I’m the kind of packrat who is always running out of space for my stuff. It’s everything from my collection of pez dispensers to my favorite T-shirts or those magazines I’m still planning on reading or want to reference later. I’ve got stuff – and lots of it. Fortunately, in my adult life I’ve had […]
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Backpack House Adds Additional Room To Your Apartment
Posted 3/05/2008 9:17 am by Stephanie Sturgis and Andrew Sorcini
Feel The Colors, Man! It’s, Like, Wow!
Posted 3/05/2008 8:30 am by Ron Hogan and Andrew SorciniMarch is a month of contrasts. So far, every day of the month has been as gray, wet, and nasty as a pile of discarded middle school gym socks. Blech, even the grossest analogy I could think of isn’t as gross as the weather has been lately, but I know that’s going to change. Eventually […]
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History of American Warfare Told With Food
Posted 3/05/2008 6:52 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniWe are what we eat. At least according to Tourist Pictures. The video graphics company, run by Stefan Nadelman, has put together a 5-and-a-half minute clip that summarizes American warfare from WWII through the present day. And they do it with food. Germany becomes bratwurst and pretzels, the French are croissants, Israel becomes a bagel […]
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Fragile Earth: Satellite Photos of Global Devastation
Posted 3/04/2008 1:01 pm by Adams Briscoe and Andrew SorciniWithout sounding like a hippie, our planet really is fragile in the grand scheme of things. For evidence, just take a look at these satellite images that point out how fast everything is changing. Not all of this is our fault of course. Nature has run its course and caused some things to happen almost […]
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Successful Fitness Routine Forged by 7 Essential Habits
Posted 3/04/2008 11:41 am by Stephanie Sturgis and Andrew SorciniDon’t call it a rut. Call it a routine. Struggling to make it back to the gym on a regular weekly basis isn’t uncommon. It takes more than repetitions to create rock hard biceps and abs of steel. Consistency is the No. 1 habit on a list seven necessary for a successful health regimen and […]
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Everyone Thank China For Our Affordable Plastic Crap
Posted 3/04/2008 10:26 am by Ron Hogan and RJ SaddlerThank you, China! The Onion, one of my favorite sources for satirical yet poignant commentary on modern life, has a great spoof article on the consumer state that is America circa 2008 with a mock article by a Chinese factory worker whose mind is completely blown by just how much shoddily-made plastic mass-produced junk Americans […]
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Quick Video: If Star Wars Had Been Filmed 20 Years Earlier
Posted 3/04/2008 9:14 am by Adams Briscoe and Andrew SorciniWe might as well call this “Saul Wars” — Featured below is a hip video portraying what it would have been like if Star Wars was filmed two decades before it first came out. The opening sequence might have been done by a guy named Saul Bass who was born in 1920 and worked on […]
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Legal (Just Barely) Gadgets For Your Spy Career
Posted 3/04/2008 7:46 am by Trace Sharp and Andrew SorciniI guess it’s a given fact that we, as geeks, want to run the world. And what a better way to have global domination that being a spy. You know, because you get to do spy things. So in thinking of the best way to be the next James (Jane, in my case) Bond, I’m […]
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Nine Inch Nails Release Surprise New Album for Free
Posted 3/04/2008 6:46 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniNine Inch Nails fans now have the answer to what the band’s leader Trent Reznor meant when he posted a mysterious message titled “2 Weeks” last month on their website. He was talking about the release of the new instrumental NIN album Ghosts. The latest NIN endeavor, which is said to be visually-based music for […]
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How to Make Your Own Homemade Glow Sticks
Posted 3/04/2008 6:00 am by Adams BriscoeHere’s a double dose of practicality for science geeks and glowsticking enthusiasts. Traditional store-bought glow sticks have a short life span of about 12 hours (some a lot less than that). If you use these things a lot, the costs can nickel and dime you over time. They’re pretty useless after a day as well. […]
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Real PC, Counterfeit Parts
Posted 3/03/2008 12:28 pm by Ron Hogan and RJ SaddlerI’ve always wanted to build my own computer from scratch. You know, go through a list of components, purchase each bit myself, assemble it all together, and then install my operating system. I have the knowledge to do it, but the patience might be my big concern. One of the reasons why I’ve got the […]
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Combat Tech Fatigue: 12 Ways to Make Your Online Life Simple
Posted 3/03/2008 12:10 pm by Adams Briscoe and Andrew SorciniEven though computers and the internet have made life a lot easier, time spent twittering, blogging, checking RSS feeds, emailing, instant messaging, and surfing can lead to an overwhelmed feeling. I can attest to this, as there are never enough hours in the day to get things done. But if you find yourself stressing […]
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Not the Kind of Spokeswomen to put on your Campaign
Posted 3/03/2008 10:20 am by Adams Briscoe and RJ SaddlerI would feel pretty bad about posting this sort of thing were it not for the fact that it’s from the early 20th century. What you’re looking at is an “advertisement” trying to deter would-be drinkers from hitting the bottle. The encouragement fails on me, personally. The Anti-Saloon League was pretty effective at what […]
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Modern Art Still in Museum on Moon Surface
Posted 3/03/2008 9:50 am by Stephanie Sturgis and Andrew SorciniA small sector of conspiracy theorists speculate that man has never set foot on the moon. If that is out of their realm of belief, I’m guessing those naysayers and doubters certainly won’t buy the fact that there’s a mini modern art museum on the moon. Another amazing fact about these tiny masterpieces is that […]
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How to Cram for College Exams
Posted 3/03/2008 9:22 am by Adams Briscoe and RJ SaddlerSo you’ve been hanging around, not studying, waiting to crack the spine of your geology/economics/women’s studies book for weeks. Exams and midterms aren’t even close yet! It’s a good excuse, but what happens when you’ve got 24-48 to cram half a semester’s worth of material into your cerebrum? You do it properly. First, make a […]
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Odd, Strange, and Unbelievable Truck Spills
Posted 3/03/2008 9:00 am by Adams Briscoe and Andrew SorciniTrucking down the highway can be dangerous, especially if someone decides to swerve out of their lane and into the path of an 18-wheeler carrying over 2,000 cases of beer. That’s what happened a few years ago on a Canadian highway, leaving the road in a “sea of beer” as a police officer described it. […]
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Geek Graffiti for Your Inner Nerd
Posted 3/03/2008 8:06 am by Trace Sharp and RJ SaddlerIn the 1984 movie “Revenge of the Nerds” society was introduced to a sassy group of nerds that fought the system by being just a bit smarter than the jocks that inhabited fictitious Adams College. Needless to say, nerds and geeks have taken over the world. I guess you could attribute that to Bob Gates. […]
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Arthur Benjamin Calculates with ‘Mathemagics’
Posted 3/03/2008 6:28 am by AJ Star and Andrew SorciniMathemagician Arthur Benjamin has created a new form of entertainment where he brings the charm and flair of magic shows to the science of mathematics–and makes you love it. But he says he is nothing like Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Main. After watching the video below, however, I am quite skeptical. TED, a website with the mission of […]
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