If you missed the Perseids meteor shower a few weeks ago, check out this awesome time-lapse video by Henry Jun Wah Lee who captured the event on his 5D Mk II Camera for you to enjoy. Gear: 5D Mk II, EF 16-35mm L. Settings: f/2.8, 6400 ISO, 20 second exposures.
Edit: If you really want to enjoy this clip, be sure to hit the “HD” button on the media player below and then put the video in full screen mode.
[Via Gizmodo]
Hey! It looks like Dr. Phil Plait, the guy behind the Bad Astronomy blog, one of our favorite blogs here at G.A.S., just got his own TV Show! In Bad Universe, Dr. Plait will be looking to debunk some of the most popular myths perpetuated by the media about the universe. The show’s delivery looks to be a little à la Mythbusters, but that pretty much guarantees its success I think. Bad Universe will premiere on August 29th on The Discovery Channel.
Cody Frisbee is the creator of this awesome and geeky line of Dungeons and Dragons-themed sports logos. If you’re interested in rooting for the the Gelatinous Cubes, or supporting the Bullettes then you can sport your pride in t-shirt form.
Which of these monstrous team do you support?
Jensen Kimmitt recently won the World YoYo Championship, and in this clip you’ll see why. Enjoy!
Tags: yoyo
It’s a well known fact: geeks love ninjas. Another well known fact is that most geeks love cookies, but that’s not really a hard thing to guess since just about everyone loves them. But can you imagine what happens when you combine both ninjas and cookies? You get a double dose of awesome. Ladies and gentlegeeks, behold: The Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters.
They’re cut out for action! These stealthy shinobi warriors are set to sneak into your kitchen and stage a cookie coup! Cut, bake, decorate… and then watch them disappear! Add swords, nunchaku, and shuriken stars with icing and toothpicks for more ambiance!
[Available right now for only $8.95 at the Neatoshop]
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The Unconscious Sith tells story of young Star Wars fan who dreams of entering his comic books as a Sith Apprentice to battle a Jedi. The story was selected last week by George Lucas himself to be the winner of this year’s Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge. Enjoy!
File this under “… what?” and maybe “I love the Internet.” (Or “I hate the Internet” depending on your reaction.)
So it turns out that tumblr isn’t just for pic spams of hot girls, or pic spams of hot guys. Sometimes it’s for pic spams of hot guys’ heads photoshopped onto hot girls.
I have to hand it to the blogger here; her photoshop skills have gotten much better since starting the Pinup RDJ project months ago. (And yes, there are 25 pages of this.)
Also, if RDJ is not your cup of tea, try Pinup Celeb. But just remember: YOU CANNOT UN-SEE.
There are plenty of celebrities, public figures, intellectual giants and business gurus using Twitter these days. But there are also some posters who entertain in a slightly different manner: the fictional, fictionalized or anonymous accounts. Here’s our guide to some of the most notable:
@fakeapstylebook If you’ve any interest in language or journalism, this is for you. As with any good spoof, there’s some genuinely useful advice masquerading as comedy, along with some comments which might cut a little too close to the bone. Sample tweet: “Sprinkle the word ‘quantum’ throughout science articles, particularly if you have no idea what you’re talking about.”
@drsamueljohnson The famed diarist reports on current events in his 18th century style. While some of the topics covered are British-centric, others have a more global appeal. Sample tweet: “#18thcenturyinternet ‘All Your Base Are Belong To Us, for they were granted to us in the Treaty of Utrecht.'”
@killallclients An anonymous web developer shares his frustrations over clients who don’t quite seem to grasp how computers and software works. Sample tweet: “‘We said we wanted NO HTML on our site! Now our competitors can steal everything!!!!’ ‘Right you are, giant static image it is then.'”
@theinternet Sadly quiet for the past couple of months, the world’s favorite communications network updates followers on tech issues. Sample tweet: “Oops! Sorry everybody. Gmail going down is my fault. I was calculating Pi.”
@drunkhulk Pretty much the same deal as Dr. Johnson, except by the Incredible Hulk. Whilst intoxicated. Sample tweet: “WAVE! GOOGLE VERSION OF NEW COKE! FINALLY END! IS IT JUST DRUNK HULK! OR DO INTERNET FEEL FASTER NOW!”
@ukwarcabinet Posts derived from British cabinet records updating on war events exactly 60 years to the day, complete with links to the original documents. Sample tweet: “Colonial Secretary recommends secret UK support for anti Vichy coup attempt in French Cameroons http://ow.ly/2jv83”
@queen_uk The nation’s favorite grandmother provides a gin-fueled commentary on her reign. Particularly entertaining during the constitutional morass after the recent indecisive British election. Sample tweet: “A case, Mr Jobs? You’d like to give one a case? One is trying to rule 16 countries with no iPhone4 reception; you’d like to give one a case.”
@adalek Another sadly infrequent poster these days, this was admittedly something of a one-note joke. Sample tweet: “EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE.”
@s_sylvesterglee In Twitter, as in life, Sue Sylvester wants to win. Sample tweet: “Why so glum, Gulf Coast? Your pristine shorelines are being coated in millions of gallons of DINOSAUR! Where’s you sense of whimsy?!?!”
@iamkellyfierce Kelly from The Office shares her wit and wisdom. It’s everything you’d imagine and worse. Sample tweet: “#ToyStory3 That Andy kid should up & get an iPhone instead of playing w/toys. Just give Woody 2 some poor kid or something.”
@edgar_allen_poe The poet explores the darker side of Twitter. Sample tweet: “Shall we begin to call Web Cookies by their more accurate sobriquet: intestinal parasites?”
Good Me: Did you hear? I just opened up our Xbox queue and learned that they’re releasing Fable III! Aren’t you excited?
Bad Me: You just heard that? Seriously, do you live in some kind of cell cut off from the rest of the universe? How could you possibly miss that? Old news. Move on.
Good Me: Oh, come on. Now that were done playing Dragon Age, we need something to keep us occupied. It’s got guns! And a rebellion! And there’s a chicken in the trailer!
Bad Me: A chicken. You’re excited about a chicken?
Good Me: Well, I didn’t say it was excited about chicken. The chicken is cute. But I’m excited about playing the game again. I mean, don’t you remember the first time we played? It was everything we ever wanted in a game!
Bad Me: Are you serious? The first game, while it had some redeeming qualities, was lackluster. And the second? You honestly don’t remember that time we were loved into a corner and had to restart the whole system, losing hours of progress?
Good Me: I think I vaguely remember…
Bad Me: Vaguely remember? We were attacked by a throng of sex-obsessed villagers who wanted nothing more than to love us to death. We were shoved up against an iron fence, right near that nice house we bought. Seriously what a waste of time!
Good Me: But the second game let us customize our character! We even got to play a chick! She was so… so…
Bad Me: Hideous?
Good Me: Well, she didn’t start out that way. So she ended up having a sweet tooth, and her magic abilities made her look freakish, old, and gave her these really weird glowing eyes—but, her husbands loved her! And her girlfriend. And love is what it’s all about, isn’t it?
Bad Me: You are embarrassingly insatiable when it comes to cultivating in-game relationships, you know.
Good Me: Excuse me for having a sense of responsibility. I can’t love them and leave them like you do, especially when there’s kids to consider… But if a new prospect comes along…
Bad Me: *sigh* Really, you want to start all this again? I mean, if you’re all in it for the limited-edition Fable controller, go for it. You need more kitschy stupid stuff in the house. I was getting bored with all the trinkets we already gathered.
Good Me: No, I don’t want the controller. Not… not really. I mean it’s shiny and stuff, but my hope is far beyond that. Chances are they fixed some of the stuff that was wrong with the other games. You know what I’m talking about, and you agreed with me: there is so much possibility with a game like this. You can be evil, I can be good. Everyone is happy. We can play as one!
Bad Me: Then that makes us neutral. And for the record: I’m not evil. I’m just a hell of a lot smarter than you.
Good Me: Hey, no need for insults.
Bad Me: Well, don’t expect a challenge. You remember what happened with the last big boss, right?
Good Me: We killed him with one valiant stroke!
Bad Me: We could have sneezed and killed him. Bo-ring.
Good Me: It’s only because we played the game so well. The boss just didn’t have a chance against our combined powers of awesome.
Bad Me: *laughs* You know that’s not true. We fight like an orc on steroids after he’s had six Red Bulls, and we never even attempt to block a blow. We end up looking like the Grand Canyon is going through our face. It’s hilarious.
Good Me: You’re mean. And it’s not hilarious. It’s character.
Bad Me: I’m surprised he didn’t mention the “s” word yet.
Good Me: And which one is that? Sh–
Bad Me: No, not that one. Steampunk. You know this game’s all industrial, right? With smokestacks and guns… and the whole royalty thing just makes it, well, the kind of fantasy environment you usually drool over like some lovestruck Justin Bieber fan.
Good Me: Who’s Justin B–
Bad Me: Nevermind. Steampunk. We’re talking about steampunk.
Good Me: *drools* Well, yeah. But I don’t see—
Bad Me: And there’s a villager maker… and though it has its limitations…
Good Me: Wait a minute, are you at the website?
Bad Me: *covers up computer screen* I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Good Me: You made a villager! In a pink dress! And you pre-ordered the game!
Bad Me: Evil has many guises, my dear.