What You Need To Know About Gogol Bordello’s New Album

GogolGogol Bordello is quite probably the only gypsy punk band you’ve ever heard of, and possibly because several of their songs were used in 2006’s Wristcutters: A Love Story. The band hails from the Lower East Side of Manhattan and has been touring almost non-stop since 1999.  Read the rest at Cliché.

We Read All of Musk’s Hyperloop Drop, So You Don’t Have To.

hyperloop-alphaNot too long ago, I told you that Elon Musk, the brain behind Tesla Motors, was coming up with an idea for vacuum tube based transit. Well, he released a 57-page PDF on the subject last Monday. Don’t worry, though, I’ve read it for you. Read the rest at TheBlot.

Mirrors can now be used as time cloaks

ToyotaCare 250 - PracticeUsing only mirrors, mathematician Miguel Lermabelieves that he can make a time cloak that holds for relatively lengthy periods of time. A time cloak essentially creates a hole in space-time, on the part of the observer. So you could, ostensibly, be standing right in front of a camera, then walk away, and you would never be seen.

Read the rest at examiner.com.

Why Do We Really Hate Milennials?

millenial-postEvery week, it seems, there is a new editorial trend piece about how lazy and selfish Millennial’s are. How they’re all moving back home to mooch off of their parents and get free room and board. How they’re going to save/destroy the country. How they’re the most narcissistic generation we’ve ever seen.

Which is all a matter of opinion, and won’t mean a thing in another twenty years when we start on the next generation and how lazy and selfish they are.

Read the rest at TheBlot.

How to Baffle and Annoy Your Enemies

BaffleThere was a summer a few years ago when some friends and I got really into pranking the people we didn’t like. Harmless stuff, mind you, but the kind of pranks that left the victim wondering what the hell had just happened. Read the rest at TheBlot.

Sharknado, is it Really a Cult Classic or do We Just Wish it Was?

SharknadoIf you live under a rock and don’t know what a Sharknado is, it is a movie about a tornado. Full of sharks. As in, there are sharks falling from the sky.

Sharknado went viral before it debuted on the SyFy network, and is now coming to local movie theaters for special midnight showings, complete with gag reel, theme song, and a “making of” documentary. Sharknado is clearly destined for cult fame, but will it have the same impact as Rocky Horroror is it just another Birdemic?

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Tales of the Sexless

asexulaitySo, to get the details out of the way, asexuality is a thing. It is a sexual orientation, in so much as you are defining a negative. Of course there are multiple ways to define asexuality. Wikipedia, the most trusted source of information on the internet, does a pretty decent job of summarizing it, however, as a lack of sexual attraction to anyone or an absent or low interest in sexual activity. Asexuals, or Aces as some prefer, have been fighting for visibility since the early 21st century, mostly aided by the internet. Read the rest at TheBlot.

Elder Scrolls Online coming to next gen consoles

Because the gaming industry loves nothing more than releasing games on every platform available, the Elder Scrolls Online game, which isn’t even out of beta yet, will be released on the Xbox One and PS4. So Elder Scrolls fans, you no longer need to buy a gaming computer if you prefer console gaming. Read the rest at examiner.com.

Vacuum Tubes not just for Futurama

futuramaElon Musk, most famous for founding SpaceX and co-founding Tesla Motors and PayPal, has an insane idea for ways to revolutionize transportation. Hyperloop Alpha, the current name for Musk’s system of massive cross-country vacuum tubes, will be unveiled in August as an open-source design. A company called ET3 is already working on a prototype of a similar system. Read the rest at TheBlot.

A Friend of Mine Decided to Kill Himself

We don’t talk about Crazy People Club.

Which is to say, that I try to never talk about my sophomore year of high school. I’ve done what I can to keep all names out of this but my own, for the privacy of everyone involved. If it gets confusing, I apologize. Read the rest at TheBlot.