Category Archive for: ‘Geek News’

carnivorous tree

Scientists Discover First Carnivorous Tree In Guyana, South America

While walking around in the Amazon Rainforest, trees aren’t usually something that you need to worry about.  Sure, there are spiders, beetles, beasts, and creepy crawlies, but never before has there been a carnivorous tree on the mind of tourists! But, don’t start worrying yet – Jeff Oakbren, the head of a group of dendrologists, has said that only slow, sessile, and small animals can become a victim to this carnivorous tree, which has been named salix babilonicarum.     Several trees …

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The World’s First 3D Printing Pen: 3Doodler [Kickstarter]

3D printers are a cool concept, but who really knows how to use those things?  If your income is as low as mine, they’re really expensive, and you have to use engineering software, in most cases, in order to design the 3D object that you’re going to print out. The bottom line for 3D printers?  Sounds like a lot of HOOPLAH!  Sounds like a lot of HOOPLAH!  I SAID, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF – HOOPLAH!  *Hit with a flying brick* …

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Research Proves That My Little Pony Is A Good Show

RESEARCH Suggests That Bronies Aren’t Crazy: The Numbers of My Little Pony

  As much as some of us may scratch our heads at this growing phenomenon of “bronies,” the research shows that these fans may not have awful taste after all.  The idea of ponies having little masculinity is one that is slowly changing as society alters its ideals, and the numbers of My Little Pony show that the show has an incredibly large base of fans that is growing every day. Note that this article is based solely upon facts – I personally …

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2012 Most Common Passwords List Proves The World Is As Dumb As It Was Last Year?

  Do you want to know why you get daily emails from a Nigerian prince promising you SUM OF $200,000,000 IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR TIME?  It’s because people are less intelligent than we assume them to be.  The one assumption that you can make and almost always be right: that the man licking the Wendy’s tables is me. (go ahead and smile … that was sarcasm …)  Also, that the majority of people in any given room have the thinking ability of …

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FACEBOOK IS DOWN: THE WORLD IS ENDING

    Guys, there’s BIG news – Facebook is down.  It’s going up and down, and has been for the last thirty minutes.  Is it a hacker?  Is it just an overload or some kind of internal server problem?  We don’t know for sure, but the answer to the question “is Facebook down?” is YES.  And, this means that I am going into a panic, since I cannot share with my friends this adorable picture of a kitten eating avocado that I …

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Iron Man Mode Blog Features Charitable Gamers Playing With One Life

I received an email from this guy named Zeke, and he told me about Iron Man Mode: The Blog, and the interesting concept that surrounds it.  He, as well as a couple of other bloggers, each select a game to play, and they each get one life.  They blog about playing that game until they die (not in real life) and then they choose a new game when the next series begins. This is a concept that struck me as “pretty awesome,” …

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underwater hotel

The View From My Underwater Hotel Is Better Than Your Star Wars Wallpaper

Have your hotel stays become just too darn dull? Do you wish you could get closer to the natural world while you’re asleep? If eating and sleeping landside has somehow lost its edge for you, Dubai’s underwater hotel may soon hold the answer.     Not content with just the tallest building in the world, Dubai is now signed up for the most submerged hotel and resort spa, which means that soon you’ll be able to curl up in bed at the …

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duck fashion show

Duck Fashion Show for Creepies and Quacks

Ooooh, have you heard?  ”Heard what?”  The news!  Oh!  It was my impression that everrrrrrrryone had heard.  ”Nope.”  The Duck Fashion Show is in town!  ”That means nothing to me.”  Well, the Pied Piper Duck Fashion Show, which is an annual event in Sydney, Australia, is where all of these ducks dress up in beautiful clothes and parade themselves around like a bunch of vain women!  ”I think I see my girlfriend over there -”  The one in the pink?  ”No, she’s …

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