The next time you decide to leave negative feedback for a seller on eBay, you might want to make real sure you’re willing to back up what you say – and that the seller on the other end isn’t, say, a lawyer. Otherwise you might end up in situation like that of Michael Steadman, who [...]
-Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On Computer engineers hijack vote on career for doll; Little girls wanted anchorwoman. -18 Awesomely Funny Uses Of Perspective In Photos 18 Awesome photos that use perspective to create incredible effects. -iPhone & iPod Management on Linux Just Got Easier Managing iPhones & iPods (probably iPads [...]
In the year 2500, humans are allowed to watch this single video once a year. All other music is forbidden and punishable by deresolution.
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You won’t find a better gift for a Star Wars geek than a bar of soap in the shape of Han Solo as he was encased in Carbonite in the movie The Empire Strikes Back. Whether it will ever be used for washing is another question entirely. $6.50 from Luxury Lane Soap.
An Awesomely entertaining dystopian short from RSA‘s Carl Erik Rinsch featuring robots, a “unicorn”, guns, and a car chase through a russian city. Oh my. This certainly looks a lot like something Neill Blomkamp (District 9) could have produced. Check it out!
Yeah we know, the whole thing is just a big ad for Godaddy, but darn, this has to be the funniest unboxing video we’ve ever seen!
For the past few months I’ve referred to my iPod touch as an “iPad Nano”. Sure, it’s not exactly the pinnacle of human wit, but it keeps me gently amused. Now it appears Apple wants to spoil that fun. There are now reports that Apple is planning a smaller version of the iPad for an [...]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] By now, everyone and their mother has heard of nanotechnology and how it is either going to save us or obliterate us in a sea of gray goo. What exactly IS it, though? Well like microbiology, the field is too vast to describe effectively beyond “things happening on [...]
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.
Rotifers: Tiny animals that survive against all odds, known for not having sex for around 80 million years. In the following video, award-winning Cambridge researcher Alan Tunnacliffe drains 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heat some of them to the boiling point and then freezes them in liquid nitrogen, to later observe that [...]
In the field of athletics, there’s a few legendary records which stand the test of time, most notably Bob Beamon’s world record of long jump, which remained unbroken for 23 years. But in the field of video games, that’s outdone by the record of Scott Safran who has been the world record holder on Asteroids [...]
