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July Roundup

By Chris ⋅ August 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

What was hot on Geek-Speak during July? Let’s have a look.

Friday Fun: Age of Conan

By Chris ⋅ July 11, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Griefing is bad, kids. OK? On the other hand, this is a hilarious video of someone making innovative use of his horse in Age of Conan. Er, no, I mean, it’s bad. Oh, just watch it.

June Roundup

By Chris ⋅ July 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

What was hot on Geek-Speak during June?

Flash-based Fart-related Friday Fun

By Chris ⋅ June 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Utterly childish… but sometimes you need to be childish! Puzzlefarter is a platform game much like any other, except that you can boost your jumps by… well… farting.

Staying at the Yotel

By Chris ⋅ June 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Yotel chain came to my attention way back in March as a cool new take on the Japanese capsule hotel. Not quite sleeping tubes, but not quite a normal hotel either. I decided to check it out for myself while on a trip to London.

Gaming in the TARDIS

By Chris ⋅ June 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

MAME, the arcade machine emulator, allows you to play those old arcade games you remember from childhood. Simon Jansen built a MAME cabinet, but instead of a plain box he made it a bit more interesting.

Formula 1 Websites

By John ⋅ June 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

McLaren - one of the contenders for this year’s constructor’s championship

I guess many readers of this blog are interested in Formula 1, so here are some useful links to Formula 1 websites. If you click on the picture you will be taken to the BBC Formula 1 page - a good place to start, but [...]

May Roundup

By Chris ⋅ June 2, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

We’re into June already!? This year’s going too fast. Anyway, here’s what was most popular on Geek-Speak during May:

Is it just me - Thomas noticed that Glasgow NHS’ smoking cessation advert looked very similar to the Twitter bird.
How do fuel cells work? - Chris followed up an earlier post on hydrogen cars with a [...]

Old-Fashioned Electrical Shop

By John ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Please tell me I’m not the only one who gets excited about a shop like this! You can even buy altimeters from old aeroplanes!

Abandonment Issues 2 :: More Modern Ruins

By Chris ⋅ May 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Guess what? I’m still factinated by modern ruins, and stumbled across this entry on BLDGBLOG that takes a look at some pretty cool hotels on the Sinai Peninsula that were started, but never finished.
In fact, there’s a photography show in Vienna on this very subject which, unfortunately is too far away (I’m in Scotland), and [...]