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Bunch of Nerds
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Daily link-blasts of all things old, new and different. Covering indie games, film, indie music, productivity, web-design, television, gossip, tech, gadgets and all things in-between.
Recent Posts
Gigantic Leopard Seal Trys To Teach Photographer How To Survive
Paul Nicklen, photographer for National Geographic, has just finished his new book called Polar Obsession. His run-in with an enormous leopard seal proved to be one of his most exhilirating experiences ever. The leopard seal seemed to believe that P...
1950s “Science” Redesigns the Human Body
I love classic pseudo futuristic ramblings that are supposed to have a hint of scientific genius. The August 1956 issue of Mechanics Illustrated asks anthropologists, physiologists, engineers and industrial designers how they would go about improvin...
Victorian Postcards From 1900 About the Year 2000
These postcards, handed out by a German chocolate company at the turn of the century, attempted to predict what life might have been like in the year 2000 based on the developing technology of those days. I think my favorite is either the city with a...
Army Robot Simulates Human Walking & Physiology
Remember Big Dog? Well now its developers are introducing a quieter, bipedal version they’re calling Petman. Boston Dynamics says Petman will be used to test military clothing while “walking, crawling and doing a variety of suit-stressing...
Pirates Take On Land Lubbers Who Abandon Their Pets
New Yorkers love their dogs and this past weekend the 5th annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade raised awareness for homeless and abandoned pets. These two pirates mentioned that people who abandon their pets are gonna have to walk the plank! More ...
Travel Across An Ice-Free Arctic Sea By 2020
World transport and freight companies have been dreaming of this for a long time. Now it will become a reality within ten years (without a doubt) according to Arctic explorer and ice expert Pen Hadow. Hadow is just finishing a three month expedition...
