/the-perfect-running-playlist-for-the-athletically-disinclined/">The Perfect Running Playlist for the Athletically Disinclined</a>http://ohnoros.co/post/5650218156http://ohnoros.co/post/5650218156Thu, 19 May 2011 15:53:06 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llckknGmjg1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jason Segel’s Muppet Movie poster. Look, ma, legs!</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5577998275http://ohnoros.co/post/5577998275Tue, 17 May 2011 09:02:46 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llb4o8sV2w1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes, and music by John Williams… what could go wrong? Well, a lot, surely, but I’m hopeful.</p> <p>Credit to <em><a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49664">Ain’t It Cool</a></em> for the domestic one-sheet above, <em><a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=31004">Empire Online</a></em> has the international one version.</p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5554359068http://ohnoros.co/post/5554359068Mon, 16 May 2011 14:21:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llaz5wJ8yD1qzzn1io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1753287/go-the-fuck-to-sleep-number-one-amazon-piracy-adam-mansbach">How Viral PDFs Of A Naughty Bedtime Book Exploded The Old Publishing Model</a></strong></p>http://ohnoros.co/post/5550859399http://ohnoros.co/post/5550859399Mon, 16 May 2011 12:22:43 -0700