Nerdist YouTube Channel Wants YOU For Your Brains

Who can resist Zombie Chris Hardwick? If you’re a fan of the Web Soup host’s Nerdist podcast, look forward to even more nerdy goodness in technicolor! The new YouTube channel is launching April 2, and is already promising everything from Neil Patrick Harris with puppets to Rob Zombie. More subscribers = more brains? [Nerdist Youtube […]



WE LOVE RAMEN: Eat Ramen Without Guilt! [Infographic]

All over the world -– whether Ramen itself or some other brand – university students are intimately familiar with the cheap, tasty, and wonderfully filling wonder that is instant noodles. However, we’re constantly told how bad it is for you: it’s processed, it’ll make you fat, it’ll make your liver shrivel. I’ve even been told […]

Spider-Man Nail Polish… of Course!

While considering market tie-in products to promote the upcoming Spider-Man film, someone was clearly thinking outside-the-box. It appears that former dental supply company turned glamourous nail polish and acrylic nail supply company OPI has come out with a line of Spider-Man nail polish! I honestly wonder if there is a market out there to tie […]



The Three Little Pigs Story as Covered by Modern Media

This advert for the Guardian’s open journalism, screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the three little pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper’s front page headline, through a social media discussion and finally to an unexpected conclusion. [Via Neatorama]

The Content Industry has Made Everybody a Pirate [Video]

Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, passionately argues that “everybody is a pirate” of copyrighted digital content because internet content isn’t convenient for consumption. The content delivery system is flawed, he believes, and “in a world where everybody is breaking the law, you got to look at the law: is it the right […]

Star Wars Concept Artist Ralph McQuarrie Passes Away

The man responsible for the look behind the original Star Wars films passed away on Saturday. Ralph McQuarrie, who was born in 1929, was a visionary and created the designs for many of the notable characters in the Star Wars universe; including Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and the original concept for the female protagonist of the […]