Earlier this year, I switched my Twitter profile picture from the lady you see on top of the blog to a picture of myself. I thought, hey, this is my blog, why not use my face as an avatar? Until last month, I never questioned the effect that this would have on my Twitter follower […]
Lights off! Full screen! Oh, and if you like the teaser, don’t forget to donate to the kickstarter! A time-lapse movie of EPIC proportions featuring over 1,000,000 real photographs from space animated to full motion! This is the newest teaser for “In Saturn’s Rings”, a giant screen space film for IMAX®, giant screen and fulldome […]
If anyone at Microsoft was feeling smug about initial problems with the PS4, they may need to rethink their stance. A small number of Xbox Ones appear to be more interested in trying to eat discs rather than read them. Last week Sony noted that around 0.4 percent of PS4s appeared to have a problem […]
http://youtu.be/2XqJfTHfp60 Remember Miles Scott, the 5-year-old Leukemia survivor who became batkid for a day, thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation & the city of San Francisco? Well geeks, someone turned Miles’ adventure into an actual movie trailer, which you can check out at the top of this post! [Via Buzzfeed]
http://youtu.be/UFpe3Up9T_g This is brilliant. From GoldieBlox: We’re GoldieBlox, a toy company out to show the world that girls deserve more choices than dolls and princesses. We believe that femininity is strong and girls will build the future — literally. Our founder, Debbie Sterling, is a Stanford engineer who decided last year that girls need more […]
The history of “modern” mankind as rapped by Dan Bull, with visuals from Civilization. I’m a big fan of Dan Bull, and IMHO, this is the best thing he ever released so far. [Dan Bull]
http://youtu.be/iKhVwr9RVHg For the past 50 years he’s traveled through time to save the world. Who is he? He’s the Doctor. Here are 10 timely facts about Dr. Who. [AllTime10s]
Watch as NASA launches its new MAVEN spacecraft into space live right here! Estimated launch time: 1:28 pm EST. Current time (as I’m writing this): 12:47 EST. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), set to launch in 2013, will explore the planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. […]
This is amazing beyond words. Be sure to watch it all. In a world filled with magic, one mysterious person tries to keep a forgotten power safe from both the Officers of OMEn and the Evil forces wanting to corrupt it. [wrenthereaper]
A totally badass-looking medieval Loki leather armor by our pals over at Prince Armory. Photo (above) taken at the Texas Renaissance Festival (Above) by Merland Pernetter. [Prince Armory]