Archive for April, 2010
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Monday, April 19th, 2010YouTube user ruebenpac uses special-effects software Maya to add a CGI version of Iron Man and an AC/DC soundtrack to famous scenes from terribly-annoying girly movies. In this case, Colin Firth in Bridget Jones’s Diary has been replaced by Iron Man, who knocks Hugh Grant the hell out, because… well, because of Did You Hear [...]
Thumbs Down: Video Game “Level Up” Cleavage Tattoo [Geeky Tattoo]
Monday, April 19th, 2010Yeah, so… scarring your perfectly-good cleavage with permanent ink? Still not a good idea. Via OniPepper, who doesn’t mind the results of your poor judgment as long as you post pictures of them on the internets. Find Nintendo t-shirts on Ebay Enjoy this post? Subscribe to Great White Snark by email or by RSS.
I’m Not Impressed: Cthulhu Mounted Plush Wall Trophy
Friday, April 16th, 2010If you had the temerity to mount a Cthulhu head on your wall as a trophy, wouldn’t you at least want it to look horrible and fearsome and “real”? I mean, if you’re going to go to these kind of lengths of pitiable nerdiness, at least do it with conviction. Because if there’s anything worse [...]
Better than the Movie: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Cake [Geeky Cake]
Friday, April 16th, 2010I don’t understand the cult status of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Of the ten minutes of it I could stand to watch sometime in the mid-1980s, I recall thinking it was completely terrible. And not terrible in an entertaining way or particularly distinctive way. Just terrible like lots of things–especially B-movies–produced in the late [...]
What, Where, and Why?: Predator Lamp Table
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010So. That’s a thing that exists. Instead of being available in different finishes or heights, the Predator lamp table is available with the Predator holding different weapons. In case, you know… you’re skeptical that the Predator would use nunchucks. Via Nerd Approved, who has strict rules against using nunchucks and handguns as furniture. Find Predator [...]
So the Mac ISN’T Perfect?: Operating Systems Venn Diagram
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010This (dated) Venn diagram about popular operating systems could just have easily been labeled like the nerd/dork/geek Venn diagram. You’d find the Mac OS at the intersection of “intelligence” and “obsession,” Linux at the intersection of “intelligence” and “social ineptitude,” and Windows at “obsession” and “social ineptitude.” Ok, so that Windows analogy didn’t really didn’t [...]
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