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‘Geekazoid Friday’ archive

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May 11: Geekazoid Friday: A little bit of fun for your desk

Action figures of super-heroes on your desk are so last year, dude. It’s time to throw away the childish toys and bring in some real talker desk bling: Monsters. Monsters in the form of U.S. Presidents. Which, in some cases, might be the scariest kind of monsters ever. Forget Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Isn’t Abraham Lincoln better here as a [...]

May 4: Geekazoid Friday: ‘Will it go ’round in circles?’ (2)

That’s the question I have about the USS Enterprise found on the front page of today’s Courier-Post of Camden, N.J. Because, as you can see, there’s a part missing from one of the engines. With only one good engine, the good ship Enterprise will just go around in endless circles, right? I’m guessing the uncredited photo was shot at the [...]

March 9: Geekazoid Friday: No, the Earth is NOT doomed. This time.

Mixed in among all the solar flare stories this week, you may have heard about a killer asteroid that’s supposed to smack into the Earth about a year from now. It’s called Asteroid 2012 DA14. And it’s not going to hit us, says blogger, author and former NASA astronomer Phil Plait. Phil wrote earlier this week: Asteroid 2012 DA14 is [...]

March 2: For your Geekazoid Friday entertainment, we give you: The moon

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, in orbit around the moon since 2009, takes high-resolution photos of Earth’s natural satellite. Blogger and author Phil Plait — formerly a NASA astronomer himself — strung together hundreds, perhaps thousands of LRO images showing the moon every hour for an entire year — last year, to be precise — into this very cool video that [...]

Jan. 27: Geekazoid Friday: Watch this cute teacher build her own Tardis

It’s been a while since I put up a Geekazoid Friday post. So I thought I’d reward myself by showing you this one. This is a British — obviously — German teacher who posts videos on YouTube under the name Sillysparrowness. Like a lot of folks from the U.K., she’s a fan of the longrunning science fiction TV show Doctor [...]

Dec. 16, 2011: For your Geekazoid Friday entertainment

A little Star Wars musical interlude. That is “cello-percussionist” Steven Sharp Nelson and pianist Jon Schmidt of Salt Lake City. They’ve recorded a number of interesting songs and videos. Find their YouTube channel here. In particular, don’t miss their version of Adele‘s “Rolling in the Deep.” Thanks to Kevin Hand for the tip.

Dec. 9, 2011: Your Geekazoid Friday laugh for the day

Comic book writer and artist Kerry Callen shows us what easily could have happened when baby Kal-El’s rocket crash-landed near Smallville, Kansas: Yep. Could have happened. In fact, that might have made for a much better Smallville TV series. I mean, John Schneider? Really? Kerry also has a fabulously warped take on the origin of the Batman as well: Coming [...]

Nov. 4, 2011: Geekazoid Friday: You can die as part of a Star Trek story. Wearing a red shirt.

As the Klingons say: Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam Or… Today is a good day to die! Especially if you’re only doing it in comic book form. On the front cover, in fact. IDW Publishing — creator of Star Trek comic books — is holding a special promotion for local retailers and their customers. They’re asking fans to write 300 words or [...]

Oct. 28, 2011: Geekazoid Friday: Kryptonite candy for Halloween

I can’t eat candy any more. If you can — and if you love Superman comic books — then try this for something to take to that weekend Halloween party. Enjoy! Thanks to Boing Boing for blogging this today.

July 29, 2011: A little ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ action for your Geekazoid Friday (1)

Today, the next of a long line of summer action movies — Cowboys & Aliens, starring James Bond and Indiana Jones Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford — opens in theaters. I’m taking the afternoon off today to see the movie with my daughter, in fact. Blain Hefner of the Salt Lake Tribune was kind enough to send us the big [...]

July 15, 2011: Geekazoid Friday: Trust in the flash, Luke Skywalker!

Luke Skywalker‘s first lightsaber… The one supposedly owned by his dad (and lost when Luke’s dad cut off Luke’s hand in that fight in the bowels of the cloud city of Bespin). The actual lightsaber prop used in the first two Star Wars movies was actually part of an old camera. Part of a Graflex flashgun for a “speed graphic” [...]

June 3, 2011: For your Geekazoid Friday entertainment…

This has been around a few years. But it still makes me smile. Enjoy.

May 27, 2011: Geekazoid Friday: Best music video ever (2)

For your Friday afternoon entertainment… The music is by Bruno Mars. The video, however, stars none other than Leonard Nimoy. Enjoy… Thanks to Aric West for posting this on Facebook earlier this week. Bonus Geekazoid for today: The evolution of the geek. Thanks to Alberto Cuadra for tweeting this today.

May 20, 2011: Entertainment for your geekazoid Friday… (1)

Forget about remote-controlled model cars or airplanes. Now, you can have your very own remote-controlled superhero! The inventor writes: This latest production version of the RcSuperhero that has the ability to launch like a rocket and has great flight characteristics. It has one powerful motor with 6 pounds of thrust and it only weighs 3 pounds. A kit containing all [...]

Nov. 19, 2010: Geekazoid Friday: Star Wars characters in typography (3)

For your Geekazoid Friday entertainment: Star Wars characters drawn entirely in typography: These are illustrations that appear on giant posters created by H-57 Creative Station, an agency based in Milan, Italy. Very clever. And, as the Nerdgasm blog notes: Who’s dorkier: Star Wars fans or type nerds? It’s probably a toss-up. Find the H-57 Creative Station here. While we’re at [...]

Oct. 29, 2010: Geekazoid Friday: World’s Coolest Halloween costume… for your cat (1)

You’ve seen Halloween costumes for your dog. But how about for your cat? Thanks to Aric West for tipping me off about that one via Twitter.

Oct. 22, 2010: Geekazoid Friday: A cross-section of Earth’s atmosphere

I stumbled across this cool, cool infographic the other day. It’s a cross-section diagram of our planet’s atmosphere and it’s way, way too big to post here in the blog. You must zip over to OurAmazingPlanet.com and check it out. Here are a few excerpts, though… You start at the top, 218 miles above sea level. You can see the [...]

Oct. 15, 2010: For your Geekazoid Friday entertainment…

…The blooper reel from last summer’s Star Trek movie. Enjoy:

Oct. 8, 2010: Geekazoid Friday: ‘You may fire when ready.’ (1)

For your entertainment pleasure this Geekazoid Friday… Fiction… …versus reality: The second picture above is an undated NASA photo showing two laser beams directed at the moon from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Both beams are aimed at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the moon, the caption info says. But wait, I hear you say. That’s no [...]

Oct. 1, 2010: Geekazoid Friday: A short time ago in a parking lot far, far away

Our old pal Dennis Bolt — former graphics editor of the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif. — saw my piece yesterday about the page one centerpiece in Topeka on road signs and thought he’d send this to us. It has absolutely nothing at all to do with news design. But while the people who painted this parking lot might [...]

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