Oh, I’d love for these guys to hit my building! Ah, they probably wouldn’t be interested in a single family house with only three front windows. OK, it’s an ad, reportedly from DSG in Germany, but I don’t know what they’re advertising. Could be home security, could be peanut butter. [via Gorilla Mask]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Don’t worry, this isn’t some archival service that will tell you what some user said two years ago. Historical Tweets is a blog that displays one historically important (and ficticious) tweet every day! According to the site: “Books have been ruining history. So many unnecessary words. Now, with Historical Tweets, history’s most [...]
Can you spot anything wrong in this picture? It probably won’t be what most of you will think right away. Click to enlarge Now, if you “got it”, do you really need another reason to switch? [Via Digg]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] If U.S. Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA) has anything to say about it, you might be seeing a warning label on video games that looks awfully similar to the one on packages of cigarettes. I’m confused. Maybe there’s a study I haven’t heard about that proves that video games cause [...]
By Brian Boyko Contributing Writer, [GAS] In the first of what will hopefully be a series great videos on crazy inventions and crazy inventors, we take a look at the “Sashimi Tabernacle Choir.” Remember the “Big Mouth Billy Bass?” You’d press a button (or trigger a proximity sensor for a surprise) and the fish would [...]
Are you getting tired of watching skateboarding dogs, self-absorbed teenagers, or worse-than-Karaoke covers of washed up hits? Well, get ready for some really exciting content on YouTube: channels covering your favorite US Senators and Representatives. The YouTube blog says, “These YouTube channels have the potential to make Congress more transparent and accessible than ever before.” Heh, [...]
Apparently, The Potsdam University, located just south of Berlin, thinks that computer geeks are so hopeless when it comes to a love life that they need to attend to a special flirting course. The class, offered to master-degree students by the engineering department, has received a total of 440 enrollments, a record number for the [...]
In the following video, astrophysicist Neal deGrasse Tyson predicts that Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid named after an evil demon in Egyptian mythology, may collide with Earth in April 2029, plunging into the Pacific, and creating a tsunami that would “ablates the entire coastline, wiping it clean of all traces of civilization.” Now, that’s a cheerful [...]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’ve ever explored the world of Flash games for any period of time, you’ve probably run across Tower Defense, or “TD” as it’s commonly called. The premise of the game is to kill all the “creeps” (or monsters) before they get through your maze. You have towers that shoot [...]
-Top 5 Reasons Why Geeks are Sexy A post that was inspired by us! Thanks Danielle! -Windows 7 Beta Ready for Download! Windows 7 Beta is available for a limited time, to the first 2.5 million people who download the software. Just choose the version that fits the system you’ll be using for the test, [...]
Eatliz, a rock band from Israel, had the kindness to publicly release the splendidly realized CGI video for their song “Hey”, a Sci-Fi Fantasy journey of a little girl with a special pet friend, a huge toad. Check it out below. [Via AeroMental]
By Will Sullivan Contributing Writer, [GAS] With profits declining, Vizio announced earlier this past year that it was determined to improve its “bargain basement” rep, and move more upscale, corporate-image-wise…so…they’ve trotted out a snazzy new logo that we rather like, but still have kept prices way low on their compelling new lineup, which we rather…love! [...]
