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Philadelphia Zoo Goes Geeky With Legos

Geek Community — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:22:08 PDT

This post comes to us from our Geeky Things I Love group, from Community member missiza:

On a day trip to Philadelphia, we had some time to check out the Philadelphia Zoo. As we went through the animal exhibits, we also came across some interesting Lego exhibits as well. Yes, Lego. My favorite was the penguins.

See the rest of her pics in the Geeky Things I Love group, and be sure to submit your reviews and images as well! Here's a detailed guide to posting questions or posts to groups if you are new to the PopSugar Community.

Geeky Things I Love: Flight Trackers

Kristen Hawley — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:47:29 PDT

Sure, in-flight WiFi may make us all feel like we're living in the future (hurry up, JetBlue!), but there's another plane-centric technology that I adore - especially right now. I'm waiting for my BFF to arrive in California from the East Coast and have been following her cross-country flight on a flight tracker.

I'm partial to Apple's Flight Tracker widget on the dashboard, but most airlines also offer a detailed map view of what the plane is flying over, how high the plane is flying, and what time the flight will arrive at its destination. I can't help continually refreshing the widget and getting more and more excited as the plane gets closer.

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Geeky Things I Love: Google's Search Arrows

Geek Community — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:30:23 PDT

This post was submitted to our Geeky Things I Love group by GeekSugar Community member JChild:

Google never ceases to amaze me! While I might not love instant search, I do love the little arrow on search results page. Yesterday when I was searching Google for a new pendant light for my dining table, I used my arrow keys to scroll down the page like I always do and realized there was a little blue arrow also following me around, so when I reached the result I wanted to click on I could just click enter! Definitely a geeky thing I love.

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LittleBigPlanet Love From missiza

Geek Community — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:00:12 PDT

This post comes from community member missiza in our Geeky Things I Love group:

Earlier this month, GeekSugar posted a story about LittleBigPlanet "live" avatars, which made me even more anxious for my awaiting Amazon order. And what was I eagerly waiting for you might ask? Well, I was waiting for him.

Meet my Sackboy - soon to be general travel companion and fellow life liver-er. I hope you catch my drift. Because I travel a lot for work, I usually find it difficult to want to take pics of me in certain places without either having to ask someone around to take a pic (and even then it's a bit awkward since it's a pic of just you) or to perform that strange semi-contortionist move of outstretching one's arm out long enough to not be too close-up and angled in the way that angle of the camera doesn't capture you in a "fat face" pose.

To hear more about missiza's Sackboy, and to check out photos of their travels, just read on.

Geeky Things iz8per Loves: Multi-Purpose Magnetic Paper Clips

Geek Community — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:09 PST

Reader iz8per recently posted this creative product find in the Geeky Things I Love group:

I have always been on the look out for ways to keep my headphone wires somewhat organized in my bag, or wherever I place them because no one likes taking any amount of time away from their musical entertainment because they had to unravel or detangle their headphones. I mean, really . . . how many times have you just wanted to pop in those headphones and press play, but you were thwarted by the intricacies of detangling your headphones? Sigh. So upon one of my many visits to The Container Store, I came across these lovely items.

Normally, I never trust any type of magnetic fastener when it comes to paper. But after seeing this site and their cable ties, I thought that maybe this Container Store item will be the salvation to detangling freedom. And boy was it ever! I love how the clips are bright in color so it also makes it easy to find my headphones, and the magnets are pretty strong that they don't unfasten.

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Geek Out: Share Your Geeky Photos

GeekSugar — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:00:00 PDT

Tis the season of vacation, which means many of you are jetting cross countries and oceans for some much needed relaxation, exploration and adventure. That also means many of you are out bumping into technology, gadgets, ideas and stores you've never seen before.

Chuger recently returned from a work trip to Japan and Korea, where he noticed this great "Natural Internet Park." It appears to be a regular internet cafe, but is being marketed as an eco, earth-loving establishment. "Natural escapes are huge and Seoul is a pretty concrete city," says Chuger. "The internet café isn’t really natural, it just has pictures of trees and plants, I just thought it was funny."

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Have you been to a geeky museum exhibit recently or run across funny gadgets while traveling? Share your photos, news, reviews and observations with me and I'll feature my favorites on the homepage. To learn how to post your finds to the Geeky Things I Love,

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Geeky Things I Love
Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
Choose "Blog"
Give your photo a Title
Leave the category as "general"
Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this post was "museum, Lego")
Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit"
The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
Click "Insert" and the popup will go away
Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the download, do it before the code that has appeared.
Click Submit

So join the Geeky Things I Love and start sharing your finds. They might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

Caption This - Wii Puppii

GeekSugar — Mon, 21 May 2007 07:00:00 PDT

For a second, I thought Wii fever was dead and I nearly missed Junemon's adorable photo of her sleepy wii puppii after a rousing game of Wii sports. Thank goodness I didn't because this might be the cutest geeky thing I've seen in weeks. I couldn't decide on a caption, so you have to vote on your favorite.

(If your pet loves the wii, share your photos with me!)

Geeky Things I Love: Decorated Laptops

GeekSugar — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:04:33 PDT

Ursula5977 recently shared some fabulous photos of my new favorite geeky crafts project: Her decorated Macbook. She says:

Out of boredom and lack of a hobby, I took the liberty of rhinestoning my beloved MacBook! It's almost to the point of tacky, but I absolutely love it. Instead of paying upwards of $1,400 to have it rhinestoned for me, I personalized it myself.

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Have you decorated your laptop? Have you been to a geeky museum exhibit recently or run across funny gadgets while traveling? Share your photos, news, geeky crafts, reviews and tips with geeksugar and I'll feature my favorites on the homepage. To learn how to post your finds to the Geeky Things I Love,

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Geeky Things I Love
Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
Choose "Blog"
Give your photo a Title
Leave the category as "general"
Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this post was "laptop, Geeky Things I love")
Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit"
The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
Click "Insert" and the popup will go away
Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the download, do it before the code that has appeared.
Click Submit

So join the Geeky Things I Love and start sharing your finds. They might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

Better Know A Group: Geeky Things I Love

GeekSugar — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:00:16 PDT

Yesterday I shared some fabulous photos Lindsb's good friend took at the "The Art of the Brick" exhibit by Nathan Sawaya at the Lancaster Museum of Art and I realized there are probably thousands of you geeksugar readers who have exciting, geeky photos, stories and tips you want to share with me and your fellow geek fans.

Our shared admiration for all things techie, chic and innovative is the primary reason I started the Geeky Things I Love group, where I hope you readers will divulge all your greatest finds - like this custom designed smoked glass, etched with Darth Vader's image on the side of a popcorn machine.

This is different than just bookmarking geek gear you've found around the internet because it offers a place where you can share images and stories of unusual museum or art exhibits, funny gadgets you've found while traveling or even news, reviews and tips I haven't shared with yet. Essentially, I want to know about all the geeky things you've found while trekking the globe, checking out your hometown or cruising the internet.

As always, I'll feature my favorite posts on the geeksugar homepage. To learn how to subscribe to the group post your finds to the Geeky Things I Love,

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Geeky Things I Love
Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
Choose "Blog"
Give your photo a Title
Leave the category as "general"
Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this post was "museum, Lego")
Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit"
The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
Click "Insert" and the popup will go away
Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the download, do it before the code that has appeared.
Click Submit

Benedict Cumberbatch Calls Sherlock a Great Dane & More Revelations

Kelly Schwarze — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:46:08 PDT

Sherlock's season two US premiere last week brought in a staggering 3.2 million viewers on PBS stations around the country, double that of member stations' average primetime broadcast, confirming that the clever British interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic sleuth story may be the best yet.

During a fan preview of the season, we sat down with creator Steven Moffat, producer Sue Vertue, and Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, to talk loyal fans, the wonders of the Internet, and which animals are the detective and Dr. John Watson's spirit animals (hint: they're not otters or hedgehogs). Read on for musings from the crew responsible for the wittiest mystery TV's ever seen.

On the Show's Geeky Credibility

Steven Moffat: I'm the resident geek; me and Mark (Gatiss, Sherlock co-creator) are the geeks. We started all this because we admitted to each other that we liked the Nigel Bruce/Basil Rathbone movies; you're not meant to like those ones, but we loved them.

On Fans Watching Sherlock Before Its US Debut

Steven: People aren't going to wait anymore.

Benedict: It's a carrot and stick thing. You know real fans do it because they just really want it and they don't want to ruin it [with online spoilers].

Check out what the trio have to say on those oh-so-plentiful Sherlock Internet fan memes after the jump.