By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] As promised when we pointed out the romantic properties of flash drives, here are some ideas for Valentine’s Day gifts for or from the geeky guy or gal. If you think that flowers and candy are too boring for your significant other, maybe you’ll find something here to inspire […]
Yesterday at TED2009, Bill Gates made a passionate and funny case for solving the world’s problems by asking us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. He even goes to the point of unleashing a swarm of mosquitoes upon his audience to make his point.
While reading the paper version of ComputerWorld this morning, I stumbled an article reporting that more than half of Gen Y employees regularly bypass corporate IT usage policies at their workplace, and a quarter of them face no repercussions for doing so. These results came out of a study performed by Toronto-based research firm Harris/Decima, […]
It used to be that a geeky wardrobe was embodied by suspenders and thick-rimmed glasses, but no longer! 21st century geeks have a wide array of t-shirts to choose from which will proudly display their inordinately high intelligence and tech-worshiping ways to the world. So if you’ve been looking for a way to advertise your […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Thanks to a breakdown in a previous licensing agreement between YouTube and Warner Music, last month there was something of a witch hunt for any videos containing any songs from Warner’s library. However, whereas most of the time when YouTube deletes videos due to a DMCA takedown notice, these […]
The problem with the little candy message hearts you see around Valentines Day is that they are tiny. And they don’t particularly taste good. And they don’t say what you really want to say. Sometimes you can’t even decipher what they are supposed to say! So …make your own! Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories baked up […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Today this set of geeky pics takes you to the wonderful world of tiny building blocks and square-bodied people. Apparently taking pictures of Lego creations is a popular past time; I found so many neat things on this search that I may have to do another set on some […]
By Brian Boyko Contributing Writer, [GAS] Really, it doesn’t get much simpler than that – Jason Mika and David Umlas create a percussive symphony of colorful flame, burning salt-laced propane in chrome and steel statuary. The video doesn’t do justice to how loud it actually is in person, I’m sorry to say – but if […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Welcome to a special Thursday edition of Geeky Pics! To make up for the lateness, this set of pics is extra large, and extra Stormtrooper-y. These guys might look the same on the outside, but it turns out that some of them have some interesting quirks. Daddy Trooper
As most geeks, I love t-shirts, especially geeky-looking ones. There are a lot of great online t-shirt shops on the world wide web, but going through them all to find what you really want can be a hassle. Enter Teenormous, an awesome t-shirt search engine that not only searches all the coolest tee sites on […]