Filmed at 10,000 frames per second, this commercial, titled “A moment of Schweppervescence”, won a Gold Lion at the 2008 edition of the Cannes film festival. I don’t know if it’s the music (“To build a Home”, by The Cinematic Orchestra), the visuals, or maybe a combination of both, but the video brought me a […]
Our friend Paul Cooper from Tokyoflash sent us pictures of a bunch of concept clock designs this morning that may be manufactured by his company in the near future. To help Paul out, we’re posting what we consider the best designs, and would love to hear your thoughts about them. Which one would you be […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] One more April Fool’s joke to add to the fray – I had a feeling that a few of you might enjoy a good pun as much as I do. Or, you know, tea. Because I do love tea. And QWERTY. It’s just fun to type. Online tea store […]
Why has no one thought of this before? WANT! This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is “Attack of the Clones” you can nestle the wee-ones snug in simulated Tauntaun fur while […]
We’ve shown you Woz on his disastrous first week on Dancing with the Stars, now here’s Steve on his second and third week, dancing the Quick Step and the Samba respectively. The Quick Step The Samba & The Worm
Enjoy this brief glimpse into the world of competitive air guitar. Filmed by us last Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Theatre in Austin, Texas, these guys are just the preliminary qualifiers for the international air guitar championship. Relive the only good part of the 1980s that’s still good today as the long hair flies. […]
I need to see this movie again. I must have missed this part the first time I saw Star Wars. Of course that was a long time ago in a town far far away, and I was a bit drunk at the time. [via Gorilla Mask]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you’re a fan of Battlestar Galactica, whether you liked the finale or hated it, there will be (almost – keep reading) no more. So now what? Will Friday nights now be spent cradling a DVD boxset of Firefly? Now, I offer no guarantees, but here are some upcoming […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] There are two major literary awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre–the Nebulas, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Hugos, voted on by the members of Worldcon (which will be held this August in Montreal). The Hugo nominees were announced yesterday, and […]
The Drake equation (also sometimes called the “Green Bank equation”, the “Green Bank Formula,” or often erroneously labeled the “Sagan equation”) is a famous result in the fields of exobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). This equation was devised by Dr. Frank Drake (now Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University […]