We all know that Neil Gaiman is a brilliant author, but did you know that the man can also compose songs? On Valentine’s Day, the man performed “I Google You,” a funny but sad love song, at a one-night only show in Tampa Bay, FL, along with the help of Amanda Palmer. Check it out! […]
I wish I could go cross-country fleeing right now. Sigh. [Source: Fowl Language | Like Fowl Language on Facebook]
British researchers claim to have achieved a 1 terabit per second data transfer over mobile broadband. But although they used 5G technology, it’s far in excess of what anyone expects to be possible in “real world” use. The speed was reached by the 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey. They achieved it in […]
When people think geeks and gaming, they often associate the name with video games. But what a great many onlookers don’t realize is that many board games also have factored into our utter geek fandom. In other words, when not controlling pixels or polygons, these games are the next place you were likely to find […]
If you’ve never had one of these, you probably are one of these. [CH]
Youtube was launched on February 15, 2005, so for its 10th anniversary, Youtuber Zapatou (Above) and the folks from The Daily Conversation (below) made a list of some of the most popular Youtube videos of the past decades. [Zapatou | The Daily Conversation]
Google has stepped up its warning system for dubious websites: Chrome will now flag up sites that contain potentially harmful downloads, even if the site itself does no damage. Until now Google’s warnings had only taken effect in two situations: when a Chrome user clicked on a link to a page believed to contain malware […]
When many of us think about the black plague which ravaged much of Europe on the 14th century, we associate it with scurrying, nasty, dirty little rats. The truth, as it turns out, shows that we are just a bit off. Seems the real culprit may have been some (decidedly less creepy looking) gerbils. According […]
Everybody is talking about Measles – but what does the virus actually do in the body? Is it really so harmful that you need a vaccination? We go deep into the body of an infected person and see what Measles does and how the immune system reacts to it! [Kurz Gesagt – In a Nutshell]
Infomercials from the 90’s were really odd. A commercial that bought up enough screen time that it is essentially disguised as a one-off show used to shill that product. The following ‘Absolute Rose Street’ was there to help push the Sega 32X peripheral to Genesis owners is just that. Weird. But also very nostalgic in […]