Party Rock Cantina [Video]

An oldie but a goodie – someone had the genius to splice the Cantina band from Star Wars with LMFAO’s “Every Day I’m Shufflin.” Now I wanna see a remixed version!

Geeky Apple Merch…from 1986 [Pics]

This might just be why geeks weren’t considered quite as sexy in 1986 as they are in the 21st century.

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Aren’t the kiddies just the cutest?!

I still would have totally worn this back then though…I mean come on.

[Via Technology Digital]



The Higgs Boson According to Hipsters [Video]

This video makes me sad. Like really, really sad.

Sigh.

Thumbs up to the lady at 1:48 for the right answer though.

[Motherboard]

Nerds with Guitars and The Nerd Mafia

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to cross paths with Alex James and Sean May from Nerds with Guitars when they performed at the Launch Party for Hammer Comics in Hamilton, Ontario. After watching them perform, we swept them away from the raving fans to sit and chat.

Alex and Sean met through common friends after an awkward assumption that they would have so much in common. They both quietly doubted it but history was in the making and these two new found friends started playing house parties and eventually took a chance on the obvious and dubbed themselves Nerds with Guitars.

The Alt-nerd-folk-rock acoustic comedy duo have spent the last seven years lighting up faces at house parties, restaurants and the convention circuit. Their genuine geek side and infectious personalities make their performances a lot of fun.

Check them out performing in front of the Silver Snail in Toronto for Free Comic Book Day earlier this year.

NWG played at the second annual Questy Awards last year, run by the guys at The Watchtower Podcast, which is a little like the Comic Book version of The Razzies with Kat Curtis from NakedNews. They opened for Kirby Crackle and they have also opened for Chris Hardwicke from The Nerdist.

And these Nerds don’t just rest on their extremely catchy and charming laurels, the Alex half of this duo has joined some other nerds to expand geek culture in the Toronto area and has co-founded The Nerd Mafia. Nerd Mafia is a collaborative cross promotional organization that helps the crossover interests of all things Geeky discover each other and get involved. The Dons consist of Gavin Stephens, Sally Christensen from Yarn of Despair, John Torres from Nerd Girl Pinups, Will Perkins from DorkShelf, as well as Eli Green and Nathan Schwartz from Lazyreviewzzz.

Nerds with Guitars will be at Polaris this weekend, presenting a Constellation Award as well as playing the Nerd Mafia Mixer. G33kPr0n is planning something over FanExpo, as they are responsible for all the geek parties, and they have asked Nerds with Guitars to be a part of that too. They play fairly regularily at Rancho Relaxo and Comedy Bar

You can find Nerds with Guitars at their splash page, Facebook Page, and finally, via Twitter: @nerdswguitars.

And don’t forget to check out The Nerd Mafia!

E-Cigarette Sparks Terror Alert

Electronic cigarettes are billed as being healthier for the lungs and other organs. But for one user of the device — and dozens of people nearby — it turned out to have some unwelcome effects on the heart rate.

Armed police closed Britain’s M6 toll road motorway (equivalent to a US expressway) yesterday morning and evacuated 48 people from a coach. The passengers were ordered to sit apart from one another at regular intervals by a toll booth while officers coordoned off areas and even erected tents which are believed to have been decontamination units.

The Guardian reports that aerial footage showed six police vehicles (carrying officers and sniffer dogs) attended the scene, along with eight fire engines. Civilian cars on the road were stopped for 90 minutes, with drivers and passengers told to close their windows and switch off air conditioning.

The alert was sparked by a call from a member of the public, which appears to have been a passenger on the coach. Police confirmed that “the information received concerned a report of vapor escaping from a bag.” Unconfirmed reports said somebody on the coach had poured liquid into a bag, creating smoke that attracted the attention of passengers.

After a full search, police were able to confirm that the cause of the alert was a “health improvement aid for smokers.” Other reports said the aid in question was an electronic cigarette, a device that heats glycerin and produces an aerosol mist that the user inhales in the same way as a real cigarette. Usually the devices contain a controlled amount of nicotine, allowing the user to gradually reduce their nicotine intake over time without the associated pressure of breaking the psychological habit associated with the look and feel of a cigarette.

The police said that although the incident turned out to be a false alarm, “we responded swiftly and proportionately, treating the information as credible and extremely serious.”

[Picture Source: Wikimedia Commons]

“A Conversation With My 12-Year-Old Self” [Video]

Do you ever wish you could go back to the Past and give advice to your Then-Self? Well, Jeremiah McDonald had the foresight to do something similar: He recorded a video of himself at age 12…to watch when he was “all growed up.”

McDonald, now 32, has opened the video time capsule.

Watch what Young McDonald had to say, 20 years ago…and what Older McDonald has to say about it now.

[Via The Daily What]