A Guide to Cosplay - The Good and Bad

First of all, what is cosplay? Its when you dress up at a convention as one of your favorite characters from a show / movie / game. Since now is the time to be festive and get those works of art in progress I decided now would be a good time for the DO's and DON'Ts of Cosplay. Here's the deal. I like to cosplay, because its fun and really adds some spice to my video game reviews and sketches. If I cosplay at a Convention, I'm gonna go all out.

Hooray! - The Internet Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

Brandon Davenport Feb 7, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Internet, News, Websites, breaking

Admit it, we all take the Internet for granted. Its just here, open, easy and fancy free -- its there when we wake up, when we go to work, and when we are camping for god sakes. Its time to give the Internet a little pat on the back.

The nomination was made after a petition by the Italian version of Wired Magazine, which cited the Internet’s contributions to “dialogue, debate and consensus through communication”. Signatories include the Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi, and organizers say the nomination will make for a legitimate entry.

Unfortunatley, it may be unlikely that the Nobel Committee would choose such an unlikely winner this year.  This year’s choice is likely to be a conservative one.

Let's all cross our fingers and hope for the best!

How to Make a Whole-House Speaker System with your Phone Lines

Brandon Davenport Feb 7, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Hacks, Hardware, Okay Geek

We all know the pain of threading wire through your walls, fussing with crappy wireless speakers, and trying to utilize all sorts of wireless streaming tech to be able to have a full blown, whole-house speaker system using your already existing phone lines. Why does it work? -- Wire is wire, and as long as it can withstand the electric signal required, it can be used. Once your finished this moderately easy DIY, it will all be plug and play when it comes to setting up your gear and streaming audio through your entire house.

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Manly Tears - Google's Superbowl commercial

Brandon Davenport Feb 7, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Google, Internet, News, Videos

We never thought we would see the day a search engine company, and one of the most black and white, yes and no, machine like of the bunch, Google -- all algorithms and text -- could make us shed a tear at work, during a meeting, and make us realize that 99% of what makes up a search engine is not the fancy math, algorithms and research, but it is the long going need for humans looking for answers to be able to find them. Maybe all you need is a browser, screen capture app, and an idea to make one of the best commercials in internet history.

Weekend Vids: Sonic & Mario's Reunion, Wozniak Interview, and much more

Sonic's run of mediocrity lands him a tough spot when running into a certain Italian Plumber; Rinrygamegame takes a look back at the PC game classic, Stunts - dat voice; and finally Steve Wozniak talks about how HE brought color to our modern PC's - thanks man! 

Get the goods after the break!