TLC’s Best Funeral Ever Starts in Two Weeks, Network Sinks Even Lower
What happened to you TLC? Years ago, you used to be all about expanding the craniums of your audience, and now you spend your days doing the exact opposite by rotting our minds with senseless reality...
View ArticleGigabit Squared Bringing Ultra High-Speed Fiber Broadband Network to Seattle
Seattle, Washington is already known for its incessant rainfall and having the honor of being labeled the cradle of all things grunge that defined the ’90s generation, but soon it will be adding...
View ArticleGeekolinks: 12/14
AP source identifies Adam Lanza as CT shooter (Mediaite) 11 deadliest shootings in U.S. history (HyperVocal) AMC is giving us every episode of The Walking Dead in black and white (The Mary Sue) 5...
View ArticleThanks, Google: Porn-Only Search Engine Experiences 50% Traffic Boost
Earlier this week, Google had put a search filter in place that made it difficult for those with a taste for adult entertainment to scroll through Google Images for pornographic pics. While they...
View ArticleEditors’ Picks 12/14: The Hybrid Toy Chronicles of Our Readers
This week in Editors’ Picks: Rollin goes back to the video game basics, Ian finds a soft spot in his heart, Glen’s impressed by his wallet, and Steven’s happy to have found a wonderful place to shop....
View ArticleQuick! Watch This Supercut Video! There’s No Time to Explain!
Supercuts might be the best kind of cuts. That’s why they’re super. This one has assembled together decades of characters in television and movies telling one another that there’s no time to explain....
View ArticleThat Didn’t Take Long: Angry Mob Mistakenly Blames Mass Effect for School...
The horrifying event that went down yesterday morning in Connecticut was accidentally blamed on Ryan Lanza for a period of time. Turns out, the suspected shooter is actually Adam Lanza, Ryan’s younger...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Owes an Estimated 5.8 Million Alcoholic Drinks to Passengers
Turns out, businesses offering folks free vouchers or coupons that don’t include expiration dates is probably not a good idea. If something changes, and those businesses suddenly decide to stop...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Rejects Opt-Out Porn Filter Despite Pleas to Think of the...
The United Kingdom has, in the past, been notoriously difficult on Internet pornography. There’s even a Wikipedia page dedicated to their anti-pornography movement, if that’s any indication. A recent...
View ArticleGroup Claims They Found Children Employed at Samsung Supplier, Which Samsung...
Another week, another accusation of illegal child labor in China. This particular claim, from China Labor Watch, is interesting due to the fact that it concerns Samsung. The technology company...
View ArticleGeekolinks: 12/15
Star Wars Christmas cards might help cheer you up (The Mary Sue) Inspiration behind The Wire's Omar Little dies at 58 (Hollywood Reporter) 8 photos from the last episode of 30 Rock (The Daily Dot)...
View ArticleWhen You Think About It, Link’s Really Just a Huge Jerk [Video]
One of the classic tropes seen in The Legend of Zelda games involves protagonist Link running about, smashing this and that. Typically, the objects being smashed are pots, but he’s not usually...
View ArticleTwitter Introduces New Feature to Download All Your Tweets
Twitter is great way to communicate, follow trends, and stalk celebrities, but the fleeting nature of a tweet makes the whole thing pretty ephemeral. Thankfully, users who want something a bit more...
View ArticleNASA Will Livestream Tomorrow’s Lunar Probe Crash
The twin probes that gave us that detailed map of the Moon’s gravity have precious few hours left to live. Tomorrow at approximately 5:28pm (EST) the two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory...
View ArticleDoes Google Maps for iOS Break EU Privacy Laws?
It took long enough, but Google Maps is finally back on the iPhone. Most people celebrated its return, but the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is saying a...
View ArticleJapanese Company Introduces Smartphone Controlled Toilet [Video]
Japanese toilets are famously ridiculous, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. It’s a lot like if someone made a version of Pimp My Ride, but for toilets. They have features like heated seats,...
View ArticleGeekolinks: 12/16
Cast of The Hobbit plays FMK (The Mary Sue) Samuel L Jackson drops F bomb on SNL (Gossip Cop) Idaho Potato Bowl gets a new potato mascot (SportsGrid) Lieberman blames video games for violence...
View ArticleSomeone Edited the Power Rangers Theme Song Over the Pacific Rim Trailer,...
We love a good giant robot here at Geekosystem, so of course we’re pumped for Pacific Rim. The new trailer looks impressive, but somebody thought it would be even better if they replaced all the sound...
View ArticleWashington Man Threatens To Shoot Up Schools If Gun Rights Are Restricted,...
In stunningly clear object lesson on “Things Not To Do, EVER,” World’s Least Classy Total Idiot candidate Korry Martinson has turned himself in to police who had been searching for him all weekend....
View ArticleAI Designed Game A Puzzling Present Brings Humans One Step Closer To...
The gameplay of recently released platform puzzle game A Puzzling Present may seem on the familiar side, but it’s safe to say that no matter how well trod this side-scrolling puzzler may feel at times...
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