If you’ve sat through many presentations, you’ll know there are two common problems with them: over-long ones, and others where the speaker pauses and plays about with his Powerpoint slides before explaining each one in excruciating detail. Both those problems go out the window in a format being celebrated across the planet this week. Ignite [...]
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness.
This one’s kind of self explanatory, folks. When you’re feeling geeky, put on your geek hat. Here are a few to choose from… Mudkip, I choose you! (It should be noted that the Poke-fan in this picture isn’t afraid of getting bird flu, he’s just being anonymous). – icantcu (CC)
It’s been a while since I was this excited about a new television show with swords. I mean, granted I enjoy Legend of the Seeker but I can’t say it’s exactly, um, the highest quality out there. Sure, the fight scenes are amazing, but I’m admittedly not the biggest Terry Goodkind fan in the world. [...]
While I’m not exactly a fan of their music, I have to admit that OK Go’s new video for “This Too Shall Pass” is positively amazing, mainly because it features the most amazing Rube Goldberg machine ever. Check it out: Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official [...]
It has been noted many times over by now how similar the storyline of Avatar is to Pocahontas or several other films. Not that this is a big deal (there’s nothing new under the sun, right?), but it inspired this fantastic video commentary on that similarity. And it looks like this was done for a [...]
What could be geekier than a geek-themed arts and music festival? Why, of course, a geek-them arts and music festival held online. That — and a concern for environmental matters — is the logic behind Geek Pop, an annual internet “festival” about to take place for the third time. The concept is to celebrate performers [...]
Designed by Etsy user Hiphandmaids, the iMaxi takes an idea that initially a joke and turns it into a real product. The iMaxi features an outer layer made out of vinyl, which houses a plush, quilted-cotton sleeve to put your iPad in, and Velcro-latched wings, to keep your device secured in place and protected at [...]
We use the Internet every day. Some of us work by virtue of the Internet—even our business lives are conducted online. And for many, especially the geeks among us who jumped on the bandwagon early, using the Internet is simply a part of life, something we might take for granted, just another utility like water [...]
He kicked ass and freed slaves. He never got old. He got his face on both a coin and a bill. He even gave us a holiday! What could possibly make Lincoln any cooler? Maybe that little-known second career he had as a vampire hunter! This will make an awesome movie someday, but for now [...]
This video was made by YouTube user xxxfancypantsxxx as part of an animation challenge on bricksinmotion.com, and as I’m sure you noticed, “epic” doesn’t really do justice to the work that was done here. I mean, even in my mid-thirties, I’d totally go and see something like this if it were to be released on [...]
Humanity hangs in the balance as Optimus Prime and Megamunk fight in a battle to the death! [Via Flickr / Powerpig]
