Hey, that’s actually a really cute love song… plus… Mario is such a jerk! :)
The Last Nintendo Power Subscriber [Comic]
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the Nintendo Power magazine was cancelled for good earlier this month. Oh the memories! Oh the nostalgia! So in honor of the magazine and the joy it brought to countless kids throughout the years, cartoonist Andy Kluthe and Andrew Bridgman have drawn this fitting homage that actually brought a tear to my eyes.
Oh, and yes, I want to believe as well! :)
[Dorkly]
This Guy Wants to Get Chipped?!
I chanced upon this article where the author is spouting the benefits of getting ‘chipped’. And that’s exactly as Skynet-like as it sounds. He says that to avoid a Wall-E existence for the human race, we must all get chipped and start monitoring our health using accurate data from within our bodies themselves. He himself admits this is a “drastic” monitoring system, but says it’s “imperative that we get a little mad scientist” for tech to have a long-term positive effect.
He points to Misfit Wearables, as an example of how technology companies are starting to create devices that become more necessity than luxury. However, I think it’s a far cry from saying that wearable computing is becoming something everyone needs to saying that we all need to have subcutaneous chips embedded inside us.
Don’t get me wrong, I totally see the benefits of having a device embedded inside of you, able to measure your body temperature, weight, movement and heart rate far more accurately than external devices ever could. But doesn’t that creep you out, at least a little bit? The fact that there is something inside you that is digitally rendering everything about your body. And if you recall the TED talk “All Your Devices Can be Hacked” where a security team managed to fully hack various technology – one of them was a pacemaker. Imagine if someone hacked the chip that this guy is proposing we all get installed into our bodies? Imagine a terrorist threatening to kill everyone with the flick of a switch.
To go down a more conspiratorial route, there’s the whole 1984 Big Brother aspect – who’s to say that the government (or, at least, the company that makes the chips) aren’t secretly storing all that information about your body. Imagine if someone unauthorized then got into their database.
The whole concept of technology being actually inside my body just seems like a step too far for me. But then again, there was a time when people said that transferring their money electronically was a step too far for them. Now that’s everyday practice. So who knows?
What do you think? Should we all get chipped or is this the beginning of submitting ourselves to Skynet?
Batman is the Cookie Monster [Video]
Cookie Monster Batman meets with Commissioner Gordon to make a very special request. When their conversation reaches an impasse, Cookie Monster Batman decides to continue his heroic quest alone…
[Utubelor]
Zombie Pineapple is Craving Brains… BRAAAAAIIIIINSSS! [PIC]
Broken iMac Prank [Video]
I wonder if the reaction from passerby would have been the same if a Dell box would have been used in the prank.
[Via LS]
Foam Fighters: A LARPers Love Story [Episode 1]
[GAS] reader Hope just sent me the first episode of a new web series she’s part of called Foam Fighters, a quirky nerd comedy that tells the tale of the epic fight between two teams of live action role players (LARPers). I encourage you all to check out the episode above, and if you like what you’re seeing, to subscribe to their Youtube channel.
The Hob-Bot (Hobbit Action!) [Video]
Well, that’s certainly one hobbit that doesn’t need the protection of the fellowship to keep him safe!
Thanks Patrick!