According to a recent survey of parents using social media, 55% say they’re only on Facebook and Twitter to monitor their children’s online activities, with another 5% admitting they’d do the same–if they knew how. Eleven percent of parents polled set up their Facebook accounts purely to “snoop” on Jim and Jane, 15-percent have tried […]
K.C. has the oldest piece of computer hardware I’ve ever seen–a modem from 1964-5, complete with finely crafted wooden case. It’s got a good 20 years on me, and it still works. The story goes like this: Background: This modem was given to me ~1989 by the widow of a retired (IBM?) engineer. Computerhistory.org has […]
If you’re curious about things like where your Internet service comes from or what a giant system of cables that spans the globe looks like, it’s your lucky day. Compiled by Greg Mahlknecht using resources he found on the internet, this map shows the major pipes flowing to and from all major countries by way […]
Ever heard of Tulalip? You have now, and so have millions of others, thanks to a slip by a Microsoft Research team. It seems J.B. of Fusible was looking for information about the purchase of Social.com when he came across the splash page for a social/design project on socl.com; it was removed almost immediately, but not before […]
I never got into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but apparently Youtuber lara6683 is a fan, because she made this video of herself playing the theme song while in the Pink Ranger costume. A few months ago we caught lara6638 playing violin and Dance Dance Revolution at the same time. Now, if she wore the Power Ranger […]
Here in the very fancy Geeks Are Sexy home office, Alan Tudyk is a frequent topic of conversation. It’s like Firefly TeenBeat up in here. That’s why this recent announcement from (sigh, swoon) Nathan Fillion had us all a-giggle: So check out @alan_tudyk on Twitter, and tell him all the girls here at Geeks Are […]
If you’ve peeked inside the door at Google+ but still don’t know where to sit or what to do with your hands, Simon Laustsen has laid out a couple of super-useful cheat sheets to get you started. >
C’mon, Domino’s guy. Just hungry he is. By Jim Benton via G.TDW.
Science has long been a field dominated heavily by men, so seeing the first Google Science Fair award its highest honors to three young women with an interest in the workings of biology gave me a serious case of warm fuzzies. The top three awards, one in each age group, and an overall Grand Prize […]
You may have heard that Google+ started culling accounts – businesses first, which didn’t seem like such an awful thing since they’re promising special support for business accounts in the future. But now the crackdown has extended to pseudonyms as well – that’s right, now you have to use your real name on both Plus […]