A New Look at Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” [Video]
http://youtu.be/923jxZY2NPI I never get tired of listening to this. It never gets old. Live long and prosper my friends. [Reid Gower (The Sagan Series)]
Category Archives: Culture
A Game of Thrones Travel Guide [Infographic]
A very complete real world travel guide to help you visit most destinations seen in the TV series. If you’re reading this from the front page of the site, the infographic is located after the “More” link since it’s so massive.
BOOM! POW! SMASH! Adam WarRock Debuts New Geektastic Music Video, Upcoming Album
BOOM! POW! SMASH! It’s no Bat Dance, but Adam WarRock’s newest music video is full of Bat-family goodness! Backing up the Bat (err Night…wing, really it sounded better in my head) are the ladies behind Fashion Tips from Comic Strips: Betty Felon and her partner in crime Ali as Robin and Batgirl! WarRock’s new album, […]
What Each Country Leads the World In [Pic]
A lot of people are going to feel a little insulted after looking at this map of what each country leads the world in according to the Doghouse Diaries (and plenty of other sources apparently). As far as I’m concerned, maple Syrup and Asteroid Impacts? Really? Nothing about lumberjacks, being overly polite, and mounted policemen? […]
Why Does My Body Do That?! – Part II [Video]
Answers to why you get goosebumps, hiccups, eye twitches, ringing in your ears, and the feeling of the hair on your neck standing up. [Buzzfeed]
3 Minutes to a Proper British Accent [Video Tutorial]
Drama professor and voice and dialect coach at the University of Alberta David Ley “offers a three-minute tutorial on how to speak with an upper class British accent. With Ley’s help, a hard candy and a little practice, you’ll be directing the sec-retree to the lav-retree in no time.” [UAlbertaAlumni | Via LS]
If Male Superhero Costumes Were Designed Like the Females’ [Pics]
These drawings by Fernacular are meant to make you uncomfortable. 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) Make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3) Make it funny, because, well, it’s […]
Stop The Harassment
Earlier this week two girls in Florida were charged in a case of a young teen who killed herself after a series of hateful texts and continued harassment from her peers. It is rare to see charges pressed against people in cases like this, but it is becoming more common as the victims and their […]
75 Years of Superman: An Animated Look at Superman From 1938 to Today [Video]
From the creative minds of Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) and Bruce Timm (Superman: The Animated Series) and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this short follows Superman through the years, from his first appearance on the cover of Action Comics #1 to Henry Cavill in this year’s Man of Steel…all in two minutes! [WarnerBrosOnline]
The Science of Stage Fright (and how to overcome it) [Video]
Heart racing, palms sweating, labored breathing? No, you’re not having a heart attack — it’s stage fright! If speaking in public makes you feel like you’re fighting for your life, you’re not alone. But the better you understand your body’s reaction, the more likely you are to overcome it. Mikael Cho advises how to trick […]