Just when I thought that I had everything in balance. You know, I’ve been playing Dragon Age just fine; I finally managed to kick the WoW habit because my hands don’t allow me to (geeky fact: I first had carpal tunnel symptoms playing WoW…). Really, I had achieved gaming zen—content with what I have and… […]
As a geek, you definitely know your ABCs, but do you know these? From A to Z, “away team” to “zork,” here is [GAS]’s take on the Geek Alphabet. Please note that all pictures featured below were licensed under a “CC” license. We’ve sourced them all at the bottom of this post. All images used […]
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Most lists of “why to date a geek” will make some reference to cookery. And when it comes to geekdom and cookery, Heston Blumenthal is the undisputed king. What makes Blumenthal such a kitchen geek is that he recognizes that cooking is both an art and a science. Indeed, as Philip Harben, one of the […]
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I’ll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
How many time will I have to tell you, GET OUT OF THERE! :) [Via Neatorama]
The internet could run out of addresses as early as next year — and there are warnings that a “black market” could develop further. The problem isn’t with domain names, which can be expanded simply by creating news suffixes, but rather with IP addresses. Those are the numbers which, to put things very simply, identify […]
This is an amazingly talented Japanese woman performing some of the most well-known pieces of Star Wars music on an electronic organ. Enjoy!
Could it really be true? Could Barack Obama be less technically competent than his predecessor? If a recent speech by Obama is anything to go by, the answer could be yes. Speaking to the graduating class at Hampton University in Virginia, Obama said: “With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations – none of which I […]