By John R. Smith Guest Blogger A geek’s world is a deep and multi-faceted one. There are so many ways in which a true geek expresses his or her nerdiness, but what about the developing stages in a young geek’s life? Every one of us had to start somewhere. As children, an activity’s nerdiness isn’t [...]
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I’ll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
I’ve become somewhat spoiled in recent years spending much of my time on college campuses where there’s wireless, well, everywhere – and it’s fast, too. Though come to think of it, that’s not that unusual anymore – it used to be that only coffee shops and bookstores had wireless access, but now you see it [...]
Have you ever had to shout just to be heard one seat over at a bar or pub? Ever struggled to hear or outright misheard that geek or geekette you’ve been eyeing all night who finally comes up to you to talk? Well, struggle no more. The BBC profiled the work of a design student [...]
How many time will I have to tell you, GET OUT OF THERE! :) [Via Neatorama]
The internet could run out of addresses as early as next year — and there are warnings that a “black market” could develop further. The problem isn’t with domain names, which can be expanded simply by creating news suffixes, but rather with IP addresses. Those are the numbers which, to put things very simply, identify [...]
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This is an amazingly talented Japanese woman performing some of the most well-known pieces of Star Wars music on an electronic organ. Enjoy!
Could it really be true? Could Barack Obama be less technically competent than his predecessor? If a recent speech by Obama is anything to go by, the answer could be yes. Speaking to the graduating class at Hampton University in Virginia, Obama said: “With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations – none of which I [...]
Summer is coming, and for many that means breaks, vacations, and general lulls in our lives (well, those of us without kids, and full-time jobs). Even if you don’t have a ton of free time this summer, I think there’s just something about the season that speaks to casual learning. The weather’s great, the trees [...]
Given the leftovers from the fridge at Jonathan Ross’s studio, Jake Gyllenhaal cooked up an amazing on-the-fly concoction. I don’t want to completely ruin the cooking show experience for you, but let’s just say that a few of the ingredients are butter, mayonnaise, bacon, and an iPad. Yum.
Conan O’Brien may have been “legally prohibited from being funny on television,” but thanks to TBS he’ll be back on the air very soon. In the following video, Conan and Andy Richter stop by Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters for a morning of hilarity. This event took place on May 5, 2010.
