Guests: Eric Smith and Yis Goodwin (Nosego) Topics: New Orleans, Prostitutes, Video Games, Designing iPhone Apps, Murals, CosPlay, Horrible Weight Loss Tips, Geekadelphia, Tattoo Conventions, Tertiary Star Wars Characters, Chip Tune Music, Master Chief Armor, Penguin Disbelief, “Hunger Games,” and Art Inspirations. Playlist: “Ruby” by Cheap Girls, “Chi-Town” by The Cribs and “UsedWigs” by Eli [...]

You love post-apocalyptic dystopian tales of gritty humans battling armies of insidious baby-eating cyborgs, right? So does Philadelphia’s preeminent geek Eric Smith (www.geekadelphia.com), but in his debut novel he tackles something much more troubling and frightening: relationships and ruts.

Handy Site for Screw-It-Yourselfers: There, I Fixed It Santastic: Very cool customizable “From Santa” video for the kiddies. “It’s Funny Because It’s True”: Eight ways to kill an idea Do They Know It’s Christmas? The Award-winning Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up has just released their star-studded remake of the Band Aid holiday classic. It features [...]

Mad Props: The venerable Mad magazine gives us: The First 100 Minutes of the Obama Presidency [via laughingsquid] It’s Electric! Our pals at Geekadelphia are throwing a shindig honoring America’s greatest geek Ben Franklin. Yup, that long-haired, fat bastard invented a ton of stuff (or so they say) and he’s arisen from the dead and [...]

Quite Possibly, The Greatest TV Show Ever: Tim & Eric, I mean “Jim and Derrick,” are all Turbo Fueled up and are X-tremely in your face with their tats, trucker hats and mad piercings… “Hey G4 and Fuse, you can suck it! There’s a new graphics-heavy, stoner-hip-hop-skater-slacker tech culture show in town!” View this: Awesome [...]

Guest: Nicole Brewer from CBS3 Philly! Interview: El Vez. Topics: Dated Olympics Talk, Stormtrooper Eating Habits, “Beauty Contests,” Geekadelphia, New Facebook, Philly Accents, Russ’s Africa Trip, Small Audiences, Todd’s Hair Update, Cologne, Polyphasic Sleep. Playlist: Bound Stems, Jukebox the Ghost, Spoonfork, El Vez, Johnny Foreigner.

No, This is Not a Kidnapping: The lovely Nicole Brewer of CBS3 Philly chats with Geekadelphia’s Tim and Eric and gets exclusive bonus footage of a super-fast chinchilla! Check out the video. Nice job fellas! Blind Painter: Esref Armagan cannot see, but he sure can paint. {via boingboing.net} Colossal Waste of Time: But I still [...]

Sigur Ros: Now with 100% More Nudity! Don’t worry parents, it’s the artsy/tribal kind of pubic- and nipple-baring nudity. Check out the new video: Gobbledigook and feel the love. McCain Doesn’t Seem That Bad… Um, hold on a sec… Yes, yes he is that bad. May I Have 630 Calories with my 120-Calorie Coffee Please? [...]

Attention all Skinjobs, Toasters and Humans: Geekadelphia is hosting a Battlestar Galactica Party on May 10th (in conjunction with the fine folks at the Hacktory and Indy Hall) at Independents Hall in Old City, Philadelphia. I will be there dressed as Klingon with a lightsaber (peace-bonded, of course) just to disrupt the party’s space-time continuum. [...]

Who Are All These Tools? And Why is My Favorite Bar So Crowded Now? “From upscale to down home, we really know where to knock ’em back,” so says Philly Weekly as they give you: Philly’s Top 50 Bars! I heard numero uno, Grace Tavern, is quite awesome (watch the video) and I agree with [...]