When a man says he wants half a million dollars to build a steam powered computer, it’s not exactly the most conventional of funding pitches. When that same man says he wants to build the world’s first digital, programmable computer, the pitch begins to look stranger. But for John Graham-Cumming, the author of science history […]
As you might remember from last year, I’m a little nutty when it comes to Halloween. My posts from the past mostly revolved around projects, like the Borax spiders and the Brazen heads made out of turnips. And I do have some crazy and cooky, geeky projects planned for this year. So stay tuned. However, […]
I remember watching the CGI animated cartoon series ReBoot as a kid and being blown away by the quality of the animation. Of course, by today’s standards, that type of 3D modeling can be done by your average college student. I guess this is one of those “back in my day” type of things for […]
Did you know that the inside of computers were made out of cardboard and that miniature people were in charge of moving bits inside that precious box of yours? No? Well now you do! [Via Gizmodo]
Android-based phone owners, rejoice! Rovio has just released their famous Angry Birds game on the mobile platform… and the best thing about it is that they did it for free! Birds! Slingshots! Destruction! Feathers! Fun! Protect the Angry Birds and dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole their eggs. Each of the 150 […]
Look at the awesome light show that was projected upon Prague’s Old Square Astronomical clock to celebrate the clock’s 600th birthday. This is epic beyond words. Check it out: [Via BB]
It was really generous of Chuck to stay with these guys all that time to help them, because as I’m sure you all know, while some magicians can walk on water, Chuck Norris can swim through rock and land. Getting out of there would have been easy for him. [Via]
Last year, Vimeo user Ben Pluimer got an interview for a TV job, and when the employer asked him if he had ever directed or shot car chases, he said yes and later sent them this: Apparently, he didn’t get the job. Unfortunately for Ben, it looks like some people just don’t know how to […]
If life were more like the movies, we’d all have a clever phrase to utter right before everything goes dark.
I consider myself lucky to be a child of the 80s. But growing up with some of these so-called kids movies of the time was occasionally trial by fire. During that decadent decade of Reaganomics, shoulder pads, and scrunchies, it never really occurred to movie makers just how terrifying some of the scenes in their […]