YouTuber mrfreshbeats combined some great footage of various NASA space missions with audio from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s talk on what NASA means to America’s future. Relevant, considering the current position of the US government against one of the first goals of its NASA agency. [Source]
In the following talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses America’s Fear of Numbers as well as other things at The Amazing Meeting 2011 in Las Vegas. [Youtube]
Hey sexy geeks! We have two new official Geeks are Sexy t-shirts fresh out of the press that we think you guys will absolutely fall in love with. It’s no joke, these are the best ones we’ve released so far… well… apart from that “Force be with you” one, of course! Check ’em out: –Boba […]
If you’re casting a movie about geeks, make sure you cast some geeks. It’s a good rule to follow, and clearly one IndieVest Pictures took to heart when assembling players for their LARPcentric new feature film, Knights of Badassdom. If a movie about live-action role playing, magic and plenty of that substandard female armor–starring actors […]
An anti-smoking PSAs from the late 70s featuring R2-D2 ad C-3PO [Youtube]
When it comes to customizing toys, this guy’s got the right idea: put as much awesomeness into one little vinyl character as possible. What does said awesomeness entail? Oh, an LCD monitor and working NES, and a Tesla plasma ball maybe. And steampunk, too, complete with soldered seams and weathered gold paint. There are several […]
You’ve seen Lesson 1 back in May, now, our friends from Star Trek: Infinite Space are back with lesson two. Check it out: Thanks Matthias!
Chris Squink (Squink!) is a graphic designer and painter in Dronfield, UK. His custom sculpted toys are a nice blend of dark and lovable, combining elements like sad, laquered eyes with, oh I dunno, dead birds and stuff. Creepy! And adorable. These images are from his gallery and Facebook page and are all in private […]
Back in 1977, geek heroes Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan headed up the team that created the golden record — gold-plated copper disc that serves as a sort of time capsule for Earth, in the event that some alien species finds and explores the Voyager probe as it wanders out past Pluto’s orbit and into […]
Without wishing to stereotype, it’s hardly unheard of for merchandise in the Far East to be unlicensed imitations of products featuring Western brands. But it appears a new benchmark has been set with an entirely fake Apple store in China. The store was found by a blogger living in Kunming, in the southwest of the […]