The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Trailer
The teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is here! And be sure to watch for Dwarves riding war-goats.
Category: Geeky Stuff
Elon Musk Donates to Tesla Museum
Awesome news from Matthew Inman, creator of the Oatmeal webcomic — tech billionaire Tony Stark Elon Musk has just promised to donate $1 million dollars to the Tesla Museum at Wardenclyff! ABC News also has some information about Elon Musk’s donation as well. Hurrah! Oh, and don’t forget to checkout the Oatmeal’s...
Why Net Neutrality Matters
This 13 minute talk by John Oliver, of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, has perhaps the best explanation of net neutrality that I’ve heard, and also makes clear why it’s so important. Check it out!
Kids React to Old Computer
Here’s a great video of some kids (a.k.a., “little whippersnappers”) reacting to an old Apple ][ from 1978. Hilarity ensues! It kind of makes me feel old, though…
SpaceX to go to Mars
According to Elon Musk, SpaceX has its ambitious sights set on Mars — and has since the beginning. “The reason SpaceX was created was to accelerate development of rocket technology, all for the goal of establishing a self-sustaining, permanent base on Mars,” he revealed at the International Space Development Conference. Elon...
Akira Project Trailer
Who knows if a live-action Akira movie will ever come to light (and if it ever should–the original movie was perfectly fine, thank you very much), but this fan-made live-action Akira trailer is certainly awesome. Major kudos to the fans who took the time and effort to put this together.
An Interview With Elon Musk
60 minutes recently interviewed Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla Motors (and PayPal, before he sold it). Pretty interesting stuff.
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
In a nostalgic flashback to Japanese anime of the 1980s, Space Pirate Captain Harlock is returning in a new 3D animated movie. James Cameron says of the film “This movie is already legendary.” Judging from this trailer, it does look to be pretty awesome. It’s been a long time since the old...
Captain Kirk to Command Navy’s Latest Destroyer
The US Navy’s latest, most technologically advanced destroyer has just hit the water, and it is to be commanded by none other than Captain James Kirk. No joke. Not only is the new USS Zumwalt designed with classified stealth technologies, but will very likely be fitted with an electromagnetic railgun and directed...
X-Men: Days of Future Past
It looks like the new X-Men movie is heating up to be quite a storm of awesomeness. Due for release on May 23rd, this time traveling sequel-prequel will feature Professor X, Magneto, Wolverine, Storm, Mystique, Beast, Rogue, Kitty Pride, Iceman, Colossus, Warpath, Havock, Blink, Sunspot, and Quicksilver. Wheew! Here’s the...
