It’s almost Halloween! And though many of you are working out last-minute costumes for yourselves (and here are some ideas if you’re still stumped), some of you might be more worried about what the geeklets will be wearing while trick-or-treating. There’s nothing like being a kid at Halloween – and especially being a geeky kid […]
You’ve probably heard about the “It Gets Better” project, a YouTube campaign aimed at giving a message of hope to GLBT youth. There are a huge number of videos now, many at the itgetsbetterproject channel, including from a number from public figures like celebrities and politicians. This latest is from Google employees, and I think […]
From time to time here on Geeks are Sexy, we post a video from a TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, a conference celebrating just those things. The speakers at TED are all experts in their fields, and often showcase breakthrough technology with the hope that further discussion of these topics and concepts […]
Halloween is big business, and it’s no better typified than the huge, seasonal stores that poke up in strip malls and shopping centers across the country during the Autumn. Costumes are now a multi-billion dollar business, and getting that perfect Indiana Jones costume is as simple as walking in to the Scare-o-Rama, selecting your plastic […]
No, we’re not even joking! Check it out: Edit: According to dedicated [GaS] Facebook fan William, this giant Batman logo is located on the Kadena U.S. Air Force Base, near the city of Okinawa, Japan. [Via | Google Maps]
As you might remember from last year, I’m a little nutty when it comes to Halloween. My posts from the past mostly revolved around projects, like the Borax spiders and the Brazen heads made out of turnips. And I do have some crazy and cooky, geeky projects planned for this year. So stay tuned. However, […]
Look at the awesome light show that was projected upon Prague’s Old Square Astronomical clock to celebrate the clock’s 600th birthday. This is epic beyond words. Check it out: [Via BB]
I consider myself lucky to be a child of the 80s. But growing up with some of these so-called kids movies of the time was occasionally trial by fire. During that decadent decade of Reaganomics, shoulder pads, and scrunchies, it never really occurred to movie makers just how terrifying some of the scenes in their […]
Recently, the fine folks at Improv Everywhere asked Internet users to participate in their 7th MP3 experiment project; over 3000 people volunteered! All participants were asked to download an MP3 file and then press play at a designated time and place to receive instructions on specific things they should all do simultaneously. Check it out. […]
You may think of Japan as a hive of digital activity, but it turns out users there have the lowest number of friends on social networks. Instead it’s Malaysia where online activity is most frenetic. The findings come from TNS, which has carried out the first in what’s planned to be annual series of studies […]