Simon Bent knows science is awesome. The Melbourne based graphic designer also knows that there’s not nearly enough popularity for some of history’s greatest minds in pop culture, so he put together this series of 60s-era, trip-tastic portraits of a handful of scientists and inventors from history. SCIENCE VS DELERIUM IS A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS [...]
Youtuber nicepeter is back with a new episode of “Epic Rap Battles of History,” and this time, he pitches Gandalf against Dumbledore. Check it out: Warning: Video contains strong language. [Youtube]
We know it’s hard, but you can do it! A word of advice however: There is this large glowing disk in the sky that is generally obscenely bright. Do not stare at it directly. It may cause permanent damage to your eyes, and prevent you from unlocking future achievements. [Get it @ Splitreason.com | Get [...]
John Carter is a 2012 American science fiction action adventure film about John Carter, the lead character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 11-volume Barsoom series. In the film, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is transported to Mars where he becomes part of a conflict between the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem [...]
Best comment on Youtube for this video: “I like this game because it’s easy to learn and anyone can play.” [Youtube]
Kyle Jones wanted to capture the oscillations of his guitar strings on video while he played, so he installed his iPhone 4 inside his guitar to film as he plucked the strings. Check it out: The result you see in the video above is not exactly how the strings really look when they are plucked, [...]
We’ve got Bofur, Bombur, Bifur and Dori. Nori, Ori, Oin and Gloin, Fili, Kili and Thorin, but do you recall the most epic Goblin-cleaver of all?* New images have been released over the last few days of the dwarves of Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and we’ve rounded them all up for [...]
Now all I know is that this comes from an Arabic-speaking country, so has anyone here ever seen this, provided that you live somewhere in the middle east, of course? [Via]
The Sears website offered the tech bargain of the decade: a 16GB iPad 2 for just $69. And wouldn’t you know, it turned out to be an error. The listing on the site was actually placed by a third-party retailer using the Sears Marketplace service which, as with Amazon’s service of the same name, involves [...]
If you are a photography geek, or if you know one, here’s a watch that will not only tell you time, but will also help you with your manual exposures. The F-Stop Watch displays time with F-Stop or the relative aperture of a camera lens. Don’t make us explain all the technical details … Take [...]
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has Futurama: Volume 5 on blu-ray for just $13.49. That’s 66% off the box set’s usual retail price of $39.99. As far as we know, season 5 is the only season that has been released on blu-ray so far. You asked for more…and the Planet Express [...]
Everybody needs some time off sometimes, even stormtroopers, and since we’ve already posted some pics of Darth Vader taking it easy, here’s another gallery featuring everyone’s favorite white-armored cannon fodder while they’re vacationing. Enjoy! [Source | Via]
