floodllama has quite a nice stash of interesting legos including centaurs and everyone’s favorite aliens from Toy Story, but where’s the claw? (The Claw). Four more beyond the jump! More
Geeky Flickr Finds 8-31-10
31 Aug 2010 Leave a comment
in Flickr Finds, Written by Rosalind
3 Days Until PAX: Games
31 Aug 2010 Leave a comment
in Countdown to PAX, Written by Rosalind

Mathematical Monday 8-30-10
30 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in Math Monday, Written by Rosalind
I just spent a week doing science! so I’m in a science! mood. Therefore, you get my favorite English-Metric conversions. I memorized most of these 14 years ago, and they are still useful to me today.
2.54 cm in an inch, oh, and btw, a cm is about the width of your pinky finger
1.06 qts in a liter
454g (0.454kg) in a pound
25C is room temperature
37C is body temperature
So, now the next time you need to convert something, use of these! Enjoy your Math today.
How To Approach A (Hopefully) Single Geek
30 Aug 2010 2 Comments
in How To, Written by Rosalind
4 Days Until PAX: Celebrities
30 Aug 2010 Leave a comment
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5 Days Until PAX: Swag
29 Aug 2010 Leave a comment
in Countdown to PAX, Written by Rosalind
Today: Swag
Weekly Link Goodness 8-28-10
28 Aug 2010 3 Comments
Happy Saturday Morning! I have been enjoying the sights of Seattle all week, in between talk about microbial ecology saving the world that is. Just a little less than a week until PAX! Anyway, even with my adventures, I have scoured the interwebs for fun things to check out, so here are your weekly links!
Ink Cartridge SciFi Dioramas – This is the best use of used ink cartridges I’ve ever seen! – Rosalind
Super Mario Art – Here’s some great examples of what people do with Super Mario Bros when they are creative and artistic. – Rosalind
Brick Structures – There’s a new guy out there who is a lego-loving architect with a new line of lego buildings, like the White House. – Rosalind
Weird Unofficial Fighting Game Match-ups – These duelers aren’t exactly what you might expect, but man do some of these games sound fun to play! – Rosalind
Jus’ Checkin’ – this is described as “A comic about the perils of the Internet, especially if you’re a comment-hungry, egocentric artist.” – Rosalind
Wookie the Pooh – Now this is a mash-up I can get behind! – Rosalind
Geek Eye Chart – Better than your average eye chart, this one is for reading and picking out the fonts of your favorite pop culture media. I caught at least three Star Trek’s! – Rosalind
1 Week Until PAX: Gabe!
27 Aug 2010 Leave a comment
in Countdown to PAX, Written by Rosalind
O.M.G. We are only a week away from the greatest video game convention this year! I’m already in Seattle learning the lay of the land. Actually, I’m at ISME, the International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. That’s been pretty great. Still, I’m more excited than ever about PAX. I have a color coded, highlighted schedule. I have handmade costumes for the pub crawl. I have a collection of games to play in line. Yeah, I’m close to ready.
Now, I just have to worry about one more thing: how to not go super-crazy-squee-fangirl when I meet Gabe and Tycho! Last week, we highlighted just how awesome and incredible Tycho is, and this week we’re going to talk all about the ever-so-much fun Gabe! Gabe is so hilarious that it has been tough not making this article really, really, really, long. I hope that you enjoy Gabe as much as we do, and I hope that he’s incredibly awesome close-up and in person!
Geeky Etsy Finds 8-26-10
26 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in Etsy Finds, Written by Rosalind
I know, last week there were no Etsy finds and therefore nothing to spend money on, sad. However, this week there are two great women with some great jewelry for you to show off your geekiness, in subtle interesting ways of course! Check them out!
Geeky Flickr Finds 8-18-10 to 8-24-10
25 Aug 2010 2 Comments
in Flickr Finds, Written by Rosalind
Yup, that’s a Dalek in a library. It was part of National Science Week 2010. Libraries ACT must have had to be really carefully reshelving that day. More