Category: Geeky Stuff

Dragon*Con 2012!

Well, we just returned from Dragon*Con 2012, and it was great! Dragon*Con is one of North America’s biggest sci-fi/fantasy conventions, and I think there were somewhere around 45,000 people there this year (though I swear it felt more like 45,008). I can’t even begin to name the guests who attend,...

Rolling in the Higgs

Well, here’s a really geeky music video parody of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” called “Rolling in the Higgs”, sung in a cappella by physics student Tim Blair of A Capella Science. Check it out! There’s a collider under Geneva Reaching new energies that we’ve never achieved before Finally we can...

The Star Wars That I Used To Know

This well-executed parody of Gotye’s popular song “Somebody that I used to Know” pretty much sums up my feelings of the Star Wars prequels and the “re-masterings” of the original films. If only Mr. Lucas could find it in his cold, calloused heart to release the original theatrical versions on...

The Future is Ours

The news today is rife with stories of heartbreaking tragedy and unrelenting terror, gloomy outlooks and pessimistic forecasts. But as Peter Diamandis points out in his recent TEDTalk, the media caters directly to our amygdala, giving us more pessimistic news than optimistic news. The reality is, we live in a world...

Higgs Boson Discovered

The great thing about science is that it makes predictions that can be tested, the results of which either disprove or leading credence to, various theories and models that describe how the universe works. One of these was the prediction that a particle known as the Higgs Boson “gives mass”...

How to Make a Tesla Gun

Ever wanted to make a lightning bolt gun and run around, laughing maniacally, as you zap everything in sight?  Well, this guy did, and he has instructions on how you can too. That is one wicked looking Tesla gun.

Rob Reid on Copyright Math

This is a nice little 5 minute chat from Rob Reid, the founder of the company that created Rhapsody, which he recently gave at TED on “Copyright Math”. Very funny!

And Now Some Words from Neil deGrasse Tyson

Have you ever wondered  what the most interesting fact in the universe is? Well, here’s how Neil deGrasse Tyson answers that question. And if you have more time on your hands (1 hour and 18  minutes of time), here’s Stephen Colbert’s interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Very funny, and very...

Doctor Who: Curse of Fatal Death

I just stumbled upon this “official” Doctor Who parody, which was done for a BBC charity telethon back in 1999.  It has some pretty big names including  Rowan Atkinson, Richard Grant, and Hugh Grant, and is pretty funny. Plus it has the classic Master (far better than the new Master,...

Zeitgeist 2011

I hope you had a good 2011 and have a happy 2012. Google has put up a retrospective of 2011, highlighting from the search engine’s perspective the top stories and events of the past year. Sure, it’s just a promo for Google, but it’s still a great video. Enjoy!