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More nerdy tattoos

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I got an invite on flickr to allow my d20 tattoo to be added to a geek tattoo group. Obviously, I accepted. Browsing through it, I also came across some new geeky tattoos that I haven’t seen before. The good, the bad, and the WTF? after the jump:

Tags: nerdery · star wars · tats · awfultattoos · tattoos · nerd · geeks · d20

Hadron Collider Rap

August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

This wins my award for “nerdiest rap thus far.” They get bonus points from me for including ALICE in the chorus (rumor has it I was named Alice because of ALICE). I also love love love the adorable dancing scientists! A++ video. This made my Friday.

Tags: music · science · nerdery · music videos · case of the fridays · nerd · geeks · music video

The Nerdiest Lunches Ever

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Who knew that lunch could be this awesome? After the jump, more incredibly nerdy bento boxes.

Tags: art&design · gadgets · DIY · gaming · food · movies · nerdery · video games · packaging · star wars · time wasting · fanboyism · space · cute · awesome parenting · nerd · geeks · the force · jedi mind tricks · arts & crafts · science fiction

Doctor Who for Beginners: The Doctor

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

To continue my Doctor Who for Beginners series I began a million years ago with Daleks for Dummies, I’d like to start a new subseries where I introduce you to each of the Doctors and plow my way through the first four so I can start talking shit about Davison, Colin Baker, and McCoy. […]

Tags: science · nerdery · television · travellers · brains · crackers · physics · nerd · geeks · science fiction · time lords · doctor who

WarGames: The Dead Code

July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a huge soft spot for what I call “nerdy scientist movies”. These movies are always terrible, but the plucky and endearing scientist characters make the movies worth watching. Think: Twister, The Core, andJurassic Park (though Jurassic Park is also awesome because of the dinosaurs, obviously). […]

Tags: movies · nerdery · movie reviews · brats · film · internet · nerd · geeks

FVSSK: So Many Hydrogen Hoes You’d Think I’m Carbon

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In order to learn the public about science we’re kicking off the Fun Vampires Summer Science Kamp with this chemistry lesson. Once you’ve mastered this material, you should keep going for math and biology.

Tags: weed · chetrasho · science · god · animals · godzilla · mathematics · nature · alien · vacation · moon dudes · animation · physics · nerd · geeks · i like the trees · holy shit · music video · art

Natalie Portman launches a line of vegan shoes

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Natalie Portman (who FV nerd-types may know from her role as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequels Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith) has always been an advocate of environmental causes. We’ve been slacking a bit on the style info here at FV. Anyway, I just found out that Ms. […]

Tags: nerdery · animals · celebrity crushes · fashion · hippies · veganism · star wars · peta · politically correct · nerd board · vegan · vegetarian · nerd · the force · jedi mind tricks · tree hugger

Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

We’re living in the future!
The other day my friend rented a car and THERE WAS NO KEY! It was just a weird looking black electronic stick instead. Today, I find out that there are robots that REASSEMBLE THEMSELVES when they’re kicked apart. What am I going to find out tomorrow? That Iron Man actually exists?

Tags: science · nerdery · robots · nerd · geeks

Awesome Nerd Collections

April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

If I had a lot of money to kill I would probably turn into Donna Hutchings and buy 2342398 rad X-Files collectibles. Apparently this picture shows 50% of her collection.
Even crazier nerd collections after the jump.

Tags: inspiration · gaming · lifestyle · nerdery · collections · love · alien · video games · star wars · time wasting · crazy fucks · fanboyism · insanity · nerd · geeks · x-files · holy shit

X-Files 2 production photo released- and it’s a spoiler!

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

A new ” X-Files 2: I Want To Believe” production photo was released today, and it’s got the fans talking! Only click through if you want the movie spoiled for you (unless it’s just a big misinformation campaign).

Tags: movies · nerdery · alien · fanboyism · nerd · geeks · x-files · spoiler

Nerdy Arts & Crafts vol.2: Amigurumi & Plushies

April 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures.
I found an etsy seller who makes awesome Star Wars Amigurumi. Keep reading for more, plus other nerdy arts and crafts.

Tags: art&design · gaming · for sale · nerdery · love · animals · toys · star wars · fanboyism · fantasy · cute · nerd · arts & crafts

Live action roleplaying hurts

April 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The LARP I went to this weekend is an Asian-themed game, a kind of mashup of Eastern fantasy elements, with Samurai and Ninjas and dragons and demons. It’s really fun, and it’s nice to get away from the Tolkienesque fantasy cliches found so often in gaming. I tried to take pictures for you guys, […]

Tags: photos · lifestyle · nerdery · curses · injuries · fitness · fantasy · something weird · photography · nerd · geeks · larping

The Bent Festival

April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

This weekend is the 5th annual Bent Festival in NYC. May 1st it’s in Minneapolis. I wish I could go to this, but I’m going LARPing out of town instead (for serious).
The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists […]

Tags: gadgets · music · noise · science · events · nerdery · toys · destruction · new york · robots · live music · calendar · instructions · nerd · geeks

Are Battlestar Galactica’s epic space views accurate?

April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Have you been watching Battlestar Galactica? If so, you will notice that they show a beautiful and multi-colored space, much like NASA’s Hubble photographs. I took a screengrab, above, to illustrate the point. But is that how space would really look to the human eye, as suggested by BSG? This bugged me to no end, […]

Tags: nerdery · space · photography · nerd · geeks · bsg · nasa · battlestar galactica

Rockbox Rox!

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Hey, so there’s this awesome thing called Rockbox. It’s open-source firmware for your mp3 player. They support Apple, Archos, Cowon, iriver, Olympus, SanDisk, and Toshiba mp3 players. And they are AWESOME. I bought an iAudio x5 a while back and while I was really happy with the hardware, I wasn’t happy with the firmware. I […]

Tags: gadgets · DIY · wii · nerdery · video games · downloads · demo tape · nerd · open source

Space Invaders - in your town already?

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

There’s a ton of graffiti by my office (I work in industrial north Williamsburg, Brooklyn), but this is the coolest piece I have seen. I did some googling and it turns out, there’s more!

Tags: photos · art&design · gaming · travel · nerdery · civil disobedience · monsters · alien · new york · video games · travellers · space · cute · india · graffiti · nerd · geeks

Nerdy Arts & Crafts

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do all of you know about etsy.com? It’s a rad website where you can buy handmade stuff straight from the seller and not bother with auction madness. I hereby pledge to wade through the billions of wares sold on etsy to periodically bring you the best in nerdy arts and crafts. After the jump: cthulhu, […]

Tags: art&design · DIY · gaming · nerdery · animals · toys · video games · robots · cute · nerd · geeks

Roll a d20 for awesome tattoos

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve been neglecting FV for far too long, but the truth is that I got tired of trashing tattoos. Sure, it’s funny to laugh at awful tattoos, but after I was at it for a while, it started to get depressing. There were just so many of them.
So now I’m changing my game plan […]

Tags: art&design · gaming · nerdery · love · mathematics · tats · awfultattoos · math · tattoos · nerd · geeks · d20 · x-files