Barnes & Noble has unleashed twin weapons in its battle with the Kindle and iPad: the company is updating its Nook reader to offer both chess and sudoko games! OK, OK, that’s not the main selling point. The firm is also adding an “experimental web browser” which will run in the main grayscale window rather […]
Okay, so technically there is no such thing. But stay with me a moment and let me explain. So I totally missed the ball yesterday for Earth Day. I’m sorry, Earth. It’s nothing personal. It’s not like I was dumping garbage around my back yard and leaking batteries into the soil. No, I took a […]
Another amazing cartoon by Tom Oatmeal. Enjoy! [Via Theoatmeal]
As part of an icebreaking event at the latest meeting of my local social media enthusiasts group Brrism, the 30 or so people on hand were asked to compare birthdays. It turned out that three pairs of people each shared a birthday. As unlikely as that may sound, nobody is calling Ripley’s Believe It Or […]
Many of you probably would never have heard of the World War II film Downfall if it weren’t for the slew of hilarious parodies that popped up in the past couple of years. They all use the same clip: a scene in the film where Hilter goes on a furious tirade upon realizing that the […]
What you’re about to see, which starts at 1:20 in the video and lasts for only 60 seconds, took 2 years, 96 layers and 15 tracks to create. Since this video is in HD, I strongly suggest that you put the player in full screen mode before hitting the play button. Enjoy! [Via Reddit]
Hey everyone! My friend Alex over at Neatorama has recently re-opened his site’s online shop, and to celebrate the occasion, he offered me two free $50 gift certificates to distribute among you guys. In case you’ve never heard of the site, Neatorama is one of the top 100 most visited blogs on the Intertubes, and […]
I’m not exactly sure if this is a shopped job or not, but this French lord vader condom envelope, translated word for word to “I will not be your father!”, is so full of win, it makes the geek in me feel like squealing in glee!
Apple says it is formally abandoning attempts to bring Flash to the iPhone, and Adobe, on its side, says open platforms such as Flash will eventually win out over Apple’s closed platform. The change in policy is said to be the result of a new clause in Apple’s iPhone app license which Adobe believes to […]
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to do something dead crazy next summer: He wants to break Joseph Kittinger’s free falling record, jumping from an altitude of 120,000 feet up in the air. As you can expect, doing this isn’t exactly what we could call “safe”, so Baumgartner will need a special suit, giving him life […]