First, a new cinematic for Diablo 3, and now this! This is a great day for Blizzard fans! Since we originally unveiled Heart of the Swarm back in May, we’ve continued working in secret, laboring in the dark recesses of Blizzard’s sheetrock-lined offices on the dank and gloomy coast of Southern California. We’re proud to […]
Geekery via cross stitch is one thing, but a transforming plastic canvas Optimus Prime is a completely other (more awesome?) thing altogether. Lord Libidan whipped this Autobot up using yarn on plastic canvas with some clever magnet placement to create a fully functional Transformer. Here’s Optimus ready to take on some Decipticons: And here’s the […]
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of ‘normal’ can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs. [Youtube]
The largest single cell in the human body is the egg, which is roughly the size of the period at the end of this sentence. That’s not unusual–in even the most basic biology class, students learn that individual cells are tiny little things, viewable only under high magnification. But xenophyophores break the rules a bit. […]
If you don’t have the midi-chlorians, God doesn’t want you, it’s that simple! [Youtube]
Here is a picture of [GaS] reader Truly as she walked through Brisbane, AU, on October 23rd for the Brisbane Zombie Walk. The picture was sent for our “Occupy Movement Turns Geek” post, but I liked it so much that I decided to post it on its own. Kudos to Kylie Shaw from SilverAya photography […]
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It started with a tweet last night – nothing but a link, from Nathan Fillion, pointing to a webpage that contains only a movie poster. “Much Ado About Nothing,” it announces, “A Film by Joss Whedon, Based on a Play.” With a list of actors – a very familiar list of actors, many of whom […]
As Deckard Cain’s niece, Leah, struggles to make sense of her uncle’s mysterious and disturbing notations, she bears witness to a dark vision. Azmodan, Lord of Sin, towers over the fragile young woman, swearing his armies of the burning Hells shall pour forth into Sanctuary, ravishing the world and all hope of resistance. [Diablo III]
It only takes a moment’s thought to realize Facebook stores a fair amount of personal data about its users. But one man has made a formal complaint after discovering the site had kept more than a thousand pages of information about him, even though he’d “deleted” most of it. Austrian Max Schrems has complained to […]