When Turning Rock Band Up to Eleven Goes Wrong
(image) Finding the right apartment is hard work. First, you have to narrow down a price range that won't leave you eating cat food; from there, you...
Robotics Moving in a Direction I Find Borderline Uncomfortable
(image) Um, so here's something... Oh you don't say? Overheat? What more do we even need to hear!? Kill these squirmy ivory-automatons before...
Tuesday Tasting: Square Pegs And Round Holes
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Square Dildo Senses Your Arousal A new project in porn aims to reverse...
The Universe: You're Doing It Wrong
(image) Hey guys, I have a very important message: stop looking at the universe. No seriously, stop it. Don't engage it in a staring contest, don't...
MoveOn.org Launches Anti-Facebook Campaign
(image) "Why the Hell Was My Whole Holiday Shopping List Published in My Facebook News Feed?" That's what some Facebook users have been...
Interested in Trying on a Super-Powered Robotic Exoskeleton?
(image) You know who's kind of a tease? Science. Yeah, that's right. Constantly dangling the next generation of technology before our eyes, but...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Turkey Stuffing
My new book was reviewed on Slashdot yesterday, and while I was writing and reading comments, I noticed that the current Slashdot poll question is, simply...
Tuesday Tasting: iPhones, Atari, And Adult FriendFinder
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Adult FriendFinder Gets Acquired TechCrunch carries in the rumors about...
This Machine Kills Fascists (Just Not Quite As Fast As Your Laptop Does)
(image) When I heard people talk about The Greatest Generation, I tend to assume theyre talking about human beings, like the soldiers that landed...
Ghostbusters Video Game Sounds Fun
Even though I was only six years old when it came out, I still remember Ghostbusters with fond giggles. That movie was hysterical, man. Ghostbusters 2...
October Surprise 2008: Aliens?
The October Surprise in the 2004 Presidential Election was a video released by Bin Laden where he took responsibility for 9/11. (Aw!) This tape bolstered...
The World Is Alive With the Sound of Music
The electric guitar has only been around for three quarters of a century; the classical piano as we know it was born just a couple hundred years before...
Tunguska: Curiosity Satisfied?
(image) Imagine yourself in Siberia almost one hundred years ago. On a summer morning at 7:15 AM, you see a blue light screaming across the sky. Ten minutes...
Tuesday Tasting: Strippers, OSX and STDs
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Mac Creates Best Platform For Porn Despite the disparities over the new...
Japan's Sexy Geeky Boarding School Cafes
(image) I need to get to Japan, and pronto. Not just for the natural beauty, Buddhist temples, and Shinto shrines. Not just to climb Mt. Fuji or shop...
King Tut: A Face Only a Mummy Could Love
I'm sorry about the pun. I tried to stop myself. Anyway, I can't believe this wasnt bigger news. Did you know that King Tut's face, without...
You Want The Robots? You Can't HANDLE The Robots!
It's official, folks: the future is now. Sure, we still don't have hovercraft cars -- yet -- but between the government building imperial walkers...
Vice is Nice: Top 10 Bad Things That Are Good For You
(image) The good folks at LiveScience have compiled for us a Top 10 list that beats the hell out of Letterman. I am a big fan of rationalizing my vices...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: A Mind Forever Voyaging
Geeks find many way to set aside the mundanity of the real world these days. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies compete for our time and our money,...
Tuesday Tasting: Girls In Gaming II
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Video Game Vixens Get Centerfold Playboy gives the fantasy female heroines...
Twittering Your Life Away
(image) I heard of Twitter.com for the first time today when I was reading the Sunday New York Times "Fashion and Style" section. Do you "twitter"?
Love and Robots
(image) I went as Pris from Blade Runner for Halloween. For those not familiar with the film, she's a "pleasure model" replicant--created...
The Six-Million Dollar Mouse
(image) I hate mice. They are disgusting, filthy creatures. I'm sorry, but it's true. Sure, they may have those big, round, shiny black eyes and...
More Zombies! Dia de los Muertos Newsflash
(image) Hey there, zombie fans! As Romero's Dead trilogy was (and is) one of the great landmarks of horror film, I'm sure y'all were as excited...
The Return of Joss Whedon
(image) What can you even say? I'm at a loss for words and tears of joy seem imminent. Wow, my idea of a productive lunch is not dragging my sleeve...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Ready Your Pens: It's National Novel Writing Month
(image) Good morning, kids! It is now November First. I hope you didn't all party too hard last night and make yourselves sick from candy (or liquor),...
You Know What's Awesome About Invisible Tanks? Everything
(image) This is one of those developments that reaffirms my belief in the impossible. Excuse me, I'm going take a quick break to pen an open letter.
Stop Crime! Pretend You're a Vending Machine!
(image) Picture it: You're being chased down an alley by a criminal. You're leading him but he's going to catch up to you eventually. You...
Tuesday Tasting: Leopard Lust, Facebook And Feel Ups
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Kelly Bares All For Leopard Unboxing No doubt, by now you've seen...
Nerdy Tech Geeks, the Heart and Soul of the Action Show
(image) I was watching NBC's "Bionic Woman" the other day, (yeah, I'm not sure why, either), when I was struck with the sudden and unexpected...
The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement Has Some Good Points
(image) Im pretty vocal about the fact that I dont want to procreate. Ive told everyone I know and almost everyone that I dont know; I dont want...
University of Utah One Step Closer to "Fixing" Gay People?
(image) Researchers at the University of Utah have been fiddling with the brains of female worms to see if they can turn them lezzie by doing a little genetic...
Optimism (OR: The Science Behind Believing That You Won't Die in a Fire)
(image) Hey there! As you may know, my little region of Southern California has been suffering the effects of a sprawling inferno for the past week or so.
Wil Wheaton's Geek In Review: Han Shoots First
(image) Wil Wheaton was called into a studio today for an outrageously long costume fitting...so this is a repeat column... Last weekend, Cinemax ran a...
Hey, Brother, Could You Spare Some Rainfall?
(image) From where I'm sitting right now on the steps of a building at a venerable institution of higher learning in North Carolina, USA, I see browned-out...
Tuesday Tasting: Beds, Banks, And Belts
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Money Is A Terrible Waste Of A Mouth Appropriately named, the Facebank...
How Far Would You Go for a Great Crotch Shot?
(image) This (unemployed) IT consultant used his geek skills to develop miniature cameras with which he collected panty pictures on a small, hand-held camcorder.
International Space Station Launches First Female Commander
(image) I don't want to say that women have been underrepresented in aeronautics in the United States; there have, in fact, been a few of note. That...
Disappointing You Soon, From a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
(image) Huh? I guess even out of touch billionaires like to play at being under-dog outsiders railing against the system. TheCoolerKing is exhausted from...
Looking a Gift iPhone in the Mouth
(image) It's not easy being a genius. Adoring fans and millions of dollars in sponsorships notwithstanding, it's lonely at the top of the intellectual...



