Eavesdropping on Geeks: Did Anyone Like 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'?
2018-03-26 08:48:46
by Lenny, Thom 'Starky' Stark, Geoffrey, Splicer, Baron, Destino

It's being released on DVD tomorrow -- but did anyone actually like Star Wars: The Last Jedi? That debate rages on at our sekrit headquarters...

Eavesdropping on Geeks: Music to Protest By
2018-01-17 20:31:39
by Flesh, Master Squid, Baron Earl, El Destino

Back in our sekrit headquarters, we collaborated on the ultimate music mix for a world where Donald Trump is president.

Flesh led the charge...

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Starky's Machine
Henry Juszkiewicz Destroys Gibson Guitars
2018-03-02 07:04:34
by Thom 'Starky' Stark

If you follow music industry news, or even just general business news, you're probably aware that Gibson Brands, Inc. is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. There's every reason to believe it will fall over that edge by August of this year at the very latest, because it has, as Bruce Springsteen put it in at least two different songs, "debts no honest man can pay."

Power Corrupts
Fear and Loathing on Planet Arkuat
2017-12-15 11:46:01
by Arkuat

"I'd finally found Arkuat. Locked in a remote cabin, he was scrawling out his manifesto, where beer bottles shimmered over scattered bits of technology. I'm pretty sure he was building exploding duck decoys..."

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Does anyone care about being wrong about Appalachia?
2018-02-23 13:29:28
by Baron Earl

Elizabeth Catte's new book What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia promises to tell readers that whatever they learned from reading Hillbilly Elegy is wrong.

Please Continue...
2017-01-20 00:36:44
by Baron Earl

Experimenter is a film released in 2015 starring Peter Sarsgaard. It tells the story of Dr. Stanley Milgram's life, including the infamous Milgram electric shock experiment, tests on crowds, and his work developing a theory on the mechanics of social networks. It currently streams on Netflix.

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Freaking Out the Normals with Nambla the Clown
2003-06-13 16:55:12
by El Snatcher, Liquor Pig, Mr. Bad & Frankenstein Jones

Raconteur, clown, queer icon and all around weird dude-about-town Ggreg Taylor dropped by the shack to talk about his latest project.

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Top Ten Reasons Morrissey Canceled a Show
Reported 2017-11-06 22:38:22
by Baron Earl

How many shows of his U.S. Tour can Morrissey complete before he cancels one? We now know the answer is THREE. Morrissey just started his Fall 2017 U.S. tour and managed to complete three entire shows before canceling his show at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles, California at the last minute. (More...)

No, Google Isn't Using Grand Theft Auto To Train Self-Driving Cars
Reported 2017-04-27 11:59:38
by El Destino

"Don't Worry, Driverless Cars Are Learning From Grand Theft Auto!" read a headline at Bloomberg News. And soon an urban legend took root. "Major companies such as Ford and Waymo have been using the game to teach their developing technology how to react in thousands of different driving situations," reports the British tabloid The Sun. There's just one problem with this story: it's not true. (More...)

Amazon's 'Dash' Button For Doritos Panned By Potheads
Reported 2017-03-27 12:13:46
by El Destino

So Amazon sells this button you can put in your house, and every time you press it you buy something from Amazon. No, not a random something -- although that'd be pretty cool. ("What? The Necronomicon?! Aw, I was hoping for a giant horse-head mask...") Instead the Dash button buys you whatever's written on the button. You know, like Doritos. Which of course raises some very important questions for potheads... (More...)

O'Reilly Auto's Site Now Sells Parts For Time Machines
Reported 2017-03-11 16:38:52
by El Destino

I was browsing through the auto parts at OReillyAuto.com, when I stumbled across a listing for a flux capacitor. "Plutonium is required to properly operate," warns its description. It also adds that plutonium is "not Available at O'Reilly Auto Parts." (More...)

Rock & Roll Grandma in a Solo Cup
Reported 2017-01-20 16:22:39
by Flesh

Have you ever wanted to dose your grandmother? Ever wonder what would happen? (More...)

Mojo Nixon: Still Performing
Reported 2017-01-20 08:03:47
by Baron Earl

Over 30 years after first appearing on the music scene with hits such as Stuffin' Martha's Muffin and Elvis is Everywhere, psychobilly sensation Mojo Nixon is still performing in front of live audiences. His latest musical masterpiece, Donald Trump Can Suck My Dick is now charting on YouTube. (More...)

Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0
Reported 2015-10-06 11:32:33
by El Destino

The first thing he did was thank Craigslist "for sponsoring me these last few years". On October 5th, 2015 Larry Wall addressed a crowd of geeks at San Francisco's Exploratorium, saying he couldn't properly express his gratitude to Craigslist. Then he acknowledged how long the development arc had been for Perl 6. "As the old joke goes, Perl 6 is coming out this Christmas." Only this time, he meant it. (More...)

UK Ministry of Defense redacts classified info by changing background color to black
Reported 2011-04-18 11:40:26
by Baron Earl

The UK Ministry of Defence released classified documents about its nuclear submarines. The documents were requested under the British Freedom of Information Act. Any still-classified information in the documents was supposed to be redacted, except that the government official in charge of releasing the documents didn't grasp that changing the background color to black does not actually remove any of the redacted text. (More...)

Meat Cocktails
Reported 2011-04-08 09:50:50
by Baron Earl

From the Smoked Tomato Martini to the Bacon Mezcal Margarita, bars across Southern California are combining meat and alcohol in the same glass, giving birth to a beautifully bloated abomination, the meat cocktail. (More...)

San Francisco Uber Alles
Reported 2011-04-07 17:58:50
by Baron Earl

On April 12th the San Francisco Entertainment Commission will be considering new rules proposed by the San Francisco Police Department for any event in the city where 100 or more people are expected to gather. Some of proposed rules include mandatory scanning of all patrons by metal detectors, scanning, recording, and storing the personal data from every patron's drivers license, providing that data to local law enforcement upon request (no warrant or crime required), and hiring private security guards for every event (preferably off-duty SFPD officers). (More...)