Hurrah! It’s finally 11/11/11, which makes it Binary Day. I’ve already seen a whole host of folks hitting social media channels to point this out. Relatively few of them are pointing out that they’re wrong, though. More »
Anyone feeling extra geeky today? Well you should. Today’s date, when written in a six digit format (MMDDYY), is a binary number. More »
Like a giant Tokyo Flash watch, this binary clock installation at the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, was erected by students hoping to promote the technical nature of their university. How noble. More »
Now this is one amazing Goodwill find: A vintage pop-up book designed to teach burgeoning nerds about the wonders of the modern computer. Floppy disks, ASCII, and the dot-matrix printer. Oh my.
The trend in timepieces these days is to display values in terms that only math nerds and engineers can possibly understand. Finally, a product has been developed that helps make sense of the madness.
These dry-clean only shirts from Rhombuswear are, perhaps, the perfect “next step” for geeks looking to spruce up their wardrobe with a few articles that aren’t open source project-branded polo shirts. From a distance, they’re all business. But get close, and the little 1′s and 0′s start to take shape. Or Iowa test ovals, your choice. Just don’t come complaining to us when you get reprimanded for making nasty words with the filled-in ovals. Then again, for US$75 a pop, you might want to leave the No. 2′s at home. [Rhombuswear via Geek Sugar via Technabob]
DIY gadgeteer Nate True has come up with a home-brew LED watch alternative to those Tokyoflash wristwatches that are all the rage. A mashup of a binary clock and one of those nifty persistence-of-vision displays, Nate’s device even packs in a super-bright flashlight mode. You can follow his instructions to make your own, or if your soldering is as bad as mine you can buy a pre-built one for US$189, and one lacking the enclosure for US$89. [cre.ations.net via BoingBoing]
