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Archive: 02-2012

• One geek's approach to handling his midlife crisis

  Find out how a shiny new tech toy, zombies, apes, and other geeky amusements helped Edmond Woychowsky get through his midlife funk.

  Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | February 29, 2012, 9:32 AM PST

• Godzilla's past, present, and hopefully not lousy future: A three-film primer

  Ken Hardin highlights three lesser-circulated Godzilla flicks that offer a quick survey of the Big G’s film career.

  Posted by Ken Hardin | February 23, 2012, 4:43 PM PST

• Geek Trivia: In what year is the current Gregorian leap year system expected to 'fail?'

  A recurring margin of error is building in the leap year system that suggests it will fail — as in, the vernal equinox will be more than a day removed from March 21 — at a particular...

  Posted by Jay Garmon | February 23, 2012, 10:00 AM PST

• Star Trek inspires tech, careers, and hope for humanity

  By mixing science with lessons of hope for a humanitarian future, Star Trek continues to inspire technological innovations, career choices, and good deeds.

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | February 22, 2012, 3:20 PM PST

• Geeks to carry a symbol of hope in the Course of the Force run

  Want to run a relay for charity while wearing your Star Wars costume and carrying a lightsaber? Then Course of the Force is the event for you.

  Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | February 17, 2012, 9:23 AM PST

• The five best Star Trek episodes EVER!

  Behold the five greatest Star Trek episodes ranked fifth to first.

  Posted by Jay Garmon | February 17, 2012, 7:03 AM PST

• Geek Gifts 2012: Bluetooth Sliding Keyboard Case for iPhone

  Turn your iPhone into a texting machine with this slide-out keyboard. Read Wally Bahny’s review of this case.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | February 16, 2012, 11:34 AM PST

• Kinect update: Windows SDK, FAAST 1.0, and Board of Awesomeness

  Wally Bahny highlights the Kinect SDK and Runtime for Windows release and two projects that are using the Kinect in interesting and creative ways.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | February 10, 2012, 8:33 PM PST

• Geek Trivia: Why (and how) did the real-life US government rule that the fictional X-Men aren't human?

  Why did a real-life court of US law rule that mutants like the X-Men are definitively non-human — ironically fulfilling the villainous role that the X-Men’s comic book adventures...

  Posted by Jay Garmon | February 10, 2012, 6:45 AM PST

• Geek Gifts 2012: The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

  The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is one of the most remarkable open-world RPGs ever produced and is destined to become a landmark game.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | February 6, 2012, 1:44 PM PST