Clik here to view.
Girl Posts Ad Looking for Boyfriend on GitHub, Probably Nerdiest Personal Ad...
We take a moment today to offer mad props to one Noriko Higashi. Noriko is a programmer in Tokyo who, tired of the state of the dating scene, decided to take her romantic fate into her own hands in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Watch the Apple iPad Mini Event Live
It’s finally time, folks. October 23rd means Apple‘s “special event” is actually upon us. If current speculation is correct, the company is all set to announce a smaller version of their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Bit of Algebra Makes Wi-Fi Go Much Faster
You may be reading this while you’re slowly updating a Steam game or watching a buffering Netflix show on your PS3 even though you pay for a fairly speedy Internet. Regardless of how far we’ve come...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your Yawns Are Contagious to Adult Dogs, But Not to Puppies
We’re all familiar with the situation where you see someone else yawn, and all of a sudden, you’re yawning too, thinking that nothing would feel better than a nice nap right about now. Researchers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Zynga Laid Off Over 100 People During Apple’s Event, Might Just Be Tip of the...
Zynga‘s not been doing so well. This isn’t just some opinion; it’s a fact. The company’s been bleeding money since their OMGPOP acquisition. Draw Something, which Zynga apparently thought would be the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There are Now 19 Species of Fern Named in Honor of Lady Gaga
Reseachers at Duke University have named a newly discovered genus of fern in honor of pop star Lady Gaga, because, okay, we don’t really know why. Because she wore a dress that looks similar to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Announces iPad Mini: A Small Version of a Big Version of an iPod Touch
Today, Apple announced what pretty much everyone expected: the iPad Mini. If you were already in the camp that the iPad is “just a bigger iPod Touch” or “a big iPhone that can’t make phone calls,” read...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Unveils Impossibly Thin iMac, Somehow Manages to Fit an Impressive...
The majority of Apple‘s design focus as of late, barring the iPad Mini, seems to have been making everything they can thinner, wider, and with more screen space than ever. None of Apple’s newest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Geekolinks: 10/23
12 weird vintage pictures from séances (Mental Floss) Will Humble Bundle revolutionize online publishing? (The Daily Dot) Hanksy + Thor + door (TDW: Geek) This study says Facebook lowers your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
League of Legends Championships Becomes Most Watched eSports Event of All...
For those that don’t already know, League of Legends is a mighty popular multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA, video game. The game is so popular that the developer, Riot Games, hosts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We May Have Finally Figured Out What Makes The Placebo Response Tick
For as large a role as it plays in modern medicine — from testing to treatment — the mechanics of the placebo effect remain a remarkably ill-understood mystery. A team of researchers at Boston’s Beth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Detectable Levels of Artificial Sweetener Found In Lake Erie
The bad news: The water at a Pennsylvania beach on Lake Erie is full of artificial sweetener and no one really knows what that means. The good news? If you could figure out a way to combine it with...
View ArticleThe Crow, the Sitcom
Remember how cool The Crow was when you were thirteen and the soundtrack had all those grunge bands you secretly still like to this day? Remember how, in between playing computer games and watching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ad Survey Finds the Majority of U.S. Consumers Believe Marketing’s a Bunch of...
The Internet may have mostly made it past the phase of popup ads, though they certainly still exist in dark corners of the web, but it turns out that online advertising may not be out of the woods...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Even Arlington National Cemetery Has a Smartphone App Now, Somehow Not...
As it turns out, being the most technologically advanced national cemetery is something that national cemeteries apparently aspire to. That’s what Arlington National Cemetery would have us believe,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fail Whale: Japanese Agency to Offer New Television Viewer Rating Based on...
Much like Instagram users stereotypically take pictures of food, Twitter users tend to tweet about the somewhat mundane things they’re currently doing or watching. This includes scores and scores of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PlayStation 3 Security Keys Leaked Online: Kind of Matters, Kind of Doesn’t
Over a year ago, Sony’s PlayStation Network was hacked. It was an enormous deal, and Sony had to bring down the PSN for weeks in order to maintain safety, preventing consumers from PlayStation 3 and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Humans Live Longer So Grandmas Can Help Raise Future Generations
Don’t take this wrong, but humans tend to live a lot longer than they’re actually needed, biologically speaking. Our longevity has puzzled researchers. We live decades longer than our closest primate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Newly Discovered Seafloor Bacteria Are Living Electrical Cables
Anyone who has made it through an 8th grade science class can tell you that electricity and water don’t mix very well, which is why Spider-Man always whoops Electro’s butt with a water gun. It’s also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Only Known Complete Copy of Atari 2600 Air Raid’s For Sale
Vintage video games can fetch high prices if they just so happen to be of a certain kind. Sometimes a sale is made based on what comes with the game rather than the game itself. In 2010, a copy of the...
View Article