If you’re worried about the end of the world like half of America seems to be, fear not! For the price of a paltry few million dollars, you too can own an end of the world luxury condo. No, we’re not joking. Larry Hall, a developer in Kansas, has decided he might as well build…
Zombies are all horrible fantasy right? Ever since George Romero shambled his way into our hearts, they’ve been a staple. But just like any good science fiction, there’s a little bit of reality. Combining two of the go-to bad guys, Government and Russians, in a confluence of pseudo-science and B-Movie plots, the Communists came eerily…
If something happened to you, who’d shut off your greedy utility’s auto-billing? Perhaps you’re friendless or hermetic. (Some of us are—no shame.) But who’d make sure you weren’t just sitting in your recliner, sadly expired, and therefore unable to turn off endless reruns of Judge Judy? How do you actually execute that eternal threat of…
What do you say about a guy who steals the nameplate off a judge’s door after appearing in said judge’s courtroom on a misdemeanor charge, then posts the picture on Facebook? First, you say he clearly doesn’t read Criminal Element, since we regularly warn you of the perils of posting your criminal activities on social…
A drinking, thieving, cigar-smoking robot for president of the school board? Well, perhaps next year. This year, the insertion of the name of Bender (the robot from the animated series Futurama) was just evidence that online voting systems are not quite ready for prime time. Before using the new online voting program for a real…
Would you be able to outrun a pack of ravening zombies? A new app available for iPhones (and soon for Android phones) will help train you. Yes, folks, that’s the point of Zombies, Run! A narrator talks you through “missions” as you run, where you collect the items you’ll need to help rebuild and fortify…
I’m not particularly fond of books. Well, maybe I should elaborate on that statement a bit. I like to read books. Always have. I can appreciate the aesthetic value of certain types of books, which in my case would mostly be old, slightly ratty and rather musty smelling paperbacks. But as much as I like…
How observant are you? Do you have good facial recognition? If you do, you might be able to help find terrorists. It all starts with a game. According to Mashable, The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Prague are sponsoring a social media gaming contest to test ways social media and open…
It’s been 50 years since Sean Connery sauntered onto the screen as James Bond in Dr. No, and for 50 years we’ve been captivated by the way Bond gets around. The sauntering remains spectacular, but it’s the planes, the boats, and the hot, hot motors that have come to define a Bond film more memorably…
As this comic from xkcd demonstrates (click the link for a larger version at the source), we’ve spent decades teaching people to create passwords that can be broken by a CPU programmed to try enough combinations. But did you know a much tougher combination to crack might be as simple as a 4-word sentence? Logical…
