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Help Bring Back The Middleman
Image from The Middleman IndieGogo campaign You know that friend who regularly informs you that by not watching a certain show, you have missed out on the best entertainment the world has ever had to...
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How to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz, video screen capture If you love The Wizard of Oz as much as I do, the next eleven months are for you. Warner Bros. is ramping up for the August 2014 75th anniversary of this beloved...
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Kick Your Halloween Up A Notch With A Projector And Decor DVDs
Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 2000. Photos by Epson. I’ve got all sorts of reasons to own a projector–Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman… or on a more weekly basis, Stephen Amell. Both movies and...
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How to Look Better In Your Clothes
Have you ever seen a closet actually this neat? We can all dream, I suppose. CC-BY-SA Rubbermaid Products Fashion is subjective, of course. And I’m writing this while wearing a too-small Harry Potter...
View ArticleEverything You Didn’t Know In “The Night of the Doctor”
Those who started watching Doctor Who with the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) probably enjoyed seeing this week’s short “The Night of the Doctor,” but they were also likely missing a few pieces...
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Your Android Phone Has Geeky Answers To These 22 Requests
Android screenshot by Ruth Suehle If you haven’t played with the voice commands on your Android phone yet, you’re missing out on a) looking like a total nerd (so what?) and b) some really fun answers....
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Black Friday Geek Roundup
Lightsaber duel, presumably for the last Galactic Tickle-Me Cabbage Patch Furby CC BY-SA Ginny on Flickr Black Friday: A sport to some, an abhorrent tacklefest to others who still look at the ads...
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Black Friday Alternatives: Other Ways to Spend Your Day
CC BY-SA The Next Web Photos Be a tourist in your own town Even if you don’t live in a major city or tourist destination, there’s almost certainly something interesting within driving distance. When...
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Cyber Monday Deal Roundup
Image CC-BY-SA by Ruth Suehle Found a great deal today? Let us know about it in the comments! Adafruit: 15% off everything in stock (use code CYBERMONDAY), free shipping for orders over $75 (UPS ground...
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Go Back to Back to the Future With Back in Time
Last year I had the pleasure of reviewing A Matter of Time: The Unauthorized Back to the Future Lexicon, a spectacularly thorough tour through the BTTF universe. Now author Rich Handley has created an...
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How to Buy a Projector and 6 Ways to Use It
Watching The Muppets in our backyard theater. Photo by Ruth Suehle. There was a time before I had a projector when I thought they were for the office and movie theaters. And now there is the time...
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Shouldst Thou Gets to a Theatre for Knights of Badassdom?
Source: http://knightsofbadassdom-movie.com/ Once, long ago (circa the year two thousand and ten), in a faraway land known as “Hollywood,” a film calleth Knights of Badassdom was born unto us all. But...
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3 Things to Remember When Teaching a Friend
One knitter teaching another, CC BY-SA moonrat42 As geeks, we love to share our passions. We want others to love the things that we love, and we get excited when they do. It’s part of what defines...
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Cosplaying Capaldi’s Doctor
Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who costume revealed. Copyright BBC. The new Doctor’s costume is revealed; let the cosplay begin! Costumer Howard Burden’s vision for our favorite Time Lord pairs a navy blue...
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Geektastic Cookie Cutters You Can Print
R2-D2 cookie cutter design file and printed work by bluedynno A few weeks ago, a friend asked me if you could 3D print cookie cutters, and indeed you can. Much easier than bending your own copper! Then...
View ArticleGleeks: Hear Lea Michele’s Song For Cory Monteith
I’m not a sappy girl. I don’t cry at movies. And while I do like the occasional issue of People, I’m not what you’d call celebrity-obsessed. I don’t get torn up over celebrity deaths. But I am a...
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Robot Burp Head Smartypants: Can You Burp A Bedtime Story?
Image: Robot Burp Head Smartypants, Candlewick (2014) I think it’s safe to say we all agree everything is better with robots. Even the sort of robots you find chanting, “kill all humans,” add some...
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Tesse-whatsit? The Science-ish of Tesseracts in Science Fiction
Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) examines a holographic representation of Marvel’s version of a tesseract in The Avengers. Image: © Marvel/Disney. Coining the word “tesseract” is generally credited to...
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How (Not To) Make Cookie Shots
I almost didn’t write this post. After all, we’re taught–whether overtly or implicitly–to hide our failures. But failures are important. Not only that, a “failure” (failed failure?) is ostensibly how...
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Get Ready For Geek-Inspired Couture In The Her Universe Fashion Show at SDCC
Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein in a Darth Vader inspired look, photo credit Kelsey Edwards Photography If you love TARDIS gowns and gender-bending Loki cosplay, you’re going to love to see what...
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