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Why can’t a girl fucking love science? It was recently revealed on the Facebook group “I Fucking Love Science” and the censored-version “Science is Awesome” that the administrator was, in fact, a lady. What the administrator, Elise Andrew, didn’t expect was the onslaught of sexist comments that followed. She tweeted: “Every comment on that thread … Continue reading
The Vampire Diaries Season One, Episode One, Pilot First Aired: 10 September 2009 Foggy Wood Introduction Why is Mystic Falls’ wood so smoky/foggy? Forget vampires, werewolves and witches, the biggest supernatural mystery is how a wood in dreary weather can look like a forest fire aftermath. This literally sets the scene for every The Vampire … Continue reading
2014 is the year of the horse! With zodiac characteristics including ingenious communication and cleverness, this year is sure to (no doubt, most probably, maybe) sprout the geniuses’ of the future. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Geekybit is going to look at the best inventions out China. Apparently, 怪胎 means ‘geek’ in Chinese. Better … Continue reading
When Googling “Selfies” the word “narcissism” almost always follows. It is all too easy to pass judgement on those who take photos of themselves but with 54 per cent of people (American statistics) having shared a selfie online, can they all be taking self-portrait photos out of self-obsession? Although I have taken silly selfies shared … Continue reading
Smallville Season One, Episode One, Pilot First aired: 16 October 2001 Evolution of Lex’s hair: A curly unnatural orange – tuft – bald. 1989 Something sciency stirs in space. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting town sign goes about its day-to-day signage. It reads: “Smallville: Creamed Corn Capital of the World.” Luthor and son fly overhead in one … Continue reading
What is it about this TV show premise that producers’ cannot lay to rest? With the amount of reboots in a pretty short space of time, The Tomorrow People must be an exceptional story that producers are seeking to perfect. Rodger Price created The Tomorrow People in the 1970s as a children’s sci-fi show for … Continue reading
Roswell Season Three, Episode Ten, A Tale of Two Parties Maria’s Hair: long and straight First aired: 1 January 2002 Jeff Parker, Liz’s dad played by musician John Doe, gets his biggest gig yet – Roswell s03e10. He plays the acoustic guitar in the middle of the Crashdown café. Maybe he is trying to keep … Continue reading
Season’s greetings! To celebrate this ever so timely decision to begin blogging a series of sci-fi/fantasy #ThrowbackThursday posts, here is a Christmas special. With Supernatural having a themed episode for just about everything, it took little effort to remember the episode where the cardigan-wearing pagan gods celebrated Christmas by pulling Sam’s fingernail off! Supernatural Season … Continue reading
‘Tis the season to indulge in food, drink and gifts. What do you get when you mix the three and add a pinch of geek? A list of geeky gifts for the kitchen. Whether you are here to seek ideas for partaking in the magical activity of sharing this Christmas or use your greedy little … Continue reading
The Day of the Doctor had the ingredients to make a fan hyperventilate: The Doctor, David Tennant’s Doctor, new war Doctor, old Doctors, the eyes of the newer new Doctor, timey wimey, Billie Piper, UNIT, Zygons, scarves, fezzes… My friend turns to me in the 3D cinema viewing and says: “Did you actually like that? It was … Continue reading
App: Themer By: MyColorScreen Platform: Android Price: FREE Category: Personalisation “I feel pretty / oh so pretty / I feel pretty and witty and bright!” That is what your phone will be singing when you download the Themer app. Themer allows you to change your homescreen theme at the tap of a touchscreen. We have … Continue reading
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