How Leaves Change Colors

I honestly hate to disagree with my fellow geeks, but the previous post contains some erroneous information. It is the result of bad science. Herewith is the actual method used for turning those trees into a beautiful fall display.

Making a Death Star

As you can see, this project involves papier-mâché. What do you do with it once you’ve gone through this step-by-step photo essay? You might laugh when you see! [via b3ta]



Chaucer + Rap = Surprisingly Funny

I saw this video this morning, posted by a few people on Facebook. I had to share. This one goes out to the Summoner, the Miller, the Wife of Bath, and the Monk. There are dozen of reasons to love Chaucer (hilarious stories, sexual innuendo, and fart jokes notwithstanding) but who knew the General Prologue […]

Internet circa 1996

By Ilya Kochanov Contributor, [GAS] As early as 10 years ago the web was a terribly unproductive place to be. Animated GIFs were all the rage and HTML ruled supreme. Forget about funny cat videos or managing your calendar online. Blogging? Shopping? Material of questionable origins? No, no, and unfortunately not. Web 2.0 is a […]