We’re not saying that all moms should stay away from text messaging, but there are a few that should learn the ropes before attempting to send people messages. For example, asking awkward questions should be left to voice calls or sending weird and extremely random photos of a tooth might be best shared in a private email message. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video showing what happens when 7-foot Uruk Hai goes shopping.
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Freelance illustrator and geeky dad Bryan Dunn has drawn a different image on his son’s lunch bag for the past 2-yearssince his first day of school. Each one takes approximately thirty minutes to complete and he usually finishes them on his lunch break at work or before his child goes to bed. The only tools he uses are pencil crayons. Continue reading for more.
There have been plenty of iPhone 6 leaks showing just the outer shell and / or a dummy device, but now a Taiwanese pop star, Jimmy Lin, has apparently gotten his hands on an actual prototype device, hardware and all. The images you’re about to see confirm the updated model will have a larger 4.7-inch screen as well as a relocated power button for easier one-handed operation. Continue reading for more.
Researchers Steve Jacobsen and University of New Mexico seismologist Brandon Schmandt say that the ingredients for water are concealed deep within rock in the Earth’s mantle, may very well represent the planet’s largest water reservoir. The deep pockets of magma located about 400 miles beneath North America are a sign of water. Their findings are built upon a discovery reported this past March in the journal Nature in which scientists discovered a piece of the mineral ringwoodite inside a diamond brought up from a depth of 400 miles by a volcano in Brazil. That tiny piece of ringwoodite – the only sample in existence from within the Earth – contained a surprising amount of water bound in solid form in the mineral. Continue reading for more information.
Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZS25 Digital Camera is currently being offered for only $109.99 shipped, today only, originally priced at $299.99. The powerful 20x optical zoom lens (35mm camera equivalent: 24-480mm) brings your subjects up close capturing natural expressions of people and animals along with amazing sports photos. Product page. Continue reading for a video overview and more information.
Notable features:
- 1/2.33-inch sensor, f3.3 – 5.9 / 2-step aperture.
- 20x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom.
- Leica DC Vario-Elmar9 Elements Lens in 7 groups (3 aspherical lenses, 6 aspherical surface.
- MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer.
- 2sec and 10sec self-timer.
[via Amazon]
Sure, most of the stuff you see on Facebook isn’t worth a second look, but once in a while someone will make a post that you should actually read. For example, not understanding what someone is asking you in French and then responding with “oui” probably isn’t the bets idea. Continue reading for more funny Facebook status updates.
NASA researcher Dr. Harold White says interstellar travel will become possible using an Alcubierre drive, named after a Mexican theoretical physicist of the same name, that bends space-time, enabling humans to cover large distances almost instantly.This, in essence, would allow a spaceship to travel almost anywhere in a tiny fraction of the time it would take a conventional spacecraft. Continue reading for more information.
Did you know that there are actually two abandoned theme parks at Walt Disney World in Floriday? One of the, Discovery Island, is an 11.5 acres (4.7 ha) island in Bay Lake at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Between 1974 and 1999, the island was open to guests. Disney originally named it Treasure Island, and later, Discovery Island. Here, guests could observe the island’s many species of animals and birds. Continue reading for more fun and geeky things you may not have known about Disney parks.
Camera lens mugs can be picked up for less than $7 shipped nowadays, but that doesn’t mean it’s no longer fun or creative. Wooden mugs were produced probably from the oldest time, but most of them could not be preserved to the present time. The invention of porcelain around 600 CE in China brought a new era of thin-walled mugs suitable both for cold and hot liquids, which are enjoyed today. Continue reading for more ultra creative mugs and cups that geeks would love.
Are you a foodie willing to travel around the world just to try something unique? Japan should probably be next on your list, even if you’ve visited many times before, as there are just too many things to try, such as the $43 milk, $66 Kobe beef steak pizza, $100 fugu, and more. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of a funny dog versus a leaf blower.