Author: Rocco Penn

According to Wikipedia, “An unidentified flying object, often abbreviated UFO or U.F.O., is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable to the observer as any known object.” While many associate them with alien spacecraft or inter-dimensional vehicles, the majority of the ones that pop up on YouTube are either hoaxes or explainable events. Every month, we document the best videos from the previous month by posting the compilations by AnonymousFO. Somehow we missed the “year in review” video that they released last month, so to correct that, here’s what 2012 looked…

If it’s possible to be a true filmmaker using only the 6-seconds allowed on Twitter’s Vine app, actor Adam Goldberg would be the director, star, producer, writer, and mastermind behind the project. I have a lot to say about the combination of genius, randomness, and mystery that goes into his videos, but it’s best for you to see if for yourself. Check out his page and click through to all of his Vines or just check out a selection from the ones below. If you don’t watch everything he posts, you won’t understand any of it. Then again, you can watch everything he posts and still not understand any of it, but…

Time to put your thinking caps on and attack a larger issue. Actually, it’s about as large of an issue as you can imagine: the universe. What is it? On the surface, it’s an easy question to answer. The universe is everything, right? Not so fast. What about the future? Is that part of the universe? Ideas such as mathematics – do they qualify as parts of the universe or do they only exist in our minds? If they exist in our minds, does that still qualify as existing somewhere and therefore these ideas are part of the universe. The folks over at Minute Physics take us on a very brief exploration of what the universe…

It may not have the award-winning scope that The Social Network had when it explored the early days of Facebook and nobody will be wondering how accurate it really is the way they’re doing right now with Ashton Kutcher’s take on the Apple co-Founder in jOBS, but the first movie that looks at life at Google may be the most entertaining of them all when The Internship hits theaters on June 7th. There are two reasons that this might be entertaining enough to watch: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. The storyline is played out – dinosaurs must adept to a digital age and end up turning the campus of a technology…

The good news for tech companies is that America seems to like them the best. Amazon topped the list, followed by Apple at #2 and Google at #4. The bad news for all American corporations is that nearly of Americans feel that corporate America in general is “poor” or “terrible” while two-thirds of Americans think that corporate America is “fair” at best. Only 9% perceive corporate America as “excellent/very good”. What does this mean? It says that tech companies are easier to trust, to like, and to do business with, likely because most of the interactions with them are online. Once face-to-face or…

When Captain Kirk does a Reddit AMA, geeks rejoice. When he sticks around on the site and starts calling out users, administrators, and managers for allowing too much hate speech, people still listen but not with as much zeal. Actor William Shatner, a man who despite his age is no stranger to the internet or social media, joined the social news powerhouse and followed in the footsteps of President Obama and dozens of other celebrities to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything). He stayed on the site and has explored it over the past several days, coming to a stark conclusion: they’re adhering too heavily to free…

There was a time when not having a Bible at when firefighters or other public officials were sworn in would have meant a quick trip to someone’s home. Today, if you don’t have the real thing, you can always find a virtual one at the App Store. Such was the case in Atlantic City last week when it was realized that everyone had forgotten their Holy Book. According to NBC40: Atlantic City promoted several firefighters to the rank of Battalion Chief and Fire Captain thanks to some quick thinking and technology.  At Friday morning’s promotion ceremony, it was realized no one had brought a Bible to City Council…

The Pez is strong with this one. If there’s one thing we’ve learned about true geeks over the years, it’s that they love Star Wars in any form. Our patience was tested to its fullest with the most recent trilogy, but we did not waver for very long. Disney and JJ Abrams give us hope, a new hope, so to speak, but until we go through another round of tests of our trust in the Star Wars universe, we have these flash drive Pez dispensers around to keep us busy. According to BitRebels: Another example are these super geeky Star Wars Pez Dispensers that are modded to include a flash drive inside. Etsy artist DHHdesign…

Every month we cover the UFO activity for the previous month using some excellent footage that is compiled by AnonymousFO. December was an amazing month and January didn’t disappoint as a follow up. The last portion of the video is extremely interesting. Check out the previous 6 months as well as this month’s installment. UFO activity in December, 2012 UFO activity in November, 2012 UFO activity in October, 2012 UFO activity in September, 2012 UFO activity in August, 2012 UFO activity in July, 2012 Now, for January… * * * “Alien Abduction” image courtesy of Shutterstock….

When it was released, L.A. Noire shook the gaming world. It was the first to be featured at the Tribeca Film Festival because of the craft and care used to create the motion capture aspects of the game. It was as close to a film as a video game had ever displayed. Now, we get to see some of the fun side of the making of the game. Team Bondi and Rockstar games have released a blooper reel from the shooting of the game. Even two years later, it’s still amazing to see the depth of detail that is captured by the technology. …