Say what you want to say in 12 seconds

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] They say a week is a lifetime in politics, but I would say 12 seconds is a lifetime on the internet.   That’s what I’ve discovered anyway after trying out 12 Seconds. There are lots of websites on the internet that allow you to leave videoclips and webcam clips but […]



Millennium Falcon Cake would make any geek cry for joy

Edit: Please note that we’ve been asked to remove the pictures from the page by the owner of said pictures. These pictures have been widely distributed through the blogosphere, and no harm was intented by posting them here. On the contrary, we wanted to promote the company that made the product since their culinary artwork […]

Lock the Network Doors and Swallow the Key

There is a rather sensational story on the Drudge Report at this moment about an apparent disgruntled network engineer who granted himself god rights on a network, then locked out everyone else’s administrative rights. He then went to jail rather than divulge his password. It’s the equivalent of locking the door and swallowing the key. […]



Mower: The Robotic Lawn Mowing Sheep

Yep, you read that right. A robotic sheep that will mow your lawn while you lie down in the sun sipping a delicious strawberry daiquiri. The sheep, named Mower, has been designed by Osman Khan, a visiting assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon’s, with Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” in mind. The […]

Manipulate Radiohead’s Laser-Made Music Video in Real Time

The folks from RadioHead just released a new video for their latest song “House of Cards.” The thing that makes this video so special is that no cameras or lights we used to film it. Instead, the producing team used two 3D technologies to capture motion and images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics […]

Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: The Game

Apple freaks and PC nerds behold! The Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs flash game puts you in control of one of your two heroes in a fight to the death that will only leave one standing. And the best of all? They’re using light sabers to bash each others over the head! Enjoy!

Firefox 3.1 is due out in the New Year

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] InformationWeek is reporting that Mozilla is already preparing Firefox 3.1 for release in the New Year and Firefox 4 is apparently already being discussed.    This despite Firefox 3 only being released less than a few weeks ago.   Take that Internet Explorer! When it comes to discussing features, the big […]

Iran to World: All our Missile Bases are Belong to Us

At least that’s what they want to make us believe with this picture posted Wednesday by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Since then, the photo has been published in numerous online and offline publications, including The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, MSNBC, Yahoo! News and countless others. But it seems […]