Mac vs PC vs Linux
Remember those old Mac vs PC commercials? Well, here’s some more — but with a new friend added!
Category: Geeky Stuff
Antikythera Mechanism Watch
For the ultimate clockwork gizmo thingamajig watch, look no further than the Antikythera Mechanism watch! It’s not actually available yet, but the Swiss watchmaker company, Hublot, plans to present it at the Baselworld Watch Show in 2012. In the mean time, enjoy this video on the Antikythera Mechanism and the...
Scientists to Rip Spacetime Apart
If I’ve learned anything from Star Trek, it’s that when the words “spacetime” and “rip apart” occur in the same sentience, you get the heck out of the solar system at warp 9. Yet, having failed to blow up the planet with the LHC, particle physicists (being the crazy, zany,...
Zombies Visit Psychic Who Talks to Dead People
Phil Plait, the creator of the Bad Astronomy blog over on Discover Magazine, just put up a great post about James van Praagh, who claims to be able to communicate with the dead (would that not make him a Necromancer?). The James Randi Educational Foundation recently offered him $1 million...
Ubuntu Unity vs Gnome Shell
Today I updated both my main PC and home file server from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. As you may or may not know, Ubuntu 11.04 came with the new Unity desktop interface, which as I described in a previous post, I really did not like. However, in 11.04 it was...
Interactive Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy
SF Signal has create an interactive guide to NPR’s top 100 list of science fiction and fantasy books. They have create a beautiful flowchart and a pretty nifty interactive web app. The flowchart is good to download and print out (if you have a 52″ x 40″ printer), and the...
Netflix Fail
It turns out that Netflix is actually run by a drunk orangutang. Instead of doing something sane, such as expanding their streaming library or adding new services like music, the CEO recently announced that they are complete splitting the DVD rental business into new company stupidly called Qwikster (pronounced a...
Dragon*Con 2011 Parade
I had a great time this year at Dragon*Con 2011. In my previous post I mentioned some of the highlights of Dragon*Con, but in this post I’m just going to zip through some great pictures I managed to take of the annual Dragon*Con parade. It was pretty fantastic seeing all...
Dragon*Con 2011
I have just returned from Dragon*Con 2011, and it was pretty fantastic as usual. I’m going to make some more posts about it over the next few days, but for right now you can just enjoy a few random pictures.
Bionic Rules All Machines
And this is why Android phones will always be that much more awesome than those pearly white iPhone. Oh, yeah! Now that’s cyberpunk!
