Geek Life

Jan 14, 2015, 8:52 AM

Watch Sir Patrick Stewart act out the 5 most annoying people on planes

If you’ve traveled by commercial air in recent years, you know it’s getting worse. Seats are more cramped together, services are… Read More

Jan 14, 2015, 8:28 AM

Coffee Meets Bagel doesn’t bite on Mark Cuban’s record $30M ‘Shark Tank’ offer

In what is being billed as the “largest offer in the history” of “Shark Tank,” three sisters from San Francisco… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 2:20 PM

Emerald City Comicon sold to pop culture events chain ReedPop in ‘classic superhero team-up’

Our favorite local Emerald City Comicon event, which has grown by leaps and bounds over the years, announced that it has been acquired… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 1:24 PM

Today in totally unnecessary: Kickstarter brings us the Foot Hammock

If you’ve ever been sitting at your desk, thinking, “Gee, I really wish I had a nice little warming hammock… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 12:42 PM

New Smithsonian app brings Bone Hall to 3D life

The Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum in D.C. announced a new app called Skin & Bones that will add a more lively, animated… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 11:54 AM

Yahoo Screen is bringing back ‘Community’ for season six

In the latest move by a tech giant to dominate your screen time, Yahoo announced today that it’s bringing the… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 11:26 AM

Lumoid offering the try-before-you-buy Warby Parker model with fitness trackers

You’ve probably used one of those try-before-you-buy services before, which Warby Parker revolutionized with eyewear. Now a San Francisco company… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 10:32 AM

Shipping glitter to your enemies is all the rage on Twitter

When a link to ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com came up on Twitter today, retweeted by several folks, and even sparking conversation on Reddit, we… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 9:52 AM

‘Star Wars’ characters, Batman and the Avengers meet Buddha in these wonderful 3D-printed statues

You’ll want this 3D-printed Chewbacca Buddha and everything else in this Etsy store. Maker Chris Milnes, or muckychris on Etsy,… Read More

Jan 13, 2015, 9:26 AM

Moving on up: Steve Ballmer to lease deluxe sky-rise office in downtown Bellevue

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer apparently has something else to dance about this week. It’s being reported that he is… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 1:40 PM

FAA gives CNN green light to study drones in newsgathering

In the near future, that CNN report might be brought to you courtesy of drones. The Federal Aviation Administration gave… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 12:56 PM

The $120M juice everyone’s dying to fund in Silicon Valley

Could one of the hottest — and most secretive — startups courting Silicon Valley really be a juice company? Apparently… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 10:23 AM

Scale back on the selfies, guys: Study shows closer ties to narcissism and psychopathy

Talk about needing to clean up your digital footprint. A new study from Ohio State University reveals that the more… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 9:28 AM

Netflix confirms it’s bringing back ‘Wet Hot American Summer’

Fans of the 2001 cult hit Wet Hot American Summer can rejoice. Netflix has committed to making eight episodes of the… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 8:53 AM

Go inside an F-18 Super Hornet in this rad GoPro video

If you’ve ever wanted to know what it was like to go inside an F/A-18E Super Hornet, here’s your chance.… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 8:29 AM

Prince, Chrissy Teigen’s meme and ‘Transparent’ Golden Globe moments are big winners on Twitter and Facebook

Prince, is there anything he can’t do? The No. 1 most mentioned item from last night’s Golden Globes was his… Read More

Jan 12, 2015, 7:50 AM

‘Where the Wild Things Are’: MagicBook bringing augmented reality to books

Is convincing your kids to read getting more difficult? MagicBook would like to change that. The company is developing an… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 12:55 PM

The Netflix of records? VNYL wants to feed your album addiction

If you are old enough to remember the Columbia House Record and Tape Club, you know the joy of having… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 12:20 PM

Watch me almost barf on the CES show floor after trying the Oculus Rift

Here’s a little advice for newbies to the Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset display that Facebook bought last year… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 11:28 AM

Apple’s $3B Beats Music deal made Dr. Dre the highest-paid musician in 2014

Remember when Apple bought Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Music for a cool $3 billion last May? We do.… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 11:11 AM

Trailer for uber-realistic new zombie video game ‘Dying Lights’ will scare the bejeezus out of you

Fans of zombie video games will want to put Jan. 27 down on your calendars. It’s the release date of… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 10:21 AM

Silicon Valley shows support for ‘Charlie Hebdo’: Mark Zuckerberg, Apple and Google respond to the devastating attacks on Paris magazine

This week, the world was shocked and saddened by the attacks on journalists at the satirical Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo,… Read More

Jan 9, 2015, 9:05 AM