RSS is Dead; Long Live RSS!

By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Steve Gillmor says that RSS is dead.   As a member of the RSS Advisory Board, I feel compelled to inform Mr. Gillmor that his pronouncement is a bit premature. Gillmor’s point seems to be that people no longer directly consume RSS feeds through their feed readers – that […]



Beatles For Sale

Rock Band players who want the full experience for the next installment of the game had better get saving now. If you want John, Paul, George and Ringo, you’ll need Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin and Benjamin – and Ulysses Grant in the Yoko role. The game by itself will cost $59, but it’s now been revealed […]

Rocket Launch Tonight – Look Out Eastern US!

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Seems that this week’s science stories are all going to the physicists.  Between 8:00PM and 11:00PM (EST) TONIGHT, a “Minotaur I” rocket should be visible to the entire Eastern seaboard of the United States.  It is being launched from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia (the state where I […]



Twitter, Tea, and the End of the World

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] As far as well-known authors embracing social networking go, Neil Gaiman has been right up there, a popular blogger since 2001 (and yes, I do rather love John Scalzi, who definitely beat him to the punch, but we’re talking pure star power here). Now he’s taking Twitter by storm, […]

Science is Sexy: Will the Large Hadron Collider Blow Us Up?

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Maybe you’ve heard about the recent controversy over the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.  This device, probably the most complex machine ever devised by man, has been the focus of much debate because of its potential to do two things. Be an enormous waste of money Create a black […]

New G.I. Joe Movie Trailer is an orgy of exaggerated, awesome visual effects

Explosions, guns, gadgets, ninjas, over-muscled, steroid-pumped heroes? Hell yeah! G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra could possibly be one of the most awaited summer movie for geeks who grew up in the 80’s. From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation […]

Kindle finds a mature audience

According to one estimate, half of all Kindle owners are aged 50 or above. The sampling method was far from scientific, but if anything, could have understated the proportion of older users. The figure comes via the Kindle Culture blog, which analyzed responses to a thread in the official Amazon Kindle forum asking how old […]

Surgical Masks Now an Accessory?

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] So you’ve been wandering around town all day in your plain, boring surgical mask.  Don’t you wish it matched your swanky clothes?  Would you prefer it if it frightened nearby children?  Well never fear, the internet can once again solve all your problems! Gizmodo has reported on these awesome […]