By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] I spied this image on Gizmodo yesterday and it made me laugh. Notice “YouTube:” just you and a tube! “Weather” and “Safari” aren’t too bad either! Somebody clearly put a lot of work into this. Let’s hope getting on the front page of Digg was the payout they […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] In a recent speech, Dow Jones Chief Executive and publisher of the Wall Street Journal Les Hinton waxed poetic upon the evils of Google by picking a metaphor and, er, sinking his teeth in. He called Google a vampire that’s been “sucking the blood” out of the newspaper business. […]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Gather around, children, and I’ll tell you a tale of a bygone era when Yahoo! was relevant. Way back in the late 1990s and even into the early 2000s, Yahoo! was the web portal and search engine of choice for many netizens. But that was before the ascendance […]
He cannot deny it, Marvin has the most boring job in the universe… but navigating through space in an old piece of junk must surely bring its own share of excitement… right? If you want to download the 720P version of this movie or simply want to learn more about it, you can do so […]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Much has been made of the wives of the important men in history. Some of those wives were very important in their own right, or even more so than their husbands. It seems that one such lady has somehow slipped through the cracks of history, though. Recently, a […]
While I’m sure that you’ve all seen Darth Vader’s mask from the perspective of an outside observer, how many of you have ever seen it from the inside? Not many, I’m willing to bet! Look at all those tiny needles! Maybe Lord Vader was a fan of acupuncture, who knows? [Via Walyou]
O.M.G.I.G.P. stands for “Oh My God I’m Gonna Puke.” Some of you will think that this acronym should be used as an Anti-IE acronym, but in the case of the following video, no, it’s to promote IE8’s new InPrivate mode. Warning: Video is a bit gross. Oh, and before anyone mentions it, yeah, we know, […]
This is what you get when you decide to invade a real eagle’s airspace. Fortunately for the fake eagle, a crow was there in the end to save its sorry ass. [Via Gizmodo]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] As if we don’t see enough equations in physics textbooks, sometimes they sneak up on us when we’re least expecting them. Some of the equations pictured are “famous” (though some are definitely not); please feel free to boast your equation-spotting skills in the comments. It’s like bird watching. “Oh […]
Vodafone has launched a device which boosts reception for cellphones in the homes of British customers. It’s the first time the device, known as a femtocell, has been launched to consumers in Europe. The device (pictured, via bandaancha.eu) works by routing cellphone signals through a home broadband connection. The femtocell, which simply plugs into the […]