The next time you’re on that oh-so-important WOW raid and emptying your bladder isn’t really an option, consider using one of those revolutionary geek leak portable urinal systems. Unfortunately, geek leaks aren’t sold on the market for now, so you’ll have to resort to peeing in something like a modified gas tank… or something. [Via [...]
This amazing stop motion re-creation of a Super Mario Bros. Game was created by Japenese Youtube user takotuboooo with a total budget of only $55. Check it out: [Via Kotaku]
The new expansion pack for The Sims 3, Ambitions, was recently released. I’ve had a chance to play with it a bit, and here are my impressions, a breakdown of what it adds to the game, and some nifty screenshots.
Japan’s official vocabulary is increasing by 10 per cent to reflect the effects of modern technology. But the reason for the change is how people read, not the words themselves. Unlike the western alphabet, Japan has three systems for printed words. Hiragana is the closest thing to an alphabet, consisting of 46 characters which each [...]
In the following video, Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson debunks the 2012 myth, explaining exactly why the various end of the world scenarios that can be found on the net don’t hold up science-wise.
The New York Times—or more specifically their standards editor Phil Corbett—has decreed that the use of the word “tweet” is no longer welcome in the pages of the famed newspaper. His reasoning? Some social-media fans may disagree, but outside of ornithological contexts, “tweet” has not yet achieved the status of standard English. And standard English [...]
This has to be the one of the best supergirl costumes we’ve ever seen, and the photographer, flickr user JLinto, couldn’t have possibly picked a better model for the role. Hit the jump for 3 other pics.
Believe it or not, Iron Man actually exists for real, and he lives somewhere in Asia. Check him out doing what he does best:
I’m not exactly sure why someone would want to build something like that, but Justin Shull went and did it anyways. But why Justin, WHY? Unless your real name is Wile E. Coyote and you’re looking to sneak up on your all time nemesis, Road Runner, I don’t really see a practical use to that [...]
We use the Internet for a lot of things…paying the bills, reading the news, keeping in touch with old friends, but a growing trend if finding your mate online. More people than ever are utilizing dating services and many are finding success. You have seen the commercials, now it’s time to read the stats on [...]
Google has launched a major overhaul of the way it produces its search results. If it works as designed it could mean new content appears in results much more quickly. The key to Google, like any search engine, is that queries don’t literally search the Internet but rather Google’s index which is repeatedly updated by [...]
In the following video, the founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet “memes” it has launched, and the incident in which its users managed a very public, precision hack of a mainstream media website. The talk raises questions about the power — and price — of anonymity.
