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MGM Revokes Bond’s License to Kill
July 10, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 1 commentBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Be you British or American (or anything else for that matter), odds are good that you’re a fan of Bond. James Bond’s global appeal as an international man of mystery spans decades of film history. Recent news out of Bond producer MGM, though, will definitely put a cramp in [...]
Another Geeky Alphabet For Your Viewing Pleasure!
June 16, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 0 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Back in May, our own Casey created a fantastic pictorial alphabet for geeks. Well another one has popped up on the interwebs…full of comic book heroes, TV show characters, and the occasionally obscure fanboy reference…right up your alley, right? Check out these choice letters! D is for Doctor See [...]
REVIEW: Soluto, Anti-Frustration Software
June 14, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 5 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Last week we talked about Betterment, the “new age” investing site, which won TechCrunch’s “Best Startup in NY” award. This week we’ll talk about the overall “Best Startup” winner at TechCrunch Disrupt. Their name is Soluto and they sell themselves as “anti-frustration software.” Then again, “selling themselves” probably isn’t the best [...]
REVIEW: Is Betterment.com Really a Better Way to Grow Your Money?
May 29, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 8 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] As a graduate student, I’m certainly not a high-roller financially, but for the first time in my life I’m making more money than I spend. It’s certainly not much, but it’s gotten me thinking: should I be more proactive about my savings? Over the last few weeks I’ve looked [...]
Science Is Sexy: What’s The Big Deal About Synthetic Life?
May 23, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 15 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you follow the science (and probably Sci-Fi) news at all, you’ve probably heard about Craig Venter’s successful creation of the first synthetic organism. Just so we’re all on the same page, the new organism is much like any other bacterium, except it has a custom-made genome with not only [...]
Science Is Sexy: Will Nanobots Save Us From Cancer?
April 9, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 1 commentBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] By now, everyone and their mother has heard of nanotechnology and how it is either going to save us or obliterate us in a sea of gray goo. What exactly IS it, though? Well like microbiology, the field is too vast to describe effectively beyond “things happening on [...]
Geeks Are Sexy Featured on Discovery News Podcast
February 27, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 0 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] A few weeks ago we received a message from the fantastic guys over at the Discovery News Friday Feedbag podcast. It seems one of their loyal listeners passed along a story of ours and they liked it so much they asked us if we’d like to do a little interview [...]
From TED: How Should We Approach the War on Cancer?
February 11, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 0 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Back in April we published “The Cure for Cancer“ and got a fantastic response from our readers. It seems you folks are really interested in the topics of cancer science and cancer research. Maybe because, unlike other diseases, cancer eventually effects everyone because it is a “disease of [...]
We Don’t Need No Stinking Subtitles! [Video]
February 2, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 2 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] This is probably older than the internet, but we just discovered it the other day (via the hallowed “instant messenger” method) and figured it was worth a laugh or two. One thing I noticed after watching were the tags on the YouTube page for this clip. They include [...]
Test Your Pronunciation Abilities with this Wild Poem!
January 29, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 4 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Need a little mental booster to wake you up today? Here’s a linguistic challenge for you! In 1920, Dutchman Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946) published the following poem in one of his textbooks about accents. It’s called “The Chaos”* and it demonstrates how difficult it is to pronounce all [...]
Science is Sexy: How Does the Body Defend Against Diseases?
January 27, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 1 commentBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] We live in a world governed not by the biggest creatures, but by the smallest. Our bodies act as vessels for all that we call “ourselves,” forming a barrier between “out there” and “in here.” While that barrier is not as simple as a wall or a single membrane, [...]
Breaking News: Giant Neutrophil Bullies Little Bacteria! [#video]
January 22, 2010 by Jimmy Rogers | 2 commentsBy Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] You can read about science all you like, but until you see it in live action you never grasp the little moments that fill you with wonder. Here is such a moment for me… This past semester my professor showed us the following video of a neutrophil (a [...]
