NASA Geeks Plan To Approach Girl By 2018
The team of scientists says the $19 million dollar mission will put them in direct contact with a woman by 2018. Warning: Video contains slightly inappropriate language.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
From TED: How Should We Approach the War on Cancer?
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Back in April we published “The Cure for Cancer“ and got a fantastic response from our readers. It seems you folks are really interested in the topics of cancer science and cancer research. Maybe because, unlike other diseases, cancer eventually effects everyone because it is a “disease of [...]
“Alien” Wedding Cake: Chest-bustingly Awesome
If you’re a fan of HR Giger’s Alien and are planning to get married soon, here’s a cake design you might want to consider choosing: Ok, we have to admit that a cake like that might freak out your guests just a little, and they might worry ending up having a chest buster trying to [...]
Google hypes 1Gb broadband
Google is preparing to test a 1 gigabit broadband service in the US. Just to recap, that’s 1000 megabits per second. Put another way, that’s the theoretical ability to download a DVD in 37 seconds. The plan is to work in partnership with local and state governments to set-up fiber-optic networks reaching between 50,000 and [...]
A Brief History of Everything
Made by Jamie Bell as an end of class project for an art course, A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything is a brilliant stop motion short produced entirely out of biro pens. The whole thing has been drawn on over 2100 pages, which took him about 3 weeks to complete.
Deal of the Day: 53% Off Panasonic VIERA S1 Series 32-Inch 1080P LCD HDTV – $379.99, Shipping Included
Looking for a new 32″ HDTV for your home? Then you’ll definitely want to check this deal out. Amazon.com is currently offering the 32″ Panasonic VIERA S1 Series 1080P LCD TV (TC-L32S1) for only $379.99, shipping included. That’s 53% off the regular retail price of $799! Hit the link for all the details, including specifications. [...]
Google Buzz Spoof
I don’t know what it is with Google products, but as soon as the company releases something new, it always takes less than 24 hours before people start releasing spoofs about said products on the web. The following one makes fun of Google Buzz, which we quite like by the way!
World’s Greatest Snowman
He’s about ten feet tall and breathes fire. Nick and Anna Berte of Bel Air, Maryland built a giant snowman and rigged it with a flamethrower inside! And what did you do while you were stuck at home during the blizzard?
Deal of the Day: 47% Off Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series | Blu-ray + DVD
For today’s edition of deal of the day, Amazon.com is offering the whole Battlestar Galactica series (in Blu-Ray) for only $185.49, shipping included, which translates to about $30 per box set (there are 6). That’s 47% off the collection’s regular retail price of $349. If you still haven’t jumped on the Blu-Ray bandwagon, you can [...]
Happy birthday Photoshop!
Photoshop turns 20 today. The photo-editing software has become one of the few pieces of technology where the brand name has become a verb, others including “to Google” and to a lesser extent “to eBay” (an action often performed on unwanted Christmas gifts.) Strictly speaking, the software was first distributed in 1988, though this was [...]
Taco Bell Stuffed Sausage Will Kill You
While in no way as awesome as the Original Bacon Explosion, this sausage roll stuffed with a cheesy double beef burrito from Taco Bell certainly looks unhealthy yummy… but why on earth did the creator forget to put a bacon wrap around the thing is beyond me! [Via EpicPortions]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: People Dressed Like Spock
After over a year of near-weekly pics posts, sometimes it’s a challenge to come up with a new topic. Sometimes I just go to Flickr and put in “geeky” as a keyword and look around for a while until something catches my fancy. Sometimes a theme will simply emerge from things that show up; for [...]
