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  • S by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams

    It wouldn’t be the same if you read this book on your eReader;  you wouldn’t be able to immerse yourself in it. Don’t borrow it. Buy it. Hold it in your hands. Sniff the pages. Be gentle when you’re flipping the pages and perusing through the postcards and letters. When you’re finished with it, reserve…

  • Poke-O-Matic X And Y Automation No Longer Requires Human Input

    For all you X and Y fans out there who are tired of trying to catch those shiny Pokemon… X and Y Automation Makes Manual Pokemon Hunting A Thing Of The Past Originally, dekuNukem built a machine that would find shiny Pokemon for you. Now, it’s even better. The machine, with updates, now requires no…

  • Spite the Netflix Clearance with Movie-Inspired Frolics in 2014

    I’m hardly a Netflix expert, having only ever used it to watch the revived Arrested Development, but I’ve heard that some people use it to watch all kinds of things and I’d like to address said people. Pay attention, you shivering media junkies; there’s a big heap of content about to expire as I write…

  • January Movie Preview: A Not So Great New Year

    Last month’s movie preview was full of titles that are still expanding to theaters, but for the most part January is more straight forward. January movies are notoriously weak. Any big blockbusters were released for the holidays and the more artistic fare was rushed to premiere before the December 31st award show deadline. With that…

  • Tamagotchi Pets Back for 2014, Bandai Announces

    Holy 90’s flashback, Bandai! Seventeen years after they first started producing those tiny, pixelated bundles of joy and unexpected responsibility, Bandai has announced that it will be relaunching their infamous beeping eggs as a new line, Tamagotchi Friends. Tamagotchi Makes A Comeback Featuring a new look and new features but the same basic gameplay (three…

  • White Castle: The Ultimate Craver’s Candle

    Oh how I would love to wake up to the pungent yet heavenly smell of grilled onions and beef patties. White Castle has hit the jackpot with its “steam-grilled-on-a-bed-of-onions Original Slider®-scented candles.” White Castle…Candles? Beginning in May 2010, White Castle teamed up with Nest Fragrances and developed a slider-scented candle for the celebration of the…

  • BMW i8 Introduces Laser Beam Headlights

    Everyone stop what you’re doing, call Robin and put on your Bat suit because the new BMW i8 Spyder is getting sicker and sicker by the minute. Laser Headlights Appear On BMW i8 Its newest element: laser beams. So you can finally cut through walls and slice pedestrians in half with the press of a…

  • Room for Improvement: Breaking Down the Inconsistency of Online Advertising

    Most websites function primarily through advertising revenue, and there is typically no decent alternative. That something can be so pervasive yet function with such questionable efficacy is a source of great intrigue, and the sketchy metrics that abound regarding the specifics of its financial justifiability make me wonder if the whole system is fundamentally shaky….

  • Mistletoe Drone And The Romantic Magic Of Christmas

    Pucker up, San Francisco. This holiday season, George Zisiadis and Mustafa Khan thought they’d spread a little Christmas cheer to couples in San Francisco Union Square. How? A mistletoe and tinsel decorated drone. Romantic Drones? “Drones have been causing all sorts of paranoia lately and I wanted to reframe them from being something scary and…

  • Kaysy Ostrom: YouTube’s Rising Star

    Meet Kaysy Ostrom, or better known as Kaysy Conumdrum on YouTube. If you stop by her YouTube page, you would find out that she’s a nerdy (brilliant!) songwriter who loves theater, music, books, friendship and happiness. She pens original songs that seep into your brain and they get better with repeated play. The 20 year…

  • Doctor Who Christmas Special: Goodnight, Raggedy Man

    As a warning, there are minimal spoilers here, but spoilers nonetheless, Sweetie. These days there is a television Christmas special to match everyone’s personal taste.  From SyFy’s Warehouse 13 to Lifetime’s A Country Christmas Story, our dear writers and producers of the entertainment industry have us covered. For the English, anglomaniacs, and scifi/fantasy buffs it’s…

  • J.K. Rowling Co-Producing Potter Prequel Play in 2014

    Hogwarts fans rejoice! J.K. Rowling has announced that she, along with Sonia Friedman (Book of Mormon, La Cage aux Folles revival) and Colin Callender (the 2003 Angels in America HBO miniseries) will be co-producing a prequel stage-play to her successful Harry Potter series to begin production in 2014. The prequel play, which has nothing to…

  • Geek Life in the Workplace

    No matter how badly we wish it, not everyone can work in the Google offices. There may not be a giant slide or video game room at your place of employment, but don’t let that discourage you from bringing individuality into the workplace. Some office buildings are cold, stuffy, and boring, which in turn creates…