Discovery’s 3D simulation of an asteroid impacting Earth

  December 28th, 2008 by Nerds

It’s been around the web a few million times, but we’ve gotten a handful of tips regarding Discovery HD’s beautifully done 3D simulation showing Earth’s destruction by a massive asteroid impact. With soundtrack provided by Pink Floyd, you watch as the impact creates massive destruction, followed by a flowing wall of superheated air and gases which circumvents the globe, roasting most, if not all living things to a crisp. This video should make quite a few 12.21.2012 believers salivate with apocalyptic fervor!



Apocolypse, Disasters, Space | | 27 comments

Burrito baby in a Wal-Mart trashcan?

  December 23rd, 2008 by Nerds

Found over at Flickr, police in Mountain View, California were called in on a report of an abandoned baby in a trash-can behind a Wal-Mart. Apparently upon arrival, it was determined to be a burrito. What!?!!?

Burrito in a dumpster

Flickr, Police Blotter, Weird | | 10 comments

Put bacon on any website, using Bacolicio.us

  December 23rd, 2008 by Nerds

Bunch of bacon

I’m a vegan who can appreciate a fine grilled piece of bacon, as you can see from the bacon coffee I posted on below. The messy, greasy, crispy slab of pork…probably one of the most unhealthy looking pieces of fat-covered heaven one can find as a breakfast-side (don’t get me started on country ham). Started by the mischievous and ultra-delicious cnp_studio dudes, you can now deface any website you want with a giant-sized piece of crispy, greasy bacon.

PETA has already been done, now Bunch of Nerds and the Japanese are rumored to be sending over 2.5GB of bacon an hour!

Bacon, Humor, Internet | | 66 comments

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry dies of leukemia at age 76, R.I.P

  December 19th, 2008 by Nerds

Rest In Piece Mrs. Roddenberry from all of the saddened nerds at Bunch of Nerds.

Majel Barret-Roddenberry passed away Friday, December 18th of leukemia, which she was diagnosed with 6 months ago. Majel was a major part of the Star Trek universe, created by husband Gene Roddenberry, since it’s premier in 1966. Playing acting and voice parts in every major Star Trek series, including the upcoming JJ Abrams film remake in 2009, Mrs. Roddenberry kept the Star Trek world grounded in the original vision of her husband. She will be missed.

Obituaries, Star Trek | | 5 comments

Nothing like breakfast with fresh-brewed…maple bacon coffee?

  December 6th, 2008 by Nerds

The love of coffee runs deep at Bunch of Nerds HQ, as does the love of a good heavy Saturday morning breakfast. Bacon, pancakes, eggs, country ham and toast does a body good, at least for the first few days. Now you can have all of that and more in your morning cup of joe, with Boca Java’s Maple Bacon Breakfast Roast. A light, sweet, savory coffee with a full and complex body….oh, and it tastes like Saturday mornings used to feel!

Breakfast, Coffee | | 6 comments

Browse Flickr photographs by color

  December 1st, 2008 by Nerds

A genius experiment by Idée Inc., who develops visual search and image recognition technology! By extracting over 10 million Creative Commons images from Flickr and then applying their visual similarity technology, Idée developed an amazing visual image search-engine, allowing you to go through millions of the most interesting photos on Flickr, simply by stating a color.

Flickr, Internet | | 41 comments