Surfing: Feast or Famine [Cartoon]
Yep, that about sums it up! [Source]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Twitter moods match money moves
Can Twitter predict the stock market? So one PhD student believes. The BBC reports that Timm Sprenger of the Technical University of Munich found that buying and selling in response to an analysis of 250,000 tweets over six months would have produced a 15% return. Sprenger looked at comments that had been marked with the [...]
Amazon Deal of the Day: 47% Off Onkyo TX-NR5007 145 Watts 9.2-Channel AV Surround Home Network Receiver
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Onkyo TX-NR5007 145 Watts 9.2-Channel AV Surround Home Network Receiver for just $1421.31 + free shipping! That’s 47% Off the receiver’s usual retail price of $2699.00. I know the price of this receiver might look a little steep at first glance, but if you [...]
The Binary Hand Dance [Video]
For all you geeks out there who think they can’t dance, Youtube user ViHart came up with a dance that everybody can do and enjoy: The binary hand dance! [Via Neatorama]
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect): The Official Music Video
Check out this awesome music video made by the guys at MandaloreMovies for a song that was composed by Youtube user Miracle Of Sound in honor of Mass Effect’s main protagonist, commander Shepard. Lyrics right after the jump >>
Happy 74th Birthday Lando Calrissian!
Billy Dee Williams, the actor who played the role of Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars trilogy, just turned 74 today! Happy Birthday Lando! Williams was born in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta, a West Indian-born elevator operator from Montserrat, and William December Williams, Sr., a Texas-born caretaker. His most [...]
WANT: Binary Table 01 [Pic]
Now this has to be one of the most awesome and geeky tables we’ve ever seen! BRC Designs’ Binary Table 01 was built using old computer towers and covered with a collage of old motherboards, chips, heat sinks, and hard drive platters. [BRC Designs | Via Core77]
Arnold Schwarzenbunny: Giant Rabbit Fossil Found
Scientist recently discovered that a rabbit as large as the Easter Bunny actually existed. Although it didn’t poop candy or give people type 2 diabetes, it was over six times the size of nature’s current cuddly little throw pillows. A recent study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology reports that fossils of these tubby [...]
Charm City Cakes’ Geeky Cakes for Two [Pics]
Old time Geeks are Sexy readers will surely have noticed it by now, but we at [GAS] just love geeky cakes, and Charm City Cakes is one of the bakeries who makes the most awesomely geeky cakes we’ve seen. Unfortunately, most ordinary people cannot afford their cakes, so they’ve come up with a new line [...]
DIY Low Budget Cyclops Visor
This DIY low budget Cyclops visor comes from the same dude who came up with the DIY Magneto Helmet we’ve posted a few days ago. [Source]
Star Wars + Día de los Muertos = WIN!
Artist John Karpinsky, also known as “Captain Magnificent” on Etsy, made these pretty awesome illustrations combining his love of Star Wars and the cultural influence that his wife’s last job (at a mostly Hispanic school) had on him. Please note that all these illustations are available for purchase at John’s Etsy Shop. [Captain Magnificent - [...]
Sandworm Size Chart [Pic]
This handy sandworm size chart from Dan Meth compares the size of sandworms featured in various modern movies. [Via Laughing Squid]
