Part of being a geek is an unending quest for information. While not all of us are scientists, even in our daily lives we seek answers. We apply logic and reason to even the most simple tasks. Part of it, I think, is that we believe information can help us better understand our world. And […]
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We’re pretty sure most of you have played rock paper scissors at least once in your lives, and maybe a few have even tried rock paper scissors lizard spock, but what about monkey pirate robot ninja zombie? Here’s how the game goes: Monkey * Monkey fools Ninja * Monkey unplugs Robot Suggested noise: ee-ee-eek! Robot […]
So you’ve seen the Circle of No Life, which may apply to a few of you, but for us professional bloggers, the circle is a little different. Check it out: For a few people, the items on the circle may be positioned a little differently, and there may even be one or two things missing, […]
Sentiment analysis is tricky anyway, even with thousands of words to mine for “positive” or “negative” indicators and top-notch machine learning and natural language researchers on the case. Of course, distilling a sample down into 140 characters or less suddenly makes that tricky problem much trickier – which is why sentiment analysis for Twitter is […]
According to National Geographic, scientists suspect that volcanic ash from Iceland may have colored our moon a pale red this past Saturday during an eclipse. While not a total eclipse, the show in the sky began at dawn in North America, in the central and western part, that is. Those of us on the East […]
Yep, looks about right to me… unless you’re a Mac user, of course! ;) [Via Geekologie]
A British company says it has found a way to make mobile broadband work better even in remote rural locations. Deltenna has produced a device known as WiBE (Wireless Broadband Enabler) which works much like the better-known MiFi by taking a 3G signal and then passing it on as a Wi-Fi hotspot, meaning the signal […]
See what AT-ATs do when they’re not being used to battle the Rebellion! Animation by Patrick Boivin, who brought us Iron Baby and the Mandalorian Dance. [via reddit]
Lego blocks: playtime mainstay for industrious kids, obsession for many (ahem!) mature adults. In the following video, Hillel Cooperman takes us on a trip through the beloved bricks’ colorful, sometimes oddball grownup subculture, featuring CAD, open-source robotics and a little adult behavior.