Pink Floyd gives us another mystery, Acme Co., the "I Am Rich" iPhone app, the worst novel ever, rocket mail, and Miss Russian Army

Today, we examine the Russian Army's beauty pageant, Atlanta Nights, I Am Rich, the Acme Corporation, the Publius Enigma, and sending mail by rocket.

GeekDump #9: 12 Mar, 2011

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

A copycat!!!

If you are reading this, you're probably a geek like me. And if you are a geek, then you're probably familiar with Something Awful. Well, it turns out that they did something similar to what I do here... a writer compiled the best entries from a forum thread titled "The Least Essential Wikipedia Pages". Though I try not to be critical (and indeed, avoid negativity), they have highlighted some interesting articles.

Half-century fire, Hitler's font, laughing to death, cartoon physics, and screams

Today's post will examine the famous movie scream clip, hammerspace, laughing yourself to death, the German dispute over the Antiqua and Fraktur typefaces, and a Pennsylvania town that's been on fire since 1962.

Missin' Dubya, -gate, eating off the floor, and truthiness

Today, we look at Stephen Colbert's contributions to the English language, "gate" scandals, people who miss and don't miss #43, and the 5-second rule.