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It's a good time to be in a geek in the UK at the moment. Over the past week there's been a raft of announcements for predominately US-based offerings making it across the pond so here's a quick round up of the latest news. Barnes and Noble are bringing the Nook to Britain and if the marketing is right, it
Few things could be more geek-centric than finding amusement in playing with the Periodic Table of the Elements. There are tons of ways to take what some might see as a boring part of chemistry class and make it into something fun, interesting, and perhaps even artistic. A chemistry teacher named Scott Byrum decided to put the entire Periodic Table
Novelty sticker company Sticker Munch launched at last week's The Gadget Show Live and I was able to grab an interview with MD and founder, Sufian Hassan. Sticker Munch offer a range of novelty stickers that put the fun back into technology by incorporating the logo as part of the design or by trading on the geekiness of it all. The
The OED (@OEDonline) has been tweeting on geeks today. The word 'geek' was first applied to overly diligent students in the 1950s, and to computer obsessives from around 1984. However, as early as 1876 'geek' was an English regional (northern) term for a foolish, offensive, or worthless fellow... In 1920's U.S. slang, 'geek' also meant a circus performer with a
I sometimes think that between KickStarter and Etsy anything that can be imagined, will become reality... Today's funding opportunity from KickStarter are B-Squares, a 3D modular solar powered energy system that connects up using magnetic and electrical contacts. There's solar cell square, a rechargeable battery square, an Arduino square, an LED square and iPhone charger square. The more squares you
We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Internet-delivered video content lately. Trends sometimes seem to advance slowly over a long period of time but then tumultuous market shifts seem to happen overnight. Blockbuster just filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster was unable to reconfigure their business structure to compete effectively with Netflix. It seems that Netflix has won the ongoing war. Streaming
A few months have passed since getting my Sprint HTC Evo. I’ve had a chance to try out a number of different apps. I’ve finally found one I liked well enough to buy. “Camera 360” is a full-featured software camera that can be used in addition to or as a replacement for the stock camera software that ships with different