Multi-Billion Dollar Geeks Don’t Always Have Good Grades

Photo Credit: DonkeyHotey

Steve Jobs has always been hailed as the geek who wasn’t that smart kid practically kneeling in front of the lecturer to get even more work than that was already set. I recall it going around that he didn’t go to college – it was around the time a lot of people I knew were considering University and he was often held as an example that the education system isn’t for everyone.

Well apparently, even in high school our “Think Different” genius was not a shining star. From his recently released FBI file (I had no idea there was a public vault of FBI files!) it’s been revealed that he got an average of 2.65 on the standard 4.0 scale at Homestead High School (page 79 of the file). For those of us not familiar with the system, this translates to getting mostly Bs and Cs.

So hey, if you’re not doing so well in school and people try to tell you that you aren’t a sexy geek – tell em to stuff it up their Macbook!

[Via The Atlantic]



Mass Effect 3: 40 First Minutes of Gameplay [Video]

The 40 first minutes of Mass Effect 3, including the character creation process and the opening Cinematic. Enjoy!

[Pre-order Mass Effect 3 on Amazon.com – Release Date: March 6]



Geektastic Star Trek Pillows [Pic]

Is there a better way to engage in Old School geeking out than with this set of Star Trek TOS pillows? Just looking at these makes us want to exclaim the worlds best-known split infinitive at the top of our lungs.

$100 for a set of 3 @ the YellowBugBoutique.

[Via Technabob]

R2D2 Still Life

Most of the art on my walls come from the thrift store.  You can find some pretty badass unicorn paintings over at the Goodwill.  But I might spring for this.  You know you want it, too.  Giclee print over on Etsy, $15 well spent.

via technabob

Introducing DarwinBot: The Pet Companion Robot [Video]

Jordan’s a developer on the Microsoft Robotics Team and recently built a remotely operated robot for interacting and playing with his pet over the internet. It has two way audio and video through Skype, a ball launcher, treat dispenser, ball recovery arm and a pan & tilt camera.

It is built on the Parallax EDDIE hardware platform with the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 development tool.

[Via tdwg]

Diablo III: Blizzard Says You Will Die. A Lot. [Video]

At BlizzCon 2011, the Diablo III Gameplay panel included this video from 3D Artist Kevin K. Griffith, Environment Artist Nate Bowden, Senior Artist Nick Eberle, and 3D Artist Richie Marella. In the video, they try to answer the question: “How hard is this game going to be in Nightmare difficulty (and above)?”

[Diablo]