Category Archives: Geek

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We Met on a Plane: MIle-High Club Deferred

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jordan

We Met on a Plane is a hookup missed connections site for when two people pass like ships in the night on a flight. Of course, you are rarely at your sexiest when in coach class. The slouch. The drool. The … Continue reading →

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Chromatic Typewriter: Type Up a Painting

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jordan

Tyree Callahan’s Chromatic Typewriter is a vintage typewriter hacked to type colors instead of characters. The ribbon is “a slice of a stellar spectrum analysis of the sun”. So simple. So brilliant. Tyree Callahan: Studio E (via Boing Boing)

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Building the World of Tomorrow: A Retro-Futurist New Year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Jordan

2012: Looking to the Future Happy New year, everybody. Wishing you all the best in 2012.   See more at Imaging the Future: the art of Arthur Radebaugh.

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Moscow Airport Launches Skype Video Check-In

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Jordan

Skype for Your Flight at Sheremetyevo (SIA) Passengers travelling out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SIA) will be able to check in for their flight via a Skype video call. Some of you may have just made noises about “security”, but … Continue reading →

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Southwest Airlines Oral Sex Tweet: Hilarious, Mysterious

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Jordan

Southwest Airlines Tweets Itself into the Mile High Club This item was retweeted by Southwest Airlines’ official Twitter account without intro or commentary. It was live for about two seconds before getting deleted, but horny travelers noticed it and captured … Continue reading →

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Zombie Hunters: Halloween Fun from Jake Guttormsson

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Jordan

Happy Halloween My friend Jake Guttormsson put together a fun little zombie movie for your Halloween viewing pleasure. I love Jake’s work: simple yet beautifully-executed, and always leaving us wanting more. (Jake won an Emmy in 2002 for his work … Continue reading →

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NYC Subway Conductor Shares Dirty Secrets

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jordan

Check out this AMA on Reddit, from a New York City Transit Subway Conductor. He discusses everything from what’s up with the conductor pointing at the striped sign to “mole people”. Also, conductors should not kick you off the 6-Train when … Continue reading →

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Why Do I Do This Sort of Thing?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Jordan

I don’t know. Maybe it’s because of the unsatisfying ending of John Locks’s storyline. Maybe it’s because toilet paper adverts are so irretrievably silly.

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Posted on August 26, 2011 by Jordan
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The In-Flight Twitter of the 1940s

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Jordan

TYWKIWDBI (“Tai-Wiki-Widbee”) has posted an amazing artifact: a sort of in-flight proto-Twitter from 1941. The pilot would write down whatever he (because they were all he’s in 1941*) wanted to say on a special form, and then he’d hand it off … Continue reading →

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