By Miss Cellania Contributing Writer, [GAS] This is obviously a case of preaching to the choir, but you might want to send this to your friends people you know family members. You can help! Check out Befriend A Geek. This Christmas over 1 million geeks around the globe will sit lonely in their bedrooms, misunderstood […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Of all the liquids out there, tequila is one that has some interesting properties. Not the least of these properties is the power to get you mightily drunk. What you might not have known is that it can make some mighty fine jewelry as well. This according to scientists […]
Throughout the brief history of the web, we’ve seen various attempts to make the browsing experience more interactive: Java applets, JavaScript (and AJAX techniques), ActiveX, Flash, and Silverlight to name a few. All of the above except for ActiveX achieve a certain level of security from malicious code through the use of runtime-interpreted languages. The interpreter […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] In the late nineties, I was obsessed with the online game Acrophobia, produced by Berkeley Systems, the same guys who put together You Don’t Know Jack. It’s a simple idea for a game: given a seven letter acronymn, you come up with what the letters stand for. Usually there’s […]
Written and produced by Dj Mayhem and featuring the vocal skills (if we can call them that) of Mc. Mouthmaster Murf, the following RoboCop rap tribute took a very relaxed nine months to complete. At 10 minutes, it’s a bit long, but if you were a kid in the 80’s, it should bring back some […]
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] Hackers love to play cat and mouse with security firms. A case in point is the current Internet Explorer 7 unpatched vulnerability being exploited worldwide. On Tuesday, hackers waited until Microsoft released their monthly patches before revealing an undisclosed vulnerability in the web browser software, giving villains the maximum amount […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] So far, comics have been a very underutilized media for the iPhone, but it looks like publishers might be considering that option for electronic distribution more and more. Most recently, IDW has released “Star Trek Archives: The Best of Peter David No. 1.” It costs 99 cents through iTunes, […]
Now this is absolutely awesome! If you’re the type of person who likes to play pranks upon others, you’ll definitely want to get your hands on this little guy. Hitman Hal is a tiny motion activated hitman that will bring a bit of surprise in the lives of your friends or co-workers. Just hide him […]
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Whether discussing the universe’s origin as host of NOVA’s “scienceNOW” or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on “The Colbert Report,” astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe’s complexities for a broad audience. In the following hilarious (and interesting) video presentation, Tyson explains what would happen if a large asteroid would hit earth, […]