Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters [Movie Trailer]
15 years after their traumatic gingerbread-house incident, siblings Hansel and Gretel have become a formidable team of bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. [Via]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Game of Thrones Cover: One Voice, One Violin, 140 Tracks [Video]
A few months after releasing their totally epic Interpretation of Skyrim’s main theme, Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens are back with yet another amazing cover of one of today’s most popular TV Series. Enjoy! [Peter Hollens]
Pioneers! O (Space) Pioneers! A Walt Whitman + NASA Mashup
Surely there’s a sizeable portion of geekdom who loves both literature and space as much as I do. There seems to be at least one other person, because this exists: A video montage of awesome NASA footage set to the soundtrack of Walt Whitman reading his poem, “Pioneers! O Pioneers!” [brainpickings]
Awesome Science Stuff That Happened Today [Sep 6]
It was a good day for science-loving geeks everywhere. Today’s big science haps, in no particular order: A new look at DNA says there’s no such thing as junk in the trunk [image] Assuming you call the human genome “the trunk.” ENCODE – the Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements – is a project that starts where […]
Modern Warfare Soldier Returns Home [Video Parody]
It’s terrible, sending our young, gamer-geek cadets out into cyberspace to fight, die and re-spawn, over and over again. It’s so inspiring to see them come back from their sofas, smelling like aged milk and enjoying real food with their families, after suffering their fast-food rations for far too long. [Via College Humor]
Periodic Table Wall Graphics – with QR codes!
Artist Yiying Lu just sent me this really cool QR-enabled Periodic table of the Elements she recently created, which she is offering in PDF format for free on her website. A smart kid with a smart phone and our new Periodic Table can learn the fundamentals of chemistry. My design includes 131 embedded QR links […]
R2-D2 Suitcase
Who better to have as a travelling companion than trusty old R2-D2? I doubt this is actually an officially licensed Star Wars merchandise bag (hence why it’s called “robot trolley”) but it has four polycarbonate wheels – which means you can send it gliding down the slick tiles of a modern airport while making beeping […]
“Real-Life” Assassin’s Creed! [Vid]
Parkour, meet ‘Assassin’s Creed.’ ‘Assassin’s Creed,’ meet Parkour. Both of you, meet Ronnie Shalvis. [Via Geekologie]
Programming a Core Subject from Grade 1 in Estonia
Imagine a world where learning the language of computers was a fundamental subject in our education alongside mathematics, languages and sciences. If you think about it, that is actually the world we live in today: programming pervades almost every profession out there to some extent or another, and having a basic understanding of how software […]
Attention, Future “Dexters”: Blood-Splattered Murals Without the Mess
Want the look of blood on your walls, but don’t want to go through the hassle of murder or the messiness of wet blood? Then these printed wallpaper murals by Pixers are made with you in mind! [Via Pixers]