Lord of the Nerds [Cartoon]
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Now if You’ll Excuse me Supercut…
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be in my bunk. …and what do YOU need to be excused about? [Via TDW]
Stormtrooper in Detention [Pic]
First offence, detention, then if you fail again, you get your neck crushed by Vader. [Via assorted-goodness]
A Behind the Scenes Look: How Memory Chips Are Made
A really cool “behind the scene” video showing how memory chips are made. Enjoy! [Via Reddit]
Behold: The New HTML5 Logo
Most of you won’t really give a crap, but here it is, the new logo representing the next major revision of the HTML standard: HTML5. It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It’s the [...]
Keep Warm with a Geeky Scarf
You can find some really fantastic handmade geeky crafts on Etsy (they do have a whole section called geekery), and one type I’ve noticed a lot of lately are scarves – probably because it’s cold outside! Though of course you can’t go wrong with emulating Doctor Who, here’s some you might want to snatch up [...]
Friendship “Chemistry” Could be Biology
The idea that friends are the new family might go deeper than purely cultural patterns. A US study raises the possibility that genetics may contribute to who we do and don’t form friendships with. James Fowler, an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego, has previously looked into the way humans form social [...]
Gas Mask Ring [Pic]
A cool-looking gas mask ring from Manillusion.com, complete with rubber hose and slave ring, for those of you who like… unconventional-looking jewelry. [Manillusion]
Amazon Deal of the Day: Buy Two Games, Get a Third Free
For a limited time on Amazon.com, if you buy 3 titles from a list of 383 games (Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS) you will get the lowest priced one free. Alot of these games are already discounted, so you’re getting an even better deal by taking advantage of this offer! [Buy Two Games, [...]
Ten 80s Movies that Will Remind You of Your Geek Roots
For those of you who grew up at least in part in the eighties, you know that it wasn’t all about Molly Ringwald and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Though not all cinematic masterpieces, there were a lot of really fun movies that glorified the geeks of the day. Here are a few you could pick up for [...]
Gaming: Opening Doors to Other Worlds Since 1958
This short video, titled “The History of Gaming”, was created as a university project by a team of game design students from Munich. The goal of the project was to cover various eras of video game history in video format. Apparently, the whole thing was filmed in just a single shot, but it took a [...]
One Rat Short [Video]
Written and directed by Alex Weil from creative design studio CHRLX, One Rat Short is an amazing 3D animation featuring a common city rat which, because of his appetite, gets trapped in a high tech rat lab. The movie won multiple awards, including the Best of Show award at the SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival. [...]
