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Wednesday Geeky Pics: Robots!
November 18, 2009 by Casey | 1 commentWith the popularity of both the kick-ass (Transformers) and adorable (WALL-E) variety, robots are kind of hot right now. But even the really imaginative kind aren’t just on the big screen or in the future; in fact, you might find them in some strange places…
Just because you don’t have a stomach doesn’t mean you [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Emoticons in the Wild
November 11, 2009 by Casey | 1 commentSince I was recently thinking about emoticons, I thought I’d see what the photographers on Flickr have to offer on the subject. After all, emoticons aren’t just for IMs and text messages anymore. Here are some other places where people have spotted a ;-) or a :-) or maybe even a >:( .
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Wednesday Geeky Pics: Halloween 2009
November 4, 2009 by Casey | 2 commentsHalloween is over, which means you’ve got an entire year to come up with a new costume. Want some early inspiration? Check out some of these pictures from last week’s parade of geek-friendly costumes.
Lightsaber safety tip: Do not ingest. So Luke, uh, your little green buddy there, the one that’s gnawing on his [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Amazon Kindle in the Wild
October 21, 2009 by Casey | 0 commentsWith the announcement that Barnes and Noble is attempting to grab some of Amazon’s e-reader market share with their “Nook,” a competitor to the Kindle, I thought I’d dig up some bookworms with Kindles in their natural environments. I don’t have one myself, but there is something rather appealing about having something so thin [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Have you read any banned books lately?
September 30, 2009 by Casey | 3 commentsBy Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
As with the last week of September every year, it is Banned Books Week, which is about celebrating the freedom to read. The American Library Association (ALA) compiles a list of the most challenged books every year, and the 2008 list includes quite a variety, from Philip Pullman’s The Dark [...]
Reader Geeky Pics: Show Us Your Desk!
September 28, 2009 by Casey | 0 commentsOur teapot blowing contest was such a success that here at [GAS] we realized a couple of things: (a) you guys are very photogenic and don’t mind showing it; and (b) if you’re willing to take a picture of yourself blowing into a teapot, then getting some more mundane geekiness out of you should be [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Computer Science Buildings
September 16, 2009 by Casey | 1 commentYou may have seen photographs of the Stata Center at MIT. It was designed by Frank Gehry and looks more like a giant art installation than a building at a university. However, having spent quite a bit of time in computer science buildings at various universities myself, I’ve noticed that many of them [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Dragon*Con 2009
September 9, 2009 by Casey | 0 commentsBy Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
I had the geeky joy of spending last weekend at Dragon*Con in Atlanta. It’s known for being one of the best cons for costumes, probably because it’s so broad – everything from the traditional Klingons to the crazygothpunk to the increasingly trendy steampunk (and of course, obligatory Stormtroopers). I’m [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Origami
September 2, 2009 by Casey | 1 commentOrigami – the traditional Japanese art of paper folding – is something that a geek could really get into. It’s all about visual math, and problem-solving, but with that artistic nuance as well. The origami artists below came up with some very cool designs, which we can definitely appreciate, and most of them [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Bugs!
August 19, 2009 by Casey | 3 commentsLet’s go old school geeky for a moment. Did you have a bug collection when you were a kid? I did, briefly for a class project, but then decided that I’d rather see them alive and flying around than pinned to a board. Of course, who needs a board when you’ve got a camera? [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Geeky Arts & Crafts
August 12, 2009 by Casey | 0 commentsThis week we bring you offerings from the craftier geeks among us. As the owner of a twelve-foot-long crocheted Doctor Who scarf, I have a lot of appreciation for this kind of work.
127.0.0.1 is where the heart is. It’s nice to know that some people can still cross stitch a proper love letter. – [...]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Edible Pacman
August 5, 2009 by Casey | 2 commentsOne of my favorite things about Flickr is that you discover the strange yet common things that people photograph. In this case, it turns out that a popular subject is Pacman-inspired food. Understandable, perhaps; haven’t you ever looked at a pizza with a single slice out of it and wanted to see it [...]
