Youtuber Allie Goertz, whom we already featured twice in the past on Geeks are Sexy (here and here,) just sent me this absolutely beautiful song she wrote about the Hobbit entitled, “The Hobbit Song”. Enjoy everyone! Megan Barrett and I sing a song I wrote inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. The song starts from […]
Nancy Lublin organises a social change website called DoSomething.org, which focuses on enlisting teens to make a difference in the world. When DoSomething changed tactics to start focusing on SMS-based marketing, it unexpectedly started receiving texts from troubled teens reaching out for someone to talk to. She’s setting up a text-only crisis hotline to allow […]
Anyone who’s participated in a Google vs. Apple debate (or cat fight) would be quite intimately aware of the open access vs. paid access arguments when it comes to technology. Well it seems Ivy League schools are coming across a similar tension in academic journals. Harvard University writes that they simply cannot continue subscriptions to […]
Dancers + camera + kaleidoscope = this infinitely gorgeous short video. (Watch in 1080p fullscreen if you can.) It’s made for TEDxSummit, an unprecedented gathering of TEDx organizers from around the world– and the video celebrates “the power of x” to multiply great ideas. [TED]
There are two things I know for certain about the Japanese: they love baseball and they don’t give a crap about pissing off vengeful spirits. As we learned last week, baseball is as Japanese as takoyaki. On April 25th, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (I can’t make this stuff up) participated in one of the most […]
+ Apparently, playing World of Warcraft can help you get some. I’m not sure where those stats come from, but hey, if Lou Ferrigno says it, it must be true! What do you guys think? True or False? Thanks Greg!
The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends is a 10-minute documentary that takes a look at… well… it takes a look at the politics of competitive board gaming amongst friends! Did that make any sense to you guys? :) If you base yourself on the documentary, what type of player would you consider yourself […]
Going to school has never been more epic. This father can make the trip from home to school in the time it takes to sing Bohemian Rhapsody. My personal favorite is when the toddler belts out Beelzebub’s name.
Have you ever wondered where “Ye Olde” spelling comes from? Today, Minute Physics unravels this thorny linguistic issue. Check it out! [MinutePhysics]
Apparently, this handbook is given to new Valve employees as a guideline on how things work at the company and how one should comport himself during business hours. Check it out: Best work environment EVAR. So, is anyone from Valve reading Geeks are Sexy? Can you guys confirm if this is true or not? [Via […]