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20 Apr 08:16

The fastest way to take off your t-shirt

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Whitson Gordon to Lifehacker

The fastest way to take off your t-shirt

This guy claims this is the fastest way to take off your t-shirt. It looks pretty damn fast to me, although guys with tight t-shirts will not be able to use this trick.

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19 Apr 18:20

Keep Your Tootsies Comfy as You Travel with ‘Doctor Who’ Slippers!

by Lauren Berkley

Being a Time Lord — or a companion — must be exhausting. It’s important to take time to relax…or at least have your feet be comfortable as you battle beasties and villains.

These K-9, tweed suit-plus-bowties, and TARDIS slippers are officially licensed and available at ThinkGeek, starting at $19.99!

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[via CNET]

18 Apr 19:18

This is why, even though I love my cats, I’m a dog person.



This is why, even though I love my cats, I’m a dog person.

18 Apr 06:52

You Only Have Nine Minutes Until Your Brain Reboots. Make Them Count.

by Charlie Jane Anders

We had pretty high hopes for The Anomaly when we learned that Noel Clarke (Doctor Who) was directing and starring in a film about brain-hacking, co-starring The Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder. But the trailer looks seriously kick-ass, and there's a neat spin on the "ticking clock" idea.

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17 Apr 21:59

tabletop season three

by Wil Wheaton

How busy have I been? So busy that I forgot to write a blog about TableTop Season 3, and how you can help make it happen.

tl;dr: We’re crowdfunding Tabletop’s 3rd season. We’ve raised $500,000, so we can afford to do 15 episodes. If we get to $750,000, we’ll have enough to do 20 episodes (like seasons one and two), and if we get to one million dollars, we can afford to do the RPG spin off that I’ve wanted to do for years (a season-long campaign, cut into about 20 or so 40-minute-ish episodes with the same players, characters, and GM).

Here’s a spiffy video I made about it:

(Don’t read the comments; they will make you mad. Or, if you’re me, they’ll make you sad, because a lot of people don’t understand television production, and how much shows cost, so they yell at you a lot, based on presumptions that turn out to be wrong.)

Because we’re going completely independent , we can do some things we’ve always wanted to do, like an episode that’s me, Anne, and our kids. We’re also going to do a special episode that’s just a game or two for children, played with children, because thousands of people have asked me what I recommend they play with their kids.

We’re also going to do the SUPER DIRTY and PROFOUNDLY INAPPROPRIATE “TableTop After Dark” episode, where we play Cards Against Humanity. There may be beer and a couple of dirty comedians involved. This will be the episode that likely makes the world hate me forever.

We have a bunch of perks for people who choose to contribute various amounts to our effort, but I want to be really clear that we’re making Tabletop for everyone who loves it, whether they can give us zero or infinity dollars.

I’m not entirely positive when we’ll be filming the first 10 episodes, but I know we’re going to try to get them done soon, so we can release them later this summer. A lot of that schedule is going to be determined by how busy I am with The Wil Wheaton Project.

There have been a lot of FAQs about this campaign, so we did our best to answer them in the standard way:

Why are you going Independent?

Felicia: Geek and Sundry (and Tabletop) up until now was funded by YouTube’s original channel initiative, which is not continuing to go forward anymore. We have been talking to a bunch of partners and are excited about some of our options to continue G&S as a company, but Wil (and we) were passionate about being able to keep Tabletop on schedule to release more episodes this year, and stay independent of influence to change the show for sponsor/commercial reasons. That is why we are fundraising like this.

Wil: We want to make the same TableTop that we’ve made for two seasons, and give our audience something that we’re proud of, and we wanted to do that without compromising our vision for the show. The quickest and most reliable way to make that happen was to go directly to the people who love TableTop as much as we do, and ask them to help us make our third season as awesome as our first two.

Why are you asking for so much money?

Felicia: This show is a standout for a reason: We pay professional people to make it. It’s polished and stands next to TV show quality because we wanted to make something long-lasting, and impact in a big way, like a TV show when we conceived it. To put it in perspective: The average 30 second commercial you see on TV? Costs 1-3 million dollars. EACH. The average 1/2 hour comedy? 2-3 million dollars. Shows like Game of Thrones? 7-9 million dollars. PER EPISODE.

We are doing a minimum of fifteen, 30 minute shows for a fraction of ONE TV SHOW. If you put it in that perspective, we are definitely not paying people professional rates to work on it. I do a lot of low budget web videos (to help do shows like TableTop, actually), and I think the ones that last beyond that moment of consumption are the ones that have budgets, that people tend to enjoy over and over. My goal always has been to show the established TV world that people can work outside the system and compete with their business, Tabletop is our best example of that, just like The Guild before us. We are doing this show for the minimum we can do it and keep up what we have established before us.

Wil: This is a question that I wasn’t expecting, and I feel really stupid for not explaining this more in advance. I’ve lived in the film and television industry my whole life, and I’ve been an active producer on TableTop for 40 episodes, so I know how much it costs to make an average show, and how much it costs to make our show. Let me be clear right away: we’re not getting rich off TableTop. In fact, if TableTop was my only job, I wouldn’t be able to support my family for even one year. That said, to anyone who does not live in the film and television world, i completely understand a sense of ‘sticker shock’ upon hearing that this YouTube show needs half a million dollars to produce fifteen episodes.

This week, I’m doing an episode of The Big Bang Theory, When it’s all finished and cut together, it’ll be about 22 minutes (approximately the same length as the average episode of TableTop), and it’ll cost several million dollars to produce. If you do a strict math problem, you’ll see that we do fifteen (or 20 if/when we get there) episodes of TableTop – 33 minutes, at least, that’s 660 minutes of TableTop – for less than the cost of a single 22 minute episode of network television.

We put everything we have into TableTop, because we love it, and we push our budget to its maximum limited so the show that we put out on YouTube can stand next to anything you see on Broadcast or Cable, and I’ll keep doing that as long as we can. I also want to make one thing really clear: we’re incredibly grateful – I am personally – incredibly grateful and honored by the contributions we’ve been given by the TableTop community. I know that you’re trusting us to keep doing what we’ve been doing, and I’m going to honor that trust by making the very best show we can possibly make.

Will TableTop still be free to watch? Do I have to donate to see it?

Wil: It will absolutely be free to watch. And now that we are completely independent, we aren’t limited to broadcasting on YouTube, so we’ll be able to make Tabletop available to even more people in even more ways, as we release season three.



Felicia: You do not have to donate, we appreciate it so much if you choose to do so, and understand if you don’t. It will still be free and watchable by you if we make our fundraising goal.

So there you have it. Tabletop Season Three is guaranteed at least 15 episodes, and we’re feeling pretty optimistic that we’ll get to 20. I think it’s a longer shot that we make it to the RPG show, but Tabletop fans keep surprising me, so maybe I’m more uncertain than I should be.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us, and PLAY MORE GAMES!

16 Apr 19:48

How to Turn Off Facebook's Auto-Playing Video Ads

by Whitson Gordon

How to Turn Off Facebook's Auto-Playing Video Ads

Facebook recently introduced auto-playing video ads on desktop and mobile, but thankfully there's now a switch to opt out. Here's what you have to do.

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16 Apr 19:24

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16 Apr 19:15

You Might Be Standing All Wrong. Here's How to Fix Your Imbalance

by Melanie Pinola

You Might Be Standing All Wrong. Here's How to Fix Your Imbalance

Standing. It's just something you do, right (like breathing )? The truth is, there's a perfectly aligned and balanced way to stand...and the imbalanced way many of us do.

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15 Apr 05:38

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14 Apr 05:37

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13 Apr 18:24

What Happens When You Try Leaking Information about the New Avengers Movie [Video]

by Geeks are Sexy

Arsenio talked Don Cheadle into sharing some secrets from the upcoming “Avengers” film, but Marvel didn’t want to see that happen.

[The Arsenio Hall Show]

13 Apr 18:22

Biddy is a 2-year old male African Pygmy hedgehog who goes on...













Biddy is a 2-year old male African Pygmy hedgehog who goes on amazing adventures with the help of his people parents Thomas and Toni. 

[instagram] [h/t: wonderous-world]

13 Apr 07:06

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12 Apr 08:44

Syfy Turns James S.A. Corey's Expanse Into "Game Of Thrones In Space"

by Charlie Jane Anders

Syfy Turns James S.A. Corey's Expanse Into "Game Of Thrones In Space"

Yes, please. Syfy has given a direct-to-series order to The Expanse, a new show based on James S.A. Corey's acclaimed space-opera novels, with the first season comprising 10 episodes. And they're describing it as "Game of Thrones in space." This is everything we've wanted from Syfy for years.

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11 Apr 11:42

En tanke till om träning

by Julia

Tänkte lite mer på det här med träning, medan jag plaskade omkring igår. För jag ser lite då och då på tumblr och twitter och instagram och pinterest, med mera, olika meddelanden som typ går ut på nåt i stil med ”när du tycker att det blir jobbigt och vill sluta, sluta inte för det är de tio minutrarna efter det som spelar roll”. Och visst, man blir starkare av att fortsätta när det är jobbigt, det är så muskler och kondition byggs. Och det kan absolut vara bra pepp om man är lagd åt det hållet.

Men det är inte bara de där tio minutrarna som spelar roll — det är de första tio minutrarna också. Till och med om det inte blir fler minuter efter det. Man måste börja någonstans, man måste få bygga upp det och för den delen också ge upp ibland utan att känna att det inte spelar roll eller räknas eller gör skillnad. Det enda dåliga tränandet är det som inte blir av, för att kontra med en annan klyscha istället. Alla kommer inte vara såna som trycker sig igenom väggen, som tränar jättehårt alla gånger eller alls. Och att lägga fram det som att det är tryckandet som räknas, kan låta som att annars kan det lika gärna vara. Och det är inte konstruktivt för någon.

Så om jag vill slacka-slash-vila några minuter under ett träningspass, eller gå hem lite tidigare någon gång, så betyder inte det att jag är lat eller misslyckad eller att den träningen var bortkastad. Det betyder bara att jag inte tränade lika hårt den gången. Och om någon tar det lite lugnare under ALLA pass, eller bara tar en promenad, så räknas det också.

Det blir så jäkla binärt ibland, av eller på, och mycket av den här peppen tror jag riskerar att ha en annan effekt än det är tänkt. Alla är inte crossfitare eller NMT-are eller maratonlöpare. Vissa vill bara få igång lite puls och röra lite på sig, och sen gå hem. Och det är okej.

(Om man inte vill träna alls så tänker jag inte heller skuldbelägga, men jag råkar tro att de flesta mår bäst av att röra lite på sig då och då. Jag tänker bara inte ställa några krav på hur och när.)


10 Apr 12:53

These Little Avengers are Totally Adorable! [Geek Artwork]

by Geeks are Sexy

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Check out this fantastic series of illustration by artist Ben Oliver depicting The Avengers as an after school club of superhero kids.

thor

captain

iron

black

hulk

hawkeye

nick-fury

[Artwork by Ben Oliver | Ben Oliver on Facebook | Via]

10 Apr 04:30

Jon Stewart Sends Noah Haters Back To Bible School

by Meredith Woerner

Jon Stewart Sends Noah Haters Back To Bible School

Darren Aronofsky's Noah premiered to a flood of negative nellies, naysaying about the gritty manner in which their favorite Biblical character was handled. "There wasn't enough God! Why was Noah drunk?" some complained. Thank goodness for Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, who actually picked up a Bible to educate the haters about their religion.

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09 Apr 15:48

Help Wil Wheaton Fund ‘Tabletop,’ Season 3! [Video]

by Lauren Berkley
Oakfairy

Trettiotvå dagar kvar, så. :)

Tabletop, which airs on the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel, needs your help to fund season 3!

They are asking for $500,000 on indiegogo and as of this writing, over $439,000 has been raised — and they still have until May 10!

YouTube is ending its “Original Channel Initiative,” which was how Geek & Sundry has been funded for the past few years. Mr. Wheaton himself has more below.

[Help Wil Wheaton Fund "Tabletop" Season 3 | via Nerdist]

09 Apr 06:06

Heartbleed

Oakfairy

Okej, men du känner väl igen referensen i mouse-over-texten här iallifall? Väl? VÄL? ;)

I looked at some of the data dumps from vulnerable sites, and it was ... bad. I saw emails, passwords, password hints. SSL keys and session cookies. Important servers brimming with visitor IPs. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, c-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. I should probably patch OpenSSL.
09 Apr 05:45

kittydoom: (to Ian McKellen) You were saying a dream of yours...

















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(to Ian McKellen) You were saying a dream of yours is that you wanted to host a show like this. 

Omg, this is adorable.

09 Apr 05:42

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09 Apr 05:37

A Lightsaber Fight Between Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk and Sean Astin [Pic]

by Geeks are Sexy

lightsaber

Yep, that’s pretty awesome.

[Source: Sean Astin on Twitter | Via TMS]

09 Apr 05:32

What the "Heartbleed" Security Bug Means For You

by Whitson Gordon

What the "Heartbleed" Security Bug Means For You

Security researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL, the cryptographic software library that protects many web sites on the internet. Here's what that means for you, the average user.

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08 Apr 08:24

ÄR DET OKEJ?!?

by Julia

Igår morse var jag med alldeles för tidigt på morgonen och diskuterade träningshets med Paolo Roberto i P1 Morgon. (För övrigt typexempel på sak som orsakade för lite sömn och allmänt missnöje.) Det kan man lyssna på här.

Jag fick lite glada tillrop efteråt, men jag var också dum nog att kolla på lite kommentarer. Där var till exempel någon lustigkurre som sa att det kan man ju se på dem vem som är för och vem som är emot träning, hoho.

Och, alltså, suck. Nu var det ju inte för eller emot träning som vi diskuterade. Jag är för träning, både för mig själv och andra. Jag tror det är bra för de flesta. Det vi diskuterade var träningshets, där jag tror att fokus på träning för viktminskning och ett visst utseende, och fokus på träning som ska vara så jävla tuff och ball, ofta har en negativ inverkan på hur vi mår och hur vi faktiskt tränar. Men också den här putslustigheten och det ständiga antagandet att jag är tjock för att jag inte tränar och att jag inte tränar för att jag är tjock. Självklara likamedtecken, alltid och för evigt. Samt förstås att jag på samma sätt är emot träning för att jag är tjock och är tjock för att jag är emot träning.

Suck, som sagt.

Sen var det någon som ifrågasatte min logik. Ungefär såhär: Har man bra värden är det inte så farligt med lite fett, tyckte jag/hon, men är man fet har man inte bra värden och det handlar inte om lite fett.

Fettmängder skiter jag väl ganska mycket i, men det här lika ständiga antagandet att övervikt eller fetma automatiskt leder till och innebär ohälsa. Det var ju precis det jag sa i radion, att det antagandet är fel och onödigt. Världen är full av överviktiga och feta och sjukligt feta människor med jättebra värden, och det är inte för att de inte blivit sjuka än och det är inte för att de är statistiska eller biologiska freaks. Det bara är så. (Och motsvarande normalsmala människor med kassa värden.)

Tycker du att det är okej att folk är feta, frågade Paolo Roberto, och upprepade det till och med trots att jag svarade. Som att han utmanade mig att erkänna att jag är för barnporr eller tortyr av kattungar. Som att jag skulle bryta ihop och säga nej, nej, det är klart jag inte gör det, det kan ju ingen rimlig människa göra, det är klart att jag egentligen får ångest över alla dessa döende dödsfeta späckhögar som sprider sin fettsmitta runtomkring i landet och världen. Du avslöjade mig, jag tycker det är hemskt att folk har BMI över 23.

Ja, jag tycker att det kan vara okej att folk är feta. Ja, jag tycker det kan vara okej att väga mer än tabellen tycker att du borde. Nej, det behöver inte i sig vara ett problem om folk väger ”för mycket”.

För den delen var det roligt att det var ett gäng som skulle kommentera och hänvisa till dagens nyhet om att typ 1-diabetesen ökar hos unga, som bevis för epidemin av övervikt och ohälsa. Om de faktiskt hade läst en enda av artiklarna så hade de antingen lärt sig eller kommit ihåg att typ 1 är den som inte är ditt eget fel (obs ironi) och alltså inte har något känt samband med vikt eller livsstil. Men det hade ju krävt att de hade läst på och tänkt efter. Och det kan man ju inte förvänta sig.


08 Apr 06:06

The Amazing Swedish Show Real Humans Is Getting An English Version

by Charlie Jane Anders
Oakfairy

Vi behöver fan se den här, du... :)

The Amazing Swedish Show Real Humans Is Getting An English Version

It's a crime that the Swedish android show Real Humans (Äkta människor) hasn't gotten aired in the United States yet. It's widely hailed as one of the best science fiction shows of recent years. But at least, we're getting an English-language version from the writers behind Spooks.

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07 Apr 04:29

All of Shakespeare's Plays, Converted to 3-Panel Webcomics

by Robert T. Gonzalez

All of Shakespeare's Plays, Converted to 3-Panel Webcomics

And here we'd almost forgotten just how many of Shakespeare's plays end with stabbings .

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06 Apr 12:23

Skyrim’s Intro Done Game of Thrones-Style [Video]

by Geeks are Sexy

From Brady Wold:

The Game of Thrones intro re-imagined for Skyrim.

An extra special thanks to Ramin Djawadi, and the folks at Roland Studio HD for their inspiring work.

This started off as an exercise to kill time one afternoon about two years ago, never intending it to be a finished product. I continued to work on it here and there throughout various freelance projects, internships, and other personal projects, until it eventually became a burden; my very own “white whale.”

After thousands of hours of work and rendering, it’s time to move on to bigger, and better things. I present “Thrones.” Thanks to everyone who has inspired me, and given me support!

[Brady Wold]

06 Apr 07:04

My two best friends live in Florida. I felt compelled to correct...



My two best friends live in Florida. I felt compelled to correct the US mcnugget so I added Florida back with a toothpick. 

Now I’m going to sleep for a long time.

Goodnight.