The annual Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on Thursday night and has already caused a fireball. The display took place 70 miles above Paint Rock, Alabama when a meteor just one inch in diameter hit the Earth’s atmosphere are 134,000 miles per hour, causing a spectacular demise. According to NASA, the meteor was [...]
How to turn one of the dumbest movie of all time into something that looks almost watchable. Almost. [Via The Daily What]
Hey folks, look at what Adidas is releasing as part of their new Fall/Winter 2010 collection: A quilted “Wookie” jacket! Hmmm, I hope all these fur linings aren’t made out of authentic wookie fur, else Adidas will probably have some PETA activists protesting on their doorstep pretty soon. [Via Freshnessmag]
Tobias Lunchbreath‘s excellent Hierarchy of Robot Needs, inspired by Maslow’s famous pyramid of needs. [Via LaughingSquid]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Those crazy guys over at the Discovery News Friday Feedbag, a podcast that summarizes the most interesting science stories of the week, invited me to chat on the show once again. If you missed my first appearance, they asked me to share three GAS stories to add a little [...]
Star Wars fans, behold: Here’s the hilarious new movie trailer for Lando Calrissian’s upcoming movie: Blackstar Warrior! Enjoy!
This awesome educational film was created by Frank Robnik for his bachelor Degree thesis. [Via Nerdcore]
Here’s the best, most delicious way to welcome a co-worker back from his summer vacation: Just encase the poor soul’s keyboard and mouse inside a block of Jell-O. [Via [H]]
Given the theory that the iPad would be a good fit for the ultra-casual computing audience, there may well be a gap in the market for selling similar devices in stores which are a little more mainstream and accessible to the non-geek than the ultra-cool Apple Store. That certainly seems to be the theory at [...]
Happy sequential date day everyone! And for those of you who are in Europe / Canada , you’ll have to wait an extra month for that special day! ;)
Like Dave Munger of Seed Magazine, I have been a coffee addict for the better part of my life. I discovered the dark brew’s magic toward the end of high school, and probably would have slept through the bulk of college were it not for the Starbucks conveniently located on the way to the English [...]
When it comes to comic books, few names can claim the kind of dominance over the market like Marvel. With characters like Spiderman, Iron Man, Wolverine and The Hulk as part of their roster, they have produced some of the most iconic comic book characters of all time and continue to keep those names fresh [...]
