Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes

• The R2-D2 translator. (Via)
• The 10 most awful library books ever. (Via)
• A brief examination of the fool archetype in fiction and pop culture. (Via)
• The full cover art for Pearl Jam's new album. (Via)
• The goat-king of Ireland is having a hard time making it to his coronation! (Via)
• Check out this headline: "Britain invaded by power-crazed super-ants that cause blackouts and fires." (Via)
• Britain is installing surveillance cameras inside the homes of private citizens. As Gadget Lab points out, comparisons with the telescreens from Orwell's 1984 are uncomfortably easy to make.
• Apparently a hacker set up a malicious ATM to collect the personal information of other hackers!
• Sad, funny, fascinating, haunting photography: "Dark Stores, Ghostboxes and Dead Malls." (Via)
• Sam Rockwell on Iron Man 2, an SDCC leftover.
• The release date of The Box has been moved again, to November 6th.
• Michael Moore might quit making documentaries.
• You can stream ABC TV shows on Netflix now.
• Track Your Happiness is a research project in the form of an iPhone app.
• A video explaining how that Wii bowling ball peripheral works.
• Amanda Palmer and Meredith Yayanos perform "Missed Me" and 10 great songs about astronauts (with Amanda Palmer's "Astronaut" making big gains in the voting section at the bottom).
• A look at the amazing stop-motion-animated superhero-themed music video for Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing."
• We've been confused as to what the big deal is about James Robinson, so we're pleased to see Comic Critics holding a memorial for his dead talent.
• The final moments of Matrix Online documented for posterity.
• A trailer for the video game Fairytale Fights.
• The Wii version of Guitar Hero 5 will support Miis, but won't use friend codes. Woo hoo!
• You should now be able to integrate your DSi with Facebook, which apparently just means you'll be able to send photos from your DSi to Facebook.
• Sci Fi Wire reviews the second collection of strange vintage comics by Fletcher Hanks, You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!
• More on the film version of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
• More on District 9 and early talk of a sequel.
• The first episode of V is still being tweaked.
• It seems pretty clear that Eric Bana won't be back for another Star Trek film, but we might see some deleted scenes featuring him on the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release of the movie.
• Star Rachel McAdams on Sherlock Holmes.
• The Hughes brothers talk more about their film Book of Eli, and resist the label of post-apocalyptic thriller.
• A review of the Wii FPS The Conduit.
• Comic author Matt Fraction on writing the Iron Man 2 video game.
• The Television Critics Association recently gave Battlestar Galactica the award for best program of the year.
• The ISS does a comic re-cut of No Country for Old Men that is strangely amusing.
• Keychain LEGO minifigs with LED lights in their feet!
• Doing stand-up comedy at Jabba's Palace is a tough gig.
• Apparently a Twilight MMORPG is on the way.
• So apparently in the near future we'll have planes that shoot lasers.
• David Twohy talks about the possibility of a third Riddick film.
• Well yeah, how could you fit Ripley into an Alien prequel? If there are going to be aliens, Ripley isn't likely to be in it. It'll be before she met them!
• Star Michael Green talks about the end of Kings.
• io9's guide to science fiction is August.

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