I’m tired of infographics. Hell I’m tired of being tired of infographics. But then this little power-packed wonder shows up and tells me more than ten things that change my life. It’s like the best of Lifehacker condensed into one handy jpeg. From getting elevators to take you straight to your floor (no matter which other ones are… Read More
For all those feeling too confident in your education, here are some of the awesome things we were mistaught in school. (I took them from this list – Jah bless Wikipedia.) Hopefully this doesn’t completely shatter your world.
10. Christopher Columbus’s efforts to obtain support for his voyages were not hampered by a European belief… Read More
A fantastic list on what people love dubbing (erroneously, imho) a dying genre. Spanning five decades and plenty of well-known writers who you’ve probably read, exploring this could make for a lovely, languid weekend afternoon. David Foster Wallace leads the Top 25 with four superlative articles. If you’re in the mood for more, there are hundreds of… Read More
The ascent of video game music in the past decade has been gamers’ ultimate wet dream. From YouTube’s six trillion versions of the Super Mario Bros theme song, to the entire Nerdcore movement, to Video Games Live, which sells out stadiums playing orchestral gamer themes – game soundtracks have become more popular, important and appreciated than movie soundtracks… Read More
Like many, I can’t remember the first time I watched Transformers the Movie. Only that the animated bildungsroman-with-robots was pretty much the best movie I’d ever seen. Sure we’ve all gotten up and cheered during some amazing movie moments over the years – Yoda pulling out a light saber in Episode Two, Schwarzenegger telling Bennett to let off… Read More
It’s only been a few months since Jay Pavlina dropped the 8-bit bomb on geekdom, but already he’s back with more. Super Mario Bros Crossover is a game near and dear to Popten’s heart. So much so, that we scored an exclusive interview with Jay, wherein he told us he had a lot in store for… Read More
I met Blaine in that surreal, Zuckerberg-facilitated fashion that so many of us experience these days.
I was doing my usual rounds on Facebook a few years ago, when I noticed a profile pic that perfectly parodied the latest New Pornographers’ album cover (see above, below). I shot the guy a quick email telling him how spot-on… Read More
Though many of our lovely readership are fellow geeks, we at Popten like to recognize those that aren’t always early adopters- and help whenever possible. This public service announcement is brought to you by the fine folks at The Oatmeal.
First impressions are hard to break. And more and more these days, our first impression of someone isn’t… Read More
Hooray for the Earl of Sandwich and his delicious amalgamation of all that is good, lovingly placed between two slices of bread (and or pieces of KFC fried chicken). Here’s the list of America’s ten favorite sandwiches, according to TLC Cooking. I’ll go on record as saying that I’m not at all on board with this list,… Read More
Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me thinking a lot about the good old days of folk – when popular music regularly included anthems… Read More
When I was in my formative high school days, going to the Warped Tour was a highlight of the summer. Just old enough to drive, we’d pile about 9 bros and skateboards into mom-duke’s Ford Exploder and drive at high speed to Fitchburg or some other pseudo-municipality in middle Massachusetts, blasting Rage Against The Machine and… Read More
