Quantcast
Channel: Forces of Geek
Viewing all 17927 articles
Browse latest View live

BRAIN WILLIAMS Channels Old Skool Snoop Dogg

June 7, 2013, 9:00 am
$
0
0

Brain Williams may be one of the most trustworthy news broadcasters in the business, but there is an interestingly peculiar side to him that comes out whenever he is off the air (see his many visits to The Daily Show for proof).

So no, this pieced together homage to the late Snoop Dogg (I know he's not dead, but his career is thanks to the pounds of weed he's consumed over the last two decades that caused him to embrace a Rastafarian musical lifestyle) via Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, does not shock so much as make you wish Brian Williams would, indeed, put out a cover album of old Snoop songs.

Now that would be spectacular.

Ain't Nuthin But a "G" Thang is after the break.

Read more »
↧
Search
↧

Kitchen Overlord: DEADPOOL SUSHI

June 7, 2013, 10:00 am
$
0
0







This is as mindlessly simple and fun as Deadpool himself.


Who is Deadpool?
A disfigured and mentally unstable mercenary, known as the "Merc with a Mouth", is famous for his talkative nature.



Ingredients
  • 1/4 lb sashimi grade tuna
  • 1/2 cup prepared sushi rice
  • 1 sheet nori

Grab half a cup of sushi rice. If you don't happen to have any sitting around, use the recipe after the jump. I apologize in advance for how much delicious rice you're about to consume. You can pretend it's healthy by telling everyone it's gluten free.

Shape your half a cup of sushi rice into an oval.

Grab your sheet of nori. Cut out an oval the same shape as your rice. Carefully cut it in half, then cut out two eye holes. Put it on top of your rice. Gosh, it already looks like Deadpool's belt buckle. Just one more step.

Carefully cut your sashimi grade tuna into strips the same width as your rice. Wrap them around the exterior. Slap one of those suckers down the middle while you're at it.


Gosh. Unlike Deadpool himself, that's good enough to eat.

Serve it on a dark, bloody puddle of teriyaki laced with sweet Thai chili sauce.

Learn how to make Sushi Rice after the jump!

Read more »
↧

MR. ROGERS Gets His Own Auto-Tuned Music Video...And It Is Glorious

June 7, 2013, 11:00 am
$
0
0

I will admit it, whenever PBS has one of it's pledge drives I get annoyed. I have no real reason for it, after-all the channel has introduced me to some wickedly awesome British shows over the years (Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, Are You Being Served, Monty Python and currently Sherlock), catered to my developing mind as a child (Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers) and made me interested in science (Nova).

But the only thing that has gotten me to open up my wallet and empty it during Pledge season is PBS Digital Studios, where I can watch hours of videos that make me so deliriously happy that my husband has to keep an eye on me so that I don't constantly hit the Donate to PBS button and end up donating our mortgage.

But my all-time favorite show on the internet channel is Symphony of Science where PBS stars get the auto-tuned treatment and create kind of a trippy, song that not only makes you think, it also makes you want to close your eyes and groove to it (but don't throw this on at parties, a lot of people aren't ready for it's musical power and become confused).

And now it's Mr. Rogers' turn and I'm telling you, this alone should make you want to cough up at least five dollars.

So watch the video after the break and then peruse the rest of the channels, it'll probably change your life...or, at the very least, make you look smarter at cocktail parties (and we all know, that's when smarts matter the most).

Read more »
↧

MY TOP 5: FILMS BANNED IN THE US

June 7, 2013, 12:00 pm
$
0
0
In 1968, 19 year old Paul Cohen was sent to prison for "disturbing the peace." The police didn't like the fact that he was wearing an "obscene" jacket inside of an LA courthouse.

The jacket said "Fuck the draft" on the back.

Luckily, the conviction was overturned on this day in 1971 because the Supreme Court decided that this was a case about speech and not conduct. The jacket was a protest of words, not action, so it was free speech. Of course, there was dissent, but the 30 day jail term was overturned, 5-4.


Movies have been banned in the US for the same reason as Paul Cohen's jacket was nearly banned, but not the same way that they're banned in other countries.

In England, the Video Nasties were banned throughout the country. In America, we tend to ban films in certain cities or states. Then, just like Cohen's jacket, they're legalized again because no one can legally ban a film or music. It's their choice whether they sell or consume it, but they can't stop others from selling or consuming it…for the most part.

Here are five films that were banned at one time or another by different cities or states in America.

Read more »
↧

WTF FRIDAY: Russian Kid Embraces the 90's in Full Force

June 7, 2013, 1:00 pm
$
0
0

I might have been born in the early 70's and came "Of Age" during the turbelent 80's, but my young adult years were spent fully enjoying the 90's by participating in raves, rolling on E and embracing my whitebread dancing skills via the Trance, House, And Trip Hop music that played at the various clubs I frequented in Houston, Texas back when the economy was good and everybody was happy (that's probably just my drug-soaked nostalgia talking but I do seem to remember people laughing more back then).

And this kid (in the video below) embodies everything that a club goer back then felt when lights went down and the glow sticks came out. So watch him closely my friends and try to imagine a time when people downed drugs that made you want to hug everyone and who then spent hours moving their bodies to BPM's that one couldn't possibly dance to sober.

It was glorious I tell you.

Read more »
↧
↧

Diary of an Ereader, Part Three: Ebook Formats

June 7, 2013, 2:00 pm
$
0
0
When it comes to ebooks it all about digital format, much like region settings for DVDs or -- and here I'm dating myself -- different old video cassette formats that only work in certain parts of the world.  Ebooks come in different formats, and are actually available in a variety of different ones, but not every ebook can be available to readers in ten or twenty different formats.

Publishers and self-publishers have to put in the work at creating and converting ebooks to specific formats which costs time and money.



The good news is that the ereading world cottoned on to this fairly early and there are now essentially three main accepted formats of ebook: EPUB, MOBI and PDF.

Read more »
↧

DELIGHTFUL 'CHICKEN OR THE EGG' Animation Asks the Philosophical Question: Will Love Win Out Over the Delicious Taste of Eggs Sunny Side Up?

June 7, 2013, 3:00 pm
$
0
0

Ringling College of Art and Design students, Christine Kim and Elaine Wu, have managed to serve up an adorable animated Romantic Comedy starring an Egg-Addicted pig who falls in love with a beautiful chicken.

And, in typical Rom-Com fashion, the romance hits a few bumps along the way when the pig has to decide what he loves more, the chicken, or the egg, and what ensues is a delightful balance of romance and breakfast foods all done in montage fashion (musically bumpered by Hall and Oates,of course). 

Watch it now, because I have a feeling Ms. Kim and Ms. Wu will someday be directing films for Pixar.

Read more »
↧

HANNIBAL: "Rôti" S1E11 (recap)

June 7, 2013, 4:00 pm
$
0
0
By Kate McKendry
Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and Dr. Chilton (Raul Esparaza) discuss how Gideon (Eddie Izzard) is suing Chilton for psychic driving.

Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) has a nightmare of a tidal wave devouring him along with the totem pole of limbs from previous episodes.

He thinks he wakes up, but his nightmare continues as his room fills with water, completely submerging him again.

Gideon and Chilton have a confrontation while Gideon is being loaded into a truck to go to court.

Chilton tries to tells Gideon that Gideon was the one who claimed to be the Chesapeake Ripper, while Gideon adamantly believes that Chilton made him think he was.

He tells Chilton that he’ll take responsibility for killing his own family, but not the nurse he was left alone with.

In the truck on the way to court, Gideon tries to make small talk with the police officer and the psychiatric guard riding with them.

He tells the officer that killing his wife is easier than divorce should he ever be considering leaving her – provoking the officer to attack him.



Read more »
↧
Search

Contest! Win A SERPENT’S TOOTH, The Latest LONGMIRE Book by Craig Johnson!

June 7, 2013, 5:00 pm
$
0
0
Fresh from Longmire, which had the best freshman season in total viewers for any A&E series, scripted or non-fiction, in the network’s history, Craig Johnson returns with his ninth Walt Longmire mystery, A SERPENT’S TOOTH (Viking; $26.95; ISBN: 978-0-67002645-6; Strict on sale: June 4, 2013). This time Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire finds himself in the crosshairs of a brewing religious war.

It’s homecoming for the Durant Dogies football team when teenaged Cord Lynear, a Mormon ‘lost boy,’ forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance—divine or otherwise—Sheriff Walt Longmire, his second-in-command Victoria Moretti, and his good friend Henry Standing Bear, search for the boy’s mother. They find themselves in a high plains scavenger hunt that ends at the barbed wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group that has recently set up shop in the neighboring town of Short Drop. The group, run by Cord’s stepfather, the four-hundred pound polygamist Roy Lynear, is frighteningly well-armed and too good at keeping secrets.

Meanwhile, the Absaroka County jail is getting crowded with the arrival of Orrin Porter Rockwell, a dangerous and delusional old man who claims he was blessed in the flesh by Joseph Smith, and who has appointed himself Cord’s bodyguard.

As Walt and Vic pursue the Lynears, things heat up in both the investigation and their personal lives; butting heads with the well-armed zealots, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and find that even with Henry Standing Bear’s assistance, they may be in for more than they had bargained for.
And we're giving away a copy!


Read more »
↧
↧

EVER WONDER WHAT A COW'S Digestive System Looks Like? Well, Here's A Rube Goldberg-like Machine That Will Demonstrate It...Seriously, You might Enjoy This

June 10, 2013, 1:00 pm
$
0
0

Since cows are weird and seemingly have no other purpose than to eat, crap and be tipped over by some drunk frat guy, I haven't given the animal much thought, especially when it comes to their digestive system- which includes two stomachs and verping up their food and chewing on it (I know there's more science-y words to describe the process like bolus and ruminant and reticulorumen but who wants to spend time defining them? Not me.)

But I suppose young kids would love to see a Rube Goldberg-like machine in the shape of a cow that illustrates the process via an orange ball that ultimately shoots out the wooden creatures's ass and falls into a basket.

And you know something, I probably would like to watch it as well (mostly because I like seeing things shoot out of rectums...wait, that came out wrong).

Just watch the video below and try not to ruminate too much on what I just said.

Read more »
↧

GAME OF THRONES: "Mhysa" S3E10 (recap)

June 10, 2013, 2:00 pm
$
0
0
By Kevin Cafferty
Previously on Game of Thrones:

THERE IS NO HOPE IN THE WORLD AND OH GOD OH GOD WHY IS THIS HAPPENING I’LL JUST BE SILENTLY WEEPING AND STARING OFF INTO SPACE IF YOU NEED ME OKAY THANKS.


That was… anti-climactic.

Following the events of last week, the show downshifted substantially, mostly showing us the aftermath of the Red Wedding, Dany’s invasion of Yunkai, and Jon Snow’s battle with the Wildlings. Half the time I felt like the writers and producers were just moving stuff into place for next season.


Read more »
↧

KID STEALS DAD'S CAR TO AVOID CHURCH...Now Why Didn't I Think Of That?

June 10, 2013, 3:00 pm
$
0
0
You Can't Force Me To Enjoy the Lord

As a kid I didn't enjoy spending my Saturdays (or Sundays for that matter...mixed religion makes for a lot of weekends lost) cooped up in a hot room being told that everything I did was wrong and if I only memorized various bible passages or the Torah I would be chosen or awesome or whatever.

But go I did, and as a result I have a healthy hatred for organized religion.

But perhaps if I made a break for it in my dad's car back when I was seven (like the kid in the video below), I might have avoided years of mental torture and the fear that having sex before marriage made me dirty.

I bow down before you kid, you are my hero.

Video after the break.

Read more »
↧

THE VENTURE BROS.: “Venture Libre” S5E2 (recap)

June 10, 2013, 4:00 pm
$
0
0
By Charles Knauf
It’s Sunday night and you know what that means? GO TEAM VENTURE! 

Without further ado, here is the breakdown:

*WARNING – SPOILERS AHEAD*

The episode opens with Dr. Venture getting a call from the U.S. Military. It looks like the Doc sold one of my all-time favorite characters, Venturestein, to the military as per his plan in "¡Viva los Muertos!" (SE2E24). Unfortunately for the military, Venturestein went rogue in the South American country of Puerta Bahia.


But even worse for the Doc he’s still under warranty. In a rebellious move, Dean insists he stay behind while the core Team Venture (Doc, Hank and Sgt. Hatred) leave for Puerta Bahia to corral Dr. Venture’s creation.

Read more »
↧
↧

FIVE YEARS: A Completely Adorable Animated Short From A Guy to His Wife On Their Anniversary

June 10, 2013, 5:00 pm
$
0
0

Adam Plouff is just a guy who wanted to thank his wife for five years of marriage and emotional support via the medium he does best, animation. And what he created resulted in an adorable short that not only made his wife cry, but me as well (yes, I have a soul).

And, better yet, he did it in secret by getting up really early in the morning for two straight months so that it would be a surprise for his lovely wife.

So guys, you might want to take a page out of Plouff's book, when it comes to obtaining some much needed "Please-Forgive-Me-For-Being-A-Complete-Shit" points, it'll probably be in your best interest to make something like this for your significant other.

Because if this had been for me, my husband would have gotten an entire year free from being yelled at...think about it.

Short after the break.

Read more »
↧

Contest! Win AESTHETICS: A MEMOIR by Ivan Brunetti!

June 10, 2013, 6:00 pm
$
0
0
Born to working-class parents in a small town in Italy, and reared in Chicago, Ivan Brunetti (b. 1967) was drawn to cartoons and comic strips from an early age. Finding inspiration in Spider-Man and Peanuts, he began crafting his own stories and gradually developed a unique style that he applied to imaginative, sometimes shocking subjects. The dark humor of his graphic novels earned him a cult following, yet his illustrations have had broad appeal. Now recognized as an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, Brunetti has published his work in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney’s, among others.

This eye-popping illustrated autobiography by Brunetti traces his artistic trajectory and output, from youthful doodles to his latest cover illustrations and comic strips. Aesthetics: A Memoir unearths a trove of previously unpublished materials, including working drawings, sketches for cartoons, book covers, personal photographs, and items from the artist’s collection of toys and handmade objects. In an introductory essay and captions, Brunetti explains—in a voice that is as quirky, smart, and clear as his drawings—his creative process and aesthetic sensibility. This overarching retrospective conveys Brunetti’s philosophy of life and cartooning through his keen words and unforgettable images.
And thanks to our friends at Yale University Press, we're giving away three copies of this beautiful book to FOG! readers!


Read more »
↧
Search

BLUTHFIGHTER: Tobias' Cat-Like Reflexes Will Probably Come In Handy In This Street Fighter-Like Parody

June 11, 2013, 9:00 am
$
0
0

Although my soul is still smarting from the horror show that was season 4, Arrested Development (Seasons 1-3) still maintains it's credibility as being one of the sharpest comedy shows that was on the air and, I am nothing if not forgiving, so yeah, I'm going to write about a fan-made video game tribute to the Bluth family via this Street Fighter-like parody in which Tobais, G.O.B, Carl Weathers and Tony Wonder make an appearance.

Now, I don't want to ruin all the moves or who wins in the end, but I'm pretty sure that if this game were to add a few other characters and be licensed by the Powers-That-Be, fans would snap it up in no time (Here's hoping for a Lucille/Lucille 2 throw-down that involves booze bottles and nausea medicine).

Game after the break.

Read more »
↧

X-Clusivity Returns—The Infamous HELLFIRE CLUB Back in the Spotlight

June 11, 2013, 10:00 am
$
0
0

Chris Claremont was responsible, in part or in whole, for introducing a plethora of characters and places to the mythos of the X-Men universe during his nearly two decade run on Uncanny X-Men.  

It is also undeniable that one of those greatest creations was that of the nefarious Hellfire Club, an exclusive group comprised of the ultra wealthy and secretly run by a cabal of mutants attempting to steer the course of humanity the way they saw fit.

So, Congress, but with super powers.

Like many great stories handed down over the ages—Atlantis, the Iliad, my staggering sexiness—there was a little bit of truth to the fictional club that appeared for the first time in Uncanny X-Men #129.

“All in favor of world domination and screwing the middle class..?”


Read more »
↧
↧

AND WINNER Of the Best "How-To-Engage-In-Covert-Sexual-Aggression" Challenge Is: The Armchair Costume!

June 11, 2013, 11:00 am
$
0
0

Artist Jamie Isenstein has created an artistic piece that I'm pretty sure is supposed to represent something really deep and meaningful (probably something about humanity sitting upon our tufted laurels or whatever) but all I see is an amazing fetish costume that can be used to get people to sit in your lap for uncomfortable lengths of time, if, you know, you are into that kind of thing.

Not that I am or anything, it's just that after all these years of being a pop culture writer on the internet, you kind of come across certain things that stick with you (like baked bean sex parties- shudder) and from that point on anything odd sort of strikes you as a possible fetish for some person out there.

Like maybe dressing up as an armchair where people sit and fart on you or something.

Yeah, that's probably what Laz-y-Boy fetishists would like.

Not that I'm judging...well maybe I am...

Isenstein's piece "Arm Chair" is being shown at the Andrew Kreps Gallery at 537 West 22nd Street in NYC if you're interested.

Source: Geekologie
↧

Why WESTWORLD Matters

June 11, 2013, 1:08 pm
$
0
0
I recently revisited Westworld (1973) a film that kind of scared the crap out of me as a kid, even in its television version.

I think it scared me less because it was incredibly violent and generally unusual in its SciFi production design, but more because it was such a cynical tale of the human condition.

But watching the film today goes beyond taking pleasure in its kitschy early-70s take on the future (although that's a hell of a lot of fun).


I'd go so far as to say we need more smart Science Fiction like Westworld.  Last year's Prometheus was as close as we've gotten in a long time (Sunshine before that) and I'm afraid this summer's After Earth just doesn't cut it.

Some reasons why Westworld matters...

Read more »
↧

MUSIC VIDEO MON...AH, TUESDAY: Jon Marco- Rhianna...80's Nostalgia Runs Deep With This One Kids

June 11, 2013, 1:00 pm
$
0
0

Musician Jon Marco (of Boston's Parker House and Theory) has gone solo and in doing so has created a music video filled with photoshopped homages to some 80's movies that we (who are old and bitter now) grew up with.

Yes it's cheesy but it's also super fun and very hooky which means you will probably be singing this song hours later after the video has ended.

And that will be a good thing.

Video after the break.

Read more »
↧
Viewing all 17927 articles
Browse latest View live
More Pages to Explore .....
Search

Latest Images

Photographer Gifts for Clients / Print Packaging / 4x6 Photo Box by...

Photographer Gifts for Clients / Print Packaging / 4x6 Photo Box by...

April 17, 2024, 6:48 pm
Deepfake Video of Aamir Khan circulates Online

Deepfake Video of Aamir Khan circulates Online

April 17, 2024, 3:07 am
Very Hungry Caterpillar™ Shirt: World of Eric Carle™+ Little Goodall by...

Very Hungry Caterpillar™ Shirt: World of Eric Carle™+ Little Goodall by...

April 14, 2024, 8:14 am
Have you seen Michael Wines? Burien man has been missing since Saturday,...

Have you seen Michael Wines? Burien man has been missing since Saturday,...

April 12, 2024, 3:59 pm
Stay Salty POTS Awareness Stretchy Stacking Bracelets | Set of Three|...

Stay Salty POTS Awareness Stretchy Stacking Bracelets | Set of Three|...

April 11, 2024, 5:27 pm
19 Reader-Favourite March Purchases — From Steals To Splurges

19 Reader-Favourite March Purchases — From Steals To Splurges

April 11, 2024, 5:07 am
Fake lip ring, silver lip ring, simple lip ring, unisex lip ring by AIRlab

Fake lip ring, silver lip ring, simple lip ring, unisex lip ring by AIRlab

April 9, 2024, 4:00 pm
First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

April 8, 2024, 1:08 pm
People's Blog • First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

People's Blog • First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

April 8, 2024, 1:08 pm
People's Blog • First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

People's Blog • First Pictures of the Eclipse ! ! !

April 8, 2024, 1:08 pm