Nerd Notes: Kid sides with Vader, Google Earth wackery and an Angry Birds birthday

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Some kid chooses the Dark Side over the Jedi Academy and makes a couple of Disney workers extremely uncomfortable. Apparently there’s a Batman Live Arena show in the UK. Not sure what’s going on with Robin’s lobster chest, but Batman is looking pretty hunky. DC Comics and Pentax team up to make 7 geeky cameras…. Read More…

Allen Institute: Human brains are more than 90% alike

Allen Human Brain Atlas

The Allen Institute for Brain Science this morning revealed a first-of-its-kind map that charts the complex inner workings of the human brain at a level that the Seattle-based institute describes as unprecedented. Among the findings: Our brains are more than 90 percent similar to each another. “Until now, a definitive map of the human brain,… Read More…

Nerd Notes: The Winklevoss twins go away, video games go for the Grammy and Brazil plays with LEGOs

Sao Paulo, Brazil is home to the World's Largest LEGO Tower.

Judge tells Winklevoss twins to take the money, settlements don’t come in pairs. Google launches a daily trivia game, a Google a day.  We’re going to ask Jeeves the answer. Acer goes Android-green and Apple-round with the new logo. Adzookie will pay your mortgage in exchange for the small price of your soul. Einstein has… Read More…

Where will all the shuttles land? Seattle’s Museum of Flight among top bidders

Space shuttle orbiter Enterprise on display at The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is up for grabs

[Update, Tuesday morning: Bad news, space fans: Seattle loses bid for Space Shuttle] Tomorrow marks the 30 year anniversary of NASA’s first space shuttle launch, Columbia. But Celebration of Human Space Flight won’t be the only party on the block. NASA is using the date to announce the three lucky recipients of the retired orbiters,… Read More…

Nerd Notes: Woz seems lonely, YouTube seems bored and Apple doesn’t seem to like horses

PopCap's 'Unpleasant Horse' is not for the faint of heart

Woz says he’d mull return to Apple if asked — which he hasn’t been. Geek Zodiac.  Too bad geeks don’t get into things like ancient celestial paths based on constellations and ecliptic coordinate systems encompassing planets in space… The Crow is being remade.   We’re sure it’s providing emo kids everywhere with something to rage about.  Something to cry… Read More…

Nerd Notes: Shakespeare’s Terminator 2, Microscopic Microchip Art, and tweeting for beer at the ballpark

Microscopic art created by geeks, for geeks

Kevin Zelco (@MsBeerVendor) is taking beer orders (and tips) at Safeco Field via tweets.  A @MrUrinal would round this venture out quite nicely. Geeks hide microscopic art inside of microchips for other geeks to find.  This is why we heart geeks. Forget the fast cars and acne creams, teens want iPhones. Ever wonder what a dash of Shakespearean language… Read More…

Nerd Notes: Commodore Revived, Bill and Ted Return and Snake Makes a Fashion Statement

Snake: soon to be fashion icon?

Commodore USA revives the 64.  LOAD “*”,8,1 FTW. Seattle startup Evri’s mobile app EvriThing Baseball is your big ticket this season. A simple sandworm size chart and the geekery that ensues (via Veronica Belmont). 57 ways to play with your Legos. Our hats are off to the geek who simultaneously beat four Super Mario Bros. games… Read More…

Nerd Notes: Volcanoes, sports, sneakers and moonbuggys

Puerto Rico sweeps NASA's Moonbuggy Race

Sci-fi fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin feels cheated by the “Lost” finale. Lost co-creator Damon Lindeloff feels like starting a tweet fight. A weird thing that happened and a note to the future. We don’t know what this is, but it’s good. So these scientists walk into a volcano… Bionic eyeballs are closer to becoming… Read More…

Nerd Notes: 10 lessons from Angry Birds, 2 Thor posters and 1 Playmobil Apple Store

ThinkGeek's Playmobil Apple Store

10 Lessons from Angry Birds that can make you a better CIO. No, slingshotting birds at the IT staff didn’t make the list. Facebook doesn’t ‘Like’ inside traders. Professional bowling picks up a few spare QR codes with Seattle’s Snappd.it. Find the Future, NYC Public Library announces citywide, overnight scavenger hunt. Captain Reynolds pulls a fast one. The Onion… Read More…

Nerd Notes: QuickBar dies, Sagan sings again, and Floodzilla

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch...

The reviews are in on Amazon’s Cloud Player. Adobe dreams up an iPad Photoshop App. If A Glorious Dawn didn’t spark a geek crush on Carl Sagan, this new video by Symphony of Science featuring Sagan, Bill Nye, Oliver Sacks and Jill Bolte Taylor surely will. Twitter shelves the QuickBar. Creepy app uses photo data to determine your location…. Read More…

Nerd Notes: Biz on Zuck, Skype in the Classroom and Noah Wyle +1

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$500 Million: Too low for Twitter? Biz drops the juicy details about Zuckerberg’s courting (it happened in a car…) on Howard Stern. Nintendo announces the next console will not be 3D.  Let’s hope it has HD support this time around. Be sure to let your parents know that Roku just got easier to buy.  Now all they need is help setting it up. Wild Tangent… Read More…