Yep folks, one of my favorite movies of all times, Batman Begins, has just been released on Blu-Ray. Up to now, the title was only available on HD-DVD, but fortunately, some people with a head on their shoulders decided that it would be a good idea to release it on a non-dying HD format. He’s […]
By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
For a search engine company, Google has today made a very strange move by starting up a Sims-type virtual reality website where you can set up your own avatars and virtual reality environments for chatting to other people online. No prizes for guessing what I’ve been doing for the past several hours – yep, pushing a bed up two flights of stairs.
I was initially dismissive of Lively and I scoffed at Google’s attempts to imitate “The Sims” and “Second Life” but in the end curiosity got the better of me (as it always does) and I downloaded it to have a look. After trying it out, I have to admit it does have potential and it does have the fun factor but I am still scratching my head wondering why Google of all companies chose to make this. What does Lively have to do with search?
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Now this is something interesting that I might end up using quite a lot. gAttach is a program which kind of rewires the “Mail Recipient” right-click option in Windows Explorer so that, instead of Outlook opening, the selected file goes to Gmail instead. It says on the site that […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Despite having a name that sounds like baby vomit, Plurk is a Twitter-like micro-blogging service that is gaining more and more fans by the day. But one of the things really holding it back was the lack of a desktop client. Twitter has many including my personal favourite, TWhirl, […]
Why does everyone doing video editing on YouTube depict Boba Fett as some kind of effeminate ballet jazz dancer? Anyways, you’re about to see the latest stop animation masterpiece from Patrick Boivin, a fellow French Canadian dude of mine. Patrick also has other great stop animation videos of Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee that are […]
Just a quick post to warn Playstation 3 owners to wait a bit before updating their console to the latest firmware. It seems that quite a few users on the official Playstation forum are reporting that the new 2.4 firmware bricked their unit. On some cases, people are writing that the SIXAXIS controller refused to […]
By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] We may not be GQ, but we’ve tracked down some new fashion items that we think will be a bit more exciting than the latest trendy threads. See if you agree. The Stink-Free Socks Scientists are close to creating a kind of clothing that’ll keep you smelling a little […]
Ok, maybe this home has nothing to do with geekiness or recent technology, but there’s just something about it that could keep me staring at my screen for hours on end. The “11 Women” house has been designed as a vacation “chalet” to accommodate a family of 13, including 11 daughters, and even has additional […]