Klingon for Dummies: Lesson #1 [VIDEO]
A rather enlightening video tutorial by the folks from Star Trek: Infinite Space showing two of the most basic words of the Klingon language: Qapla’ and nuqneH. Qapla’! [Star Trek: Infinite Space]
Category Archives: Culture
Star Wars remake week: A New Hope (Lego Remake)
Today’s Star Wars remake is an attempt to film the entire movie using Lego. Unfortunately it appears the artist only made it as far as the Cantina scene, after which only part of each scene have been completed and, as the site’s last update was in 2008, it doesn’t look hopeful that the project will […]
The Most Awesome Mobile Food Truck of All Time: The Grillenium Falcon [Pic]
Yep, that’s right: There’s a mobile food truck that drives around Fayetteville, AR, that sells what I’m sure are the most delicious grilled cheese sammiches on this side of the galaxy. Come on, with a name like The Grillenium Falcon, how can these sandwiches not be delicious? [Via TDWG]
The Best Age Verification Test of All Time [Pic]
So kids, tell us, what is the strange black box pictured in the image above? :) [Via]
Happy Birthday, Ken Jennings!
All hail Trivia King Ken Jennings! Today is the Jeopardy! rock star’s 37th birthday. You probably already know that Jennings is the all-time winningest Jeopardy! champion (with a 74-game streak in 2004) and that he currently holds the record for most money won on American game shows ($3,172,700) and that he and Brad Ruttner were […]
Doctor Doom Cosplay [Pic]
[Via FG]
Geeks and Sports [Animated Gif]
Did you see that ludicrous display last night? [Via Imgur]
Survey Says: People Like the iPad
So, Apple has this tablet–maybe you’ve heard of it, this iPad thing–and as it turns out, people really like and use it. In a survey of 850 iPad and iPad2 owners published on The Atlantic (conducted by Business Insider), results show that, on average, people use their tablets between two and five hours a day, primarily […]
Brazilian Children Break LEGO Tower Record [Video]
Five-hundred thousand LEGO blocks later, Brazil has broken the Tallest LEGO Tower record. At 102-feet and 3-inches tall, the tower was built by 6000 volunteers (mostly children) and a couple of guys with a crane. My question is, who gets to knock it down? And can I come help? [Picture Source]
The Age of the Earth According to People on the Street [Video]
With the exception of Creationists (which is another post entirely), most people know the Earth took a very long time to coalesce and form the big, wet, spinning rock we call home. How long, however, is not common knowledge… apparently. Watch as a sad sort of misinformed hilarity ensues: The guy who said “A couple […]