GeekSix

Could You Be Dating A Cylon?

Christy
Thursday
5:14 pm

Apparently I am. Check out the Cylon Dating Test.  It’s almost as accurate as Baltar’s ..read more

Scifinal – The Best Place to Get Your Fix of Nerdy Webisodes

Autumn
Monday
7:14 pm

So I’m a fan of The Guild, I enjoy The Legend of Neil (when I’m not mildly appalled), and man those New Caprica BSG webisodes made me happy; but that being said, I really have a hard time getting motivated to go hunting for new content.  But then a little bird (read – Twitter) told me about Scifinal.  It’s a web directory of all the independently made science fiction webseries.

Sure, there’s a fair heaping of apartment roommate genre spins, but I kinda love those — especially ones like My Roommate the Cylon.

Or, if you prefer flatmates and zombies, there is Zomblogalypse, which made me giggle Shaun ..read more

The Big Bang Theory: The Precious Fragmentation

Christy
Monday
7:09 pm

Ever wonder where to get your own Precious?  Turns out the One Ring used in this episode is from our friends at Badali Jewelry.  It just makes me smile to know that we can each have our own Precious to love and take out only occasionally when we go to the park to re-enact our favorite scenes from the ..read more

6 screen cheats that make me feel cheap

Autumn
Thursday
8:24 pm

So it’s no secret that I happen to watch a lot of tv and movies.  I have a love for them, but you know how you have this really great friend and then all of a sudden you’re spending way to much time with that really great friend and you begin to suspect they’re a giant tool?  It’s beginning to happen to me.  There are cheats on screens both silver and plasma to make things go faster, to move the story along, or plain just bug me.  So, for therapy’s sake, I’m going to tell you about them so you’ll notice them too.  You’re welcome.

Teacher starts the lecture, ..read more

Pick6: Superhero Cartoon Series

Jason
Thursday
10:19 pm

From time to time I find myself visiting Cartoon Network from time to catch my fill of superhero cartoons. Most of the time its Batman: The Brave and the Bold but I will also catch an episode of the Super Hero Squad Show or reruns of Teen Titans.

I have always been one to watch a cartoon based on comic books. Mostly that falls into the realm of DC and Marvel as not many others publishers have had their properties turned into cartoons for kids or adults for that matter.

I will admit there is a small part of me that wants to collect every series made but for every good there ..read more

A geek parent’s guide to kids’ edutainment

Josh
Wednesday
10:32 am

Children’s educational television has come a long way since we were kids. The days of only Sesame Street and Pinwheel are long gone, replaced with myriad cable channels and direct-to-DVD shows, all of which promise to boost your kid’s intellect to new planes of existence.

Over the past 6 years (and two children), I’ve watched a LOT of these shows. While I’m no expert on early child instructional methods, sitting through (by my calculation) no less than 1100 hours of edutainment in the past 6 years, at least qualifies me to have an opinion. I’ve watched what my kids have picked up, what they repeat, what they engage in and what ..read more

Big Bang Theory Without the Laugh Track

Christy
Friday
12:43 pm

Josh and I agree on a lot of geekery, but the Big Bang Theory isn’t one of them.  It’s one of my favorite shows currently on television.  As Josh has posted before, it’s the laugh track that bothers him.  I came across these clips with the laugh track removed.  The scenes fall a bit flat and less lighthearted, but I’m wondering it it’s because I’m already conditioned to expect the laugh track when watching the Big Bang Theory.  I wonder if there had been no laugh track from the start, would I feel differently?    What do you ..read more

Lost season 6 premiere primer (i.e. “time wasters”)

Blain
Tuesday
2:08 pm

Got ants in your pants for tonight’s premiere of the final season of “Lost”? Here’s a few links to help you pass the time this afternoon instead of you know, being ..read more

Joestradamus off by a month and an hour

Joe
Saturday
11:02 pm

During all the late night hubub in the last few weeks I remembered this sarcastic quickie I posted almost a year ago.

Stay tuned for some sure-thing spacehorse betting ..read more

NPH coming to Glee

Jason
Tuesday
10:37 am

Here, just let me lob this tweet that came across my feed this morning.

Neil Patrick Harris to Appear on Whedon-Helmed Glee!

And just let me summarize with a bulleted point ..read more