Information can only travel so fast—but even if it can travel at the speed of light, there would be a natural delay before memes could traverse the entire universe. So where across our neighbouring star systems might some of our favourite pop culture references have ended up by now? Read More >>
Featured comment by eadingas:
"This is exactly what I wrote a short story about a few years ago.
(you can buy it on Amazon as part of my anthology ;)" More »
These days everyone wants you to hack your life in order to make your day-to-day existence more efficient. But there are times when the effort's not really worth it — and this chart should help you work out what to spend time on, and what to ignore. Read More >>
Working in an office with other people is fraught with all kinds of tensions and politics*, but there is nothing more divisive than the humble shared printer. Here's the instruction manual they forgot to include in the box that behemoth of a color laser arrived in. [PHD Comics] Read More >>
Actually, time travel is confusing on many levels—what the hell did happen in Twelve Monkeys exactly?—but it's the simple things that can cause the biggest headaches. Especially, as the mouse-over text in XKCD points out, the countdown: "T-minus 10... 11...". [XKCD] Read More >>
Next time a computer in your office is broken, chances are someone will blame it on a virus. But let's face it, most computer problems don't stem from viruses; they stem from dumb people. Read More >>
Today's XKCD puts the success of Amazon.com into some perspective. Because I can't do any better than Randall Monroe's hilarious alt text: Read More >>
Turns out that a very small percentage of a very, very large number is still significant. Your hand sanitiser is only as good as the number of decimal points the nines stretch to. [XKCD] Read More >>
If you use Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, everybody already knows everything there is to know about you. That sailing trip you took? Liked. Breaking up with your girlfriend? Replied to on Twitter. All these over-sharing, always-on social networks create situations where there's nothing left to talk about! [Shoebox Blog via Neatorama] Read More >>
Featured comment by k.good » what happened to real conversation?:
"[...] you balance social media and in-person conversation? I saw this comic today on the Shoebox Blog and Gizmodo and I am ashamed to say I can totall..." More »
Describing any form of technology in simple English can sometimes be tricky. But try describing a space craft, and suddenly things get much, much harder. Read More >>
If you asked me back in the year 2000, what 2012 was going to be like, I'm not sure I could have gave you a good answer. So you could imagine how wrong people back in 1899 were about the year 2000. They thought there were going to be flying firemen! Read More >>
Featured comment by theran24:
"I think we've probably gotten to a point now that we can predict future technology with reasonable accuracy. We know how so much works and can be impr..." More »
So we may not have gotten the future we wanted with flying cars, robot butlers, and vacations on the moon. But we did end up with fantastic advances in science and modern medicine, and the internet. However, there was a catch. A very costly addition to the fine print that proves you don't get something for nothing. [DogHouseDiaries] Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"What you're talking about is the idea of cumulative human achievement and the concept of the "expert".
The idea is that progress in a field is inhe..." More »
I love this movie theatre layout. It would be my favourite cinema ever. Wait, no. My favourite movie theatre would have seats that would open into a pit full of hungry Great White sharks in the case people talked out loud, texted or ate making annoying noises. Read More >>
Featured comment by Theory:
"I'm so glad we live in a country where people don't cheer when the title screen comes up and clap at the end at a cinema screen. Cinema going in Ameri..." More »
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