Rise and Fall of the Nazi Dinosaurs
If the title isn’t enough guy bait to pull you in, be aware that this is a stop-motion video made with toys. [Via I-Am-Bored]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Dot Com Time Capsule: The Oldest Domains
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] TG Daily brings us a list of the 100 oldest .com, .org, .net, and .edu domains. The first, symbolic.com, was registered 24 years ago this month. Some unsurprising names also topping the list are xerox.com, ibm.com, and intel.com. Stargate.com is 25th, but it looks like the science fiction fans […]
Signs: Office Geeks in Love
Thanks to my new-found pal Patrick Dion, French blogger extraordinaire, I stumbled on Signs, a simple short film about love and communication in the cold, harsh world that is the life of a single, friendless office geek. My guess is that the ladies among you will particularly appreciate this. It’s a great way to start […]
Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth Monday
At 5:45 a.m. (EST) Monday, an asteroid (DD45) with a diameter of 60 to 150 feet nearly crashed into Earth. The space rock sped past the planet at a distance of 49,000 miles, about one-fifth of the distance separating us from the moon and only two times as far as some satellites currently orbiting Earth. […]
The Longest Slide in the World
It may or may not be the longest slide in the world… I don’t really care. I just want to ride this thing… badly! [Via Gizmodo]
Star Trek 2009 Full Theatrical Trailer
Yep folks, the full theatrical trailer for the new Star Trek movie has just been released. Enjoy! From director J.J. Abrams (“Mission: Impossible III,” “Lost” and “Alias”) and screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (“Transformers,” “MI: III”) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, “Star Trek,” featuring a young, new […]
Institution of Engineering and Technology: Don’t Feed the Monkeys!
A funny clip promoting the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Thanks Georgina!
World Builder: Star Trek’s Holodeck – Remixed
Created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, the award winning short “World Builder” paints the story of a strange man who builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves. The whole movie was shot in just a single day, but it took a whopping 2 years of post-production time to bring the production to […]
Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle Will Drive You Insane
If you’re the kind of person who has trouble solving a Rubik’s Cute, then the following will probably turn you quite mad. The Petaminx is a face turning dodecahedral puzzle with 4 slices per face. It was completely custom-made by Jason Smith of PuzzleForge.com, who will be putting it for auction later this week on […]
Likaholix: new recommendation engine enters private beta
Two former Google employees, Bindu Reddy and Arvind Sundararajan, have launched a private beta of a new recommendation site named likaholix. You can request a beta account from the site. It took 14 minutes for my invitation to hit my GMail account. The sign up process was quick and easy, and the site is pretty […]