Tag: "Random Geekery"
“The Hobbit” Trailer is Here! Now Sit Down and Wait.
Seriously, folks. We have to wait a year for this, and we have yet to see Smaug.
It’s A Shame that John Bad Mutha Shut Yo Mouth Didn’t Discover This Comet
Some comets hide debris in their long tails. Comet Lovejoy hides a fist and a leaping spin-kick.
Naval…Lasers? Yes, Please and On A Battleship!
Oh, United States Navy, you had me at “lasers” and “pirates”. The US Navy’s MLD system, designed and built by defense contractor Northrop Grumman, is a bit different in nature. The MLD is a 15 kilowatt laser specifically designed to handle the pitch and roll of a ship deck without losing track of its target. [...]
The Delivery Presents – Adventure is Good in Aquilonia, Not Libya
“Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of. And onto this, Episode 84 of The Delivery, destined to wear the jeweled crown of podcasting eminence upon a troubled brow. It is I, its creator, who alone can tell thee of his [...]
Here is Alcohol You Can Admire
Someone get this to Stephen Green, stat! If you have often wondered what exactly lies within the various concoctions that make our favourite alcoholic drinks, then here is your answer. These incredible pictures show popular cocktails magnified up to 1,000 times under a high-tech laboratory microscope. Produced by U.S. firm Bevshots, they reveal the incredible [...]
Gilligan Was Not to be Found
I tweeted about this gut-churning video a couple of days ago, but for those of you who have not embraced the marvelous social media world of Twitter, let me present it here. The video is a compilation of closed-circuit surveillance videos on a cruise ship that suddenly encountered a storm that produces seas over 21 [...]
Cassini Should Watch Out for Fremen
The spice must flow! Gusty winds that blow in reverse of prevailing weather on Saturn’s largest moon Titan appear to shape some of the moon’s odd equatorial sand dunes, a new study finds. Huge dunes of tiny particles of carbon cover more than 20 percent of Titan’s surface. A particular band of these dunes — within [...]
The JournoList Diaries, Day 3: JournoListers Discover Hentai, Fail at Geek.
Lest you think that the life of a JournoLister consisted solely of trying to fix the election for Barack Obama, attacking Sarah Palin to help Barack Obama, rooting for Rush Limbaugh to die, and cheering the election of Barack Obama with slightly less dignity than a bunch of 14 year old girls backstage as a [...]
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