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Geek Out

No, You’re Not Random

Because, actually, being genuinely random is incredibly difficult. You’re just talking crap. [XKCD]

30 April 2013

Geek Out

How Long Should You Spend On Making Tasks More Efficient?

These days, everyone wants you to hack your life in order to make your day-to-day existence more efficient. But there are times when the effort’s not really worth it — and this chart should help you work out what to spend time on, and what to ignore.

26 April 2013

Geek Out

The Real Instruction Manual For Your Shared Office Printer

Working in an office with other people is fraught with all kinds of tensions and politics*, but there is nothing more divisive than the humble shared printer. Here’s the instruction manual they forgot to include in the box that behemoth of a colour laser arrived in.

25 April 2013

Geek Out

Why Time Travel Is Confusing

Actually, time travel is confusing on many levels. What the hell did happen in Twelve Monkeys exactly?

24 April 2013

Entertainment

Classic Disney Animations And Their Real-Life Counterparts

It’s easy to take classic animation for granted, especially these days when far more complicated images seem to appear like magic with the click of a button. But thanks to Reddit user jamieleto, these spliced rotoscoped images let us catch a glimpse at just how dedicated early Disney animators were to crafting a perfect product.

20 April 2013

Entertainment

The First He-Man Toy Commercial: Master Of The Universe, Master Of Marketing

Fresh off Star Wars, which taught the corporate world how to overmarket any property to kids, the 1980s was one of the greatest decades ever when it came to toys — and toy commercials. Originally shown at the Mattel Booth at Comic Con last year, this is believed to be the very first He-Man and The Masters of the Universe toy commercial that originally aired back in 1981 or 1982.

18 April 2013

Computing

The Small Victory Your Admin Account Wins You If Your Laptop’s Stolen

Of course all your email accounts, social networks, cloud services and payment details are up for grabs if someone grabs your laptop while it’s logged in — because, really, we’re all to lazy to log-in over and over. But at least your drivers are safe!

11 April 2013

Software

The Problem With Every Adobe Update

You know that something somewhere has gone seriously wrong when every last software update requires you to update a proprietary download manager before you can even think about getting your hands on whatever trivial bug fix that’s on offer.

27 March 2013

Geek Out

Best Thing Ever: Classic Calvin And Hobbes Scenes Animated Into GIFs

Short of a few seconds of homebrewed animations here and there, we’ve never seen Calvin and Hobbes animated. That’s fine — Bill Watterson’s panels are more lifelike than a kabillion hours of most shows — but seeing it done right is enough to make your eyes fall out from happiness.

19 March 2013

Entertainment

People Who Rescale Videos Without Thinking Need To Be Punished

And, as Randall Munroe points out in today’s XKCD, this is how to do it. Maybe then they’ll understand why preserving aspect ratios is important. [XKCD]

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