A widely reported “study” showing Internet Explorer users had lower IQs than users of other browsers is looking suspiciously like a hoax. The story originated with a press release from what apparently is “a Vancouver based Psychometric Consulting company” named AptiQuant. The story received widespread coverage as fact, with accompanying comment from writers. (For the […]
Most of us here at Geeks are Sexy have a social media presence, a virtual personality made up of everything you’ve ever posted online: Facebook status updates, tweets, online videos, blog entries, and so much more. So here’s a question to you dear readers: What do you want to happen to your online “personality” once […]
I suppose this pic could be used to test a person’s awareness of the barest facts of pop culture, but mostly it just serves to annoy and amuse those who do get it. [via Glenn Rogers]
The Tale of the Three Brothers is a fairy tale told to wizard children. Supposedly written by Beedle the Bard, it is published as part of a series of works that collectively are called The Tales of Beedle the Bard. While most wizards view this story as one that teaches children morals (e.g. humility, wisdom, […]
From the Brothers Grim & Grimy, creators of Dante’s Inferno in Under 2 Minutes, and The Call of Cthulhu in Under 2 Minutes, here’s a new video from the “Under 2 Minutes” series: The Hobbit in Under 2 Minutes. Enjoy! [Vimeo]
Just when you think there’s only so much awesome someone can cram into one thing, another guy comes along and one-ups you. This is a remote controlled, full-motion R2D2 made of Lego. Ickelpete put this bad boy together for the Lego Space event at the National Space Centre, UK. Check out the following video of Ickelpete’s […]
A couple meeting through computers and going on to get married no longer carries any novelty value: indeed some surveys suggest it’s remarkably common. But one Houston couple took things a step further by having a computer conduct the ceremony (or at least that was the plan.) Miguel Hanson and Diana Wesley had decided on […]
Here are six good reasons why you, as a student, need to get your own place for the upcoming semester. [Source]
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YouTuber mrfreshbeats combined some great footage of various NASA space missions with audio from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s talk on what NASA means to America’s future. Relevant, considering the current position of the US government against one of the first goals of its NASA agency. [Source]