Using the Force to fight the evil that is cancer? A worthy cause this is, young padawan. Be sure to visit standup2cancer.org if you want to join the battle against this terrible disease. [Standup2Cancer | Via Neatorama]
Do you have what it takes to be one of Borderland’s fiercest fighters? Gearbox is offering up a pretty cool opportunity to be the “face” of Lilith for Borderlands 2! Aside from being *the* live action representation of one of my favorite characters, it’s also a paid gig! So here’s a chance to earn a […]
Say you’re into trading cards but you’d like something a bit more realistic to work with. Or, you’re a sexy geek and you’d like to know more about real-life sexy geeks. Great! Len Peralta’s Geek a Week project is for you. The idea is simple: each week, Peralta releases a trading card design for a […]
by Meredith Placko While millions of Americans fought tooth, nail, and pepper spray to get their hands on some mighty deals, this geek girl somehow managed to avoid the annual contact sport known as Black Friday. While sitting in my office, pouring over YouTube videos of people at their very best in Holiday cheer (and […]
Note: Be sure to skip ahead to 6:00 to go directly to the interview. A discussion about science, society, and the universe featuring an out-of-character Stephen Colbert and renowned astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson. Please note that this interview took place at the Kimberley Academy in Montclair, New Jersey back in 2010. [Youtube]
We wrote previously about the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen, the 6000-person-strong attempt at record breaking spearheaded by actor Misha Collins. It’s about to come to a close, just in time to get a little unexpected media coverage. One of the items on the list is: Fill hundreds of balloons with […]
Google should check through every page it plans to list in its search engines and check they don’t contain any defamatory material. Or at least that’s what an international motor racing supremo says. The individual is the head of the organization that runs the lucrative Formula 1 racing circuit. He made the headlines in 2008 […]
You’re a monster, Mr. Grinch — Your heart’s an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders,You’ve got garlic in your soul. Mr. Grinch, I wouldn’t touch you, with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole. [Via]
According to this article, people are now sleep texting. This sounds like a brilliant excuse to text people nonsense. “Dude, why did you send me ‘eighteen pounds of fish food i need it for geometrical turtle dsa’ last night?” “Oh, sorry man, sleep text.” And then you can slowly start to freak them out. “‘I […]
Can playing video games make you more productive? Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers, and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking. [Youtube]