The History of April Fools Day [Video]
The history of April Fools Day… or at least what is thought to be the best answer for people who want to know the history of it! [Via]
Category Archives: Culture
Sunday is Game of Thrones Day
The gripping world created by author George R. R. Martin is returning with a new season tomorrow night (Sunday) on HBO. You may have missed some of the teaser trailers, but you shouldn’t miss the premiere tonight if you can help it! For those avid fans who have read all of the books of the Song of Ice […]
8-Bit Google Maps – Google’s Awesome April Fools Prank
If you were a fan of the Dragon Warrior series on the NES, then you’re going to absolutely love the April Fools prank from Google this year: 8-Bit Google Maps! You can click the Quest button on ANY google map search and convert your bit of the world into an 8-bit quest, with hidden monsters!
Geekifying Word Play
I don’t know if this is just the writer in me, but I thoroughly enjoyed this guy’s absolutely nerdy deconstruction of common phrases, word play and phrase fumbles. [vsauce]
Applying For a Job? Be Prepared to Give Up Your Privacy
Facebook and your privacy is trending once again among news sites and the blogosphere. This time, Facebook is doing something right. They recently amended their Statement of Rights and Responsibility to reflect a current change among employers asking for potential hires and employees access to their personal Facebook accounts. According to Facebook’s chief privacy officer, […]
A Geek Motto [Pic]
This is surely a geek motto if I ever saw one! [Via I Waste So Much Time]
80’s Movie Alphabet Poster [Pic]
Graphic Designer Stephen Wildish created this truly outrageous alphabet poster. Not gonna lie, I had to ask my uber hipster roomie (b. 1987) for a help on a few of these (I was born in 1981.). We got all but 4.
Humanise Your Data [Video]
This video is a bit long but his Jer Thorp, a creative computer geek, keeps you pretty entertained the whole time and he has some really funky graphs making data quite aesthetic. I think it’s worth watching to the end to hear him make his point about how we need to put data in a […]
BioShock’s Rapture in LEGO
Lego Rapture from BioShock, from Brickworld 2011. You can see more over here. [Via Moc Pages]
I’m a Geek…and I Don’t Like Star Wars
Recently, I got flamed for posting a beautiful chocolate morsel in the shape of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars because I called it a “Star Wars Transport Ship”. And I have to admit: I didn’t know it was the Millennium Falcon. Why? I didn’t watch Star Wars 3 million times. I don’t like Star […]