At decision points in my life, I often ask: What would Mike Watt do? Watt was the bass player for the minutemen and firehose, and more recently the Stooges. He’s also a prodigious songwriter. This is scientist rock. More » Gizmodo
You know the feeling of leaving a store late at night, and walking out into a dark parking lot? While you don’t actually believe that anything is going to happen, you breathe just a little faster knowing that it could. I know I always like to hold my keys in between my fingers thinking I [...]
The economy may be starting to look up, but that doesn’t mean the suffering is over. Toshiba is just the latest company to announce that it had a rough quarter to close out the calendar year 2011. The quarter ending December 31st of 2011, saw the company pull in .5 billion in revenue — nine [...]
Create your own sonic with over 80 possible combinations! This DIY set lets you create your very own sonic screwdriver and features over 80 possible combinations, including different colored lights and multiple sound effects. May the best tool win! .99 ThinkGeek – What’s New
Brant Widgeon, an Astronomical Image Enhancement Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*, explains his experience creating all those amazing space images that leave the entire world in awe. What the entire world doesn’t know is how they are really created. More » Gizmodo
Google’s decision to consolidate all of the data it collects from all of us has the internet spooked. After Congress decided to knit a brow in the debate, Google wrote up this official response. Read its self-defense case here. More » Gizmodo
It’s a common human trait that, when faced with a series of calamities, the brain will retreat into a fantasy world in which everything is the exact opposite of reality. Could this be the inspiration for RIM’s four new cartoon characters, which the company hopes will spread its “Be Bold” marketing message? The pattern certainly [...]
Now this is definitely one of the more fun methods of whipping up conversations at a party, and I am quite sure if you are going to hold a wedding that boasts of a Star Wars theme, you might as well let all the drinks there be chilled using the by-products of the Star Wars [...]
UK pay TV service Sky has just announced its quarterly results, and despite adding 100,000 subscribers as well as notching its “highest ever first-half adjusted operating profit” it will launch a new internet TV service, available to anyone in the country with a broadband connection. Check out the press release after the break for a [...]
If you and your mate are Star Wars buffs, then for sure the both of you might want to check out the .99 Star Wars Cufflinks – they are perfectly designed (and officially licensed products, mind you) for the Star Wars fan in you who want to declare to the world in a discreet manner [...]