RAS Syndrome, Hitler's beetle, cat organ, dead inventors, Hoxha the crazy Albanian, Oolong the rabbit, and Plato's cave

Today, we will examine the nutty WWII leader of Albania, Plato's famous "allegory of the cave", Oolong the pancake bunny, a list of inventors killed by their own inventions, a diabolical musical instrument, Anophthalmus hitleri, and RAS syndrome.

GeekDump #11: 26 Mar, 2011

Random fun stuff after the fold.

GeekDump #9: 12 Mar, 2011

Has it been a whole week since the Geek last Dumped? See the goodies after the fold.

The Korean Godzilla, some political insults, Monty Hall problem, Wrong Way Corrigan, and the buttered cat paradox

Today, we look a a couple of political insults, a couple of thought exercises/problems, Pulgasari, and accidentally flying from New York to Ireland.

GeekDump #3: 21 Feb, 2011

• The Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device as made by a fan... I would pay good money for this. I'm such a Portal fan that I bought the plushy Weighted Companion Cube a few years ago:



2008 was a heady year for me. "Your Weighted Compainion Cube cannot accompany you in the next test chamber and must be euthanized." :'(

• College Humor explains why Valentine's Day sucks without using the words "consumerism" "corporation" or "artificial", which is refreshing.
• My cat sometimes stands uprights on his hinds legs like this, which I call "meercatting", but he doesn't know how to use a sword and lacks the accompanying mariachi music.
• The infamous All Your Base meme... everyone who has ever been on the internet knows about it, but it seems to me that it should be older than ten years... Well, the Engrish game (Zero Wing) is older than that, but the video by Bad_CRC is just over a decade old.
• If you haven't heard, the Guitar Hero franchise is officially dead. This Nerf Now requiem is bittersweet... I'm very sad to see a fine game go.
• Anybody play the original Final Fantasy Legend on GameBoy? Remember the final boss? Comedienne Jackie Kashian reminisces this.

Airline seats, synchronized orgasms, a virtual plague, and animals with academic credentials

Today's post examines animals with degrees, the "Corrupted Blood" incident, Global Orgasm, and seat configurations for the Airbus A380.

Toilets

Today's post can be summed up quite simply: toilets.

I LIEK AMINALS!!!!11

Today has an animal theme: ferret legging, the legendary tanuki, dog spinning, and Acoustic Kitty.

First entries: bacon, extra fingers, towels, and popes

So, for my inaugural entries, I picked some of the coolest I've seen over the years. "Cool" is a definition within the eye of the beholder, of course. What interests me might not interest you, but there should be a good range. Different strokes for different folks, right?