Category Archives: General



The Comedy Film Alphabet: Can you Name Them All? [Pic]

Another awesome movie-themed alphabet by graphic designer Stephen Wildish. Can you name them all? [Stephen Wildish]

More than meets the eye: Optimus Prime Crochet Hat [Pic]

This awesome looking Optimus Prime crochet hat comes from the same person who made the Boba Fett and Tusken Raider hats we’ve already featured on [GAS] in the past. More than meets the eye… Comes with a detachable mask!! [Opti-kins Prime Hat – $54.99 @ Etsy.com]



Kinect Makes Ads More Interactive

Microsoft has announced it will allow advertisers to offer interactive commercials for Kinect users. But a patent filing suggests viewers may be more closely involved in the advertising process than they realize. The commercials, dubbed NUads, look to be a combination of a gimmick to get viewers to pay closer attention and a way to […]

Online Retailer Charges a 6.8% Tax to IE Users

The people running this Australian-based online store are my new heros. If a visitor purchases a product on the site while using IE 7, he gets charged an additional 6.8% tax on top of his order. And while being on the subject of Internet Explorer, there is still 1% of our visitors that use IE […]

Om Nom Nom Nom: Loki Cupcake [Pic]

Loki’s helmet is made from 24 separate fondant pieces, and took over 3 days to put together. It’s pretty screen accurate- besides it being edible! His horns are actually carved pieces of fondant that started as solid rectangles. [Source: NERDACHE CAKES | Via OW]

What Phi (The Golden Ratio) Sounds Like [Video]

Michael Blake, the creator of last year’s viral math/music video What Pi Sounds Like, has just released a new video featuring a musical interpretation of the mathematical constant Phi. Check it out! Thanks Michael!

Featured 3D Short: Reviving Redwood [Video]

[GAS] reader Matthew Sullivan just sent me this amazing film he created over the past year and a half for his senior thesis in computer animation at the Ringling College of Art and Design. Check it out! This is the story of an old man’s struggle to bring life back to an abandoned logging town. […]