Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

Civil Engineer, CAD Geek, podcast junkie and amateur photographer.

The Geek Zodiac

Found this on Kreg’s Google+ stream. It turns out he was born in the year of the Astronaut, and I am a Superhero. What sign are you?

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Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror

This is the stuff Rube Goldberg machines are made of. I bet NASA designed this landing sequence because they felt the irresistible urge to out do Hollywood. I mean, they even named the process like a movie. Look, here’s the … Continue reading

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Hanging With Friends: One More Strategy Guide

So it’s been a while since my last strategy guide. Honestly, I haven’t written anything because the game hasn’t changed much since then. Which is my way of complaining that Zynga has been dragging its feet on rolling out missions … Continue reading

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Trekkies and We Know It

Now totally expect to see a live performance of this at Dragon*Con.

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RC Heli-Delorean

Some creative Russians are upstaging all those pesky Americans. They’ve outfitted an RC helicopter to look like a Delorean from Back To the Future. All we need now is a little rocket and a miniaturized Flux Capacitor.

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The Doctor Sings for Tuvok

That’s Star Trek Voyager’s Doctor, not that Doctor. I’ve been mainlining Voyager and ran across something actually worthy of sharing. This clip is from season 6 was the first one that got more than a chuckle out of me.

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Sh-t Cosplayers Say

Funny and mostly true…or true and mostly funny things cosplayers say. I think I have heard all of these things said at one con or another.

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Japan Earthquakes of 2011 Visualization

This the most disturbingly gripping way to show the magnitude of last year’s earthquakes in Japan. I’ve skipped forward to just before everything gets crazy.

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VW Teaser Trailer

What can you say when there’s a teaser trailer for a Superbowl commercial? This commercial had better live up to the hype.

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Fotoshop by Adobé

Two little words say it all … fauxtanical hydro-jargon.

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