Put a Spark into your Presentations with Ignite

If you’ve sat through many presentations, you’ll know there are two common problems with them: over-long ones, and others where the speaker pauses and plays about with his Powerpoint slides before explaining each one in excruciating detail. Both those problems go out the window in a format being celebrated across the planet this week. Ignite […]



Wednesday Geeky Pics: Geeky Hats

This one’s kind of self explanatory, folks. When you’re feeling geeky, put on your geek hat. Here are a few to choose from… Mudkip, I choose you! (It should be noted that the Poke-fan in this picture isn’t afraid of getting bird flu, he’s just being anonymous). – icantcu (CC)

HBO Says Winter is Coming: A Game of Thrones Heads to TV

It’s been a while since I was this excited about a new television show with swords. I mean, granted I enjoy Legend of the Seeker but I can’t say it’s exactly, um, the highest quality out there. Sure, the fight scenes are amazing, but I’m admittedly not the biggest Terry Goodkind fan in the world. […]

Cool 3D Art: Paradoxymoron

One of Patrick Hughes’s many cool 3D paintings, “Paradoxymoron, currently hangs in the basement of the British Library, in London. For those interested in having a look at other pieces by Mr. Hugues, be sure to visit his official website. Hughes’ work is full of irony. By creating a world solidified into perspective he makes […]

Invisible ink comes to the iPhone

In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandals, a new iPhone app named TigerText allows you to send and receive text messages which can’t be traced later on. Or at least that’s how the story goes, but that story isn’t quite accurate. The app doesn’t actually involve sending SMS messages over the phone network. Instead, […]

The Dork Anthem: Yeah, I Believe in Magic!

When I stumbled on this this morning, I though that it would be another poorly composed amateur nerd-themed song, but boy was I wrong. Dave and Brian‘s “The Dork Anthem” has to be one of the most awesome music video I’ve listened to so far this year. I only have one problem with the name […]

GeekFest Montreal + Giveaway!

I’m not sure how many of you are aware that even though most of [GaS]’s contributors and readers come from the United States, this blog is actually being managed from Canada, more specifically from the region of Montreal, Quebec. So to help out the local geek community, I decided to officialy sponsor one of Montreal’s […]