If the hundreds of human-language translations of Shakespeare’s works don’t satisfy your need for the Bard in your life, rest assured other geeks have you covered. Apparently, Hamlet is available in Klingon: There’s a line in one of the Star Trek movies where a Klingon character says, “you have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in […]
When it comes to fandom these days, I have to be exceptionally picky. It’s not like when I was in college, where I had stupid amounts of free time and no cares in the world. I’ve got kids. I’ve got work, finances, responsibilities. Just like my game playing, my television/movie fandom-watching selection have suddenly achieved […]
A group designed to bring cultural creatives together has deigned today to be the start of National Day of Unplugging. The group wants people to pledge that from sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow, you’ll give up electronic gadgetry. The ethos of the event is clearly stated: Do you have multiple cell phones? Take your ipad […]
Spoken word poet Shane Koyczan has created a wonderful, beautiful, emotional roller coaster of words speaking about his time he and his friends were bullied in school. He enlisted the help of numerous other artists to help him bring his words to life and the result is positively chilling — with an emphasis on “positive.” […]
Gary Gale is a geo technologist, a geographer – a “self professed geek with a life”. Hailing from London, his realm of geekdom centers around maps. His “Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World” exhibits his geek-level passion for cartography in having collated some of the world’s cities that have rather…amusing names. At least in […]
The man who made one of the most popular TV and movie technologies work has died at the age of 96. Petro Vlahos did not invent “bluescreening” but was responsible for making it work smoothly. The technique, known colloquially as chroma key compositing, is now widely used for special effects, both in a genuine attempt […]
Yeah, I know, we’ve posted something similar a few weeks back, but this alphabet is actually a lot cooler since the designer assigned each letter of the alphabet, both in lower and upper case, to different superheroes or supervillains. [Mike BaBoon | Via LS]
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Finding the right Valentine’s Day card can be a tricky sport. With so many ways to express your undying devotion to your lady love or favorite mountain man, what is the best way to truly say, “I love you?” Well, don’t fret! The Epitome of Comedy’s Never Ending Dick Jokes has a cache of nerdy […]
While every region has its own particularities when it comes to food that could eventually lead you to a heart attack, here in Quebec we’ve got something called “poutine,” and amongst poutines, the Heart Attack from Poutineville is the Queen of all poutines. You see, the Heart Attack is a 15-pound mess of fries, chicken, […]