How do you outgeek the creation of a motion-control TV remote that operates like a magic wand? Why, you turn it into a Sonic Screwdriver. The BBC’s commercial arm has announced a deal with The Wand Company to produce a Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote. Ironically it was the BBC that helped the company come to […]
Nerdvana. Geek Mecca. The Place of Hopes and Dreams. San Diego Comic Con. The ultimate pilgrimage for geeks world-wide kicked off last night with a the annual Preview Night, attended by professionals and a few thousand lucky general pass holders. It’s the night where you can get the jump on all the wicked exclusives put […]
These incredible drawings of cats by Paul Lung on first glance (and second, and third) look like photographs. But this talented artist actually laboured 40-60 hours on each of these masterpieces with only a mechanical pencil. Achieving such incredibly realistic texture and depth just stuns me. Especially since my drawings of cats regularly amount to […]
To publicize and honor her feminist fantasy novel launching on Kickstarter, The Girl Who Would be King, Kelly Thompson has been collecting images of kickass heroines for 30 days – the duration of her Kickstarter. On July 8th, day 14 of her 30-day heroine binge, she featured our favourite khaleesi. And she’s gathered some pretty […]
To celebrate the 50th year since the first LEGO block landed on their chunk of the world, Australia is going all out with a year-long “Festival of Play.” They’ve got a whole heap of activities going on for the celebrations, mostly based in Sydney, including an awesome complete LEGO brick scale model of Rome’s Colosseum! […]
The biggest hit of San Diego Comic Con’s Preview Night is the mad dash to get as many exclusive toys and swag as possible. With over a hundred things to choose from, it can be overwhelming. Here’s my top 10 picks for what to look for this year. Kotobukiya’s Bishoujo Series Black Widow w/ Hawkeye […]
At a fan event hosted for the 20th anniversary of the Sailor Moon franchise, creator Naoko Takeuchi and publisher Kodansha announced a new animated TV series coming in 2013. The original voice actors for Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask were at the event, but it was not said if they would be reprising their roles. […]
An oldie but a goodie – someone had the genius to splice the Cantina band from Star Wars with LMFAO’s “Every Day I’m Shufflin.” Now I wanna see a remixed version!
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to cross paths with Alex James and Sean May from Nerds with Guitars when they performed at the Launch Party for Hammer Comics in Hamilton, Ontario. After watching them perform, we swept them away from the raving fans to sit and chat. Alex and Sean met through […]
Hank gets into the dirty details behind our lying ways – how such behavior evolved, how pathological liars are different from the rest of us, and how scientists are getting better at spotting lies in many situations. [scishow]