A couple of weeks ago, my plan to write this post was unseated by a pressing need to comment on the rather more temporally relevant news that Thor is going to be a Lady. Now that nerdsplosion has passed, I can get back to something really important: 90s Gambit. Gambit was my favorite X-man as a kid. He was witty, charming, roguish, and involved in the sort tragically doomed romance with Rogue that... »
As Ryan posted today, thanks to Weird Al, it’s been a great week for nerds lying at the intersection of music and education. To commemorate, here are five of my favorite all time educational songs of a humorous bent: 5. Tom Lehrer: New Math. Lehrer’s song mocking the difficulty of New Math’s approach towards subtraction in different base systems is itself actually a real... »
Marvel has announced that Thor is now going to be a lady. No no, hold on. Not that Thor. That’s still Chris Hemsworth. Let’s not get crazy. They’re just making the Thor of the comic books. You remember, right? Those colorful little picture filled things made of mashed trees? They’re changing that one into a lady person. While the cynic in me expects that this is just a mark... »
This year was only my second CONvergence and SkepchickCon, and I’m pretty sure I’m hooked. I felt a bit left out last year because I didn’t have any awesome costumes like the rest of my fellow Labbers, so I brilliantly decided that 8:30pm two days before I was supposed to leave was a BRILLIANT time to decide “yes, costumes now!” I wanted to do something new. I mean, I... »
Hey, everyone! I’m literally writing this in the car on my way to CONvergence with Ashley, and I’m super-excited to see everyone. And their costumes! There are always really creative people at CONvergence, and that means fantastic costumes. I’ve got a few riding in my suitcase right now… And like many costumers heading to a con, they’re in varying stages of readiness.... »
A recent article in Nature determines, fairly conclusively, that a certain variant of a certain gene which allows Tibetans to thrive at high altitudes comes directly from interbreeding with Denisovans — from an extinct cousin of Homo Sapiens Sapiens. »
How many relationships have been damaged due to misinterpreted intentions over text? How many jovial musings mistaken for malicious trollings in comments? How much sincerity has been confused with sarcasm, and vice versa? Lots. Today, I stumbled upon a solution. The Elcor, an alien race from the Mass Effect series, are monotone. They express emotion through a variety of pheromones and body languag... »
I’m fairly confident I can say that we’ve all had a moment in our lives when a cartoon swooped in and saved us. It seems unlikely to me that I’m alone in having an imaginary light bulb sprout above head as I watched some after school twenty-two minute adventure. The feeling is akin to that warmth one gets in a cherished piece of art. You know the one. It makes you want to overcom... »
Yeah, when I found that video I was boggled and just stared and stared. I think I'm gonna watch it again now. – Jan 21, 9:34 PM
That vase is fascinating. I've been staring at the animation for longer than I care to admit. – Jan 21, 10:08 AM @ criticaldragon1177: I don't know, but I want to build a life-sized Hobbit hole out of them. – Jan 17, 2:13 PM
Great article; I'm really looking forward to the rest of it. – Jan 16, 3:10 PM
Brian George, Where can I get those giant legos? – Jan 14, 10:51 AM A.Real.Girl, I thought this whole Mohammad cartoon controversy was largely over with. The people threatening the lives of innocent people over it, cannot be given... – Jan 07, 2:10 PM