Cuddle Your Nightmares With This Slender Man Plush Toy
When I was a little kid, I had a stuffed clown — hand-made by a dear, beloved, and wonderful aunt — that I was convinced was going to kill me. There was a time I though that clown was the scariest...
View ArticleNASA and LEGO Get Together on Google Hangout to Talk About “Imagine and...
Ever thought of what you would use to build your own spaceship if you were to design one yourself? LEGO has, of course, and while their bricks aren’t quite strong enough to withstand interstellar...
View ArticleArtist Accidentally Destroys Rare Comics for Sculpture, Including Avengers #1
Before going away to college, I cut up a few issues of Amazing Spider-Man and plastered them on my mini-fridge. Together the issues may have been worth $5, and I got a neat looking fridge out of it....
View ArticleStart Brainstorming Those Crossover Fanfics: Parks & Rec’s Aubrey Plaza Cast...
At this point it seems like we’ve been waiting eons for the new season of Legend of Korra to grace our television screens, and after all that it’s still not ready. But hold fast, friends! Some of the...
View ArticlePetition Demands Microsoft Reinstate Restrictive Xbox One Policies
Do you remember the olden days, when the Xbox One was going to restrict used game sales and require online check-ins? Are you annoyed that now that Microsoft conceded and went back on those policies,...
View ArticleThe Steam Summer Sale is Here! Tips to Not Make Your Wallet Hate You
It’s really happening, people. This is not a drill: The Steam Summer Sale is now live. For those that are Steam sale veterans, it’s a known fact that it’s easy to get carried away with the deep...
View ArticleEverything’s Coming Up Hodor! Game of Thrones Characters Get The Simpsons...
Draw The Simpsons basically does what it says on the label — illustrator ADN draws a Simpsonized version of a famous character, historical figure, or pop culture icon every day and posts it to his...
View ArticleTeacher-Turned-Congressman Grades GOP Letter to House Speaker, Posts It to...
As much as high school sucked for basically everyone, there are some things about the state of the real adult world that could probably be improved by a little more of the discipline that only an...
View ArticleKaren Nyberg Picks Up Where Chris Hadfield Left Off, Shows Us How to Wash...
Chris Hadfield showed us how astronauts do a lot of things in space, but as a dude with a shorter hairstyle, there’s just some stuff he wasn’t going to be able to tackle. Luckily, Karen Nyberg is up...
View ArticleLeonardo da Vinci, Eat Your Heart Out: AeroVelo Wins Sikorsky Human Powered...
If you’d ever heard of the AHS Sikorsky Prize before now, you already know that it hadn’t been won in it’s entire 33-year length history – which makes it kind of like the James Randi One Million...
View ArticleHead’s Up, It’s Still Free Slurpee Day Right Now
Have you gotten your free Slurpee yet from your nearest 7-Eleven? Because today, July 11th — 7/11, get it? — is Free Slurpee Day, and this year they’re actually going to give you a real 12 oz cup...
View ArticleGeekolinks: 7/11
11 amazing hotel amenities totally worth the trip (Mental Floss) New York Red Bulls paying fans to stop chanting “You suck asshole” (SportsGrid) The 50 essential movie musicals (Flavorwire) The cute...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence is on the Rise, and That Might Be a Good Thing [Video]
We all know the standard tropes and fears surrounding artificial intelligence — how the robots will replace all of us at our jobs and evolve to overthrow humanity in an apocalyptic blaze, that kind of...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Reportedly Meeting With Human Rights Groups In Moscow Airport...
It appears that NSA leaker Edward Snowden is getting rather tired of his weeks long layover in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Not that anyone could blame him — I’m hard-pressed to stay chipper through...
View ArticleFlatworms Can Retain Memories After Having Their Heads Cut Off
Planarian flatworms are simple creatures, but they have some some amazing biological characteristics that have long fascinated scientists. A new study by researchers at Tufts University suggests shows...
View ArticleThese 1-Up Stuffed Mushroom Pizza Rolls Will Give You All The Energy You Need...
Chris-Rachael Oseland, aka Kitchen Overlord, is pretty amazing at taking your favorite geek icons and making them into adorable, delicious treats, particularly breads and stuffed rolls. These 1-Up...
View ArticleAstronomers Have Found One Of The Largest Stars In The Milky Way, And It’s...
If Hercules hadn’t been made into a constellation, he would probably have been reborn in space as a recently discovered star: the largest one ever spotted in the Milky Way. A group of astronomers...
View ArticleWatch Evo 2013 Live Right Here
The Evolution Championship Series is the biggest and baddest fighting video game tournament out there. You’ve probably heard it mentioned on social media, often as just “Evo,” with lots of...
View ArticleDeus Ex: The Fall Impossible to Play on Jailbroken Devices
Remember that mobile app game, Deus Ex: The Fall, that nobody asked for? Well, turns out that if you bought it anyway and happen to have a jailbroken device, then you just spent $7 dollars on bupkis....
View ArticleThere’s Finally an IFTTT App Available for iPhone
Man, being on the Internet is too much work — it’s such a hassle to keep track of different social media websites, calendars, photo uploading services, and all the other stuff out there that you need...
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