GeekDump #12: 29 Mar, 2011

Today's GeekDump examines the nerdy side of the net after the fold.

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.

Elephant crushing, pyroflatulence, lawn mower racing, some unusual place names, and the Impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the video game industry

With an eye to the recent disaster in Japan, we look at the effects it has had on that nation's massive video game industry, execution by elephant, lawnmower racing, and the lighting of farts. We also have a couple of follow-ups to examine.

Fried Mars bars, Futurama theorem, the thagomizer, ëẍcëssïvë ümläüts, long names, Neutral Moresnet, and oddities of the English language

Today's post is a tad longer  than normal, and we will look at the metal umlaut, a comic-inspired anatomy nomenclature, Scots who deep-fat fry candy bars, a theorem about body switching, some odd English words, a sub-nation that was shared between the Prussians and the Dutch/Belgians, and a couple of odd names.

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.

Frozen poo, paradoxy, worldwide conspiracy, and full-contact chess

Hope we all had a good weekend. It's just started to snow around here, and it's coming down pretty bad. Drive safely. Today's post covers the infamous blue water in planes, a list of paradoxes, chess combined with boxing, and fnord.

Unsolved mysteries, Kurosawa's impact on psychology, planets, and mammary excesses

Today's posts talks about boobs. That's cool. It also discusses how a Japanese film gave us a deeper understanding of perception. That's kinda cool. We also learn why Pluto got it in the shorts, which wasn't all that cool. And then I will proceed to explain technical workings of Wikipedia as a circuitous way of introducing several articles at once.