In no particular order: 18 Instagram accounts you should be following

In no particular order: 18 Instagram accounts you should be following

1. NASA Goddard: @nasa_goddard It’s easy to forget about vast celestial wonders of infinite space when we’re caught up in the daily grind, so it’s always nice to take a break and escape via NASA’s perfect gallery of anything from rocket ship takeoff to blue 

Attention Vine nuts and filmmakers alike: the #6SECFILMS contest could get you in the Tribeca Film Fest spotlight

Attention Vine nuts and filmmakers alike: the #6SECFILMS contest could get you in the Tribeca Film Fest spotlight

Vine sorda took us all by storm when the video making app debuted this January; this was an exciting chance for film peeps to really show off their stuff in a mere six second span—similar to the Twitter phenomenon of only having 140 characters to 

Let’s face it: robots are smarter. And funnier.

Let’s face it: robots are smarter. And funnier.

OK maybe not funnier, but in Wired‘s “Better Than Human” article in this month’s issue, there’s really a lot to think about here as far as robots are concerned as we enter the year 2013. It used to be a thing where people would joke 

A Nielsen rating…for Twitter!

Over the past couple of years live tweeting our favorite TV shows has sorda become a “thing” (what would watching Homeland even mean if it weren’t for all the funny tweets happening?). And well, it’s all pretty fun and exciting. But the way tweeting is 

Koreans love to party, Samsung layin’ down the law with “119 rule”

Koreans love to party, Samsung layin’ down the law with “119 rule”

Drinking and work are two things that go together in moderation; no employee wants to be the really wasted idiot at the company party who drunkenly calls their boss a dick. For most organizations, having two, maybe three of drinks at a work gathering is considered appropriate 

It would suck to get caught in the biggest black hole ever

It would suck to get caught in the biggest black hole ever

Sometimes when I’m walking down the street or driving down the road I can’t help but sit back and think about what’s going on up there. You know. Alllll the way up there. In scary, dark space. And then I feel sorda lucky, to you know, 

The Obama bobble head that was launched into the stratosphere

The Obama bobble head that was launched into the stratosphere

Personally I think bobble heads are terrifying (I had a couple of weird experiences with roommates who had a few). Just the way they, um, stare back at you and their heads are all boppin’ around everywhere—it’s all very real and scary. But they’re also 

Hurricane Sandy aka the “snor’eastercane”: proof the world is probably ending soon

Hurricane Sandy aka the “snor’eastercane”: proof the world is probably ending soon

Alright, I’m not one to get all apocalyptic on everyone, but I do think it’s somewhat strange that over the past couple of years both the weather and various natural phenomenon have been particularly intense. Like the hurricane that hit New York, the earthquake in New York, 

Gold: now available in other colors than gold

Gold: now available in other colors than gold

You’ve probably seen one or two guys on a local street corner holding up those “WE GIVE CASH FOR GOLD” signs, outside of places where grannies sell their molar crowns (yum!) and thieves try to slang gold chains–the precious metal has been sought after since 

Apple to customers: “We know our version of maps sucks”

Apple to customers: “We know our version of maps sucks”

OK so they didn’t really say it like that, but the hype for the iPhone 5 over the past couple years was definitely triumphed by the iOS 6’s maps being all sorts of terrible. In spite of these, um, “issues” with Apple’s wannabe version of Google