Didn’t know the Borg could time travel!
Four score and seven cycles ago, one artist brought forth on Michael’s skin a new tattoo, conceived in imagination, and dedicated to the proposition that all men would be more awesome if they were cyborgs..
This awesome tattoo of Abraham Lincoln as a cyborg is on Michael Vellotti and is by Chris Krahn in Boise, Idaho.
[Via Geeky Tattoos]
A man who created a bogus stock price tracker app for the iPhone that was in fact malware has been thrown out of Apple’s developer program. That would seem uncontroversial until you discover the app was designed to highlight a security flaw rather than cause damage or steal data.
Charlie Miller was told his right to create and upload apps had been terminated “effective immediately.”
If Miller’s name seems familiar, that may be because he’s a perennial winner at the PWN2OWN competition, held at the CanSecWest security event in Vancouver each year. Contestants can ask judges to visit a URL using various combinations of hardware, operating system and browser, with the latest publicly available security updates applied. Last year was a particularly bad day for Apple with a MacBook Pro running Safari the first computer to fall (Miller being the successful attacker) and the iPhone the first smartphone hacked.
According to Miller, his latest “attack” came after he spotted a security flaw in iOS. The flaw, unwittingly introduced in a recent iOS update, appeared to allow code to be added to an app after it had already been vetted by Apple and installed on devices.
To prove this was a genuine threat, Miller released an app named InstaStock in September. Using a post-approval update, he says he was in a position where he could have remotely downloaded contacts and pictures from phones running the app.
Miller says he reported the flaw to Apple in mid-October. He went public yesterday and was barred from the program a few hours later. He’s scheduled to unveil more details of the flaw at a security conference next week.
The BBC quotes one possible overenthusiastic analyst who calls the revelation the “the most significant threat yet to Apple’s app store economy.”
Meanwhile The Register has more details on the flaw, making the important point that it merely allows would-be attackers the same opportunities they’ve had on Android devices for some time.
(Image credit: Garret Gee)
Arnold Young, (aka the Ph.Diddy) is a biotech Ph.D candidate. Arnold was an A+ student, and is now ready to take over the world of science! He soon discovers how life in the lab is filled with drive and devotion, frustrations and fulfillment, hard work, late hours, repeated experiments, peer review and a strive for respect and recognition. How will the ups and downs of life in the lab shape our Ph.Diddy on his journey to have his first scientific paper published?
[Via Neatorama]
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I will officially stop having a social life in just 3 days. 11/11/11 is almost upon us geeks!
I don’t know about you guys, but somehow, after watching Skream’s music video for Anticipate, I started feeling super happy. Hope it’ll put a smile on your face too!
Music video by Skream feat. Sam Frank performing Anticipate.
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by Ana Aesthetic
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
Geek weddings are becoming super chic. It’s not uncommon to see Darth Vader giving away a glowing Leia to her perspective Han (or Luke in some cases!) and weddings at comic and anime conventions are a growing trend among people who met, and share their fondest memories at those events. But not all affairs have to be a blown out geek-extravaganzas, as in the case of Jessica and Jonathan Carroll, who blended their love of DC comics with a truly lovely wedding display. You just wouldn’t expect to see the Man of Steel marrying one of his best bud’s arch nemesis.
Jonathon Carroll and his groomsmen were decked out in the finest Krypton robes this side of the yellow sun. According to Jessica, they had purchased the bodysuits from Rivers Edge Dancewear, and Jonathon took the time to make the robes himself. The iconic House of El “S” logo was produced by Wildwood Studios based on the symbol from the Superman Returns film.
Jessica would not be denied being the blushing bride in white, and opted for a beautiful wedding gown that she chose because it reminded her of Neo Queen Serenity from Sailor Moon. “My dress was not geek inspired per-say, as I wanted a traditional look, however my colors for the wedding were based on Harley Queen (red and black) and my bouquet was red flowers with white bounce pearls to represent the pompoms of Harley’s collar and hat. My garter was superman colored with a small S logo on the bow. My engagement ring itself is based on the Harley Quinn diamond pattern, red rubies for the main diamonds and black diamonds around the edge.” Jessica also had her bridesmaids dressed in red and black, befitting the Clown Princess of Crime’s favorite (and best!) color scheme.
Fellow super hero costumer, and Wonder Woman, Margie Cox made the groom’s cake. The wedding cake was a gift from the Groom’s mother, complete with Superman and Harley Quinn toppers.
It’s easy to go over the top on any wedding, but this nerdy nuptial shows how you can still stay classy while having fun with your favorite fandoms.
If you’re looking to plan your own geek-infused wedding, here are a few things that might inspire you:
[Photo Credits: Bryan Humphrey, Grace Moss, Mark Shafer and Santiago Velasquez.]
[Source: Dorkly]