Tag: GEEK CHIC

Chromosomal artwork has steadily become more common over the past few years, and French company Helys is now offering customized DNA wallpaper for the iPhone. For a whopping $147, you'll receive a DNA sample kit in the mail, take a swab to your gums, and send the specimens back to the lab. Within three to five weeks, an email will arrive containing your 320-by-480-pixel DNA portrait at the low-res ...

Computer geeks aren't too often regarded as vain. In fact, it has been scientifically proven that most bloggers, for instance, every morning, squeeze their disheveled, unshorn heads through the necks of their coffee-stained T-shirts, drape themselves in their unwashed, ill fitting sweat pants, plop down on the couch, and proceed to dust their keyboards with the remains of white powdered donuts. ...

BuzzFeed, by way of Everything is Terrible, recently unearthed the above classic tutorial, intended for the computer noobs of old who needed help learning about DOS. That's Disk Operating System for all you youngins not old enough to experience the computer dark ages (or salad days, depending on your mindset) of the 1980s. Replete with hilarious and quotable lines ("Files have first and last ...

Role-playing geeks and Renaissance-faire nerds are often equipped with a variety of fantastical weapons and costumes. Rarely, though, do their dork devices have any modern application. To make a formerly mythical armament a modern reality, the wanna-be wizards at the Wand Company have engineered the universal Kymera Magic Wand remote control. The vibrating television wand incorporates ...

When it comes to selecting a mate, animals typically pick the partner with the brightest, loudest, and most outlandish natural ornaments. The process definitely applies to humans, as well, and one sexy gamer (who goes by the PhotoBucket handle 'nailchick27') has created a decorative symbol of gaming prowess just for Nintendo nerds, Neatorama reports. Although it may impede actual gaming ...

It's not uncommon for gamers to dress up like characters from their favorite video games. For the less ambitious (or more sane) of us, these declarations of loyalty are tough to understand, although plenty of fun to watch. If you think you've seen it all, think again, folks. Harrison Krix, a prop builder from Atlanta, Georgia, has created one of the most detailed and impressive video game ...

Sometimes, a picture says it all. This one, though, might need some explaining. According to the Next Web, the words inked on the man's arm are what appear on a Windows machine's monitor when it crashes. For geeks the world over, the 'Blue Screen of Death' is a terrifying sight to behold, and this unnamed young man decided he would like to have it permanently displayed -- slightly off-center ...

Feeling a need to literally show your love, as opposed to just texting sweet nothings to a special someone? What if you could turn your kind words into a warm blanket of affection in which a cherished person could wrap themselves? Sounds like romantic talk, but this is actually the notion behind Distance Lab's newest experiment in communications. Earlier this summer, the Scotland-based research ...

To the casual observer, origami, the ancient practice of folding paper into intricate and artistic designs, may seem to have little, or nothing at all, to do with technology. But the folding patterns used in origami have been applied to many technical pursuits, including modern construction techniques, the design of an expanding solar sail, and even the deployment of airbags. To further ...

Don't you remember how, in the day, super-cool guys with super-cool fades would shave their super-cool nickname or jersey number on the sides or backs of their heads? Of course, they'd also have that single stud earring in their left ear, 'Tay' or '32' or the Nike swoosh emblazoned on their domes, and a pair of the newest Air Jordans. You know, those kids that would have beat the living tar out ...

Wired.com's Geekdad blog always has great articles about living with tech and obscure pop culture in the 21st century. Last week's article focuses on an oft-stereotyped kind of kid: the female geek. Offering tips on how to support a girl with a penchant for reading and 'Lord of the Rings,' writer Natania Barron attempts to guide parents in guiding their children. "[Even] if you don't get the stuff ...

As cult classics go, 'The Big Lebowski' is perhaps king of them all. The tale of a bowling and beer-loving underachiever, it's the sort of story to which we all can relate -- or at least enjoy watching. It's no surprise then, that the Dude has become a sub-cultural icon, as most recently shown by a series of art panels done in the pixelated style of 8-bit video game systems. Classic game ...

In the era of viral video, not only does a bride and groom have to worry about seating arrangements and bouquet tossing, but also how their nuptials will hold up on the Web. With the intensity of 'Star Wars' weddings, or last week's runaway hit of JK's Wedding Entrance Dance, if a couple wants their vows to make a splash on the Internet, they've got to have the serious nerd credentials. So when ...

The host of the British Emmy Award-winning television show 'Top Gear' is no stranger to building with strange materials. Besides tackling one of the longest-running car shows on the telly ('Top Gear' started in 1977.), James May also has his own program called 'Toy Stories,' which challenges kids and their families to experiment with classic toys. On that show, the energetic May sets out to build ...

Now that science is cool again, showing off your science tattoos appears to be all the rage. This fact is evidenced by Discover's positively epic compilation of science-related tats (23 pages of them, people!), which covers everything from DNA strands to the Mobius Strip (pictured above). Even better, all of the entries are accompanied by statements from their owners. For instance, one ...