Category Archives: General


Google goes back to the stone age – Happy Birthday, Flintstones!

Yes Folks, the Flintstones are celebrating their 50th anniversary today, and to mark the occasion, Google has changed the logo on their home page with a Flintstones doodle. Happy birthday Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, and Dino! The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. […]

Star Wars Going 3D, Starting With Episode I

Just when you thought Jar-Jar Binks couldn’t possibly be any more annoying: Lucasfilm has announced that the Star Wars films are going 3D. Yes, the latest Hollywood trend seems to have infected the folks over at Lucasfilm, and why not? Seems as if there’s been plenty of movies in the last two years that have […]

Metroid’s Samus Goes Burlesque

One of geekdom’s ultimate fantasy women, Metroid star Samus Aran, was recently seen in various stages of undress at a burlesque show in L.A. For those of you with sensitive eyes, don’t worry, you won’t see Samus (as performed by Courtney Cruz of The Devil’s Playground) completely naked in this post, just very lightly clad. […]

Awesome: AntWorks Illuminated Ant Farm

Now this is REALLY cool. The AntWorks ant farm lets you watch your ants as they dig their way through unexplored territories. The kit includes a removable LED Illuminator with power adaptor, nutrient gel, magnifying glass, extreme zoom lens, ant catching/tunnel starting tool, and an instruction booklet. [Fascinations AntWorks Illuminated Blue – $24 on Amazon.com]