Microsoft says it’s found a way to cut the bandwidth needed for cloud-based gaming by 80 percent. It shifts part of the work to the user’s device, so results will likely be variable. The company has been working with researchers at Duke University and has come up with a tool named Kahawai, the Hawaiian word for “stream.” […]
From Youtuber gazorra: Riker gets his own TV show, and some of it will haunt your dreams (nightmares). [gazorra]
I would say, “don’t hold your breath,” but unlike other attempts by Fox, it APPEARS as if this is going to happen. Fox tried to make a LOEG TV show a few years ago — emphasis on ‘tried.’ But hey, third time’s the charm, right? Fox is sure hoping so, as they hand the reins […]
Orson Welles was an enigmatic, mercurial, and idiosyncratic man, but he was nothing short of a genius, making him arguably THE best filmmaker that has ever lived. And if you know anything about Welles, you also know that he lived a life full that was full of bad luck — and that’s putting it mildly. […]
Yes, you read that title correctly. While it may not be the hoverboard we were all wishing for when we first saw Back to the Future 2, this is about as close as we have come yet. Jeez, I didn’t even know this thing existed and people are already breaking records on the thing? Man, […]
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The Kitchen Overlord herself, Chris-Rachael Oseland, is a huge geek. HUGE. She’s published cookbooks centered around The Lord of the Rings, “Settlers of Catan,” Steampunk, and her Dining with the Doctor sold over 20,000 copies in less than two years. But as she puts it: It wasn’t the cookbook she wanted to make, so she’s […]
David Hasselhoff’s K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand) will be auctioned off on May 30th, 2015 by Christies as part of the Gumball 3000 motor rally. The car is a modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, but unfortunately, it’s no Google car and won’t start talking to you if you ever shell out the six figure […]
Literally dozens of media outlets and writers have penned amazing and humorous and insightful articles on “the feminism of Mad Max: Fury Road.” Never failing in its duty and pop culture relevance, tumblr has also done its part, becoming home to ‘Feminist Mad Max‘ memes, a playful, yet still serious, send-up of those “Hey Girl” […]
So I get an email last week from a guy named Martin Raynsford. Seems he saw my post about the flamethrower guy from Fury Road. That very post ended with me saying: someone please make an action figure of this, stat! While Martin may not have had the means to do that, he came pretty […]