Corgi Dressed As Serenity from Firefly [Picture]
This makes a great addition to Warming Glow’s 101 Halloween corgis post we featured last weekend. [Via]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Spectacular Science: The Lifecycle of a Mushroom [Video]
Thomas Beg‘s super-informative and eerily familiar short animation, Spectacular Science: The Lifecycle of a Mushroom, is admittedly “inspired by 1920’s animation such as the Silly Symphonies series and other early Walt Disney shorts.” But it goes a bit further than Mickey’s steamboat trip downriver–this little animation is packed full of information about the lifecycle of Amanita muscaria, […]
The Royal Data Throne [Pictures]
A toilet made of circuit boards? Why not. We’ve got one that costs a cool six Gs (still saving up, sigh) and there’s always the one-of-a-kind Cylon tp dispenser to round out your bathroom geekery. (Un?)fortunately, the Royal Data Throne is just a sculpture. At a foot tall and just five inches wide, the mini-toilet comes […]
HDTV turns 75
The world’s first regular high-definition television broadcast took place 75 years ago. Of course it wasn’t 720 lines, but it was arguably the birth of what we know as television today. The broadcast came from Alexandra Palace (pictured) in London on November 2nd, 1936. It came seven years after the first broadcasts aimed at a […]
Run For Your Lives in a Zombie-Infested 5K
Some of you might be runners. Others might wonder why on earth you would want to run if nothing’s chasing you. Here’s a race for all of you! Run For Your Lives is part 5k race, part obstacle course, part zombie apocalypse training ground. Taking place in cities across the U.S. next year (currently Atlanta, […]
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) Trailer [VIDEO]
As I’m writing this, the first official GTA V (Grand Theft Auto V) trailer is going to be available in barely a minute! Edit: Thoughts? :)
The #SciFund Challenge: Crowdfunding for Science
Science funding is a little hard to come by in the US as of late. The good news is that in this Age of the Internet, the opportunity to help researchers get the support they need is just a click away. The SciFund Challenge is best described as Kickstarter for scientists: research teams post their […]
Geektastic Legend of Zelda Rap [Video]
Deku nuts FTW! :) [Via Topless Robot]
How Much Does the Internet Weigh? [Video]
Did you know that the Internet (apparently) weighs about 50 grams? I didn’t! [vsauce]
Where are We Going?: A Beautiful Time-Lapse Video by David Coiffier
[GAS] friend and professional cameraman, editor, and videographist David Coiffier has just released a new time-lapse video showing some beautiful footage of Paris and its surrounding area. Check it out! Merci David!