Chris Pirillo is a geek on a mission. More specifically, he’s a geek on a mission to create possibly the world’s biggest ongoing geek market. And this Sunday, that mission will get its first… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture was bubbling with geeky energy this weekend. On Saturday, the museum hosted an all-out party to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall… Read More
At some point, every kid wants to be a magnifying-glass-wielding archaeologist and spend time unearthing fossils and dinosaur skeletons. Next weekend, the Burke Museum in Seattle is making that dream… Read More
It’s a beautiful day for baseball in Seattle, and that’s a good thing for Zillow employees. The online real estate company is sending over 850 employees to this afternoon’s matinee… Read More
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a smart man — perhaps too smart. After butting heads with Star Wars fans last month about BB8’s design (according to physics, the droid’s smooth metal ball… Read More
It’s a good time to be a geek. The once-fringy sci-fi, fantasy, and comic genres have crossed over to the mainstream, which means more great content than you can shake a… Read More
What’s a James Bond movie without gadgets? “SPECTRE,” the latest film in the decades-long series, delivers way-out innovations that aren’t yet ready for real life, tributes to classic gee-whiz-ware and… Read More
If you’re still reeling from The New Yorker’s widely-read report on “The Really Big One,” today’s Reddit AMA with Northwest seismology experts may offer some solace. A structural engineer, seismologist, and… Read More
If you’ve spent the past few months cursing Seattle’s unwritten no-air-conditioning-rule, you’re not alone. Typically, the region’s cool, temperate climate makes AC seem like an unnecessary expense. But not this… Read More
Netflix’s initial push into original programming quickly established it as a worthy competitor for established content creators, thanks to hit shows like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards. Now the… Read More
Terry Casey wanted an Apple Watch ever since the trendy wristwatch arrived on the scene a few months ago. But the retired pharmaceutical salesman balked at the price, which at $349 was… Read More
KoduCare co-founder Amitai Rottem and Variat co-founder Andrew Crowell are like a lot of startup entrepreneurs. They don’t have much money, or time. That was especially case as the Seattle entrepreneurs… Read More
Thousands of superheroes, space travelers, elves, fairies, trolls, and the occasional Norse god packed into the Washington State Convention Center this weekend for the sold-out Emerald City Comicon. It’s hard to… Read More
Will Smith, Jimmy Fallon, and an iPad app — who knew this combination could be so glorious? Smith was a guest on The Tonight Show on Thursday evening and Fallon… Read More
As Christmas Day approaches, parents everywhere are looking for ways to keep their kids satisfied while they wait for the inevitable arrival of presents. Thanks to a decades-old tradition and… Read More
Finding the perfect animated response is about to get a lot easier. That’s because YouTube is quietly testing a new tool that lets users turn snippets of YouTube videos into six-second… Read More
We’ve been writing a lot about drones, covering everything from small startups to the efforts of Amazon.com. But until Saturday, I’d never flown one of the mechanical contraptions myself. Sure,… Read More
We were as shocked as everyone when the beloved Cuban sandwich shop Paseo abruptly closed its doors this week, filing for bankruptcy and leaving customers wondering what happened. The news… Read More
Who is master of the mustache? Do you have a Y chromosome? Look around, a bunch of us do. And it’s time celebrate. It’s mustache season people. Movember is here.… Read More
What is Gamergate? Most folks outside the games industry are understandably confused by what appears to be an internal dispute within the confines of the games business that has flared… Read More