Breakdancing to Classical Music [Video]
Beautiful. Just beautiful. [Via Buzzfeed]
Category Archives: Culture
The Many Faces of Batman [Animated GIF]
Lewis Wilson (Batman, 1943) Robert Lowery (Batman & Robin, 1949) Adam West (Batman, 1966-1968) Michael Keaton (Batman, Batman Returns, 1989 – 1992) Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm, Justice League, Batman Beyond & Batman video game series 1992 – Current) Val Kilmer (Batman Forever, 1995) George Clooney (Batman & Robin, […]
Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Ashamed to Love Harry Potter
With the penultimate Harry Potter film looming just around the corner, I am yet again reminded of the degrees of fandom in our community. While I’d like to say that geeks are entirely welcoming to all stripes of fans, over the years I’ve detected certain fandom hierarchies within geekery. And perhaps no fandom has stirred […]
Computer virus costs man $6 million
Did you hear the one about the computer virus that was part of an Opus Dei plot? It’s no joke for a New York couple who appear to have been scammed out of $6 million after falling for the ultimate tall tale, which all began in 2004 when they took a computer to a repair […]
Retro Geek Rock: A Look Back at Moxy Früvous
These days there are more nerd rock bands than you can shake an Atari joystick at. From nerdcore to geek rock, it’s clear that the geek vibe has infiltrated the music scene as well as the movie and literary scenes. But it wasn’t always that way. When I was in high school in the mid-90s, […]
Thoughts on Going PC: A Decade-Long Mac User Makes Peace with Microsoft
My post from a few weeks ago, detailing why I’d decided to switch to a PC from a Mac, really got some of your blood boiling. While there were a few folks utterly aghast at my decision to nix the shiny world of Apple for the starker, more sterile world of Microsoft, on the whole, […]
Happy Carl Sagan Day Everyone!
Hey everyone, today is Carl Sagan Day! To celebrate his legacy at the 76th anniversary of his birth (November 9, 1934), and to increase public involvement in the excitement of astronomy and space exploration, a local coalition of science and reason-based organizations announces the SECOND ANNUAL CARL SAGAN DAY, NOV. 6 2010. [Carl Sagan Day […]
Zombie Outbreak Battle Royale [Video]
To promote their upcoming Humans vs. Zombies battle royale, students at SUNY Geneseo have released this totally epic trailer showing how the day at the event is typically spent. Check it out: [Via Gizmodo | Official Site]
Shepherd Gets His Own Book
Halloween 2010: GAS’s Facebook Fans Costume Picture Compilation
Yesterday, when we asked our Facebook fans to send in pictures of their Halloween costumes, we never thought that so many would participate! While we simply can’t post them all (there was waaaayyyy to many for that), we can at least feature a few of the ones we liked best, just like the one above […]