By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] In the late 80s, Sony marketed a series of small-scale electronics intended for kids under the name “My First Sony.” They were plastic, bright colors, and with big buttons. I had a “My First Sony” walkman. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still in my parents’ attic [...]
Unveiled by General Motors at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, this never-seen-before footage of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen presents the entire Autobots crew, out rolling in vehicle form. GM must have paid a pretty penny or two to get their vehicles featured like this in the movie. I don’t know about you, but [...]
By Johnny Daniels Contributing Writer, [GAS] This is such a great idea and a great social experiment in other human beings where you trust them to do the right thing. The Little Bay restaurant in London has decided to start a month long “pay what you want” deal where customers only pay whatever they think [...]
A long time ago in a gymnasium far, far away….
Most geeks running Windows disable the OS’s automatic update feature at installation, but in case you never did, or if you remember that dialog box from your distant past, this picture should bring a chuckle out of you. [Via TechEblog]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Today’s pics post is brought to you by the letter V, for Valentine’s Day. After all, geeks need love, too! So here’s to all of the myriad wonderfully geeky ways we find it. I for one have enormous amounts of love for people who post pictures on Flickr released [...]
Well, you didn’t think these guys just learned all this stuff on their own, did ya?
By Johnny Daniels Contributing Writer, [GAS] This is one of those scientific studies where you wonder how they ever got the funding for it. Now that it’s finished, you wonder what the point of it was. After analyzing armpit sweat from 24 men and 25 women (why an extra woman? Was one of the scientists [...]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Seth Grahame-Smith, author of such books as Pardon My President: Ready-to-Mail Apologies for Eight Years of George W. Bush, and Huffington Post contributor, is taking on Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice with a zombie-friendly spin. Actually, it’s more of a mash-up than a parody, as unlike previous [...]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’re any kind of geek and you’re in my age bracket (18-25), you probably got excited when you read the title of this article. The Oregon Trail is an iconic game for many young geeks because it was available in schools (something about being educational), fun to play, and a bit [...]
By Johnny Daniels Contributing Writer, [GAS] This is overwhelming proof that people really will fall for anything they hear and read. A UK skin cancer charity called Skcin wanted to raise more awareness of the medical condition so they set up a fake website called ComputerTan. This site promised people a suntan from nothing more [...]
Warning: The following fictional news report from the Onion News Network contains strong, offensive language.
