Archives for category: I must retire to my nerdery

The video’s creator, James Drake, says:

This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy.

via io9

Gets a little Eye of Sauron at the end – beware!

by Kim Pimmel

I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism.

via io9

Can’t…stop…laughing…

via Hamburgers and Sonic Screwdrivers


A graphical representative of how the known alien solar systems stack up against our own Solar System.

via Space.com

NPR’s listener-selected list. Admittedly biased, but tons of great stuff on here to add to my to-read list.

illustration by Chris Silas Neal


by Gary Greenberg

via Pinterest

NSFW, spoilers, awesomeness.

via College Humor via Jeff

At the beginning of the San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Amazing Spider-Man panel, an excited “fan” rushed to the Q&A microphone with an urgent, emotional message to share with the crowd…

Illustrated by Other-in-Law, here is a beautiful tapestry-style map of Westeros, the fictional land of A Song of Ice and Fire. Included are a lot of easter eggs for those of you who are familiar with the whole series.

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Arranged and performed by Jason Yang, original music by Ramin Djawadi.