Byย Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] The title really says it all, but there are some other interesting details to share. Avatar, the big hit movie that has everyone talking, really scored big time as opening weekends go. ย According to the latest numbers by 20th Century Fox,ย Avatar earnedย $77.0 million in America andย $165.5 million in the […]
Some interesting facts about Chuck Norris: When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants. There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live. Outer […]
This thing is destined to go viral, it’s inevitable! It currently sits with 17,000 views on Youtube, but if you check back in 48 hours, I’m pretty sure it’ll have over a hundred thousand. Oh, and while being on the subject of cats, we’ve got one more cat video for all you cat-loving geeks out […]
No, but seriously, does anyone know? Some strange camera quirk? An alien spaceship? A break in the space time continuum? [Via | Google Street View]
The 1992 release Killing In The Name of by Rage Against The Machine was the best selling song in the UK last week. Why that came to be is an example of several ways in which the internet affects cultural life in 2009. For many years there was a long-standing tradition in the UK of […]
In the following 4-minute presentation, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.
[Via Kotaku]
Panic Attack 2009! is a 5-minute short directed and animated by Uruguayan producer Fede Alvarez with a total budget of $300. And thanks to this video, Mr. Alvarez was apparently able to secure a $30 million deal with Hollywood. Hmmm, doesn’t that remind anyone of Neill Blomkamp‘s story? Anyways, here’s Panic Attack 2009!, for your […]
Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years: Cities will have healthier immune systems. City buildings will sense and respond like living organisms. Cars and city buses will run on empty. Smarter […]
Crime dramas and other TV shows can sometimes be a bit boring. But someone on YouTube decided that it might be fun to “enhance” them. Check it out: