Geek Life – Page 135 of 136

May 13, 2011, 6:51 PM

Nerd Notes: Facebook plays dirty, squids in space and Batman sweats it up

Facebook hired a PR firm to publicly hate on Google. Wow, Facebook really didn’t Like Google’s +1. Cell phones are… Read More

May 11, 2011, 9:01 PM

Nerd Notes: Angry Birds hits the web, an octopus ballet and ice cream Androids

In case you didn’t already know it, Star Wars changed the world and now there’s an info graph to prove… Read More

May 9, 2011, 8:48 PM

Nerd Notes: Game of Thrones guide, careers in space and a tiny Chewie

A buttload of LEGOs and 6 months later this Master Chief costume emerged… The new Brink launch trailer is cool but loud. What… Read More

May 6, 2011, 7:13 PM

Nerd Notes: Free Comic Book Day, Bill Nye at UW and the coolest tiny airport ever

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, May 7. Participating stores around the Seattle area can be found here. Mother’s Day… Read More

May 4, 2011, 9:09 PM

Nerd Notes: Marvel joins Netflix, holy helmets and Cusack strikes back

Neil Cameron makes the alphabet awesome yet again. This time it’s Japanese themed and proceeds go to tsunami relief efforts.American… Read More

May 2, 2011, 7:31 PM

Nerd Notes: A ball catching bot, an internet kiss and the Finger-Nose

The intelligence behind tracking Osama is revealed via Twitter. Introducing the floppy disk necklace. Hey, if Mickey Rourke, Mortal Kombat and the… Read More

Apr 29, 2011, 4:03 PM

Nerd Notes: Social Vending Machines and the Grinch of the royal wedding

Mario gets a Portal gun. If Princess Peach had one she wouldn’t be stuck in another castle all the time.… Read More

Apr 27, 2011, 8:44 PM

Nerd Notes: Tattooed teeth, the battleshoe and a Borderlands proposal

Eric Schmidt interviews Tina Fey at Google HQ. Highlights include Tina telling Eric he would be the kind of guest… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 10:01 PM

Nerd Notes: Bill & Ted 3, Yoda bat and the best of Sakura-Con

The Harvard Business Review tried to have a very serious discussion with Ben Huh about cat pictures, misspellings and Fail… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 2:55 PM

Photo Gallery: 50 Amazing Characters from Sakura-Con

As I strolled through Sakura-Con at the Convention Center in Seattle on Saturday I was suddenly transformed into another dimension… Read More

Apr 25, 2011, 11:43 AM

How one Seattle company is looking to capitalize on The Royal Wedding

A few days ago, someone asked me if GeekWire had any plans for covering the royal wedding. At the time,… Read More

Apr 22, 2011, 3:49 PM

Nerd Notes: Easter bunnies will fail, whales will sing and AT&T will survive

Whale songs hit the charts. Turns out whales aren’t just singing to get laid. AT&T is not going to crumble,… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 8:40 PM

Nerd Notes: Whales inspire pianos, bugs inspire robots and marijuana inspires Ziggy

How to fix any computer by The Oatmeal. Kohler introduces new $6,000 “smart” toilet. The perfect place to spend the… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 3:25 PM

Ken Griffey Jr. is a pilot, flies a plane with giant parachute

This was news to us, but apparently Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. has been working on his pilot’s license.… Read More

Apr 20, 2011, 10:50 AM

The urban dwelling of the future, built like a Lego set

The future of urban dwellings may be making its debut in a SoDo warehouse today. The Seattle architecture firm of… Read More

Apr 18, 2011, 9:39 AM

Another victim of technology: Nordstrom piano players?

We got a bit of a chuckle after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. slammed the iPad for U.S. job losses, with… Read More

Apr 15, 2011, 9:20 PM

Nerd Notes: A Kinect controlled armchair, a chameleon attacks and a president steals a pen

An official Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer is released featuring slick CG apes, courtesy of Weta Digital… Read More

Apr 15, 2011, 6:00 AM

Foursquare nerds, unite: Your day has almost arrived

As an avid Foursquare user in Seattle, Brian Groth knows he isn’t experiencing all the benefits that someone might see… Read More

Apr 13, 2011, 8:06 PM

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

Some kid chooses the Dark Side over the Jedi Academy and makes a couple of Disney workers extremely uncomfortable. Apparently… Read More

Apr 13, 2011, 7:53 AM

The Daily What, Zillow and Justin Bieber nominated for Webbys

Nominations were released this week for the 15th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other… Read More

Apr 12, 2011, 5:46 PM

Getting to know our Space Shuttle consolation prize

OK, so we didn’t get one of the real Space Shuttles. But the thing we got looks a lot like… Read More

Apr 11, 2011, 8:14 PM

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

Judge tells Winklevoss twins to take the money, settlements don’t come in pairs. Google launches a daily trivia game, a… Read More

Apr 8, 2011, 9:46 PM

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

Woz says he’d mull return to Apple if asked — which he hasn’t been. Geek Zodiac. Too bad geeks don’t… Read More

Apr 7, 2011, 12:31 PM

Coming soon to our local Laser Dome: Bieber Fever

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center Laser Dome is one of our favorite local attractions — a geeky night out that everyone… Read More

Apr 6, 2011, 9:30 PM

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

Kevin Zelco (@MsBeerVendor) is taking beer orders (and tips) at Safeco Field via tweets. A @MrUrinal would round this venture out… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 9:23 PM

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

Commodore USA revives the 64. LOAD “*”,8,1 FTW. Seattle startup Evri’s mobile app EvriThing Baseball is your big ticket this… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 3:44 PM

Death Cab for Cutie plans historic livestream of new music video at 4 p.m.

I am really curious to see how this turns out. At 4 p.m. today, the Seattle/Bellingham band Death Cab for… Read More

Apr 5, 2011, 1:56 PM

Rare supercar crashes in Seattle: Details from police report; driver still a mystery

A crash in Seattle typically wouldn’t generate interest beyond the region, but car geeks around the country are buzzing about… Read More

Apr 4, 2011, 10:34 PM

Nerd Notes: Volcanoes, sports, sneakers and moonbuggys

Sci-fi fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin feels cheated by the “Lost” finale. Lost co-creator Damon Lindeloff feels like starting a… Read More

Apr 1, 2011, 8:47 PM

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

10 Lessons from Angry Birds that can make you a better CIO. No, slingshotting birds at the IT staff didn’t… Read More