Advanced DOS Strategies
A quick flashback into to the world of DOS: … and don’t forget folks, always format the B: drive, not the C: drive! [Via BuzzFeed]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Watermelon VS. High-Voltage Capacitor
I don’t think we really need to specify that doing this at home is NOT recommended! [Via TechEblog]
Gleek like me
Part of me knows that “Glee” is an attempt by the Fox Network to tap into the High School Musical craze brought forth by Disney a few years ago. Part of me is resistant to such a marketing ploy. But the other part of me, the one who once dreamed of singing “On My Own” […]
The Empire Strikes Barack
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. The Force is strong in this one. This was taken during a photo op to promote Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. You can see Photoshop treatments in the comments at Gawker and at Buzzfeed. And everywhere else on the ‘net soon!
3D Short of the Day: Distraxion
Produced by animator Mike Stern, Distraxion is a short film about a guy living through a very tough night at the office. Enjoy!
Geeks are Sexy Official T-Shirts!
Hi everyone! Just a quick post to let you know about our new official t-shirt! Designed by [GaS] reader Autumn Rain Turkel, the design of this shirt was partly inspired by John Hughes’s 1980s-classic Weird Science. By purchasing one of our shirts, you’ll be helping us in our never ending quest to spread geekiness worldwide […]
Nearness
Holy Moley, it’s a wireless Rube Goldberg contraption. Nearness, by Jack Schulze and Timo Arnall uses RFID chips to activate each step. The film Nearness explores interacting without touching. With RFID it’s proximity that matters, and actual contact isn’t necessary. Much of Timo’s work in the Touch project addresses the fictions and speculations in the […]
The life, lyrics, and love of John Keats on the big screen
Literary geeks, rejoice! They’ve made a film about John Keats. I’m a Romantic poetry fangirl, I totally admit it. As a young English geek (and later, English major geek) I came across the Romantics in high school, and up until that point I had never read anything so profound. The language was so beautiful, the […]
The Most Dangerous Way to Light a Grill – Ever
If you think lighting your oldschool grill takes too much time, check how this guy manages to do it in less than 30 seconds: [Via PopSci]
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Computer Science Buildings
You 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 tend to […]