Philadelphia
TheHacktory Presents GPS-A-Sketch
A lot of us geeks spent hours and hour (and hours) drawing things using an Etch-A-Sketch back in ye-old days of yore. Back when life was simpler, candy sweeter, and 16 bits was high tech. These days life is complicated (Wii? PS3? or both?) candy rots your teeth, and ‘millions of colors’ [...]
Playstation 3 Cake: Tastes Good, Doesn’t Play Blu-Rays
While randomly searching Flickr for some Philadelphia related images, I stumbled across Jenny C’s Flickr page. Imagine my surprise when I saw her fantastic looking pastry creations, including this Playstation 3 cake.
The detail on the cake is really quite incredible. We’ve got a bunch of photos in a gallery below. Be sure to check out [...]
Geekadelphia Tours The Chemical Heritage Foundation
Seeing all kinds of neat things up close and behind-the-scenes is a special kind of joy that only true nerds can appreciate it. When I was invited to come check out The Chemical Heritage Foundation’s new exhibit and museum space, I was absolutely thrilled. Why? Because the space was completely new and in the process [...]
Battlefield Game AI Lecture at Indy Hall: Guest Speaker Chris Jurney of Relic Entertainment
The ever-awesome folk at Indy Hall (hey Alex & Dana!) are hosting a fantastically interesting lecture. The hall will be hosting a talk with Chris Jurney, an IndyHall member who works for Relic Entertainment.
For those of you unfamiliar with Relic, they are responsible for a wealth of extremely influential PC games, including the fantastic Homeworld [...]
This Week in Blogs: Broken Umbrellas, Better Off Soaked
We get a lot of comments and emails sent to us here on Geekadelphia, and believe me when I tell you, we read every single one. Some of you leave links to your respective websites, and we notice! For those of you who are a bit shy, don’t be. We want to know what you’re [...]
Free Chiptune Music Party @ Liberty Lands Park!
Chiptune party! Yes!
Head on over to Liberty Lands Park (3rd and Poplar here in Philly) for a free chiptune bash, featuring performances by 8GB (here from Argentina!), Animal Style, Auto Da Fe, Cheap Dinosaurs, minusbaby, and our personal favorite, Nullsleep. Wild 8-bit visuals will be streaming thanks to Philly’s own No Carrier and vBlank.
The [...]
The Hacktory: Geeks & Toys at National Mechanics
The Hacktory will be presenting a fun Geeks & Toys event over at Philly’s favorite geek hang-out, National Mechanics in Old City, Philadelphia on August 7th.
What goes on at one of these parties? The Hacktory folk have all kinds of fun things planned. An LED throwie wall with controlled visuals by Don Miller (No Carrier). [...]
Geekadelphia Interviewed By CBS3: Video & Article
Yesterday, CBS3 reporter (and former Miss Pennsylvania) Nicole Brewer stopped by my apartment to do a quick interview with Tim and I about Geekadelphia. Needless to say, we were pretty excited. She asked us a couple of questions about our site, geek culture, and even took some video of my chinchilla, Mittens. We had [...]
Geekadelphia Gets Some Local Press! Thanks Philly Weekly!
We’d like to say a big thank you to the awesome people over at the Philadelphia Weekly, especially Liz Spikol and Alli Katz (who you might know from her Etch-A-Sketch art). Liz did nice write up about us in the Weekly (Page 27!) in her Lit Gloss column, and Alli stopped by the Tim Quirino [...]
This Week in Blogs: Philadelphia Daily Photo
Photo by Stiffa
It’s always a good day when I discover a new Philadelphia blog worth visiting on a daily basis. Someday, I hope to run one.
Everyone check out Philadelphia Daily Photo. Stiffa’s site isn’t new by any means, but it’s new to me. The premise is simple. One new photo from Philadelphia, every single day. [...]
