Geek is chic.
It was a gorgeous weekend here in San Francisco, so I took advantage of it to go on a night walk with some friends. We started talking about how Jupiter was the closest to Earth in 50 years (if you noticed a bright star close to the moon last week, that was it!) and how you could see four of Jupiter's moons with just binoculars. I realized that everything I knew about these moons was straight Read more
The Asian nation of Bhutan has banned members of parliament from bringing laptops to work since they apparently cannot control their urge to play computer games. The lawmakers in the new democracy reject the accusation, saying that their computers are needed and do not distract them from their work. But their protests do not compute with the National Assembly's Speaker credited with the ban, Read more
No really, I'm not kidding. If you have a few minutes to spare check out the Library of Congress Classification Game, which offers a timed test of your knowledge of the Library of Congress classification system (yes, it's different from the Dewey Decimal System you learned in grammar school). Sure, it sounds less than extraordinary, but it's actually a ton of fun. You pick up the books from the Read more
In search of your afternoon distraction? Check out Statetris, a free Tetris game based on a map of the United States. You chose "easy," "medium" or "hard" options and proceed to fit descending state pieces into a map of the U.S. The "easy" option provides you with both a colorful state piece and its name, while the "hard" option shows just the state piece without any name. Clearly, I took the Read more
If the rumors are true, the iPad 3 should be announced in March. If you're ready to upgrade from your first-gen iPad or iPad 2, now's the time to start thinking about selling. But before you post a listing on Craigslist or eBay, get all your ducks in a row first. Here's a few tips on how to prep your gadget for resale, and get top dollar for your efforts. Back up your data and do a clean sweep Read more
Love may be a universal language, but we're not sure that phrase includes the sci-fi alien races and fantastical creatures that rule the far depths of the galaxy, who express love in words beyond our human comprehension. When you're thinking of a unique way to woo your valentine this year, plan a tutorial to learn together one of these 14 geeky languages. While several of these Trekkie, Tolkien, Read more
Um, Mark Zuckerberg fan fiction. It's a real thing — Dvice 5 things to know before attempting to fix your computer — Cracked Secrets revealed in Facebook's IPO filing — Newser Test your space knowledge on NASA's new trivia game — Tecca How to protect your passwords on the Chrome browser — Geek.com Aw, nostalgic and sweet E.T. poster art — GeekTyrant Read more
We just arrived back in San Francisco after a whirlwind four days at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and while we're still processing the stats, data, information, and products we've seen, there is one thing we noticed: there's an obvious disconnect in the ratio of men to women at the show. CNET brought together some of the most influential and powerful women in the tech field — Read more
They know you call them winged rats and they're sick of it. So pigeons are stepping up their game, taking back their name and proving they have a level of smarts city dwellers never knew about. Re-creating an experiment from the 1990s that originally tested monkeys' ability to rank numbers from lowest to highest, researchers from the University of Otago, in New Zealand, discovered pigeons could Read more
The iPad may be top on Mama's holiday wish list this year, but there's a good chance it's on her tot's too! Kids can't keep their hands off the tablets, leading two of the largest educational games manufacturers to create tot-friendly versions this year. I told you about the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer ($100) when it first hit the market this Fall, and now I just finished playing around with the Read more
