By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] The common cry among those concerned about violence in videogames and sex on the Internet seems to be: think of the children! Kids might be growing up fast these days, but that doesn’t mean they’re growing up bad; in fact, a lot of them are growing up to be […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Query: What separates man from ape? Perhaps the same thing that separates journalist from blogger. In his 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur, Andrew Keen analogized T.H. Huxley’s “infinite monkey theorem” to the rise of Web 2.0. If you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, one of them […]
A claim that the annual costs of piracy to the software industry has topped $50 billion for the first time highlights a major flaw in the way such ‘costs’ are estimated. According to the Business Software Alliance, 41 per cent of software worldwide is pirated. It argues that this represents losses to the industry of […]
To promote its new E-class series of cars, Mercedes-Benz has released this really weird commercial titled Dreams Will Have To Wait. It takes a while for anything to happen, but when it does, it’ll make you shake your head in puzzlement.
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] An unemployed engineering student used some of her excess of free time to create this steampunk vibrator, made out of “stainless steel, brass, and awesome.” For the moment it runs off of compressed air while she looks for a more powerful boiler than her pressure cooker and a way […]
In the following segment of the Real Hustle, the hustlers attempt to sell a rental car to multiple customers, taking a deposit from each of them before running away at the end of the day with the vehicle… and the money.
23 years ago, William Shatner appeared on SNL to say this: Last night, Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) did a quick appearance on the show to ask long time Star Trek fans to stop harassing them, proving that even 23 years, trekkies still haven’t learned anything. [Via]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Yesterday, J.J. Abrams released his new movie, Star Trek, which attempts to breathe new life into one of scifi’s oldest franchises. It is different from other Star Trek films because it’s set before even the earliest episodes in the original series. I can’t say too much more without delivering […]
Star Wars: 1 – Star Trek: 0
Capable of 30 minutes of flight at around 60 miles per hour, the Martin Jetpack can apparently go as high as 8,000 feet in the air. Naturally, its creator has equipped the device with an integrated ballistic parachute, just in case something goes wrong with its engine while you’re flying around. You certainly wouldn’t want […]