GeekDad posted what he calls “a good sample of the skills required to be a true geek.” I started reading the list of 100 Essential Skills for Geeks and realized I am not a geek at all. But rather than giving up, I, like a true geek, kept reading the list. At about #47, the […]
Prey Alone is a 2005 action-packed short film featuring agent Cain, a man on the hunt for an elusive killer. His only clues to find him: an uncooperative witness and the words P.R.E.Y. A.L.O.N.E.
Most of you have heard that VLC, the open-source media-playing software is now officially out of beta. Even better, they have released a portable version of the software, which means you can keep VLC on your USB drive and use it on other people’s machines. Have you tried watching a video on a friend’s computer […]
Sony says it has no plans to cut the cost of the PS3, despite threats by one major games producer to boycott the console until it becomes cheaper. Last month, Bobby Kotick of Activision (the firm behind Call of Duty and Guitar Hero) said the high price of the console meant those who do buy […]
28 years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africas as the worlds nations argued over what to […]
Take a ride inside the Black Hole Flight Simulator, courtesy of Professor Andrew Hamilton.
Online music site Pandora has been saved from closure after the music and internet industries finally reached a deal over royalty rates. It’s a major boost for the online radio industry, though there’s still a significant disparity between online and over-the-air radio. Online radio in the US is governed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act […]
You know what they say… there are only 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don’t. The following pictures represent the kind that do understand, and definitely appreciate the joy of 1’s and 0’s. Binary Egg – rakka (CC)
The USB 2.0 powered iSaw: Because zombies could be coming at you from anywhere, even while you’re calmly sitting in front of your computer, minding your own business. Never before has a chainsaw been made available in such a compact and mobile form. Measuring no larger than the size of a regular computer keyboard, every […]
If you’re one of those people who researches information online and winds up with a bunch of scrawled notes on the back of envelopes, Yahoo could have the solution. The firm is launching a feature in its search engine which can automatically take and store notes from the pages you visit. Search Pad launches today […]