• Top 10 Punishments for Geeks

  • By Matt Blum
  • Friday, March 29

  • Evil overlords have a tough time when it comes to punishing geeks. Here, then, are ten strategies for doing just that, for all those evil overlords — or those who’d like to become one — who could use a little …

  • 2013 Toy Fair: Cut The Rope Toys and Games

  • By Anton Olsen
  • Wednesday, March 27

  • Zeptolab, the people behind the hit mobile games, Cut The Rope, and Pudding Monsters are branching into the physical realm with a line of Cut The Rope themed toys. I met up with them at Toy Fair for a tour …

  • Review: Digital Storm Bolt

  • By Anton Olsen
  • Wednesday, March 27

  • The Digital Storm Bolt arrived in a surprisingly small box but its weight quickly dispelled the notion that this wasn’t a serious gaming machine. The case is solid and powder coated a nice shiny white with a cool black interior. …

  • The Kodu Challenge is Open for Young Developers

  • By Chuck Lawton
  • Tuesday, March 26

  • If the Imagine Cup is the World Series of Software Design, the Kodu challenge is like little league. Broken up into two age groups, students can use Microsoft’s free Kodu platform to learn programming fundamentals in a fun and intuitive …

  • Exploding Glass Drop at 100,000 fps

  • By Roy Wood
  • Tuesday, March 26

  • The folks at the Smarter Every Day YouTube channel have posted a terrific video about Prince Rupert’s Drops. What the heck is a Prince Rupert’s Drop, and why would you possibly be interested in something that sounds so boring? Well, …

  • Random Geek Roundup #5

  • By Jenny Williams
  • Tuesday, March 26

  • Welcome to the fifth irregular installment of Random Geek Roundup! This is where I collect a variety of links and sites and products that have come across my virtual desk in recent days. Just because you’ve discovered a specific interesting …

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  • Physicists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), announced Thursday that the new particle discovered last summer appears to be the Higgs boson, also known as the “God particle.”  More
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    • Portland was the site for the SymmyS -- that's a palindrome -- award ceremony this past Sunday which was, in fact, 3-10-2013 -- a numbered palindrome.  More
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    • Wildly successful Kickstarter-funded video project Tropes vs. Women in Video Games launched yesterday with "Damsel in Distress: Part 1," a critical look at the traditional role of female characters in many classic properties.  More
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    • There have been plenty of rumors about the original Star Wars cast returning for the Disney movies. And now it seems we have a confirmation straight from the Alderaan princess' mouth.  More
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    • Communication between humans is both complex and primal. While we tend to focus on verbal communication as the primary means for contact, blind and deaf people will attest that there are other ways to communicate. Disabilities aside, we don’t just ...  More
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    • The reactor can be made assembly-line style and powered by molten radioactive material from nuclear weapons, Wilson said. The relatively small, modular reactor can be shipped sealed with enough fuel to last for 30 years. "You can plop them down anywhere ...  More
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    • The artist spent 12 months assembling the campus, combining elements from the books and movies to create a complete structure inside and out.  More
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    • Pop culture hip-hopper Adam WarRock has once again joined forces with rapper/producer Mikal kHill for another themed release. The Slytherin House Mixtape is available now for free download at slytherinmixtape.com.  More
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    • So this doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but in a chat with EW today Mark Hamill has come clean as to what involvement he and his original trilogy co-stars have in the forthcoming series. In short: some. But ...  More
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    • You know our Offbeat Brides love them some references to The Princess Bride. (See our tag archive for proof!) The Impressive Clergyman makes appearances regularly. But rare is the time when we get some full-on Westley and Buttercup cosplay!  More
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    • This morning's Nintendo Direct includes some exciting news about (and solid release dates for) games like Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. There's also talk of new promotions concerning ...  More
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    • Liu, Jonathan. (jonathanhliu) "In case you wondered, MLA has rules for how to cite a tweet. Awesome." 13 Feb. 2013, 9:10 a.m. Tweet.  More
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    • YouTuber Grant Thompson, The King of Random, recently posted this video on how to make your own batch of dry ice at home. The process requires a food-safe CO2 fire extinguisher (which he got for free at a local fire ...  More
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    • Entertainment Weekly has learned details on two of the spin-off projects: A young Han Solo saga, focusing on the wisecracking smuggler’s origin story, and a bounty hunter adventure with Boba Fett at the center of a rogue’s gallery of galactic ...  More
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    • If the coffee and continental breakfast here at the D.I.C.E. Summit 2013 didn’t wake me up, then this bombshell at the end of J.J. Abrams’ and Gabe Newell’s opening keynote, “Storytelling Across Platforms: Who Benefits Most, the Audience or the Player?”, ...  More
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    • Walt Disney Pictures CEO Bob Iger has confirmed rumors that the studio is looking at a series of Star Wars films that will see release independent of the new trilogy and that will focus on specific characters from the overall ...  More
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    • Researchers at the University of Leicester have matched DNA samples from a Canadian man to confirm that a skeleton found in a city parking lot last year is Richard III, who died in 1485.  More
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    • Following their successful return to the pop culture spotlight with 2011’s The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and the rest of the gang are heading back to the big screen.  More
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    • David Bradley will play the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell, in BBC America and BBC Cymru Wales’ 50th anniversary Doctor Who TV movie, An Adventure In Space And Time.  More
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    • It's built on a custom aluminum chassis that resembles a VW air-cooled pan, but with much better suspension. Double wishbone suspension, in fact, along with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel disc brakes, and an electric motor/transaxle unit mounted just ahead of the ...  More
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    • Struggling with what to do with your old Wii now that Wii U's in the house? Turn it into an easy streaming video player! In addition to Netflix and Hulu Plus support the little console now features an Amazon Instant ...  More
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    • The BBC has announced that Doctor Who will return starting Easter weekend, with the first of eight new episodes airing on Saturday, March 30th. The announcement from the mothership doesn’t mention BBC America, but based on recent practice, it’s likely ...  More
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    • Mr. Mom is dead. At least, the pop-culture image of the inept dad who wouldn't know a diaper genie from a garbage disposal has begun to fade.  More
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    • The crew of Toy Vault, Inc. is thrilled to announce a licensing partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to create table-top games, plush, and novelty items for the fan-favorite television show, “Firefly.” The first items will arrive in late ...  More
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    • "Some people may find this attitude baffling, arguing that books are merely objects that take up space. This is true, but so are Prague and your kids and the Sistine Chapel."  More
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    • “I began thinking: What is the Superman we need for today?” says Pope. “ And I thought, ‘I think kids would love to see a kid who kills monsters.’”  More
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    • According to Snyder’s rep, a report this morning that the Man of Steel director is developing a standalone Star Wars project that would be loosely based on the 1954 masterpiece Seven Samurai is not true.  More
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    • Looks like Disney is super-serious about this stand-alone Star Wars movie plan. Vulture says that Zack Snyder, of 300 fame, Watchmen infamy and Man of Steel not-sure-yet-edness, is currently developing a "Star Wars samurai" flick  More
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    • What if the Reaver spear couldn’t plausibly make it through the forward windows of Serenity? The movie may have been set in the future, but we too have built spacecraft with windows, and they are made to withstand impacts. If ...  More
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    • Though Disney’s The Muppets sequel will be a big-screen release, Kermit and company apparently haven’t forgotten their small-screen roots. Last month, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell signed to play two key human characters in the film. Now, Tina Fey is ...  More
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    • No one knows bad movies like alums of Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- and they say that Bella and Edward's vampire love makes for the worst movie -- er, movie series -- of all time.  More
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    • Researchers at MIT have discovered a new state of matter with a new kind of magnetism. This new state, called a quantum spin liquid (QSL), could lead to significant advances in data storage.  More
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    • A New Jersey teenager who launched a campaign to get Hasbro to make a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven is expected to meet with the toy company Monday afternoon. According to The Associated Press, the oven's team at Hasbro invited 13-year-old McKenna Pope ...  More
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    • Following word last week that Walt Disney has brought aboard screenwriter Jesse Wigutow to rewrite their next TRON film comes confirmation, via NextMovie, that TRON: Legacy leading man Garrett Hedlund will return as well.  More
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    • Chicago cartoonist Mark Anderson (aka “Andertoons“) has created a great poseable Santa Claus Mech out of LEGO pieces. He added a cockpit showcasing Santa Claus himself and a transparent gift container resting between two rockets in the back. It even ...  More
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    • For his project titled “Game Over,” Brooklyn-based photographer Henry Hargreaves took a number of popular and instantly-recognizable children’s games (and toys) and painted over all the colorful designs and branding with single pastel colors.  More
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    • Artist Mike Boon created a typographic poster design titled P&F; Alphabet that is inspired by the Phineas & Ferb animated Disney Channel television series. Prints, shirts, iPhone cases, pillows and more are available to purchase at Mike’s online Society6 and ...  More
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    • Research shows that all kids are basically tiny scientists who learn about their world through advanced experiments disguised as play. The seven toys in this gallery aren't just super fun--they'll also teach children how circuits work, how things fly, and ...  More
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    • Sold for $385 by Etadyne Industries, the set comes with a light-up drive and builds a two-foot-long ship.  More
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