Blog Profile / Geekosystem
| URL : | http://www.geekosystem.com/ | |
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| Archived Since: | December 31, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Yahoo CEO Vows Not To Screw Up Tumblr Before Detailing Exactly How Yahoo Will Screw Up Tumblr
The news broke yesterday that Yahoo will pay $1.1 billion for the Internet's foremost source for cat GIFs and teenage poetry, Tumblr. Not everyone is taking the news well, but Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has stated that she promises "not to screw it up." Then she outlined a plan to feature more ads on Tumblr. That sounds a lot like screwing up Tumblr.
Sponsored Post: GE AgileTrac Tech Works To Take The Wait Out Of Hospital Visits
Is there anything worse than waiting at the hospital? It's almost inevitable that you've had to wait on a room, a test, admission, and more. What if we could just cut that whole thing out? The waiting, that is, not the hospital. That's what GE Healthcare's basically trying to do with their AgileTrac patient tracking solution.
British Burglar Gives Police The Runaround, Expands House Arrest Area To Whole Block
While being fitted for an ankle monitor -- the must-have spring accessory for any fashion forward petty criminal -- a 16-year-old burglar in the United Kingdom had a brainstorm, taking off for a brisk run around his block before returning. Show More Summary
Deathstroke To Be Playable With Arkham Origins DLC
Since I'm a rational, right-thinking person, it should come as no surprise that the last two Batman games -- Arkham Asylum and Arkham City -- rank among my favorite video game offerings in recent memory. With Rockstar giving up development duties for the series, though, my excitement for Arkham Origins has been tempered. Show More Summary
You Could Rewatch Aliens Or Just Check Out This 60-Second Speedrun
The topic of the Alien movies came up in the office the other day, and I realized I probably haven't watched the first two since high school at the latest. I probably would have wasted hours of my life watch Aliens again, but now thanks to 1A4 Studios I don't have to. Show More Summary
Geekolinks: 5/19
We've got sexy Einstein, a cheap Kindle version of Watchmen, and Jesse Eisenberg being kind of a jerk, but still kind of endearing in an interview. All that and more in today's Geekolinks.
Yahoo Pays $1.1 Billion For Cat GIFs (Gets Rest of Tumblr Free With Purchase)
Yahoo is holding a big media event in New York tomorrow, at which everyone was expecting them to announce they would be buying Tumblr. Instead of waiting for the big event, The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo's board has approved the Tumblr purchase and it's $1.1 billion price tag, which will be paid in cash.
Don’t Worry, Chris Hadfield Is Still Great On Earth! Here Are Some Of His Best Earthbound Tweets
Chris Hadfield had us riveted with his stream of updates from the International Space Station. We learned so much about life in space, not just from someone who had been there, but from someone while they were still there. We were aShow More Summary
Matt Smith and David Tennant Chat About Being The Doctor, Make Us Long For November 23rd
Last night was the finale of this season of Doctor Who and we're now left wanting until the 50th Anniversary special airs on November 23rd. That's going to be a long six months for fans of the show, but thankfully the BBC seems to be dribbling out bits of information about the 50th. Show More Summary
Fight Against Land Mines Gets An Unlikely New Ally
During the Balkan wars in the 1990's, an estimated 90,000 land mines were deployed in the region. They were mostly deployed at random without a map of their location, so finding them is a difficult and serious problem. To help find the remaining mines, Croatian professor Nikola Kezic and his team are training honeybees to sniff out explosives.
Don’t Panic: Earth’s Atmosphere is Escaping [Video]
Okay, so, don't freak out or anything, but Earth's atmosphere is escaping. Ridiculously slowly, I should say, and there's no concern that it'll happen at any point soon. We're talking billions of years before it's gone. MinuteEarth breaks...Show More Summary
Geekolinks: 5/18
Today in Geekolinks: In defense of Justin Bieber, 7 reasons to love Craig Ferguson, and fishing derby insists on lie detector tests for winner.
Google Media Player FCC Filing Includes Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Reference, Gets Our Hopes Up
We don't know a lot about the Google-built media player, other than the fact that Google made it, and it's a media player, but the device's FCC filing does reveal one interesting tidbit: The model number is H2G2-42. Yeah, you're not seeing things, it's absolutely a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Show More Summary
Valve Releases Entirely Community-Made Team Fortress 2 Update
If you haven't played Team Fortress 2, you should really go do that. The team-based shooter video game's found a kind of longevity that publishers and developers that aren't Valve dream about. TF2's received numerous updates over the years, dropped to being a free-to-play game, and even added a third faction of robotic enemies. Show More Summary
Sun Continues Impressive Activity, Tosses Coronal Mass Ejections at Earth
If you weren't already aware, the Sun's been seeing a whole lot of action of late. Like, it's still being the Sun, but it's also putting out incredible X-class solar flares, complete with coronal mass ejections. The latter doesn't necessarily require the former, though, and that's where we find ourselves at currently. Show More Summary
Joss Whedon Straight Up Confirms Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver for Avengers 2, Because Joss Whedon
Hollywood and the film industry at large are notoriously wary of spilling the beans about, well, anything. They'd rather not confirm anything. Teasing up until the very last minute is more their style, as everyone that follows entertainment news is well aware. Show More Summary
J.J. Abrams is Bound to Confuse Star Trek and Star Wars [Video]
One of the issues that people have with J.J. Abrams on both Star Wars and Star Trek is the idea that he's going to end up confusing the two somehow. What, exactly, does that mean? It's hard to say, but Official Comedy's taken a stab at what they think must be going on with J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Wars.
Nintendo Now Set to Profit From All Those Let’s Play Videos on YouTube
In a move that's going to have them receiving curses from a very vocal minority of people, Nintendo's now going to profit from user-generated videos that people upload to YouTube. As in, all those really sweet Let's Play videos that people upload to show off their wicked skills? Yeah, Nintendo's going to get the whole pie on that, not just a slice.
Geekolinks: 5/17
Today in Geekolinks: Say so long to Warehouse 13, the 10 best sitcom finales in TV history, and a severed Barbie head that has more Instagram followers than you.
Batman: Arkham Origins Teaser Shows Off Awesome Deathstroke Fight [Video]
Batman: Arkham Origins is set to launch October 25th, 2013, and this recently dropped teaser shows off some impressive CG, a grizzled Batman, and a really, really cool take on Deathstroke. Between you and me, Deathstroke's definitely...Show More Summary