Keep your cat away from your counters with the Blender Defender

When it comes to finding ways to keep animals out of spots where they have no business in being, people can get really imaginative. Earlier this year, we posted about a special bird-repulsing system that keeps the little animals from pooping into your pool’s pristine water. Now, the following one will be of particular interest […]

How to Postpone a Potentially Disastrous Exam

Try to imagine you’ve got an important test to pass tomorrow and you’re going to epically fail it. Whether it’s because you haven’t studied or because you are just plain academically inept, you know that doom is around the corner. What options do you then have? Don’t take the exam? Cheat? Cram? The following video […]

Dead German poet told to pay his television license

By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] It seems that even being dead for over 200 years still doesn’t escape you from the curse of the German bureaucrats. One of Germany’s most famous poets and playwrights, Friedrich Schiller, was sent two threatening letters by the GEZ (the television licensing agency).   They told him that he had […]

The Geek Cookbook: Introducing The “Fatty Melt” Hamburger

Even though we typically prefer healthier fair here at [GAS], we’re not immune to the tempting goodness of an occasional poutine or Krispy Kreme cheeseburger. Unfortunately, there’s just something about junk food that makes us, as “normal” human beings, forget all we’ve been told as kids about proper nutrition. Maybe it’s the impeding danger of […]