I bookmarked this a while ago partially in order to make it easier to come back to when I wanted something to decorate the walls of my new place, but also because I wanted to be able to share these…
ExtremeTech :: What Is The Higgs Boson and Why Is It Important to Science?
(Photo courtesy of µµ.) Over at ExtremeTech a few weeks back, I penned a column that I’m actually very proud of – essentially a layman’s guide to what the Higgs Boson is and why it’s important to scientific discovery and…
What If Famous Videogame Characters Looked Like Their Voice Actors?
This tidbit from Dorkly will either make you laugh and smile or it’ll completely obliterate your childhood. After all, imagine what Mario, Solid Snake, and Kratos actually look like – or rather, what their voice actors actually look like. If…
This Steampunk Wristwatch Is Pure Awesome
It would be enough if this beautiful Steampunk watch over at Instructables just kept time, but it also has the mechanical retracting iris that makes this watch a piece of art. The YouTube video of it in action is below,…
Take a 360-Degree Tour of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s Flight Deck
The fine folks at BoingBoing managed to find a link to a 360-degree tour of the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, in all of her glory. The images are fantastic – so much so that you can read the…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past…With A Portal Gun
Following up their hilarious Mario with a Portal Gun video, this Link with a Portal Gun video form the folks at Dorkly simply takes the cake. After all, this is totally how I would have played Link to The Past…
Nathan Fillion’s Swamp Ass PSA
This is probably the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in a very long time. I mean, I think everyone understand how a bad case of swamp ass can be, but this is a whole different thing. Honestly though, the hair…
Prototype 32-Inch Android Multi-Touch Display
I love Android, I really do – and I especially love how imminently customizable and tweakable it is, regardless of how sometimes carriers and Google itself will try to arrest some of that tweaking and hacking. Still, it’s probably the…
Angry Birds Used to Teach Physics
One of the beautiful things about Angry Birds is that it’s all about basic mechanics. Parabola, arcs, gravity, force and acceleration. It’s all there. It would make for a great teaching tool if you’d let it be, and one Atlanta…
9-Minute Leaked Preview of the New Thundercats Cartoon
Rumor has been flying for a long time now that the original Thundercats would see a reboot of some kind, and sure enough it’s coming true, over at Cartoon Network. The reboot isn’t coming in the shape of a movie,…