In anticipation of the general release of Windows 7 on October 22, Microsoft has published a Windows 7 Personality Quiz (via Ina). Don’t you have to wonder what Windows 7 personality you are? Will you be “Bloated”, “Overhyped”, or “BSOD?” Let’s examine this little survey, because one of our favorite activities here on [GAS] is [...]
This guy has to be the greatest storyteller of all time. Watch: Proof that a great story will get you out of almost any situations, whether you’re caught naked in the closet of a married women by his angry husband or not.
Ok folks, for those who’ve been with us for a while, you surely remember that Intel Rock Star ad featuring Ajay Bhatt, the co-creator of the USB technology, we posted a while ago, right? Well, apparently, the dude featured in the ad was not Ajay, but an actor looking somewhat like him. So when Conan [...]
Obviously, no serious schools would use something like this as their answering machine message, but when taken with a pinch of salt, you have to admit that the whole thing is pretty darn hilarious.
As part of its Electric Revolution series, the UK’s BBC has shown a fact-based drama, Micro Men, looking at the early 80s period when Britain was arguably leading the world in home computing. The heart of the story was the personal rivalry between Clive Sinclair (Alexander Armstrong, pictured above right) and Chris Curry (Martin Freeman, [...]
Thanks John! [Via IMgur]
Last week we brought you our picks for the five sexiest female geeks from the United Kingdom. Two of those on our list have noted their placing in Twitter posts with Victoria Coren saying “I’m prouder of that than I have been of anything since I won Best Cake at the 2005 Clacton Festival” and [...]
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For the new parents among you who wish to creep everyone out at the upcoming halloween, let us present you: the Lil’ Vampire Baby Pacifier! Now, with the Lil’ Vampire Baby Pacifier, your little one will be the talk of the town as the first vampire newborn most trick or treater will have ever seen! [...]
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What happens when you combine two of the most implausible time travel movies of all time into one great trailer? This is what happens:
A man who cracked his knuckles every day for 60 years and a team who made a convertible bra/gas mask have won Nobel prizes. Scratch that. They’ve won Ig Nobel prizes. The real prizes established by Alfred Nobel’s will are to be presented over the next couple of weeks. However, as has now been traditional [...]