Eggs, Baskets, and the Putting of One in the Other
"Yes, that's right, one phone has SMS only, one phone has EVDO only, neither have voice, though both are linked to the same account..." (image)...
iJustine is an eTard Mastermind
(image) Justine Ezarik, AKA iJustine, may have amassed a throng of iFans by filling in for Justin Kan on Justin.tv, and through her blogging and videos,...
Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 Announced...
(image) Bush praises Wizards of the Coast's "Bold support of abstinence only initiatives." Without it there would be no World of Warcraft.
Sex, Laws, and Internet: When Second Life and Real Life Collide
(image) The Internet is an fascinating thing: you can, to some degree, live out a whole separate life in here, fully removed from the confines and limitations...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Concerning Conventions
Last weekend, I went to Las Vegas for CreationÂ’s annual Star Trek extravaganza. ItÂ’s the biggest Star Trek convention of the year, and the only one IÂ’m...
Tuesday Tasting: Interactive Intimacy
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Gamer Groping Intimates go interactive by letting you game while groping.
Facebook Vs. MySpace: What's Class Got To Do With It?
(image) (Photograph by Mack Reed) At least twice a month someone asks me for a link to my page on MySpace -- I usually end up pointing them to a blog post...
Rockabye, Baby...Hey, That's a Sweet MP3 Player!
(image) You know those teenie weenie little LCD TV screens that you sometimes see flashing cartoons at dummified children in the back of SUVs? I hate those...
Night of the Living Bacteria
(image) One of the best things about science is that, in addition to discovering entirely new entities, there's always this tendency to re-discover...
Beauty Vs. Brains: Winnie Cooper and the Girly-Girl Conundrum
(image) Perhaps you will say that this story doesn't apply to you. Maybe it's that you never struggled with mathematics, or maybe you aren't...
Tuesday Tasting: Hardware, Cells and Star Wars
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. Durex Vibrator Resembles Vulture Droid Seeing sci-fi in sex, the latest...
Plotting Attraction Theory
(image) Sex is a form of communication. You could strip away everything and compare it to anything from holding hands to instant messaging but that would...
Angry Men Make the World Go Round, Angry Women are Incompetent Bitches
(image) A new study presented at Yale University on Friday showed that angry men are admired and even rewarded for their ferocity, but that angry women...
Magnets: Nature's Shark Repellant?
(image) Hey, did somebody say SHARK WEEK? I know, I know: the article I am linking to is a couple of months old. But for goodness' sake, it's...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: One Big Focus Group
My train ride to Comic-Con from Los Angeles was filled with Hollywood fucks, talking too loudly on their cell phones, bitching out their assistants, and...
Tuesday Tasting: Vibrators, Bots and Brushes
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. gPod Vibrates To Your Voice Voice activated and vibrating, the gPod makes...
Can you hear me now? Unfortunately, Yes
(image) All week I've been planning to write about the failure at 365 main this week which took Typepad, Craigslist, Technorati and others and generally...
Pass the Chips, Please. Uh, the Neuroprosthetic Chips, That Is.
(image) Ah, the brain: Powerful, complex, highly funtional, and soon-to-be compatible with the latest technical hardware. Imagine a world in which we could...
MST3K Returns To Our Screens (Though It Never Left Our Hearts)
(image) I was originally going to write some boring article about scientists inventing a cure for smoking and alcoholism or whatever, but then I went on...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Sci-Fi Guilty Pleasures of the 80s
The eighties were an interesting decade at the movies for science fiction fans. After Star Wars pretty much created the science fiction blockbuster movie...
American Technology: Fuck Yeah!
(image) As you may remember from previous articles, I have yet to hesitate when it comes to welcoming our over-the-top weapon overlords. As technology progresses...
Tuesday Tasting: Laptops, Showers, and Submarines
(image) Each week, Ariel Waldman serves a tasting of the latest in sex and tech. One Porn Per Child Easily accessible, the One Laptop Per Child initiative...
You've Got Mail... It Says You've Got Mail.
(image) A few months ago I was sitting in a cafe in San Francisco showing off my new phone and decided to check my e-mail, an extremely uncharacteristic...
You're Gonna Need More Than a Fly-Swatter for this Little Pest
(image) There's a new man-made bug to be reckoned with, but it's not a germ, a strain of bacteria, or a fungus: it's a robotic fly, and it...
Harry Potter and the Leaked Conundrum
(image) Wil's column this week dealt with a subject that has been at the forefront of my mind all week: Going off the internet. However in this case,...
Tonight...We Dine at Comic Khaaaaaaaaaan!
(image) Set your phasers to FUN and roll some constitution checks because another week-long Nerdstock is nearly upon us. Let me offer a "Shazam”...
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Rebuilding You For Yesterday's Future Today
(image) Sure, of course, hover-cars and robot maids and sentient homes would be great. This is a point I would never argue. But if that's all you want...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: On the Benefits of Going Off the Grid
This ultra-connected world we live in is really cool, isnÂ’t it? Any information we could possibly want is literally at our fingertips: we get directions...
Möbius Strip Curiosity: SATISFIED
(image) The first time I ever remember hearing about a thing called a Möbius Strip, I was around ten years old. I was in the middle of reading Ellen Raskin's...
Little Wizard Needs Food...BADLY
(image) A pair of chaotic evil gamers named Michael and Iana Straw have plead guilty to child neglect after failing to stop playing Dungeons & Dragons...
Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not
(image) This week I'm writing in from the SG Tokyo field office on an all expense paid trip to research the future of communication and global interconnectivity.
The Robots are Taking Over, Finally
(image) They are milking our cows. They are parking our cars. They are standing in for our doctors. We're even giving them weapons. More than...
The Ivy Overfloweth
(image) Let's go on a journey. A journey into the world of fighting games and female characters. Back in 1991, a girl by the name of Chun-Li was...
Competitive Hot Dog Eating: Best Sport Ever
(image) Erudite sports aficionado that I am, I anticipate each Fourth of July with bated breath. It is on this day, of course, that masticular superheroes...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: It's the End of the World As We Know it, and I Feel Fine
I was in fourth or fifth grade when I was introduced to post-apocalypic science fiction. Once a month, our class went to the local public library, where...
Wikipedia, Groaning, and The Shape of the World Around Us
(image) Have you ever seen one of those fancy educational world maps, where the size of its countries are adjusted to proportionally represent their populations?
American Hero Kicks Crime In Balls
Today began as any other day for James at SuicideGirls HQ – he’s one of the people behind the curtain keeping you plugged into the matrix. His morning...
Further Reports From The Front Lines In The War Against E-Mail
(image) Back in April I mentioned a new-ish idea for breaking free from the chains of e-mail slavery that I'd just seen talked about at the Web 2.0...
Wil Wheaton's Geek in Review: Five Books Every Geek Should Read (Yes, it's a Rerun)
It's the Fourth of July and most American readers are out shedding a tear for our once great country while getting drunk, blowing shit up, and listening...
Michael BayÂ’s Greatest Commercial Ever Opens
(image) American automotive giant General Motors hopes you will see commercial director Michael Bay's Transformers and fall so madly in love with the...



