Ooh! » geekery | Ooh! https://fernlim.com/bits { Snippets that tickle my fancy} Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Scientists & Beauty [xkcd] https://fernlim.com/bits/611/scientists-beauty-xkcd/ https://fernlim.com/bits/611/scientists-beauty-xkcd/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:36:28 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=611

 

For all the scientists and creative nerds out there.

We. Rock.

xkcd

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I dislike cooking… but these really make me want to cook. Thank you perpetual kid, I have been entertained!

via swissmiss

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They’re ordering food in Hindi… without knowing a single word of Hindi. (Apparently it’s quite accurate!)

Unfortunately, Google Translate won’t help you understand what the replying party is saying. Where’s Douglas Adams’ babelfish when you need it?

Check out the first comment below the video for what the entire conversation actually is: Google Demo Slam: Extra Spicy

via Ben Casnocha

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/530/42-babelfish-not-needed/feed/ 0 May the force of Typography be with you [Matteo Civaschi] https://fernlim.com/bits/475/may-the-force-of-typography-be-with-you-matteo-civaschi/ https://fernlim.com/bits/475/may-the-force-of-typography-be-with-you-matteo-civaschi/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:51:29 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=475

It’s like you’re combining two geek/fandom worlds together!

by Matteo Civaschi
read more about him here.

via swissmiss

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/475/may-the-force-of-typography-be-with-you-matteo-civaschi/feed/ 0 Ronald D. Moore on Science Fiction and Battlestar Galactica https://fernlim.com/bits/430/ronald-d-moore-on-science-fiction-and-battlestar-galactica/ https://fernlim.com/bits/430/ronald-d-moore-on-science-fiction-and-battlestar-galactica/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:32:09 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=430

Science fiction used to be a way to explore society. It was always about today, where the author was at that moment, and took the science fiction prism and altered certain things, [giving] a distance to the audience to examine interesting questions. Questions of morality, existential questions, where are we going as a people, what is technology doing to us, how is the human condition going to change?

via Ronald D. Moore on Why Galactica Steered Clear of ‘Technobabble,’ Wired.com.

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/430/ronald-d-moore-on-science-fiction-and-battlestar-galactica/feed/ 0 Yes Man! Harry Potter Mania https://fernlim.com/bits/420/yes-man-harry-potter-mania/ https://fernlim.com/bits/420/yes-man-harry-potter-mania/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:40:53 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=420 This scene from Yes Man brought me great joy.

Harry Potter costume party in Yes Man! Ron, Harry and erm, random Hogwarts student?

They’re playing QUIDDITCH!!!

Norm is REALLY getting into the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone. So is Hagrid!

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Want!

(Though my inner scientist is thoroughly bugged by the sloping lines. How is one supposed to accurately measure rainfall with one’s splendid boots when one’s splendid boots say that 5 inches could also be 8 inches?)

Rain Level

via My Modern Metropolis.

]]> https://fernlim.com/bits/352/ask-my-rainboots/feed/ 0 The Geek Knows Which Window… [Twaggies] https://fernlim.com/bits/350/the-geek-knows/ https://fernlim.com/bits/350/the-geek-knows/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:37:17 +0000 Fern http://fernlim.com/bits/?p=350 Window? What window?

Illustrator + Twitter = Hilarity

(Check out even more visual hilarity by Kiersten Essenpreis at Twaggies)

via Alice at My Modern Metropolis

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xkcd

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