Trevor Macomber
Where Google Meets Giggle: The Weirdest Search Engines Online
Last week, we entered the realm of the subversive recursive to see what happens when you use search engines to search for search engines. This week, we’re bypassing the mirror-house madness to bring you a truly off-kilter collection of search engines...
A Trip Down the Recursive Rabbit Hole of Search Engines
I set off down the recursive rabbit hole to find what other search engines are still in use today. Naturally, the first thing I did was Google the phrase “search engines.” The results were...counterintuitive.
The Phineas Gage Goose That Poe Predicted
The great thing about the local news is that...well, it’s the local news. Whereas national newscasts might occasionally busy themselves with stories that make you want to stick your head in the sand or an an oven, small towns across the country are...
Internet Hall of Famer Vint Cerf's Other Elegies
Did you know the Internet had a Hall of Fame? Me neither! But it does, and two weeks ago, it inducted its first crop of elite Netizens.
Sex Gadgets of the Rich and Shameless
Sex sells. A lot. Put aside all the exciting teledildonics hype for a second and remember that the old-fashioned sex toy industry is valued at $15 billion and growing. And if you believe sexuality counselor Ian Kerner, sex toys have now gone mainstream...
Mad Cow Has Nothing on These Badass-Sounding Conditions
After reading the article though, I also couldn’t help but think, man, “mad cow disease.” Now that’s a pretty badass-sounding affliction. Hell, even the bowtie-rockin’ scientific name -- bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- has a tattoos-and-tequila...
A Handy Pocket Guide to the Foreign Translations of Rap Names
This is exactly what you need for those times when you're in a Malaysian Target searching for a remastered reissue of Pretty Tony's "Ironman."
A Handy Pocket Guide to Foreign Translations of Rap Names
Last Friday, keen-eyed Twit-wit, Andrew Bloch, noticed something slightly askew in his copy of Malaysia's top-selling English-language periodical, The Star: namely, that America's third richest hip-hop star, 50 Cent, was only worth RM1.50 in local...
RoboSlop: The Future of Automated Eateries Is Now
New Zealand nerds postulating about the future of the sex robot industry. Robot prison guards beginning real-world trials in South Korea. A RoboCop remake currently in pre-production. The robo-apocalypse is coming, and I feel... hungry?
Brides Are Now Eating Through Their Noses: 'Diet' is Just 'Die' With a T
Months of winter _forcing_ you to chow down on 'comfort food' making you feel like Violet Beauregarde? You're in luck: now you can just eat through your nose.