Awesome Cylon Birthday Cake
Yes, a Cylon birthday cake… with a shifting, glowing red eye. Now how awesome is that? [Via Neatorama]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Apple’s Schiller approves of app approvals
A senior Apple executive has refused to apologize for problems with the approval process for applications with the iPhone app store. That’s despite a combination of developers complaining that perfectly good apps get delayed or rejected, and some clearly inappropriate apps make the cut. To recap some notable decisions, Apple has said “yes” to a […]
Gamers get a very special warning
Earlier this year I worked as proofreader on a novel (Frantic Planet volume 2 by Stuart Millard) in which the protagonist’s descent into isolation begins when he finds he was the only person unaware of a major terrorist attack on his city, having missed all media coverage because he’s been too busy playing World of […]
AOL Previews New Rebranded Ugliness
You knew it was coming. Or chances are you didn’t, because the likelihood of you using AOL and reading Geeks Are Sexy are kinda slim. As Gigaom reports, and about fifteen people might have noticed, AOL is rebranding. Yes, another dinosaur of the early internet boom is going for a redesigned look, in a rather […]
A Virus Walks Into a Bar… and Other Science Jokes
In the following video, science comedian Brian Malow jokes that a virus is “the ultimate David and Goliath” when compared with humans. He then rattles off a series of hilarious science-related jokes. Enjoy! [Via BoingBoing]
Amazon’s Black Friday Sale Starts Today!
With retailers moving the start date of the shopping season earlier and earlier each year, Amazon.com has just launched the Black Friday section of their site today, helping you save hours of precious time better spent in the comfort of your own home. Who likes to be trampled by a horde of stampeding shopper who […]
Earth’s Weather as Seen from Space
NASA has just release this amazing video showing Earth’s weather from August 17 to August 26, 2009. The clip was filmed at a 7-kilometer resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model. The GEOS-5 atmospheric model was developed by NASA Goddard’s scientists. It’s based on the Earth System Modeling Framework, an open source project “for […]
One in a million video compilation
The following video will keep you sitting at the edge of your chair for the next three minutes. Hang on tight!
AT&T versus Verizon: There’s a Lawsuit for That.
So remember the Verizon “there’s a map for that” commercial that first aired during Monday Night Football last month? It only took a few weeks for AT&T to take legal action, claiming that the ad was misleading to the point of deceptive trade practice. Their complaint? Not that the spotty AT&T 3G coverage map (which […]
LinkedIn…to What?
Keep getting invites to LinkedIn? Here’s the hard truth about the so-called social job network!