While many video games based on, or related to, films have a rather bad rep for being clunky, ugly, and often just plain boring, you might be surprised to find that the new web-based flash Sherlock Holmes game, 221b, has actually employed some pretty impressive programming in its design. Called “Chatbot” technology, this allows for [...]
The holiday season is nearly over, which means that the piles of baked goods might finally be starting to dwindle (just in time for New Years’ resolution diets). Which means it’s also time to eat that gingerbread house! It was fun to look at for a while, though; here’s a few more that caught my [...]
We all know that in today’s movies, “Green Screen” technology, also known as “ChromaKey”, is being used to create virtual environments that look just like the real thing. The extent to which ChromaKey is being used in a production remains largely unknown to most folks, but the following video will show you just how much [...]
Missing your Battlestar Galactica fix? If you haven’t seen this video, maybe it’ll help. The song itself is by the great Luke Ski of Dr. Demento fame, and the lyrics are pretty brilliant. The subject matter lends itself surprisingly well to this song. “It’s the genoooocide of all humaaaanity…” Also, bonus points for Dr. Horrible [...]
By this time you’ve likely read plenty of Avatar reviews out there or, more likely, you’ve been to see the movie yourself. My own feelings about the cinematic quality of the film are mixed, but that’s not the point of this piece. Because watching Avatar didn’t actually make me excited about watching Avatar, if that [...]
From the creator of Expialidocious, that awesome Mary Poppins electronica remix piece we posted a while ago, here’s “Upular”, a song which was produced in a similar way using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film ‘Up’. Enjoy!
Ladies and Gentlegeeks, behold: The guys behind the Mac or PC rap are back with “I’m on a Mac”, a new song that ought to make Apple fanboys and girls pat themselves on the back, and users of other platforms cringe from the absurdity of it all. Warning: Song contains strong language. Thanks Tina!
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Well it’s that time of year….of flu’s and rhinos (Rhinoviruses) and sniffles, OH MY! Yes, everyone seems to be getting sick. This year has been especially bad with the high prevalence of H1N1 influenza. In fact, in the laboratory I teach, we had to lighten the attendance policy to [...]
Every year, there are millions and millions of random facts and statistics gathered by researchers, scientists, and analysts. These numbers are often times too large to interpret and the shear magnitude of the numbers can be overwhelming. Here are 20 figures scaled down to 60 seconds in order to grasp how wild some of these [...]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] I saw Sherlock Holmes this weekend and what the New York Times calls “intermittently diverting” I would reclassify as “wildly entertaining,” but then, I realized that perhaps I just have a fondness for literary-characters-turned-action-heroes. No, it’s not for the Holmes purist; we all know that Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes [...]
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For those who’ve always wondered how those old mechanical traffic lights work (there is still quite a few of these around btw!), check the following video out: Yeah, we know, this one is pretty old and probably dates back from the 90s, but it explains how these things work in such a simple and interesting [...]
