Aaaawwwww… I Can Finally Go Home and Relax! [Comic]
Ouch… truth hurts, doesn’t it? [Source: Dueling Analogs]
Category Archives: Culture
Facebook Etiquette: A Manifesto
The beauty of the Internet is that as new tools grow, users develop their own customs and ideas of how to behave. But whereas social networks used to be the domain of the early adopters and techheads, Facebook is now… normal. In some countries a majority of Internet users are now members of the site, […]
WANT: TARDIS Teapot
This totally awesome TARDIS teapot was designed by Etsy user Rebekka Ferbrache. The teapot was initially made as a special request, but Rebekka is now offering it up as a made-to-order item. This functional stoneware teapot is made entirely from scratch – no molds or pre-made components are used. Like my Tardis Banks, the Tardis […]
These Star Wars and Gundam Dioramas Will Totally Blow your Mind [Picture Gallery]
I know you’ve all seen lots of small scale model representations of various scenes featured in pop culture movies as kids, but what you’re about to see will totally blow you mind. These Star Wars and Gundam-themed dioramas were recently presented at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, and unfortunately after seeing this, I can […]
One Superman, Just $130 [Pic]
You’d think a guy like Superman would be worth a lot of money, especially considering the billion-dollar comics industry that was initially made popular by America’s favorite Good Guy. As it turns out, ol’ Supe was worth $130. That’s how much DC Comics gave Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster — along with $210 for the […]
Daylight Saving Time for Dummies
Yo Dawg, I heard you like timezones so we put some timezones in your timezone. [Via]
Stephen King’s Dark Tower Headed to HBO
So the movies will have to wait a bit, until a new studio picks them up. But a miniseries based on Stephen King’s seven-book series, “The Dark Tower”, will hit air on HBO. “We’re going to do with HBO,” producer Brian Grazer said. “We’ll do the TV with HBO, and we’ll do the movie with… […]
KABOOM! Geektastic New Album from I Fight Dragons
Remember the awesome music video for The Geeks Will Inherit the Earth that we posted a couple of weeks ago? The band behind that song, I Fight Dragons, just dropped a new album – titled KABOOM! (Buy it on iTunes | Buy it on Amazon.com) – that features even more songs with geeky themes (like […]
Computers According to Kids in 1984 [Video]
“It’s something like a TV, and you can make pictures with it, and it helps you to read.” Yep… seems about right! [Via Mental Floss]
Geeky Crafts: Transforming Plastic Canvas Optimus Prime
Geekery via cross stitch is one thing, but a transforming plastic canvas Optimus Prime is a completely other (more awesome?) thing altogether. Lord Libidan whipped this Autobot up using yarn on plastic canvas with some clever magnet placement to create a fully functional Transformer. Here’s Optimus ready to take on some Decipticons: And here’s the […]