It’s a new year, and chances are that at least some of you have made a resolution to avoid fast food or red meat. Burger King knows this, and they’re apparently seeking to head off this mass migration towards healthiness by offering an alternative resolution: delete 10 of your Facebook friends instead, and they’ll give you […]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Popular review site Yelp is a great place to get that anger off your chest about how you were treated by a crappy, overpriced restaurant or any other vendor/service provider, but a lawsuit filed last February may chill out some of those heated reviews in the future. Christopher […]
To our surprise (and very appreciative amazement!), some kind soul has nominated GAS for the 2008 weblog award. Best of all, [GAS] was selected as one of the top 10 best tech blogs for this year’s edition. Unfortunately, there can only be one grand winner, and we’re running up against some very stiff competition. If […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] Today we have a very special presentation for you. ThinkGeek, known far and wide for their wonderful geek gear, has been extremely secretive about their inner workings. That is… until now. Geeks Are Sexy was given exclusive access to the ThinkGeek headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia and sat down with John […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Nielson’s 2008 Trend Summary reveals some interesting data in its gaming top ten lists. It seems that despite the fuss over next-gen consoles these past two years, people still spend more time with Playstation 2’s than any other gaming console. Based on usage minutes, the PS2 nearly doubles the […]
My wife bought me a Roku for Christmas, which is a player that lets us instantly watch Netflix movie and television shows on our 57-inch LCD Samsung HDTV. I heard of Roku almost a year ago, but it had slipped my mind. So when I was opening the gift, my initial thought was that this […]
With more than 4.2 million page views, 2008 has been an amazing year for us. In fact, it’s been the best one since the blog’s inauguration back in 2005. Some of our most popular stories ever have been published in the last year, and in case you weren’t around back then, here are the top […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Lake Superior State University has issued its 34th annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. Nominations for the list come from the general public, through the university’s website. The targets are generally “pet peeves from everyday speech, as well […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] While there are a lot of “link shrinkers” and “URL shorteners” out there, this one caught my eye. Adjix is a link shortening service that has the added benefits of tracking and monetization. Back in the early days of TinyURL and its ilk, shortening a link was a fairly click-heavy, but necessary process […]
(Actually, that could be one equal sign, or maybe three, depending on how this works out). Yesterday, key developers of both Merb and Rails announced that the two popular web frameworks for Ruby will be merging. This decision comes as a shock to must Ruby web developers, given the history and philosophy of the two […]