Archive for the ‘Geeky’ Category

Proof of Alien Life!

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous meteorites…. The implications are that life is everywhere, and that life on Earth may have come from other planets.

via Journal of Cosmology.

Prototype Of Machine That Copies Itself Goes On Show

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Prototype Of Machine That Copies Itself Goes On Show.

RepRap Represent!

Nanoparticle system scans opaque objects - UPI.com

Monday, February 7th, 2011

“University of Utah researchers said their new nanotechnology can scan materials such as bones and tumor cells and the method might be used for detecting fatigue in materials such as carbon-fiber plastics.”

via Nanoparticle system scans opaque objects - UPI.com.

Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE)

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Microsoft is giving cops free COFEE - a ‘magical’ USB drive designed to automatically collect/store personal information from a PC

Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE).

Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail

Monday, February 7th, 2011

“The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves.”

via Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail.

Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail

Monday, February 7th, 2011

“The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves.”

via Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail.

Austin Debuts World’s First Zombie Warning System » Popular Fidelity » Images

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Hilarious.  

Austin Debuts World’s First Zombie Warning System » Popular Fidelity » Images.

‘Immortal’ jellyfish swarming across the world - Telegraph

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

“An ‘immortal’ jellyfish is swarming through the world’s oceans, according to scientists.”

via ‘Immortal’ jellyfish swarming across the world - Telegraph.

YouTube - [NFS]Battousai!

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

YouTube - [NFS]Battousai!.  More glorious Q2CTF

YouTube - Quake 2 CTF April 2007. #002

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

YouTube - Quake 2 CTF April 2007. #002.  ACME!!!

YouTube - Quake 2 CTF Clan X vs Holland clan (Final Showdown)

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

YouTube - Quake 2 CTF Clan X vs Holland clan (Final Showdown).  Q2CTF FTW BEST VIDEO GAME EVER

Joel Fights Back - It’s about more than just music.

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Joel Fights Back - It’s about more than just music..

“Joel Tenenbaum has been accused by the recording industry of downloading and sharing seven songs on a popular file-sharing network, and the recording industry wants over one million dollars in return.”

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo on Vimeo

“My friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When I asked her if she wanted to watch the original trilogy she said that she would, but that she already knew what happens. So I took out my voice recorder and asked her to start from the top.”

YouTube - Reading Your Mind

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

YouTube - Reading Your Mind.  Neuroscience has learned much about the brain’s activity and its link to certain thoughts. As Lesley Stahl reports, it may now be possible, on a basic level, to read a person’s mind.

Say goodbye to Microsoft. Now.

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Say goodbye to Microsoft. Now. Delete Windows from your computer and install Linux over it.