Tag: geek

Dalton Ghetti’s pencil tip carvings

20 April, 2012 (12:00) | Geeked Out

http://blog.kidrobot.com/pencil-tip-micro-sculptures-by-dalton-ghetti/ This is nuts.  This guy can carve the tips of pencils into just about anything.  I can’t imagine how many times he’s had to start over after breaking off a tip.

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Hold me closer tiny dancer

16 December, 2011 (12:00) | Geeked Out

This is some of the smallest origami you’ll ever see.  This is srz bzns.  He uses a tooth pick to create all the tiny folds. http://www.visualnews.com/2011/08/18/a-tiny-world-of-nano-origami/  

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Oldest Computer in LEGO

6 April, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

The Antikythera mechanism dates back to 150 BC by the Greeks.  It was a device that was built to calculate celestial positions with high accuracy.  Here it is recreated with LEGO gears. The Antikythera mechanism

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A review of The Social Network

5 October, 2010 (11:26) | Reviews

Kallie and I went to see “The Social Network” yesterday, and I was surprised to see a lack of emotional tensity or even having the story being “Hollywood-ized”.  The story was fairly believable and down to earth.  I can’t comment on the accuracy of any of it, but from what I was already familiar with, […]

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Top 10 geek songs

16 March, 2010 (12:00) | Top 10

The list comes from CNN, but I went ahead and got the youtube links for each track. “She Blinded Me With Science,” Thomas Dolby “Dare to Be Stupid,” Weird Al Yankovic – Of course Weird all has to be there.  I’d actually put something like “All about the Pentiums” or “White & Nerdy” on the […]

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Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?

5 September, 2008 (11:29) | Friday 5

What’s your favorite orange-colored food?  – Does pizza count?  How about just american cheese?  I hate pumpkin, that’s for sure. What’s the best way to drink orange juice?  – Straight from the container. Which candy’s orange-colored pieces taste best?  – I just had some yesterday, so I’m going to go with Reese’s Pieces.  Although, I […]

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